Like Me Podcast

Episode:3 – What’s in a Name?

Podcast: Like Me Officially

Host: J’K

In this episode, J’K explores:

- Why names carry power beyond words

- How labels can become identities — without our consent

- The psychological impact of being named by others

- The difference between survival and becoming

- Why some labels help… and others quietly limit us

- The body’s role in remembering what the mind avoids

- Choosing a name that allows growth, not pressure

- Why naming yourself is an act of agency, not rejection

Content note:

This episode includes references to sexual violence and identity after trauma. Please listen at your own pace and take care of yourself.

Reflection invitation:

What name are you living under right now — and did you choose it?

Life After “Survivor”

What happens when the word survivor no longer fits?

In this episode of Like Me, J’K explores what it means to live beyond survival, not by erasing the past, but by loosening its grip on identity.

For years, surviving became both a skill and a label. It shaped how the body stayed alert, how safety was negotiated, and how patterns of loss and stability quietly repeated themselves. Even when life became calmer, the nervous system continued to operate as if danger were just around the corner.

This episode reflects on how trauma lives in the body, not just in memory and how healing is less about fixing what broke and more about teaching the body that peace is safe.

Drawing on personal reflection, neuroscience, spirituality, and the rhythms of nature, J’K examines the weight and limits of the word survivor, the difference between endurance and evolution, and what it means to live within what’s next, rather than beyond what was.

This is a conversation about identity, awareness, and becoming about choosing to live fully, not just live past.

In This Episode

Survival as a skill and how it becomes identity

Why the body holds trauma long after the threat has passed

Learned fear vs learned safety

The limits of the word survivor

Healing through neuroscience, spirituality, and nature

Moving from endurance into evolution

Key Reflection

Survival may keep you alive, but it doesn’t have to define who you become.

About the Host

J’K is the host of Like Me, a reflective podcast exploring identity, self-advocacy, healing, and life beyond survival — into courage, self-insurance, and thriving.

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Like Me Intro...

There was a long season where I didn’t recognise myself…and I wasn’t sure if I even liked who I saw.

This episode marks the beginning of Like Me - a personal and immersive podcast about life after the violence, the shame, and the labels that were placed on me without my permission.

I’m not teaching. I’m not fixing. I’m not holding myself up as an example.

I’m sharing from my own experiences the questions I had to ask myself, the stories I carried for years, and the moment I realised they weren’t the full truth of me.

If any of this lands with you, sit with it. Breathe into it. Take what you need, leave what you don’t.

In this episode, I explore:

Why I created this podcast

The stories I internalised about myself

How experiences can turn into identities

The moment I realised I was more than what happened to me

What it looks like to move from surviving into something fuller

Support

If anything in this episode brings up feelings or memories, I’ve created a UK-wide directory of specialist sexual violence and mental health support. Access it anytime here: Support Directory