One Life One Heart

12/06/22 • 74 min

Finding OK - Healing After Sexual Assault and Abuse

Michelle M. Kang is the founder and president of One Life One Heart, a nonprofit organization which helps underserved sexual abuse survivors by offering culturally sensitive community support. She has dedicated herself to creating safe spaces where survivors can feel heard, regain their self-confidence, and fulfill their purpose in life.
Michelle was born in South Korea, she has PhDs in Linguistics and Education, and she is the current Dean of the School of Foreign Languages at Saigon International University in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. In this episode she talks about how the trauma of childhood sibling sexual assault affected her, and the powerful role that faith has played in her healing. She discusses the work that she does with One Life One Heart and shares her passion for supporting survivors.
One Life One Heart
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Michelle's Story - She has a book!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1543114660/
Learn More: Child Sexual Abuse
https://www.rainn.org/articles/child-sexual-abuse
Learn More: Incest
https://www.rainn.org/articles/incest
Letters for the Fire
https://www.finding-ok.com/blog/letters-for-the-fire-season-4/
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Reclaiming Power - Talking Shit With P

Paula Mulamula is the host of the Mental Health podcast, Talk Shit With P where she focuses on real talk and breaking the stigma surrounding mental health issues. Today Paula is breaking her silence and sharing her story of surviving sexual assault and reclaiming her power post-trauma. She also shares how podcasting helped her find her way out of depression, how faith has re-entered her life and become a part of her healing, and how self-care helps her through the difficult times in life.
Paula is originally from Tanzania, she has traveled and lived all over the world and now makes her home in Atlanta, Georgia where she talks shit and is fabulous.
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Testing and Reporting Info (USA)
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Claiming Freedom - Letting Go of Shame and Blame

Kalpashree Gupta joins me to share her journey in healing from childhood sexual abuse. We discuss letting go of shame and blame, what forgiveness means to her, breaking cycles of family trauma, and where she's found strength, grace, and empowerment.
Kalpa is the CEO and founder of Knekxt Group, a consulting and coaching company helping her clients build trust, and mitigate risks while also creating internal awareness for the high achievers who, like herself, have used their achievements to deflect from dealing with trauma. Her mission is to impact 100 million lives in 10 years. Prior to that, she led several leadership roles with fortune 500 companies such as American Express, Zelle/Early Warning Services, in product and fraud risk management, including early career with GE in India, and brief stints with Bristol Myers Squibb, and Mayo Clinic in brand management and consulting.
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Book of Forgiving
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The Body Keeps the Score
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TED Talk - Nadine Burke Harris - How childhood trauma affects health accross a lifetime
https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime?language=en
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Finding OK - Healing After Sexual Assault and Abuse - One Life One Heart

Transcript

One Life One Heart

[00:00:00] Michelle: I finally realized that all my fear and my uncomfortable feeling with the people, uh, from that, you know, traumatic event, uh, that was the beginning. That was the beginning of my healing journey, and that was the beginning of me thinking about helping other survivors.

[00:00:38] Hecate: Hi there. Thank you so much for joining me. I'm Hecate and this is Finding Okay. A healing podcast for survivors of sexual