Today, I am deeply grateful to my guest Hannah and her incredible bravery for coming onto the podcast. Hannah works in the sex industry, and she is sharing her experiences and her insights on the reactions and projections of the people within her life on her job. We also discuss how she has navigated her own personal journey of self-exploration, self-liberation, and healing certain aspects of herself. Hannah’s intention is to shine a light on sex work in order to begin to destigmatise sex work, sexual liberation, and to end sex trafficking. 

Before we get into the episode, we are going to hear a brief conversation between myself and astrologer Danielle on how sex has been pushed into the shadows in our society, and how we then may see it popping up and festering in sex trafficking and sexual abuse. I hope that you can go into this important conversation with an open mind and you come out on the other side with an understanding that you perhaps did not have before.

What You’ll Discover: 

• 3:33 - The connection between sex and power and how Pluto influences our relationship to sex
• 8:51 - What Hannah does and the misconceptions that she’s discovered around sex work
• 11:24 - How Hannah got into sex work and how people in her life reacted to it
• 16:10 - Safety and consent in sex work, and which needs drive people to hire sex workers
• 21:53 - The negative consequences of shame and guilt around sex and sex work
• 25:45 - The difficulties of navigating visibility within sex industry
• 29:46 - How destigmatising sex work can help to prevent sex trafficking and sex trauma

Resources:

• Follow The Hidden Voice Podcast on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thehiddenvoice_podcast/ 
• Grab a signed copy of Samala’s new book SPIRAL https://samala.co.uk/podcast-books/ 
• Connect with Samala on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/samala_lee_author/ 
• Connect with Samala on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/samalaauthor/ 
• Connect with Danielle https://www.instagram.com/sunsignself/