The Healing Starts Here
One Film. One Movement. One Turning Point.
This is not entertainment — this is a roadmap for change.
The Healing Starts Here is a feature-length film documentary inspired by Amanda Hart’s memoir and lived experience.
Directed by multi-award-winning filmmaker Simon Powell, this film documentary moves from surviving coercive control to building a movement that restores power to survivors and prevents cycles from repeating.
More Than a Film – The Spark of a Movement
More than a film, it’s the first spark of a nationwide — and ultimately global — movement: the Hub of Healing Hearts.
This replicable model works alongside existing services, offering the missing piece — integrative spiritual, emotional, and mental recovery.
Through lived experience, education, and cinematic storytelling, the project shows not only what abuse takes — but what it takes to break free and thrive.
The film will be followed by:
- UK cinema tour with live Q&A panels to open vital conversations.
- Educational resources for schools, workplaces, and communities.
- The launch of the first UK community Hub of Healing Hearts — creating spaces where survivors and practitioners come together to heal, grow, and lead systemic change.
Why This Story Must Be Told – and Why Now
Behind every statistic is a face, a family, a future.
Domestic abuse is not only widespread — it is worsening in today’s culture of social media, online hyper-visibility, and repeated generational patterns that keep cycles alive.
Our systems often step in after the damage is done.
This film refuses to wait for another headline.
It is not entertainment — it is intervention and a roadmap for systemic change, offering a vision of what can be done differently to prevent harm before it happens.
The Story Behind the Film
“I didn’t write my memoir for fame. I wrote it to save my family.”
I have lived a lifetime of tests and challenges — the natural result of my early years — and each one has taught me resilience, to go deeper into my intuition, and the courage to keep going.
When my memoir was published in 2015, it was endorsed by experts including Professor Evan Stark, DCI Steve Jackson, and Dr Arthur Cassidy, who called my work “ahead of its time.”
Even when I was threatened, silenced, and dismissed as “too woo-woo,” I refused to stop.
For over 30 years I have inspired and guided women through my work, while continuing to create deeper, more lasting ways to help others break free.
At 56, I reached the most profound turning point of my life.
I let go of my marriage, home, and work and rebuilt from the inside out.
That decision aligned me with philanthropists, visionaries, and filmmakers who saw the power of this story and urged me to bring it to the world.
This film is not just my story — it’s proof that you can reclaim your power and rewrite the ending.
From Screen to Systematic Change
The Hub of Healing Hearts is where this story continues — where the spark becomes a flame.
It has already begun online: a safe and welcoming space for women to pause, learn, grow, and reset — wherever they are in the world.
This isn’t just about telling stories.
It is about equipping women with tools for emotional freedom and self-leadership, and breaking cycles for generations to come.
At the centre of this movement is the Hart2Heart Circle — a monthly online gathering designed to be accessible to women everywhere.
Each Circle blends guided meditation, practical tools, and deep insight — creating a reset for the mind, body, and spirit.
It’s a space to release what’s heavy, reconnect with your centre, and open to the next chapter of your life — no matter where you are in the world.
The Movement: From Spark to Flame
This film doesn’t end when the credits roll — it begins.
After completion, The Healing Starts Here will tour independent cinemas across the UK.
Each screening will be followed by live Q&A panels with Simon Powell, Amanda, and leading experts.
In each city we visit, we will:
- Engage local media — radio, press, podcasts — to spark conversation.
- Host transformational events where Amanda shares the teachings she is known for as a deep intuitive guide, the same tools she uses with her clients and teachings.
- Lay the groundwork for a local Hub of Healing Hearts, leaving communities with a way to continue the work together.
To find out more, visit the Hub online
Book your monthly online reset
The Vision – and the Road Ahead
The goal is clear:
- Screenings with impact in every major UK city
- Local events that teach practical tools and foster connection
- Community hubs across the UK, offering ongoing support and growth
- Education and prevention resources for schools and workplaces
- Global expansion, creating systemic change country by country
This is a long-term mission to create a future where recovery is not just surviving the past but building a life that feels safe, free, and deeply alive.
Momentum is Building
This is no longer just a concept — it’s in motion.
The film is in active development, the creative team is expanding, and early philanthropic support is in place.
The Hub of Healing Hearts is already open online, welcoming women into a growing global community.
The Team Behind the Movement
Amanda Hart — Founder & Visionary
Simon Powell — Multi-Award-Winning Director Producer
Ian Livingstone — Ivor Novello Award-Winning Composer
Andrew Dixon — Philanthropic Support & UK Reform Advocate
Kate Herron — Consultant & Interviewer
This project is supported by a dedicated crew and growing network of practitioners, experts, and advocates — more will be introduced as the journey unfolds.