In this episode, sexual trauma survivor and healer Michelle Roberton and I...
talk about dissociation as a protective mechanism for surviving abusediscuss how Michelle's process of embodiment resurrected buried memories and flashbacks of her sexual trauma and how she worked through thatdiscuss how talk therapy re-traumatized Michelle and how felt sense and somatic work helped her heal and reclaim her sovereigntyshare several ways that our sex is traumatized beyond physical sexual abuse, including menopause, childbirth, and religionexplore the reclamation of creativity, expression, play, fun, pleasure, and more when we heal our sexshare the ways nonphysical sexual trauma shows up in mendiscuss the overall detrimental effects of porn on our sexexplore how sex begins outside the bedroom and what that looks likediscuss the role of acceptance and forgiveness in healing sexual traumashare how Michelle deals with triggers and her daily practice of talking to herselfshare how Michelle playfully and creatively changed her language to create a reality in which she was whole and not brokentalk about patterns of self-sabotage and noticing the feelings in our bodies while offering nurturing and nourishment to our whole selvesBelief Beyond the Binary self-paced course
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