In the Season 1 finale of Still Speaking, I reflect on why this podcast had to exist. What began as anger and silence became a way to tell the truth, name the impact, and choose light over disappearing. This episode closes the first chapter and open the next.

This episode is about the silence that came after I asked for help. When the systems that were supposed to protect and respond went quiet, I was left alone with the aftermath. Episode 8 explores abandonment, invisibility, and what it does to your nervous system when there is no replay, only waiting. I talk about what that kind of quiet does to a person, and how being unseen can be as damaging as the original harm.

Episode 7 explores the quiet aftermath, what happens after the moment passes and how your sense of self and safety tilt.

This episode is about the ability of trauma to hijack your body before your mind realizes what happens, And what it looks like to have your body instead of your mind take control.

Greif didn't come all at once. It came quietly missing the woman who laughed easily, trusted deeply and moved through the world without fear while learning to live as someone new.

I share what happened when I asked for help, going to my manager, my doctor, my therapist, and the systems meant to protect workers, and how support, denial, and silence collided.

This episode lays bare the personal cost of trauma, the loss of safety, anatomy, connection, and the person I was before, and how deeply those loses shaped my life.

After the appointment, my mind and body began to fracture under the weight of shock and fear. This episode explores disassociation, confusion, and what it feels like when reality no longer feels stable.