When We Speak is a podcast where we have inspirational, candid, and empowering conversations. It’s a place where we share insight into how we cope, heal, and find meaning in a wide range of experiences. Hosted by mental health therapist, speaker, and author of “What Children Remember”, Tasha Hunter, MSW, LCSW.
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26. Bonus Episode : Barriers to Safe Bodies, Trusted Relationships, and Healthy Sex
Trigger Warning: I discuss childhood sexual abuse, sexual trauma, and other forms of childhood maltreatment.
This episode is inspired by Glennon Doyle's podcast " We Can Do Hard Things". I listened to her most recent episodes which pertain to sex. It made me realize the importance of speaking out and why we must do everything possible to de-stigmatize the topic of sex and sexuality. It also prompted me to want to discuss some of the barriers that we face that prevent us from having healthy sexual relationships with others and why at times we feel unsafe in our bodies. As many of us know, it is often due to child abuse. As long as I have a voice, I will never grow tired of advocating for abused children and anyone living with PTSD due to childhood abuse, neglect, and abandonment. I will never get tired of speaking about how we heal. If you would like to listen to those episodes here they are:
—Silent Sex Queen
—Sexy Qs, Farewell to Faking It & Vouching For Vibrators
14. Recovering From Abuse Through Loving Dignity with Heather Caliri
"There can't be a resurrection until something has died." Today we are speaking with Heather Caliri about how we heal from self-criticism, feeling as if we aren't good enough or that we are " bad Christians".
Heather invites listeners to heal from abuse, learn how to have healthy relationships, and healthy boundaries. She created 30 Days To Loving Dignity for Christians who have experienced verbal, emotional, and psychological abuse.
Heather Caliri writes about being an awkward Christian: finding God’s grace in the most uncomfortable places. She has written extensively about mental health, abuse and its repercussions, healthy relationships, faith reconstruction after spiritual abuse, and progressive theology.