S5 Ep151: In Pursuit of Love with Rebecca Bender
Live Well Anyway
MacKenzie Koppa
4.6 • 605 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2020
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
On the Cultivating the Lovely podcast this week, MacKenzie Koppa interviews Rebecca Bender, author of In Pursuit of Love: One Woman’s Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant. Rebecca is a survivor of human trafficking and is now a wife and mother with a busy speaking and advocacy schedule. She is passionate about teaching and about helping others realize that their stories matter. MacKenzie and Rebecca cover a variety of topics surrounding trauma, abuse and recovery, including:
- How much MacKenzie identified with Rebecca’s story and why
- Realizing that this kind of thing can happen to anyone and having grace for other people’s stories
- How our brains are built to adapt to and cope with trauma
- The gift of using different modalities in recovery from trauma
- What it was like for Rebecca going back to Las Vegas and being in places she had been when she was trafficked
- How trauma causes us to forget and block out memories
While we might not be able to 100% relate with each other’s stories, all of us have this root of desiring to love and be loved.
Rebecca Bender- Rebecca’s new life and passion for helping people know that their stories matter
- Teaching our children to see the warning signs and take their time in relationships
- Why Rebecca decided to start a podcast
- The importance of training up our boys to be men of honor
- A typical day in Rebecca’s life right now
- Donate to Rebecca Bender’s Initiative campaign
Rebecca: making time to be at with her daughters during a busy season
MacKenzie: taking time out to be extra present with her kids heading into a challenging season
Resources Mentioned-(Affiliate links are used in this content.)
Books: Podcasts: Movies: Find Rebecca-You can find Rebecca on her website rebeccabender.org and listen to her new Hood to Holy podcast. You can also follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter.
Find MacKenzie-You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! Join us on Patreon at Patreon.com/CultivatingtheLovely.
Thanks to Our Sponsors-This week’s episode of CTL is brought to you by BetterHelp private online counseling. Visit BetterHelp.com/LOVELY for 10% OFF your first month of counseling.
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| 0:00.0 | At the end of the day, we all have a story to tell. |
| 0:02.5 | And while we might not be able to 100% relate with one another's stories, the reality is that |
| 0:08.8 | we've all done things to love and be loved. |
| 0:12.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:12.4 | We might be a little bit embarrassed of. |
| 0:15.4 | All of us have this root of desiring to love and be loved. |
| 0:29.2 | Yeah. of desiring to love and be loved. Welcome to cultivating the lovely. |
| 0:31.2 | I'm your host, Mackenzie Kappa. |
| 0:33.1 | And around here, we know that life is hard, |
| 0:35.7 | and we have to do everything we can to just make it a little |
| 0:38.4 | bit more lovely. So it's my mission to bring you great conversations, practical tools and |
| 0:42.8 | information, and a healthy dose of community to help make those things happen. If you want to find out |
| 0:47.8 | more, you can go to our website at cultivating thelovely.com, visit our amazing membership community |
| 0:52.7 | at patreon.com slash cultivating the lovely |
| 0:55.1 | or by connecting with me on Instagram, which is one of my favorite places to interact with all of you. |
| 1:00.1 | You can find me at McKenzie Kappa. Thanks so much for joining me today. |
| 1:05.6 | Ooh, ladies, today's interview. Today's interview was one of my favorite interviews that I conducted. I actually |
| 1:14.4 | did it last year, getting ready for this year. But you guys, this book that is coming out next week |
| 1:20.9 | by Rebecca Bender, I could not put down. I read it in one weekend. It is called In Pursuit of Love and it is about Rebecca's |
| 1:29.9 | experience being trafficked in Las Vegas because yes, this actually happens in our country. And as you're |
| 1:37.1 | going to hear about in this interview, I actually was able to relate so much more to the things |
| 1:43.7 | that she had experienced than I ever thought |
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