Season 1 · Episode 3
Najla
This episode includes a survivor talking about abuse. Listen at your own pace, and pause whenever you need to.
Najla shares her powerful journey to healing and self-forgiveness and offers some wise advice about how communities and individuals can work to end domestic violence.
We’re taught math, we’re taught reading, but we’re not taught how to have healthy relationships.
About SISTERs Stories
In this series, SISTERs (Survivors In Service To Extend Resiliency) tell their stories of surviving domestic violence. SISTERs Stories offers a glimpse into their lives, beyond the stigma, myths and assumptions about survivors, and centers their strengths, resiliency, wisdom and varied paths to healing.
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All episodesIt’s what you do after this trauma that makes the difference in your life.
[Leaving] is going to be very hard and scary in the beginning, but if you stay true to it, it gets better.
I’m really grateful for how I’ve been able to rebound and show up for myself as well as my children in a way I didn’t know I would be able to do.