Voices Not Victims

Surviving to Thriving with Whytli Rogers of In the Wake with Whytli

Whytli Rogers is a certified life coach, mental health advocate, and survivor of sexual and mental abuse. She is a podcast host on In the Wake with Whytli and the co-founder of the End The Stigma foundation. Through sharing her own story and speaking up for these things, she strives to empower others and let them know they aren’t alone in the struggle. Instagram: @whytli or @inthewakewithwhytli Website: https://whytli.com/ Podcast: In the Wake with Whytli (https://whytli.com/in-the-wake-podcast) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/katie846/support [https://anchor.fm/katie846/support]

Advocacy Coalitions: What your city officials need to do NOW with Bianca Rosen

On this episode I sit down with Bianca Rosen. Bianca Rosen is a writer, anti-rape advocate, and communications strategist based in the Bay Area. Her work in the anti-rape movement began as a sexual assault counselor in San Francisco. For three and a half years, she supported survivors on the local crisis line. Through this experience, she witnessed how the City mistreats survivors and fails in its response to sexual violence. Bianca’s time as a counselor galvanized her to advocate and write extensively on this issue. She wrote a graduate thesis that examined San Francisco’s response to sexual assault from a survivor-centered perspective and made recommendations for change. She adapted this graduate thesis into an article for a local publication and authored several Op-Eds that jumpstarted a dialogue among elected leaders and community members about adopting more survivor-centered practices. Today, she is organizing a coalition of survivors and allies on the frontlines of local anti-rape advocacy work. She wants to build the survivor community’s political power to interrupt and improve responses to sexual violence at the local level. Connect with Bianca: Instagram and Twitter: @_biancarosen_ website: biancarosen.me email: biancarosen444@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/katie846/support [https://anchor.fm/katie846/support]

Why mental health unlocks your fitness goals and how struggles leverage our voices with Author Kirsten Beverley Waters

A pioneer in innovative movement methods for healing, Kirsten brings a modern perspective beating struggle – be they from everyday difficulties or life-changing events.In her new book STRUGGLE GURU [https://www.amazon.com/Struggle-Guru-Biographical-Struggles-Influencing/dp/1098312546/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=struggle+guru&qid=1592331063&sr=8-1] (September 1, 2020 / US$14.99), Kirsten dives deep into an exploration of personal experience and how our individual stories and struggles help shape our individual core being giving breath to our individual strengths. Kirsten’s past has been punctuated with seemingly insurmountable challenges including a cancer diagnosis. But when it comes to defining the heights of her career, Kirsten credits the low moments in her life with enabling her to find her voice and harness her powers. Her strategy helps people optimize their sense of self through the lens of mental wellness, whole body health, and spiritual grounding. With Kirsten’s expert guidance, everybody will find their hidden superpower for overcoming struggle tucked in among these pages. She has shared her work and in been featured in publications such as Shape Magazine, Maine Women’s Magazine, the Daily Burn, Yoga Medicine, Misadventures Magazine, Strategic Athlete, The Outbound Collective, and Yoga World. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/katie846/support [https://anchor.fm/katie846/support]

Why we need to teach consent to our kids now more than ever in a pandemic: Rosalia Rivera of CONSENTparenting

Rosalia Rivera is a passionate consent educator, abuse prevention specialist, sexual literacy advocate, speaker, change agent, and survivor turned thriver. She is the host of AboutCONSENT™, a podcast for survivors and those who support survivors. Rosalia is also the founder of CONSENTparenting™, an online platform with courses, workshops and a membership for adults CSA* survivor parents to learn how to protect their families from abuse. She's also a Latinx mother of three young children and lives in Canada with her husband. Facebook: @Consentparenting Instagram: @Consentparenting www.consentparenting.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/katie846/support [https://anchor.fm/katie846/support]

Paving the way: Rashonda Wilson on Advocating for Survivors of Color

Rashonda Wilson is the founder of I'm A Survivor, Inc.  As a woman of the African Diaspora ("Women of Color") and a survivor of sexual assault, she is passionate about healing women of color, who are survivors of sexual violence and communities affected by it.  Accordingly, Ms. Wilson found a need to advocate for women of color, who are survivors of sexual violence as well as spreading awareness about sexual violence in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. I'm A Survivor, Inc. envisions the world healed from generational trauma that continues to haunt marginalized communities and women of color.  Therefore, I'm A Survivor, Inc. strives to help women of color have a voice; to reshape systems or institutions that oppress, marginalize, and objectify women of color; and to descretate the rape culture. In order to achieve this vision, I'm A Survivor, Inc.  1) encourages healing via support group services, Bible study, and indigenous spiritual healing methods; 2) empowers women of color to boldly share their stories in order to debunk stereotypes that women of color cannot get raped; and 3) educates communities in the Detroit Metropolitan Area on sexual violence and its effects on women of color, the Black family, and the inner city community in an effort to stop blaming rape on woman of color and encourage the conversation of sexual violence in the Black family. Twitter:         @imasurvivorinc Instagram:    @imasurvivorinc Facebook:      I'm A Survivor Incorporated website:www.imasurvivorinc.us [http://www.imasurvivorinc.us/] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/katie846/support [https://anchor.fm/katie846/support]