The Healing Place Podcast - Greg Williams Interview

I know the feeling, Terri. I had to weigh the same considerations (and a few others) while writing and completing my manuscript.. it was a gut-wrenching experience: My abuser is still alive and though we've reached a truce, I had to find the balance between speaking MY truth and stifling any (justified?) entitlement, to perpetuate the shame cycle, unduly trigger or do further damage.  It wasn't an easy tightrope walk, but the conscious effort was an important exercise in self-restraint - and maybe, has allowed me to better appreciate the imperfections of our collective human condition. I wish you a positive and healing journey for your SELF.

Amit Janco posted:

Teri, thank you for sharing your podcast interviews. As gruesome and heartbreaking as some of the details are, it's comforting to see (as a survivor myself) common threads of surivorship, resilience and hope for transformation.

Thank you for this. As I finish up my book, I find myself torn. How much of the "gruesome and heartbreaking" details do I include? I worry about triggering effects on readers. But, I guess that's what trigger warnings are for, right? But, I also find comfort in knowing there are others who have survived traumatic events and "get it" on so many levels (mind, body, soul). You stated it beautifully in that we can find "survivorship, resilience and hope for transformation" together.

Peace,

Teri

Teri, thank you for sharing your podcast interviews. As gruesome and heartbreaking as some of the details are, it's comforting to see (as a survivor myself) common threads of surivorship, resilience and hope for transformation.