Restore Executive

Restore Awareness was birthed out of Dr. D. L. Waters’ dissertation, “I Will Restore: A Ministry of Help and Healing.” The dissertation initially examined the impact of physical and sexual abuse occurring in the lives of African American males prior to the age of puberty.  The current statistics and those in 2005, the time of the writing of the dissertation, indicate 1 in 6 males has and will experience either physical and/or sexual abuse prior to the age of puberty. Puberty can occur as young as 8 for some young men and young girls. So a young person, a child is wounded, then he/she is told, commanded sometimes by his/her abuser and society, to forget, hide, his/her wounding.

This suppression, oppression, repression is what begins the cycle, the loss of awareness, when the young person begins to shut down, feelings, caring, loving, and even being.  In effect the young person is traumatized and runs away from life to hide.  The young person enters a cave, the belly of the whale, his/her own subconscious mind, and finds a place to hide. It is in this place of relative safety, that the young person enters a death-like existence, a life of half-being.  Such a life can last for the rest of this person’s physical existence.  We will talk more about this later.  For now if you would like a Free copy of Dr. Waters’ dissertation which contains his account of his journey of abuse and his restoration of awareness, enter your name and email address in the space on the right.