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...
The Difference Between Silence and Secrecy: Choosing Healing Over Bondage.

The Difference Between Silence and Secrecy: Choosing Healing Over Bondage.

by | Aug 28, 2025 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Sexual Abuse Awareness, Faith and Healing, Journey 2 Free Originals, Sexual Abuse, Survivor Healing, Trauma Recovery

There’s a difference between silence that protects and secrecy that imprisons. For years, I didn’t know the difference, and it kept me stuck. Many survivors conflate the two, whether through lack of understanding or fear. But it’s imperative we get clear on this in...
When Anger Speaks: Righteous Rage and the Myth of the Perfect Survivor

When Anger Speaks: Righteous Rage and the Myth of the Perfect Survivor

by | Aug 20, 2025 | Defiant Disruptors, Emotional Health, Faith and Healing, Journey 2 Free Originals, Larissa Rhone, Sexual Abuse, Survivor Healing, Trauma Recovery

We don’t talk enough about the rage. Not the anger you can neatly tuck away, but the blood-curdling, body-shaking kind that leaves you trembling long after the moment passes. For survivors of childhood sexual abuse, rage often feels like the one emotion we’re never...