Together We Rise
Own YOUR story and take back your power!
Are you a survivor who is tired of having anxiety, feeling ashamed, or having trouble setting boundaries?
It’s time to own your voice and step into the life you deserve!
What waits on the other side:
- Increased Self-Esteem
- Reduced Anxiety and Depression
- Increased Ability to Set Boundaries and say NO!
- Better Health and Reduced Stress
- Greater Sense of Empowerment and Control
- Increased Capacity for Joy and Happiness
Welcome to Recognize Our Power! I’m Kelly Wallace, the host, and also a survivor of sexual abuse. When I was just eight years old, I testified against my paternal grandfather after being sexually assaulted and raped. He was found not guilty, and I was left struggling in school, suffering from anxiety, and eventually turning to alcohol to cope with my pain.
At 23, I chose to take control of my life and get sober. I realized that in order to do so, I had to really start to heal from all the heartbreak and trauma my little self had been through. Today, I am proud to say that I run two successful businesses, am finishing my memoir, and live a life that I love.
I started Recognize Our Power as a way to help other survivors come out of the shadows, own their stories, and find purpose in their lives. Through candid conversations with other survivors, we explore topics such as healing, self-care, and building resilience.
My hope is that through this podcast, you will be inspired to recognize your own power and start living the life you deserve. Remember, you are not alone, and there is always hope for a brighter future.
Welcome to Recognize Our Power! I’m Kelly Wallace, the host, and also a survivor of sexual abuse. When I was just eight years old, I testified against my paternal grandfather after being sexually assaulted and raped. He was found not guilty, and I was left struggling in school, suffering from anxiety, and eventually turning to alcohol to cope with my pain.
At 23, I chose to take control of my life and get sober. I realized that in order to do so, I had to really start to heal from all the heartbreak and trauma my little self had been through. Today, I am proud to say that I run two successful businesses, am finishing my memoir, and live a life that I love.
I started Recognize Our Power as a way to help other survivors come out of the shadows, own their stories, and find purpose in their lives. Through candid conversations with other survivors, we explore topics such as healing, self-care, and building resilience.
My hope is that through this podcast, you will be inspired to recognize your own power and start living the life you deserve. Remember, you are not alone, and there is always hope for a brighter future.
Own YOUR story and take back your power!
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Sierra Scott
SENIOR CONTENT WRITER & STRATEGIST | RAINN
Sierra Scott is a survivor and the senior content writer and strategist for the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, The Rape Abuse Incest National Network. She has published film summaries for RAINN on Luckiest Girl Alive on Netflix and Leave No Trace on Hulu and works a part-time position as an Impact Production Coordinator with A Measure of Light. She is also a Volunteer Editor for the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims and directly edits research papers submitted to the Torture Journal.
Winnie Li
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR & ACTIVIST
A Harvard graduate and George Mitchell Scholar, Winnie worked as a film producer on Oscar-nominated films in London before her career was disrupted, at the age of twenty-nine, by a stranger rape in 2008. This prompted a long period of recovery, followed by a change of career. Ultimately, Winnie decided to focus on addressing the issue of sexual assault through the media, the arts, and academia.
Cathy Linh Che
AWARD-WINNING POET
Come learn from award-winning poet Cathy Linh Che, author of Split, as she shares her experiences and what she’s learned.
Jo Lauren
AUTHOR & ACTIVIST
Josephine A. Lauren is a queer, neurodivergent author and activist, as well as the Community Organizer for Incest AWARE. She shares her story of surviving childhood incest and illness to raise awareness and support solutions for prevention, intervention, recovery, and justice. Additionally, she provides writing workshops, consulting, and trainings for survivors, the media, and support organizations. Her story has been published in outlets like Ms. Magazine, Yes!, America, Spirituality & Health, and Elite Daily. You can review her full portfolio at www.josephineanne.com and find her at @josephinealauren on all social media platforms.
Deidre Olsen
AWARD-NOMINATED WRITER
Deidre Olsen is a Canadian award-nominated writer based in Berlin. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Cut, NBC News, Salon, Vice, Maclean’s. Shondaland, Narratively and more than 50 publications.
Gloria Masters
CEO, AUTHOR & ADVOCATE
Survivor, Author and Advocate of all things CSA, Gloria speaks from 16 years of lived experience. She is the founder of handingtheshameback.org, which helps other survivors. I have managed to turn the final corner of healing into giving back, through highlighting the issue of child sexual abuse to bring attention to this silent endemic. Gloria has written two books, On Angels Wings – My flight from trauma to grace and Flightpath to Healing – A Guide for Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Survivors.
Rowena Chiu
IGNITED THE #MeToo MOVEMENT
Rowena Chiu is a former assistant to Harvey Weinstein. In 1998, after he sexually assaulted her at the Venice Film Festival, she was forced to accept a settlement and sign a non-disclosure agreement. In 2017, she featured anonymously in the New York Times investigation that ignited the #MeToo movement and in 2019, she went public with her story in Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey’s book, She Said, now a major motion picture.
Katherine Standefer
AUTHOR & TEACHER
Katherine Standefer earned her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Arizona in 2014. She has taught at Ashland University’s Low-Residency MFA Program, in a narrative medicine pilot at the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine, and in the undergraduate creative writing program at the University of Arizona.
Her book Lightning Flowers was a Finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction, a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice/Staff Pick and the NYTBR’s Group Text Pick for November 2020. Named one of O, The Oprah Magazine’s Best Books of Fall 2020, it has been featured in People Magazine, on NPR’s Fresh Air, and on the goop podcast.
Laura Davis
AUTHOR
Come learn from Laura Davis & The Writer’s Journey, author of Courage to Heal, as she shares her experience and what she’s learned about trauma and healing.
Jeannine Oulette
AUTHOR & TEACHER
Jeannine Ouellette’s memoir, The Part That Burns, shatters the silence on childhood sexual abuse and its long aftermath, while celebrating the author’s ultimate reclamation of her own humanity in all its wildness. Ouellette’s essays and fiction appear widely in literary journals including Los Angeles Review of Books, Narrative, Masters Review, North American Review, and more, as well as in her popular Writing in the Dark newsletter, an instant Substack bestseller.She teaches writing at the University of Minnesota and through the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, Catapult, and Elephant Rock, a creative writing program she founded in 2012.
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Kelly Wallace
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Kelly is an outspoken advocate on survivor rights and resilience. For decades, her paternal family has tried to silence her voice. Kelly is empowered to speak her truth, and provide others a platform to do the same.
Kelly Wallace
CO-HOST
Kelly is an outspoken advocate on survivor rights and resilience. For decades, her paternal family has tried to silence her voice. Kelly is empowered to speak her truth, and provide others a platform to do the same.
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