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Surviving Human Trafficking & Torture: Lurata Lyon's Journey to Positivity | Slo Mo with Mo Gawdat

June 01, 2024 Mo Gawdat Episode 300
Surviving Human Trafficking & Torture: Lurata Lyon's Journey to Positivity | Slo Mo with Mo Gawdat
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Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat
Surviving Human Trafficking & Torture: Lurata Lyon's Journey to Positivity | Slo Mo with Mo Gawdat
Jun 01, 2024 Episode 300
Mo Gawdat

Lurata Lyon was just a young girl when war broke out in the former Yugoslavia. What lay ahead was a nightmare. She endured captivity, torture, and abuse. A girl sold for sex to the highest bidder. Lurata was not only taken once, but twice. Listen to her harrowing story as she explains her journey to positivity despite such unimaginable hardships. 

00:00 Intro 
2:35 Mo is like a 'father figure'
5:10 Human connection 
7:00 Can we truly find connection with other people?
13:50 Lurata's book 'Unbroken'
14:44 Lurata's childhood in Yugoslavia
16:15 Civil war 
17:38 Lurata's attempted escape
25:11 Abduction
32:00 Close to death
41:00 Abducted again
45:27 Innocence 'taken away'
47:15 Finally rescued
53:00 What did Lurata learn in solitary confinement?
59:25 Can we have faith in humanity?
1:09:16 How is Lurata so positive?
1:13:06 Working out to feel good
1:15:50 How does Lurata find joy in life?
1:17:00 Why did God let Lurata go through so much?

Buy Lurata's book 'Unbroken' here: https://rb.gy/hz4s5q

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Show Notes

Lurata Lyon was just a young girl when war broke out in the former Yugoslavia. What lay ahead was a nightmare. She endured captivity, torture, and abuse. A girl sold for sex to the highest bidder. Lurata was not only taken once, but twice. Listen to her harrowing story as she explains her journey to positivity despite such unimaginable hardships. 

00:00 Intro 
2:35 Mo is like a 'father figure'
5:10 Human connection 
7:00 Can we truly find connection with other people?
13:50 Lurata's book 'Unbroken'
14:44 Lurata's childhood in Yugoslavia
16:15 Civil war 
17:38 Lurata's attempted escape
25:11 Abduction
32:00 Close to death
41:00 Abducted again
45:27 Innocence 'taken away'
47:15 Finally rescued
53:00 What did Lurata learn in solitary confinement?
59:25 Can we have faith in humanity?
1:09:16 How is Lurata so positive?
1:13:06 Working out to feel good
1:15:50 How does Lurata find joy in life?
1:17:00 Why did God let Lurata go through so much?

Buy Lurata's book 'Unbroken' here: https://rb.gy/hz4s5q

YouTube: @mogawdatofficial
Instagram: @mo_gawdat
Facebook: @mo.gawdat.official
LinkedIn: /in/mogawdat
Tiktok: @mogawdat
X: @mgawdat
Website: mogawdat.com

Don't forget to subscribe to Slo Mo for new episodes every Saturday. Only with your help can we reach One Billion Happy #onebillionhappy