How do we navigate the unique questions and fears that come with being a survivors of childhood sexual abuse and sexual violence in adulthood? How do we foster freedom for ourselves and for the children we raise when our freedoms were often limited? In this space, we will acknowledge and explore fears/wonderings, your relationship with freedom, and your right to freedom, joy, and family.

The term hugging the cactus is often reserved to speak to the challenges of raising a teenager, however it seems well suited to speak to the challenges and joys that come with raising a child as you walk through your own healing process. It can feel like being poked by a cactus from across generations. This workshop invites CSA/SV survivors who are parenting or have parented a child into a space to ask questions, get support, share wisdom, find new strategies for navigating both the individual healing process and the ups and downs of changing generational cycles. This requires community---So here we are. Welcome!!!