Leading With Principle Women’s Coordinator helps clients navigate the early stages of recovery As the women’s coordinator for Women Walking in Victory (WWIV), Lisa Smith provides clients with support in three major areas: love, care and respect. “I give them respect just how I want to be treated,” Smith says, “and I have so much respect for these ladies.” During her own history as a victim of domestic abuse, Smith says she recognized when it was time to leave a bad situation, and she became a client of WWIV herself. She now works to convey a message of hope to the women she works with. She wants them to know that it’s possible to make it through life’s toughest challenges — addiction, abuse, and otherwise — and emerge victorious. But overcoming a struggle requires sacrifice. For Smith, part of her sacrifice included uprooting her life in Delaware to relocate away from her family and former career and into a WWIV home in Philadelphia. She knows the risks of going back to potentially dangerous situations, and is happy with her new life in Philadelphia, a life she never predicted.
“I give them respect, just how I want to be treated, and I have so much respect for these ladies.” – Lisa Smith, Women’s Coordinator
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