Still Standing: Healing in the Aftermath of Silence, Grief, and Purpose

Still Standing: Healing in the Aftermath of Silence, Grief, and Purpose

by | Jan 22, 2026 | Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery, Healing, Healing and Recovery, Healing Journey, Heartaches, Honesty, Hopeful, Journey 2 Free Newsletter Expansion, Purpose, Reflections

When Silence Feels Like Failure I almost didn’t send this. The cursor blinked for days, accusing, then inviting. Inviting me back to release, to speak, even through this form of expression. It’s been two months since our last newsletter, and honestly? I felt like...
47 & Still Standing: The Year I Chose to Start Fully

47 & Still Standing: The Year I Chose to Start Fully

by | Oct 19, 2025 | Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery, Faith & Healing, Faith and Healing, Faith Over Fear, Faith-Based Healing, Faith-Based Recovery, Healing, Healing & Faith, Healing after Trauma, Faith after abuse, Purpose after pain, Healing and Faith, Healing and Recovery, Healing Journey, Healing with Faith

Let me be clear, I shouldn’t be here. But I am. Not after the abuse, the shame, the silence that almost swallowed me whole. Not after the sickness, heartbreak, loss, and pain that tried to bury me alive. But God. He didn’t just save me once. He saved me again… and...
Working With Your Nervous System, Not Against It – Part 2 of 2

Working With Your Nervous System, Not Against It – Part 2 of 2

by | Oct 18, 2025 | Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery, Empowerment, Faith and Healing, Faith-Based Recovery, Healing and Faith, Healing and Recovery, Healing Journey, Healing with Faith, Journey 2 Free, Reassigning Shame, Regenerate, Sexual Abuse Awareness, Shattering the silence, Survivor Empowerment, Trauma and Recovery, Trauma Recovery

This is Part 2 of ‘Rebuilding Trust in Your Physical Responses.’ If you missed Part 1, I encourage you to read it first, it sets the stage for what we’re unpacking today. Dear Survivor, Last week we named panic and hypervigilance for what they truly are: protection...
Listening to Your Inner Signals: Relearning to Trust Your Body

Listening to Your Inner Signals: Relearning to Trust Your Body

by | Sep 24, 2025 | Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery, Childhood Trauma, Conquering fear, Defiant Disruptors, Faith and Healing, Healing and Recovery, Healing Journey, Journey 2 Free, Self - Trust

Dear Survivor, Silence taught us to hold back. Now self-trust asks us to listen, to tap in, and to be present. This can feel tedious, even terrifying. For many of us, one of the worst parts of being abused as children wasn’t just what happened, it was what it taught...

8 Lessons “2022 Taught Me.”

by | Dec 31, 2022 | #Acceptance, #Journey2Free, Acceptance, Awakened, Becoming, Becoming Larissa, Challenging, Choices, Chronic Disease, Create your happy, Creating Shifts, Embrace change, Emotions, Encouragement, Evolving, Expect the unexpected, Faith, Faith Over Fear, family, Freedom, From my heart to yours, Growth, Healing, Healing and Recovery, Hopeful, I am overcoming, I Thank God, Intentional Living, Journey 2 Free, Journey 2 Freedom, Journey to Free, Journey to freedom, Journey2Free, Journeying 2 Freedom, Journeying to Freedom, Life happens, lifetransformation, Mind Set Transformation, Overcoming, Stand In Your Truth, Start where you are, Transformation, Transparency, What it means to be Larissa, You Are Not Alone

1) The only things I have control over are my thoughts, emotions, and my reactions. 2) My pain is not meant for just me.  3) Be grateful in ALL things 4) Willpower is built by doing difficult things. 5) It’s OK to celebrate small daily wins.  6) When I...