by Journey2Free | Oct 29, 2025 | Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery, Faith and Healing, Faith-Based Healing, Faith-Based Recovery, Personal Reflections, Reclaiming your voice, Surviving Child Sexual Abuse, Survivor Empowerment, Transformation, Trauma and Recovery, Trauma Recovery
Dear Defiant Disruptor, I wondered if it made sense to make a post this late. The month’s nearly over, the schedule’s full, and I thought, maybe it’s too late. But then I remembered: healing isn’t about perfect timing. It’s about showing up when you can, with what you...
by Journey2Free | 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...
by Journey2Free | May 24, 2020 | Break The Silence, Child abuse, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Common Behavioral Patterns after Child Sexual Abuse, Conversations, Dignity Reclaimed, Ejaculation, From my heart to yours, He ejaculated on me, Healing, Helping me through, I am overcoming, I attempted suicide, I don't want to be touched, I hate men, It's Not Your Fault!, Journaling Helps, Journey 2 Free, Journey 2 Freedom, Journey to Free, Journey to freedom, Journey2Free, Journeying 2 Freedom, Journeying to Freedom, Journeytofree, Justice, Molestation, Molested at 7, Molested at age 7-9, Molested by four separate abusers, My story, my choice, No More Secrets!, promiscuity, Rage, Raped at 14 years old, Reassigning Shame, Reclaiming your voice, Sex was my healing, Sexual Abuse, Shatter The Silence, Shattered Trust, Stand In Your Truth, Stolen Innocence, Stop child sexual abuse, Suicide, Surviving Molestation, Surviving Rape, Trauma, Trauma and Recovery, Traumatized, Triggered, Triggers, Trust-Issues, Unhealed Wounds, Unmasked, Unworthy, We Speak To Heal, Women supporting women, You Are Not Alone
MOLESTED BY FOUR SEPARATE ABUSERS BETWEEN AGES 7-9. RAPED AT 14 YEARS OLD BY A STALKER. **TRIGGER WARNING** Discussions of Child Sexual Abuse. Episodes may contain graphic details. Sex was my healing. Molested and Raped by five separate guys on separate occasions....
by Journey2Free | May 17, 2020 | 60 years old, Break The Silence, Empowered Women Empower Women, From my heart to yours, Helping me through, I am overcoming, I Thank God, Journey 2 Free, Journeying 2 Freedom, Journeying to Freedom, On my way to Recovery, Reassigning Shame, Sexual Abuse, Shatter The Silence, Shattering the silence, Surviving Child Sexual Abuse, Tears streamed down my face, Trauma and Recovery, We Speak To Heal, Women supporting women
This piece was written by our last guest on MASKED (A J2F Mini-Series). I asked her permission to share. It continues to be my prayer that if one person’s life is positively affected, influenced, or changed by my story, then my speaking would not be in vain....
by Journey2Free | May 10, 2020 | A birthday celebration, Acceptance, Apology, Awakened Retreat, Becoming, Becoming Larissa, Betrayal, Break The Silence, Breaking Cycles, Broken Trust, Challenging, Child abuse, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Choices, Conflict, Confusion, Conversations, Courage, Creating Shifts, CSA, Dignity Reclaimed, Disappointments, Embrace change, Empowerment, Encouragement, Evolving, Faith Over Fear, family, Family members, fear, Fighter, Forgiveness, Forgiving Self, Freedom, Generational Rape, God, Healing, Honesty, Hope, Hopeful, I need Help, Journey, Journey 2 Freedom, Journey to Free, Journey to freedom, Journey2Free, Journeytofree, Life, Memories, Mind Set Transformation, Motives, My life, my way, My story, my choice, Negativity, Never Too Old, No More Secrets!, Overcoming, Panic Attacks/Anxiety, Perseverance, Reassigning Shame, Reclaim, Reclaim your dignity, Reclaiming your voice, Regenerate, Rejection, Relationships, Resolve, Scars, Secrets, Self- acceptance, Self-Care, Self-discovery, Self-expression, Self-Forgiveness, Self-healer, Sexual Abuse, Shatter The Silence, Smile, Speak, Speak to Heal, Speak-Out, spiritual entrepreneur, Stolen Innocence, Stop child sexual abuse, Strength, Surviving Child Sexual Abuse, Surviving healing, Surviving Trauma, Survivor, Take a stand, Take back your power, Taking my power back, Therapy, Transformation, Transparency, Trauma, Trauma and Recovery, Triggered, Triggers, Trust-Issues, truth, We Speak To Heal, What it means to be Larissa
Each time I thought about attending the party, I felt like I was on the verge of a panic attack. An internal tug of war was taking place. I was doing it again. Once again, I allowed myself to be conflicted at the expectation and request of a loved one. I still...
by Journey2Free | May 3, 2020 | #Acceptance, #Expectations, #Journey2Free, #Release, A birthday celebration, Acceptance, afraid, anger, Apologies, Apology, Attention Seeking Bitch, Awakened, Be The Change, Becoming, Becoming Larissa, Betrayal, Bitch, Break The Silence, Breaking Cycles, Broken, Broken Trust, But God, Challenging, Child abuse, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma, children, Choices, Conflict, Confusion, Conquer fear, Conquering fear, Contention, Conversations, Courage, Creating Shifts, CSA, Disappointments, Emotions, Encouragement, Family members, fear, Fighter, Freedom, Generational Rape, God, God doesn't understand, Healing, Heartaches, Honesty, I am woman, Inner Conflict, Insecurities, It's Not Your Fault!, Journey, Journey 2 Freedom, Journey to Free, Journey to freedom, Journey2Free, Journeytofree, Life, Life happens, lifetransformation, Liveauthentic, Long post, Lost, love, Memories, Motives, Negativity, Rage, Rape, Reclaim, Reclaim your dignity, Rejection, Scars, Secrets, Self- acceptance, Self-Care, Self-discovery, Self-Esteem, Self-Esteem Issues, Self-expression, Self-Forgiveness, Self-Harm, Self-Hate, Self-healer, Self-love, Self-recovery, Sexual Abuse, Shame, Shatter The Silence, Speak, Speak to Heal, Stand, Stand In Your Truth, Start where you are, Starting Over, Stop child sexual abuse, Strength, Stuck in abuse, Stuck in trauma, support, Surviving Child Sexual Abuse, Surviving healing, Surviving Trauma, Survivor, Take a stand, Take back your power, Taking my power back, Threatened, Threatened Into Submission, threats, Times Up, torment, Trauma, Trauma and Recovery, Unhealed Wounds, Unworthy, updates, We Speak To Heal, What it means to be Larissa, What it means to be me, Women supporting women, Wounds
The plans were underway, no-one bothered to include me or even ask, was it that they knew I wouldn’t be interested in attending, or was it something more sinister? Could it be they didn’t want me there for fear of contention? December 20th, 2016 –...
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