"Be Strong: When Survival Becomes Identity"

Rising Above Shadows Of Abuse · Sep 10, 2026 · 1h 44m

Grace sits with Wioletta Anna Orlecka, the author of 'The Strong One.' She explores on this episode, the woven intricacies of hidden architecture of trauma - Childhood, memory, body memory, inherited silence and the way women are expected to hold everything together, whilst receiving nothing in return...QUOTES:“The body keeps the score.” — Bessel van der Kolk“Trauma is not what happens to you, but what happens inside you as a result of what happens to you.” — Gabor Maté“No one heals in isolation.” — Judith Herman“What is silenced in one generation is often spoken in symptoms in the next.” —…