You Have No Shame

The body knows, the body protects, the body is always a witness. In this episode, Adeline and Linda stop beating around the bush, and finally face their college experience.(Hint: The DRAMA) They have spent years building safety and trust in their friendship. As a result, they felt safe enough to lean in and untangle something intimate and violent. They explored all the ways that trauma changes you and can show up as a shadow next to you. They affirmed for themselves and hopefully all of you that there is no shame in delayed realizations and reactions. There is no shame in not reacting as expected.

Trauma can take a lifetime to uncover, verbalize or reconcile. They practiced staying gentle with all the versions of themselves that have survived. They giggled and held each other through this episode. Joy has always been medicinal. They landed somewhere soft; trauma reveals itself over time and we can choose to sit with, nourish, avoid, deny, interrogate, confront, resolve, transform, grapple with it all for as long as we want and need. They return to the original intention of their podcast, to say things out loud to other people. We say we do hard things and here we are yet again.

TW: Sexual violence is discussed in this episode.

Mantra #33:

My body can recover with time and community

May my body hold me steady always

May I stay protected as the world gets hectic

I am also a warrior

For Your Consideration: What are the words you do not yet have? - Audre Lorde, our bestie

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