Disclaimer and trigger warning: What we talk about on In My Truth tends to be very raw and can be triggering. Resources for support and help are included at the end of show notes - scroll down for more information. This episode includes talk around sexual and emotional abuse in childhood and exotic dancing, and also includes some swearing. If these themes aren’t for you, we hope to see you in the next episode.

In the inaugural episode of In My Truth, serial entrepreneur and truth seeker Sarah Riegelhuth talks with Ashlee Moyle about opening up a current untruth she is working through and living with.

Ashlee Moyle is an interior designer with Red Door Project, a brand and content creator, a crystal-energiser and into pilates.

Your host Sarah Riegelhuth is not one thing, but many. Professionally, Sarah runs Grow My Team and she’s one of the co-founders of The League of Extraordinary Women. But personally, she’s a lot more than that. In the last year, Sarah has moved through a breakdown and a break-up, and changed her entire career, ending 17 years in financial planning and selling her company. During this period of change, she had a strong calling to share what was going on for her in real time on her blog and social media profiles. This sharing resulted in a lot of conversations in her network of friends and colleagues, and Sarah started imagining what it could look like if more people could listen in on what was being shared, worked through and healed.

And so, on a pilgrimage from Vancouver to Colorado, In My Truth was born. So let’s dive in.

Be a fly on the wall as Sarah and Ashlee dive into the untruths and stories they are currently living with and working through, from sexual and emotional abuse from someone in a position of power to a revelation about pole dancing to pay off debt.

Some of the beliefs and stories uncovered in this episode include:

owning your story and deciding to open up about our stories publicly

being treated differently when experiences are uncovered

personal experiences being used by partners to explain and highlight our perceived damage

perceptions of what has happened versus how it makes it us feel

parental guilt

separating the feeling of what has been done from who people are

holding back from sharing because of and dealing with what we think people will think about us

labels of victimhood or surviving

defending our reasons for not being open

who we choose to share our stories with

surface emotions and digging deeper

Remember you’re not alone, and there is hope, even though it may not feel that way at times. Talk to someone, a friend or family member and let them support you. Reach out to a professional. Do whatever you need to do to start your journey back to feeling good.

Here are some resources I found on Google (because I am not a professional, these are not recommendations, just suggestions with love and empathy from me to you):

Lifeline (Australia): 13-11-14 is a confidential telephone crisis support service available 24/7 from a landline, payphone or mobile. Beyond Blue (Australia): 1-300-22-4636 OR chat online between 3pm & 12am 7 days a week No Shame On You (USA): 1-800-273-(TALK) 8255 OR text 741741 for a 24/7 crisis text line (a live, trained crisis counselor receives the text and responds quickly) OR visit I’m Alive for 24/7 online crisis chat National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (USA): 1-800-273-8255 Crisis Services (Canada): 1-833-456-4566 OR text 45645 between 4pm and 12am daily

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