Denise is a poet and an award-winning writer, photographer, and artist, and an IT professional. And she is a survivor of childhood abuse. She is the author of a new self-help book: "Thriving After Sexual Abuse: Break Your Bondage to the Past and Live a Life You Love" where she provides tips and suggestions for readers to seek help, self-reflect, and pursue healing through a range of activities and practices and offers tangible strategies for readers to reclaim their lives and move forward to a life of Thriving.

In this episode, Denise shares her story of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her grandfather and how that abuse affected the rest of her childhood & growing up. She takes us through her healing journey and what it took to move from a place of survival to now thriving. 

We discuss the following points:

• Her story of childhood sexual abuse
• How the abuse affected the rest of her childhood & growing up
• Exploring different routes of healing
• Moving from simply surviving to truly thriving
• Why it may be so hard to begin your healing journey
• How healing is a series of letting go & welcomings
• Reflection prompts for healing

Tune in to hear the rest of her story & insights!

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Connect with Denise & her work:

• Website: thrivingaftersexualabusebook.com
  • Healing Journey Library
• Book: Thriving After Sexual Abuse: Break Your Bondage to the Past and Live a Life You Love by Denise Bossarte
• Facebook: Thriving After
• Instagram: @poetryyogini
• YouTube: Thriving After

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Song: Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright

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