This intro sets the tone for Like Me - a podcast rooted in truth, self-curiosity, and the quiet decision to stop living under the shadow of sexual violence.

I’m sharing my journey from survival into something more… with honesty, reflection, and no labels attached.

If you’ve ever felt defined by what happened to you, or tired of carrying stories that don’t belong to you… this space is for you.

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In this first episode, I’m going back to the quiet moment that first changed how I understood myself.
A moment of recognition. When Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings found me at thirteen and stirred something I didn’t yet have language for.

For years, I lived with truths I couldn’t name.
My voice learned how to hide. I looked fine, sounded fine while carrying a silence I didn’t know how to break.

In this episode, I share how that silence shaped me, how the world’s loud facts about gender-based violence echo through the lives behind them, and why I created Like Me Officially. A space where we move from surviving into thriving, without trauma bonding, without fixing, without pretending.

I share from lived experience and curiosity, and as a seeker of truth, I create distance from the lies that have kept me stuck.

I'm not here to fix. Just sharing what I’ve lived, what I’ve learned, and what I’m still becoming.

If something in this episode makes you think, pause, or feel differently… that’s the work. It means this episode was worth doing.

Thank you for listening.

#OurTimeToThrive

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