Christine Ristaino passionately shares her journey on becoming whole after recently publishing her memoir, a project 12 years in the making. All the Silent Spaces outlines her experience revisiting rape and molestation after being attacked in a parking lot in front of her 3- and 5-year old children.
00:45 A Project 12 years in the making
01:20 Attacked in front of my children
02:45 Gaining the strength to unpeel
06:00 One traumatic event and the impact
06:45 Having the courage to have difficult conversations
05:45 Childhood molestation - separation
12:45 Years of having no voice
14:40 How do we begin to heal after experiencing sexual violence?
19:50 Raped at the age of 21
21:00 Confession to a friend and the connection to childhood molestation
23:00 Incomprehensible
25:35 All the Silent Spaces Testimonial
26:45 We need to talk about sexual violence
27:40 Reach out to Christine
28:38 If something traumatic happens to us
29:00 A new episode is published every Wednesday
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