Episode 10: In this episode I'll share my journey with repressed memories and how unveiling these  anhis episode is one of the hardest—and most important—I’ve ever recorded. 💔 Today, I’m sharing something deeply personal: my experience with repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse, how those memories resurfaced, and the journey that followed as I began to piece together the truth about my past. This is a raw, real, and sacred conversation about trauma, silence, and what it means to believe yourself when the world tries to gaslight you. 💬🔥

I want to say this clearly: this episode comes with a strong content consideration. If you’ve experienced childhood abuse or are in the process of trauma healing, please go gently with yourself while listening. Pause when you need. Feel into your body. You are not alone. You are not crazy. And you are deeply loved. 💞

In this episode, I share:
 🧠 What repressed memories are—and how they showed up for me
 📉 The emotional fallout and how my mental health was impacted
 📚 How a false cultural narrative (thank you, “False Memory Syndrome Foundation” 🙄) has kept so many survivors silent
 🛑 Why “it didn’t happen if you don’t remember it” is a deeply harmful myth
 🔍 Why your body knows the truth—even when your conscious mind doesn’t

I also get into how childhood trauma shaped my nervous system, why complex PTSD (CPTSD) has been such a breakthrough in understanding myself, and how reclaiming my own truth led me to one of the most defining moments of my life—testifying against my father in court. ⚖️

This episode isn’t easy, but it’s honest. It’s for the woman who needs to know she’s not imagining things. For the woman who remembers something but isn’t sure what it means. For the one who’s been told she’s “making it up.” I see you. And I believe you. 🫶

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