E130. Eliza Bleu And Why We’re Not All Gonna Be Oprah

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

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4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Eliza Bleu is a survivor advocate for those affected by human trafficking, she’s also a survivor of human trafficking. She and Bridget discuss the red flags both parents and youths should be aware of, grooming tactics and how insidious they can be – especially from someone you’re supposed to be able to trust, the fraught conversation around personal responsibility in the survivor space, and the role advancing technology and social media platforms play. They share personal stories of their own experiences, how the most innocuous things can be triggers, how trauma never fully heals, but it can be integrated, why you have to take care of yourself when you’re trying to serve others, trying not to let the darkness overwhelm you, hanging onto hope, and why you should never ugly-cry on Rogan.

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0:00.0	This is Watkins, welcome with Bridget Pettasy, I'm Bridget Pettasy, and you are welcome.
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0:57.0	This week on the podcast, I'm very excited to sit down with Eliza Blue.
1:04.0	Eliza is a survivor advocate for those affected by human trafficking.
1:08.0	She's also a survivor of human trafficking.
1:11.0	I had a very fascinating conversation with Eliza and emotional time, so bear with us and enjoy.
1:20.0	Hi, I'm with Eliza Blue, everybody.
1:22.0	A very requested podcast, I must say.
1:26.0	Hi, Bridget. Nice to meet you, finally.
1:29.0	Nice to meet you.
1:31.0	Very much so. I wish it wasn't person.
1:33.0	So tell us a little bit about yourself.
1:36.0	So in April on April 2nd, 2020, I made a decision to add my name and my photograph for the first time in an article about human trafficking.
1:46.0	So it was really, truthfully, the first time that I stepped forward as a public survivor leader just to get the message out there as much as possible as a result of COVID-19.
1:55.0	I knew because of the lockdowns, it would increase, you know, folks that would be at risk for human trafficking and child sexual abuse.
2:02.0	So I decided to step forward.
2:05.0	That decision didn't come lightly.
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