SIMPLY...WOMAN
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It's a critical time in the world's history, especially for women. We are being called upon like never before to stand up, come together, and re-write out futures. To remember where we've been, how we got here, and what we want moving forward. "Simply... Woman: Stories from 30 magnificent women who have risen against the odds" is a powerfully moving compilation of women's experiences from all over the globe. Each story uncovers a different journey from pain and suffering to wisdom and truth. Let these brave women speak to you. Enlighten and inspire you. Evoke you. Sharing is how we will forge our legacy, create a better future, heal the world.... one strong woman at a time.
NAVASI’S STORY
The powerful and cathartic experience of putting my story into words and publishing it diminished my shame. I kept this secret about myself locked up tight for so many years. I was afraid it would make me somehow less of a person, less than human, to share it. I was constantly afraid of people “finding out” what had really happened to me because I knew that then, they would never accept me. Through the experience of naming it and claiming it I was able to release the shame and let go of the blame. The blame I mostly held for myself. I thought I was somehow responsible. In my story I describe some of the events of my childhood, enduring sexual abuse repeatedly, and the refuge I found in spiritual life at a very young age, specifically, Krishna Consciousness. I doubt I would be alive today if not for that.
As I wrote it I moved through endless amounts of trauma, fear, and grief.
It kept me up at night and I cried constantly. Many times I did not feel equal to the task. Many times I felt that I wanted to quit. I was terrified. I was also desperate to finally be free of this noose around my neck. The very secrets children keep because of their abusers are the secrets that steal those children’s lives. My childhood was certainly stolen, and most of my adulthood too as I worked to recover what was left of myself.
It is my hope that my story will inspire other women to share and heal their painful pasts and thus we can live a more empowered life, and create a better world for our children to inherit.