Sammee and Tori join you after a *slight* hiatus with an update on their lives and the future of the podcast! Check it out! 

Grab the tissues again, and some icecream! In this final episode of our first season of Sisters & Sonder Sammee and Tori bring it back to where they started, with their great grandmother Norma. In this episode each sister shares about the day great grandma passed away, what that looked like for them and the grief that followed. Grief is a complicated emotion. Join the sisters in an episode of memories, tears and stories.

Rest in peace Shorty 1902-2010.
If you're interested here is a link to Norma's Obituary

As always, while Tori is a professional, this podcast is not a replacement for therapy. If you need help, please reach out through one of the resources below. You are worthy of healing.

National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

https://www.nami.org/Home

https://therapyforblackgirls.com/

https://www.mentalhealth.gov/

In this episode Sammee and Tori are joined by Sammee's friend Deanna  tells us the rest of her complex, challenging story about childhood trauma. **Content/trigger warning this episode includes conversations and mentions of sexual abuse/assault, sexual trauma, childhood trauma, family induced trauma, and religious trauma. Please be advised and seek any help you might need.

Some definitions:
Cognitive Processing Therapy: CPT is a specific type of cognitive behavioral therapy that helps patients learn how to modify and challenge unhelpful beliefs related to the trauma.
Sexual Trauma/Abuse: is unwanted sexual activity, with perpetrators using force, making threats or taking advantage of victims not able to give consent.
Religious Trauma: Religious or spiritual trauma is a form of psychological abuse and brainwashing that inculcates the shameful message that we are sinful and must live in a constant state of penance and atonement to escape the ravages of hell and God's punishment.
Gaslighting: is a form of emotional abuse that's seen in abusive relationships. It's the act of manipulating a person by forcing them to question their thoughts, memories, and the events occurring around them. A victim of gaslighting can be pushed so far that they question their own sanity.
Generational Trauma: is a accumulation of neural network in the brain that are established by patterns in behavior and hormones. Trauma can be a very difficult thing to heal. The more engrained it becomes in family systems, the harder the chains are to break.

Brene Brown's book I Thought It Was Just (Me But It Isn't)

As always, while Tori is a professional, this podcast is not a replacement for therapy. If you need help, please reach out through one of the resources below. You are worthy of healing.

National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

https://www.nami.org/Home

https://therapyforblackgirls.com/

https://www.mentalhealth.gov/