30: Childhood Sexual Abuse

This week's episode is a replay of my previous conversation with Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, author of Trauma Stewardship and founder of the Trauma Stewardship Institute. We discussed the problem of burnout among helping professionals, and how it is possible to recover. Laura is a ...  عرض المزيد

Happy New Year! This week, I'm reflecting on 2025 and looking ahead to 2026, with some inspiration from some of 2025's wonderful podcast guests. It was a year! I hope you will find some ideas about how you can go forward with hope in 2026 through the wisdom shared by these guests ...  عرض المزيد

*TRIGGER WARNING: Episode discusses themes of sexual abuse, assault and rape*

This is part I of a 2-episode series on the topic of sexual abuse, assault and rape.

In this episode, we tackle some relevant definitions and statistics, discuss some reasons why su ...

CW: This episode contains graphic descriptions of childhood sexual abuse, pedophilia, incest, and suicide. Childhood sexual abuse by a family member is unfortunately more common than many people realize. Approximately one in four girls and one in six boys experience some form of ...  عرض المزيد

On today's episode of the podcast, I interview Ginger Simonton, a PhD student finishing her dissertation. We will cover her in-depth research on alleviating the symptomology of childhood sexual abuse. We will specifically be talking about the link between women who have been sexu ...  عرض المزيد

How common is child sexual abuse? What are some of the misconceptions surrounding it? What trauma do survivors deal with long after the actions have stopped? Can a victim have a healthy life when their abuser is still around? Listen in to hear these things and more! Learn more ab ...  عرض المزيد