We've all been victimized. Your job is to heal and take your power back. Merle Yost is an EMDR certified psychotherapist, author and teacher who understands about healing from sexual abuse from personal experience. You can reach Merle at his websites https://unspokenboundaries.com/ and https://merleyost.com.

Some of the highlights Merle shares:

• Most people aren't aware of the widespread problem of male sexual abuse
• How traumatic memories can be occluded and forgotten
• Merle's personal story of experiencing sexual abuse from his father
• Correcting false beliefs about sexual abuse
• Abuse is usually carried out by someone you know and trust
• Pedophiles look like everybody else
• How abuse can negatively affect personal boundaries
• We recreate our childhood experiences
• Big T and small t trauma
• We are formed by our experiences, but we don't need to be defined by them
• I don't see myself as a victim
• It's our job to heal
• Living as a victim is a dead end
• Take back your power
• What is gynecomastia and what causes it? (liver condition that causes men to develop female breasts)
• Not all therapists are created equal
• How to choose a good therapist
• EMDR is the closest thing we have to a "magic pill" for healing
• Shame is a wasted emotion
• And more

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