TRIGGER WARNING:

Before you choose to listen or watch, this episode is not for everyone. Here, we speak with raw honesty about experiences that are extremely difficult, painful, and potentially triggering for many. Not even I was prepared for where Michelle’s story went in real time, but what you see is me holding space for her gently, without judgment, without shame, all while she shares things she has rarely spoken aloud.

This episode includes explicit language and discusses:

child rape/molestation

sexual assault

pregnancy by rape

childhood abuse, neglect

drug use, addiction, overdose

suicide/murder/decapitation

partner/domestic violence

human trafficking

name-calling

and other heavy, graphic, or traumatic themes not fully listed here.

I want to be clear:

This is not an episode for someone who is sensitive to profanity or who may be actively healing from any of the experiences mentioned above. If listening would make you feel unsafe in your mind, your body, or your spirit, please skip this episode without guilt- your personal safety and well-being is more important than my podcast analytics.

There is a soft intro at the start designed to help you decide. Please use it.

This episode IS for someone who understands that the world can be dark and that dark things are done by dark and hurting people.

It’s also for those who have never had anyone safe to tell their own story to… someone who needs to know:

You were never the only one.

Your pain is not imaginary.

Your story matters.

This episode is two humans, humaning- imperfect, honest, vulnerable, refusing to sweep hard truths under the rug.

It is not here to entertain, though parts of it might be funny.

It is here to witness, to validate, and to give permission for conversations that are usually silenced.