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Healing Comes In Waves: Season 1
Healing Comes in Waves is a choose-your-own-adventure podcast, meaning you don’t have to listen in any specific order, instead, you are encouraged to pick which subjects you want to explore.
Content Note: Although there are no descriptions of sexual violence in this podcast series, any conversation about sexual violence can bring up big feelings and be hard to hear. Listen in a way that feels safer for you. You get to choose.
Trusting Yourself After Trauma with Jaye Garcia, Eternity Martis, Kenisha Charles and Chenthoori Malankov-Milton
In this Healing Comes in Waves episode, we talk with Chenthoori Malankov-Milton, Jaye Garcia and Eternity Martis about understanding what it means to be a survivor and how that is different for everybody.
Supporting a Survivor as a Parent with Glen Canning
Coming October 25, 2022. We cannot heal alone. Yet survivors often share feeling isolated, especially from family. It can be challenging to navigate family expectations. Fears and rigid ideas about justice. It can also be incredibly healing to have their unconditional support and love. To explore how parents and allies can show up for survivors, we speak with Glen Canning, an advocate for victims of sexual assault.
Navigating the Legal System with Dr. Mandi Gray and Gillian Hnatiw
Coming October 26, 2022. In this episode, we talk to lawyer Gillian Hnatiw and feminist academic Mandi Gray about accessing the criminal and civil legal system. Reporting to the police and going through the legal system is one of many options survivors can choose from. This episode is an opportunity to learn more about the legal process and decide what works for you. Remember: whatever choice you make, it’s your decision.
Accessing Counselling on Your Own Terms with Farzana Doctor
Coming October 27, 2022. In this episode, we talk about attending to the impacts of trauma and exploring counselling with Farzana Doctor. You get to determine how you want to heal. One of the tools that you can access is counselling. It can help you understand the impacts of harm, build an understanding of what trauma is and explore tools for care. Counselling can sometimes sound like a magic bullet however it is one tool of many. It is really important to find a counsellor that is a good fit for you and also be prepared to do that work in counselling.
Cultivating Pleasure After Sexual Assault with samatha bitty
In this episode, we talk about pleasure, sexual intimacy and healing with Samatha Bitty.
Understanding the Neurobiology of Trauma with Lisa and Nova Browing Rutherford
Many of us hear the word “trauma” used. But what is trauma? How does it impact us? In this episode, we are joined by two brilliant mental health workers: Lisa and Nova Browning Rutherford to understand trauma and how to affects us after sexual assault.
Going through a Restorative Justice Process with Anwen and Sameer
In this episode, we’re talking to a survivor, Anwen, and the person who sexually assaulted her, Sameer, about going through a restorative justice process.
Rarely do we hear stories about survivors finding a sense of accountability, let alone a friendship is borne out of that process. We thought it was important to share this conversation on the podcast to provide a window into other ways sexual violence can be addressed.