HOW I FOUND HAPPINESS AFTER ABUSE
Jun 08, 2020
3 minutes
By Keeley Henderson
The first thing that strikes you about mum-of-two René Michele is her abundant positivity.
But behind the 44-year-old Queenslander’s beaming smile lies a past so painful, many wouldn’t have survived it.
“As a child I was abused sexually, physically and psychologically, which caused my life to spiral out of control for the next 26 years,” she reveals to New Idea in an exclusive interview.
“My reality became ongoing violence, further sexual assaults,
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