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Ep 33 - Choosing Forgiveness: Madeleine Black on Healing After Sexual Violence

Ep 33 - Choosing Forgiveness: Madeleine Black on Healing After Sexual Violence17 jun24 min

At 13, Madeleine Black was gang-raped. For decades, shame kept her silent, but she came to realise: the shame was never hers to carry. In this powerful episode, Dr Connie is joined by two-time TEDx speaker and author of Unbroken, Madeleine Black, who made the extraordinary decision to forgive the men who raped her – not for them, but for herself. Madeleine shares her journey from trauma, silence, and a psychiatric ward at 14, to writing her book and speaking on global stages about sexual viol...