Mia Godfrey
Author of the memoir "Buried, Not Broken: A Memoir of Survival, Sisterhood, and Starting Over"; certified life coach, Bible counselor, and public speaker based in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Oct 19, 2026
Rich BennettHOST
Okay, so what actually inspired you to start writing in the first place? Because this was your first book.
Mia GodfreyGUEST
However, in my country, a lot of people, what they didn't know, we grew up under the communist regime and we never had access to...
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Ryan PenleyHOST
And then so I guess, were you currently using in the US? And like, how did that kind of all develop?
Mia GodfreyGUEST
So for many years after I left home, because I was dealing with so much shame, I was dealing with, so I said, I cannot bring more embarrassment to my family.
Mia GodfreyGUEST
So I left home when I was 18 years old and I was not capable of doing life on my own.
Mia GodfreyGUEST
I was just 18 and I went like 700 miles away and I started cleaning homes for people and I started doing the best that I could to survive.
Mia GodfreyGUEST
I went in I gravitated towards abusive relationships because that's what I knew.
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