Tag: breaking code silence

• Silencing Survivors Won’t Save a Broken System

  

  The NY Post’s latest op-ed dismisses abuse survivors of the troubled teen industry. Here’s why that’s not just wrong—it’s harmful and dangerously misleading.

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  July 10, 2025

  Advocacy, Troubled Teen Industry

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• Healing Out Loud: Why Telling Our Stories Matters

  

  “Healing out loud because I almost died in silence.” Breaking the Silence: The Power of Sharing Our Stories For years, I believed my story was something to be hidden—too heavy, too messy, too much for the world to handle. I convinced myself that silence was safer. That if I didn’t speak about my experiences, they…

  jessicawoodville

  March 9, 2025

  Adverse Childhood Experiences, Memoir Writing, Personal Essays, Survival and Healing

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