Not Ashamed: Real Talk on Sexual Assault/Rape & Child Sexual Abuse

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**CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNING**

This episode includes discussions about rape, sexual assault, and child sexual abuse.

I acknowledge that this content may be difficult for some listeners. So please use your discretion. I encourage you to care for your mental & emotional safety and well-being and reach out for help if you need it.

April is Sexual Assault & Child Sexual Assault Awareness month so on this episode we discussed the sensitive but important subject of rape, sexual assault and child sexual abuse.

I was joined for this amazing and intimate conversation by 2 amazing women who are themselves survivors of sexual assault:

Monaye Etana, author of “No Longer Bound” & Founder of Grief Path, LLC.

&

Krista “Phoenix” Fee, author international speaker corporate program developer healing guide and founder slash president of Battle2Be.

Key Takeaways:

• Your trauma does not define you! (Krista)
• Everybody has their own path to healing and healing is not linear! (Monaye)
• If you are the victim of sexual assault “surround yourself with a support team, surround yourself with people that you love and trust and have them stand by you throughout. You can't do it alone and you shouldn't have to do it alone.” (Krista)
• Don’t Blame Yourself! (Monaye & Krista)
• 93% of victims know their perpetrator. So that means only 7% are stranger type rape. We're always harping on our kids about stranger danger and don't talk to this person you don't know them, but the data is saying that you should probably be talking to them about everybody, including family members. (Kristin)
• Sexual assault and rape happen to men too!
• It’s ok to not be ok!!
• Don't let anything silence your voice. (Monaye)

If you or anyone you know is, was or may be the victim of sexual assault, abuse there are resources out there to help you on your path to healing:

R.A.I.N.N.  National Sexual Assault Hotline:

 1-800-656-HOPE or 1-800-656-4673

Underground Railroad: Sex Trafficking resources and help:

 https://ourrescue.org/

Male victims:

https://malesurvivor.org/healing-conversations/

https://1in6.org/helpline/         

Connect w/ Monaye Etana:

https://www.favoredandfree.com/     

https://www.instagram.com/unbreakable_survivher/

Get “Monaye's book here:

"No Longer Bound: Breaking Free from the Weight of Abandonment"

Connect w/ Krista Fee:

https://www.Riseupphoenix.org         

https://instagram.com/kristafeephoenix        

https://facebook.com/coachkristafee

Get Krista's book here:

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