Welcome to the overwhelmed brain where you'll learn to make decisions that are right for you so that you can create the life you want now.

Hello, this is Paul Kolyani, host of this show.

And just a reminder, everything I talk about

is not to be mistaken for actual medical advice or treatment

and is intended to be for informational and educational purposes

only.

Always consult a physician before making any

changes to your medical treatment. So this is what we call a special episode of

the overwhelmed brain and it's special and it really hits my heart. It probably will hit yours too if you are

among those who this episode is about or if you know someone that the subject of this episode touches

upon or if you're somehow related in some way which I believe you are because it is

about childhood sexual abuse and some of it is about

sexual abuse in general it doesn't have to happen in childhood but this is a

special episode because I have someone with me today that knows about this stuff.

She has been through some things in her life and this is also something that I've been wanting

to talk about for quite some time. I'm going to play you the

interview that I had with someone that you probably recognize. Before you play

this, if you have kids that listen to this episode it's going to be a deep and

sometimes dark subject and words are going to come up that your kids may ask you about. They may chuckle at. They may not know, depending on how you taught them. And depending on how young your children are.

And I want to give you a choice if you are a parent and you know your kids are listening.

I want to give you a choice to listen to this episode first and then have them listen or have them listen with you

knowing that I do my best to keep the subject matter as clean as possible and to talk about things in a way that is mature and real and sometimes

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