Jimanekia Eborn, who refers to herself as a “child of trauma”, takes us on her powerful life journey from witnessing her mother being brutally murdered at the age of one to becoming an inspiring expert in the areas of sexual trauma support and sex education with a special love for helping those with marginalized identities. Her childhood included many struggles related to class, race, and bodily autonomy. By age twelve, she had already learned that Black bodies are commodified which contributed to her difficulties with internalized body shame and her choice to keep her sexual awakening very private. Despite never being kissed until age seventeen, college was a game changer. Here, she discovered the “power of her pussy”. She organically found non-monogamy and even experienced her first play party. After college, Jimanekia traversed the mental health field, finally finding her soul’s love while holding space for sexual abuse survivors, helping them heal while concurrently educating on healthy, shame free sex. Please join us for this amazing episode of Open Deeply. Episode Links: Information on EMDR: https://www.emdria.org/about-emdr-therapy/ Information on somatic psychotherapy: https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-somatic-therapy-can-help-patients-suffering-from-psychological-trauma#1 Information on parts work therapy: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/internal-family-systems-therapy Resources for abuse survivors: RAINN https://www.rainn.org/ Male Survivor https://malesurvivor.org/about-malesurvivor/ National Sexual Violence Resource Center https://www.nsvrc.org/ About guest, Jimanekia Eborn: Jimanekia Eborn is a Queer Media Consultant, Comprehensive Sex Educator, and Sexual Assault & Trauma Expert. With a Masters in Health Psychology, she has worked in mental health for the past 13 years in sex education and sexual trauma support. Jimanekia is the host of Trauma Queen - a podcast mini-series for survivors of assault and our allies, and the Founder of Tending the Garden, a healing retreat for survivors of assault of different marginalized identities. In 2020, Jimanekia co-founded Centaury Co., bringing increased representation to the field of Intimacy Coordination in the film industry. Where to find Jimanekia Eborn: Trauma Queen website https://traumaqueen.love/ Jimanekia's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jimanekia/?hl=en Tending the Garden Website https://www.tendingthegarden.love/about-us Tending the Garden Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tendingthegarden.4.sas/ Where to find co-host Kate Loree: Website http://kateloree.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kateloreelmft Twitter http://twitter.com/kateloreelmft Instagram http://instagram.com/opendeeplywithkateloree YouTube https://youtube.com/channel/UCSTFAqGYKW3sIUa0tKivbqQ Where to find co-host Sunny Megatron: Website: http://sunnymegatron.com Facebook http://facebook.com/sunnymegatron Twitter http://twitter.com/sunnymegatron Instagram http://instagram.com/sunnymegatron Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@sunnymegatron YouTube https://www.youtube.com/sunnymegatron American Sex Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/2HroMhWJnyZbMSsOBKwBnk Open Deeply podcast is not therapy or a replacement for therapy. Please know this episode has themes of sexual and emotional abuse and neglect. If you catch yourself becoming emotionally overwhelmed by this episode’s content, please get support. Call a friend, therapist, or an emotional support hotline, such as, 800-273-talk (8255).