#97 Grounding, Power, and the Intimacy of Being Real

Find Your Voice, Change Your Life · Mar 30, 2023 · 26m

Today, I interview Sonja Rayne Lee. Unfortunately, part of Sonja's story includes childhood trauma, so there was a lot for her to overcome from a young age. At 12 she was molested. Luckily, her family immediately put her in therapy so she could begin working through it. But it was hard. Sonja felt exposed and vulnerable, and she was hurting. She put up a wall to shield herself and was afraid to let anyone in. This kept her from being fully seen by people, and it kept her feeling as though her light had been extinguished.

She was beginning to realize in therapy that she had been repeating the…