Welcome to Start By Listening! We are excited to have you on this journey with us toward healing and transformation.  Start By Listening is a podcast about sexual harm, trauma and advocacy.  Season Three - Hodge Podge - We are taking SBL to the community and speaking with various groups and people on the traumas they encounter in their part of the community and asking how they may want their organization to address trauma survivors in the future. This season, we will be delivering exceptional conversations and creative ideas while creating a safe space for connection and thoughtful experiences. We are going beyond sexual harm and really asking, "What does trauma look like and what does this experience look like for the Western Kentucky communities we serve?" We will be talking with various community members, and delving into difficult conversations where trauma intersects our communities and people. Season Three finds us growing and changing how we do our work. Our goal is to drop 2-3 podcasts per month on Fridays and you will find most of our episodes on YouTube as well! Yes, New Beginnings has a YouTube channel.

In this episode, New Beginnings podcasters Jennifer, The Friendly Therapist, and Shelby, Victim Advocate take the time to honor the voices and stories of survivors, in their own words. They have chosen excerpts from books that highlight the reality of surviving sexual harm. April is Sexual

Assault Awareness Month.

Books and Authors in Today's Episode:

Enough: A Memoir of mistakes, Mania and Motherhood - Amelia Zachry -https://www.amazon.com/s?k=amelia+zachry&crid=CMA10B0HG8AV&sprefix=amelia+zachry%2Caps%2C126&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Fragments: A Post-Traumatic Paradigm - K.D. Roche -

https://www.amazon.com/Fragments-Post-Traumatic-Paradigm-K-D-Roche/dp/1074182200/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15TMK9HNEQ16L&keywords=k.D.+roche&qid=1682083585&sprefix=k.d.+roche%2Caps%2C111&sr=8-1

Not That Bad - Dispatches from Rape Culture - Roxanne Gay (editor)

The Ways We Are Taught To Be A Girl by xTx -

https://www.amazon.com/Not-That-Bad-Dispatches-Culture/dp/0062413511/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1B3D2JHWA7J69&keywords=Not+That+Bad&qid=1682083889&sprefix=not+that+bad%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1

dear sister- letters from survivors of sexual violence - lisa factora-borchers (editor) aishah shahidah simmons (introduction)

Letter 1: Keep Breathing - An Ally

Letter 3: It Wasn't Your Fault - Aaminah Shakur

MEMORY 1999 - Judith Stevenson

Letter To My Rapist - Annu Saini

https://www.amazon.com/Dear-Sister-Letters-Survivors-Violence/dp/1849351724/ref=sr_1_4?crid=IVTQ967WC0I&keywords=dear+sister&qid=1682084319&sprefix=dear+sister%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-4

YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS EPISODE. Remember to subscribe to our Podcast - Start By Listening - found on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Deezer and more!

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxT9OQkPpCPSAgcUhhqUkmQ

Start By Listening will drop on Fridays, 2-3x monthly, bringing you an interesting and intriguing look into the work we do, while educating about trauma and healing. If you would like to reach out and contact Jennifer or Shelby, please email at SBL@nbowensboro.org. Finally, a few shout outs. If you liked our jingle jingle, hop on over to www.uriahwilde.com and talk with Seth Hedges. He created the beautiful music for our podcast. Thank you SETH! Another special thank you to Rodney Newton, he helped us learn how to put this Podcast together and create a beautiful thing. Thank you RODNEY!!!

To find local resources for sexual abuse please visit www.RAINN.org or call the

National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673, 24/7/365