No More Secrets - Challenging the silence around CSA

In the third podcast episode in this series of Survivor Conversations, Viv and Emma talk about all the great things that can happen when Survivors able to talk openly about our lived experiences. They discuss how it feels, to tell the truth and leave silence and shame behind.

We all have secrets sometimes; there are the good ones we can’t wait to reveal, and then there are the bad ones when being found out is what we’re most afraid of. Being a survivor of childhood sexual abuse means that we’re conditioned from a very early age to keep the abuse secret - sometimes because we’re told to, sometimes because we’re ashamed of it, and often because it feels like the things that happened to us were somehow our fault.

Survivor Conversations is a podcast for hopeful, honest and purposeful conversations about surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse hosted by us. We intend to use the podcast to continue campaigning for voice, visibility and community for survivors, and each episode will feature survivor artists and activists discussing issues that matter to us including creativity, social justice and change.

You can find the third episode above, by following this link, or on other sites like: Spotify, Breaker, Pocket Casts etc.

Find out more about Restless and our new digital artwork She walks... here. ​

Trauma responses are normal responses - Challenging the silence around CSA

In the second podcast episode in this series of  Survivor Conversations, Viv and Emma talk about some of the common challenges faced by survivors of CSA. Together they chat about trauma responses, trauma and memory.

Survivor Conversations is a podcast for hopeful, honest and purposeful conversations about surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse hosted by us. We intend to use the podcast to continue campaigning for voice, visibility and community for survivors, and each episode will feature survivor artists and activists discussing issues that matter to us including creativity, social justice and change.

You can find the second episode above, by following this link, or on other sites like: Spotify, Breaker, Pocket Casts etc.

Find out more about Restless and the launch of new digital artwork She walks... here. 

We've just started the Survivor Conversations podcast! 

It's a podcast for hopeful, honest and purposeful conversations about surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse hosted by us. We intend to use the podcast to continue campaigning for voice, visibility and community for survivors, and each episode will feature survivor artists and activists discussing issues that matter to us including creativity, social justice and change.

We've planned out 3 episodes for you and they're just 15 minutes long each. You can find the first episode above, by following this link, or on other sites like: Spotify, Breaker, Pocket Casts etc.

Over the 3 episodes we will be talking about what it's like to be a survivor and why it's important to share survivor experiences and break the taboo. We will be referencing our most recent project Restless and She walks... and speaking about the use of creativity to enable challenging conversations. 

Where do we start? How do we talk about CSA? What can we do if someone wants to talk to us about their own experiences? 

Voice 1: Emma Bryson, survivor-activist and campaigner for Survivor rights and interests 

Voice 2: Viv Gordon, theatre-maker, arts/mental health campaigner & survivor-activist whose work is intended to increase the voice and visibility of survivors of CSA. 

​Find out more about Restless and the launch of new digital artwork She walks... here.