Healing from Sexual Assault, Supportive Language, and Practicing Self-Love

Learning to use loving and supportive language for ourselves is important to the healing process.

In this next episode, our interviewee chose to remain anonymous. She talks about what it means to be a survivor of sexual assault and living in a country where so much violence is happening against women, particularly Black and Indigenous women. She reflects on the importance of setting language boundaries with people in our lives, making it clear when words that are being used are causing us harm, and also making sure that the language that we have of ourselves is affirming, loving, and kind. She discusses the importance of acknowledging the pain that we carry and the need for us to change and reframe the way we think about ourselves. She also talks about what it has been like to process her experience as a survivor and finding the ability to feel proud of herself and live a happy life.

She suggests looking into the teachings of researcher and neuroscientist Joe Dispenza as we engage in our own healing work.