Restorative Health for Survivors with Tamu Lane

When people leave their abusive environments, they’re often too busy surviving to process their trauma. Today we speak with Tamu Lane, CEO of Healing Wounds, about restorative healing — a process of learning self-love, and self-forgiveness. After sharing her story and introducing the concept of restorative healing, we dive into the challenges that arise from not processing your trauma. As Tamu explains, survivors can pick up negative behaviors that can range from suicidal tendencies to substance abuse. Instead of just surviving, Tamu opens up about how survivors can begin their journey to thriving. She then highlights the need for patience and that everyone’s journey is different. We ask Tamu about her work helping survivors who are still living with their abusers and she talks about building survivors’ sense of self-love. We explore how people end up in abusive relationships and then debunk the myth that it’s only people with low self-esteem that end up in these situations. We look at how abusers are often charming and how they slowly, imperceptibly, beat down their partners sense of self-worth. Tamu reflects on the stigma that surrounds being a survivor and how this stigma often silences survivors. As people land up in complex situations, we discuss some of the numerous reasons that survivors “don’t just leave.” At the end of the episode, Tamu shares a powerful and simple message. Tune in to hear more about the journey to restorative health.

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