Suzy was a confused little girl without a clear sense of belonging, feeling like a lost child well into adulthood. She became a healer, mentor and guide in response to being victimized, gaslit, blamed and humiliated. Her life spiraled out of control with alcohol addiction, self-loathing, isolation, and trying to function as an unsupported single mother who finally hit her rock bottom. In the anger and hopelessness, she found courage, found her footing, her faith, and bravery to stand up, speak up, and stand out by making a true, measurable difference in the lives of all who suffer from rejection, neglect, bullying, racism and misognyny.  Meet the Rev. Suzy Woo, B.Msc. 

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Summarized above, and her story below - be aware what follows carries a trigger warning.

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As a child, Suzy was sensitive, imaginative and creative. She has a sister 5 years her elder; born when her  (Aquarius) mother was 17 and her (Virgo) father, 19. Her parents were not compatible but kept a modest household together.  Her father worked more than one job and was not emotionally available. She was her mother's therapist and wanted to be on her father's radar.  She was sexually abused on several occasions by an elderly relative as a young child, and never told. (Posting it here on this website is the very first mention of it publicly.)

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As a very little girl, she recalls vividly, that adults had always sneered at her, angrily looking down their nose with looks of disgust. People stared at her. The questions go back as far a she can remember. "What are you?" Confused, she never knew what they meant or how to respond.

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At 14, she was raped by her teen heart throb, and again, never told. 

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She had a weird sense of not belonging, not supported or taken seriously in her own family. She asked her father if she was the milkman's daughter. He laughed it off and said of course she was his daughter.

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Just prior to her 17th birthday, Suzy entered into a relationship which would wipe her from the radar for the next 22 years. Her boyfriend very quickly consumed her attention, put unreasonable demands about how she spent her time, insulting anything of interest. It was a slow brainwashing, erasing her identity.

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Her boyfriend's family had a misogynous and alcoholic paternal iine, and as a matter of belonging, she spent more time at their house, far less time at home, and she was led into frequent alcohol consumption.

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Everything she enjoyed, her few friends, even her mother was trash, according to him. Isolation, beatings, constant gaslighting, intimidation, sexual violence and alcohol dependence would be the way of life. 

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She first left when their first child was 6 months old; when Suzy was just 20. She would leave and resolve  three times and then married him in 1998. In 2007 at age 39, thanks to a call to 911 from their daughter, he was arrested and Suzy and their three children started life over again. In shock, having C-PTSD, a daily drinker, functioning alcoholic. With no support.

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Suzy went public with her story (then known as Suzanne Perry), expressing the problems she faced and important opportunities that could have helped, but didn't. On a Friday at her job, she had sent a desperate email plea for help to an agency, and when she returned to work Monday, her hope was doused when the email bounced back to the employee having reached their email quota. Or when she finally had a moment at work to make a call to the police asking how to protect herself and her children. The officer stated in New York (at the time), she could have a black eye and nothing could be done, but if he used a shoe, the shoe would consitute a weapon and an arrest would be able to be made. She became hopeless and considered driving off an overpass. She didn't because she didn't want to leave the children behind and alone with their monstrous father.

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For the next ten years, Suzy was everywhere in the media, sharing her story and advocating for victims of domestic violence. She created Love Shouldnt Hurt Inc, a 501c3 organization, and organized 3-day concerts called the "EXPOSURE Concert: Because love shouldn't hurt." Using two stages, both live-streamed, between 47 and 63 bands and acts volunteered to perform at the event each year; and has been watched from 7 countries. That ended with the lockdowns.

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In 2009, Suzy began her spiritual journey.  She came to the realization she wanted to zoom out, and prevent others from falling into the pit she had, and instead of using the words that cause many to cringe, "domestic violence," she decided to teach self-care, self-respect and healthy boundaries. When someone knows who they are, and they value who they are, they will not give all their power to someone who will twist reality, degrade and harm them. 

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She studied and received many certificaitons and credentials for holistic psychotherapy, studying Jungian astrology, cognitive behavior therapy, energy medicine, metaphysics and specifically what the importance of consciousness awareness; eventually going into private practice in 2016.

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In 2019, she finally got her sister to do a DNA test and it was confirmed they did NOT have the same biological father. Both her parents had taken this to the grave.

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Suzy felt relief because she had a feeling her entire life.

And the next thing - to learn she is black, and was raised white in a prejudiced environment. She was taught to hate the very thing that she is. She felt horribly humiliated for having defended that she was white,  explaining that both her parents are white and  she was not adopted. It seemed everyone except for Suzy knew she was black and she felt made a laughing stock. 

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She met her black half brother, and learned of a half sister, which her biological father molested and as a result, has significant psychological challenges. She did not meet the biological father as he had passed  well over a decade prior to the discovery. But she did find several relatives, including a paternal grandfather who ranked high in the free masons.

 

​​Since then, she has seen many many clients and has been able to study behavioral patterns, family dynamics. She purchased biofeedback technology to measure the impact of emotional stimuli and memories, perceived danger and one's understanding of the self.  She added sound and frequency to her healing practice, and today has quite a well-rounded and experienced practice.

 

Suzy has spoken on several stages, at treatment facilities, colleges and businesses, events, and is a regular presenter at Lily Dale Assembly. She has been in dozens of publications, had a show on global radio, hosted "Suzapalooza's Spotlight" on WBNY FM for two years, and appeared on many podcasts under the name Suzanne Perry. She was the strong voice of a domestic violence survivor who stands to empower people to stand in their power. Today, she is a presence of power. Of strength, and confidence, via competence. No one will ever "own" or control her ever again.

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In 2019, she started faciliting her own retreats.

In 2020, she opened a metaphysical and crystals shop.

In 2021, she relocated and expanded, hiring two full time employees.

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Packing, transporting and setting up tens of thousands of dollars of fragile instruments, tools, AV equipment, crystals, and materials for her retreats became a real time and energy suck and risk. There has been breakage.

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Following the global lockdowns, lodging, food and beverage pricing ULTRA skyrocketed - and she ended up in debt for putting on her incredible life-changing retreats.

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In 2024, Suzy closed the retail shop to focus more on growing her reach with the practice and retreats, and wanted to create a healing center for the healers she trained to practice.

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And now, you have the overall HOW we got here. The healing center, a registered nonprofit, called You Are The Miracle Center for the Spiritual Arts Inc, is the next logical step.

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We can create our own environment,  have our own lodging and staff, have one central place to keep all the equipment set up all the time, to be shared; no need to pack and transport every time. :) 

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And, she has acquired high end healing equipment over the years, just needing a place to set up and be put to use! 

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If you are interested in being on the founding members team please email Suzy hello@suzy-woo.com or the nonprofit email, happy@youarethemiraclecenter.org.   www.YouAreTheMiracleCenter.org

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The legal entity name of the healing center is YATM Center for the Spiritual Arts Inc, Tax ID 41-2633416.

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