What came next is intended for mature audiences only. Episodes discuss topics that can be triggering,

such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, suicide, and murder. I am not a therapist,

nor am I a doctor. If you're in need of support, please visit something was wrong.com

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episode notes. Thank you so much for listening. Nicole Bowman is a mother, writer, blogger, and former teacher.

She utilizes her degrees in education, childhood development, English, as well as her active

pursuit to be a therapist to create thoughtful, advocacy-based content.

Through live stage performances, blogging, poetry, and autobiographical writing, Nicole shares about the nuanced abuse she faced as a child, as well as her healing process.

We are so grateful that she was willing to speak to

us today about all that came next for her amidst her journey through motherhood and the process

of unparenting herself. My name is Nicole Bowman, mom of three.

How loved ones described me growing up and how loved ones describe me now.

It's different.

Some of the words may not change, but I think their core meaning is more empowering than it was back in the day.

So I think people would describe me now as pretty intense.

I love intensely.

The way I tell stories is intense.

I'm fierce.

I'm empathetic.

I definitely have always been that person.

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