The Power We Hold Podcast S01 Ep08: Sexual Assault Recovery

Thank you for joining me, your host and eco-visual artist Vanessa Albury, on my journey to becoming a better ally to people of all diversities (bipoc, LGBTQAI2S+, non-normative brained and embodied +) and steward of the environment in podcast form as The Power We Hold! This is part of Coral Projects' work in eco-consciousness healing. My co-host, Caleb Williams, is also an artist. She is 21 years my junior and makes art about her experience as a Black woman in America. We have in-depth conversation together and with others about difficult topics full of love and healing.

Trigger warning: It's about healing from sexual trauma. We do not go into details, but please decide if this is for you.

Episode 8 is a very powerful conversation between Caleb and I about healing from sexual assault. We feel this is an important topic to share. We both hit triggers and blocks to move through in order to get it out there. Sharing growth from trauma is one of the final signs of healing through it. There is no dodging the trauma in healing. There are acceptance, responsibility for the self and choices all the way.

I open with context around how I see healing and the contemporary moment we are all in together around women’s bodies. I share my masterclass Get the Love You Deserve which is my 4 steps of healing to moving out of jobs and relationships that did not serve me into living the life of my dreams, truly BEYOND my dreams.

I hope our conversation supports you. Please share it with 3 other people, and at least 1 cis-gendered man. We all need to be in this conversation. We need healing around sexual assault as a community. Let’s keep talking about how we heal!

Thank you for your participation in this powerful conversation.

Originally recorded July 12, 2022 in Brooklyn, NY.

Show Notes:
The Power We Hold Podcast IG, website
Vanessa Albury IG, website
Coral Projects IG, website + Make a tax-deductible donation
Caleb Williams IG, website
Music Clear Skys by Wael Elhalaby IG, Soundcloud
Audio Editing by Bryan Klausing Rain Junkies website, LinkedIn
Coral Projects in Italy + Hyperallergic
Caroline Myss
Karpman's Drama Triangle
Master Sri Akarshana
Get the Love You Deserve Masterclass
Phoenix Rising

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that: 73% of sexual assaults are perpetrated by a non-stranger. 28% by an intimate partner. 7% by a relative of the victim.
Agnes Vivarelli
To Be Magnetic
Fight, flight, fawn and FREEZE
Hotline for sexual assault 800-656-HOPE (4673) + Link has chat line too