In this episode, sexual trauma survivor and healer Michelle Roberton and I...

• talk about dissociation as a protective mechanism for surviving abuse
• discuss how Michelle's process of embodiment resurrected buried memories and flashbacks of her sexual trauma and how she worked through that
• discuss how talk therapy re-traumatized Michelle and how felt sense and somatic work helped her heal and reclaim her sovereignty
• share several ways that our sex is traumatized beyond physical sexual abuse, including menopause, childbirth, and religion
• explore the reclamation of creativity, expression, play, fun, pleasure, and more when we heal our sex
• share the ways nonphysical sexual trauma shows up in men
• discuss the overall detrimental effects of porn on our sex
• explore how sex begins outside the bedroom and what that looks like
• discuss the role of acceptance and forgiveness in healing sexual trauma
• share how Michelle deals with triggers and her daily practice of talking to herself
• share how Michelle playfully and creatively changed her language to create a reality in which she was whole and not broken
• talk about patterns of self-sabotage and noticing the feelings in our bodies while offering nurturing and nourishment to our whole selves

Work with Michelle

Belief Beyond the Binary self-paced course

No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.