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...
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 | Oct 8, 2025 | Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery
Dear Survivor, I was standing in a Jamaican patty shop, a place I frequently visited, a place I felt reasonably safe, when my body betrayed me. Or so I thought. An older gentleman in the corner started complimenting me. I said thank you out of courtesy, but the more...
by Journey2Free | Jul 23, 2025 | Sexual Abuse
Dear You, The one who stayed silent because it was safer. The one who wanted to scream but didn’t know if their voice would survive the sound, or the event before or after. The one who tried to forget, tried to move on, tried to convince themselves it wasn’t that bad....
by Journey2Free | Jul 9, 2025 | Faith-Based Recovery, Healing and Faith, Sexual Abuse
Because God doesn’t wait for perfection before He moves. I thought healing would be neat, straightforward, and private, just me, my therapist, and a few quiet sessions. Man, was I wrong. Healing has been messy. Loud. Inconsistent. It had me in a chokehold so tight I...
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