by Journey2Free | Jun 10, 2026 | Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery
I want to tell you something I learned in therapy this week that I was not expecting. At 47 years old, I realized I am afraid of adults. Not strangers in the dark. Not crowds or dangerous situations. Adults. Regular, everyday adults. And the moment I said it out loud...
by Journey2Free | Jun 1, 2026 | Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery, Healing, Mental Health, Trauma Recovery
There are moments on the healing journey when you realize you have entered a new room. Not because you are falling apart, not because you are going backward, but because healing has a way of pulling back the floor beneath what you thought you had already worked...
by Journey2Free | Apr 1, 2026 | Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery, Personal Reflections, Trauma Healing
I wasn’t attempting to write something polished. I sat down simply because my heart feels heavy, and I don’t have anywhere else to put it. A week ago, I flew to Jamaica to bury loved ones: two funerals, two goodbyes, and an already heavy heart. But grief didn’t...
by Journey2Free | Mar 11, 2026 | #Journey2Free, Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery, Healing & Wellness, Personal Reflections, Survivor Stories, Women’s Empowerment
March is Women’s History Month And every year around this time we hear the names of remarkable women who shaped the world, leaders, activists, pioneers, trailblazers.Their stories deserve to be celebrated.But this month, I’ve been thinking about another kind of...
by Journey2Free | Jan 28, 2026 | Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery, Self-Trust Series
A continuation of the Journey 2 Free reflections on silence, self-trust, and learning how to live free. A few months ago, I wrote about turning 47 and finally choosing to stop living for everyone else. That wasn’t a dramatic declaration. It was a quiet line in the...
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