Several years ago, a woman named Sage Williams was on this podcast.

She had recently been involved with organizing a symposium at Harvard called Faith and Flourishing,

Strategies for Preventing and Healing Child Sexual Abuse.

Since that interview, Sage Williams partnered with Shirley Wyshenko, a survivor of sexual abuse herself,

to author a book titled Healing After Sexual Abuse, a Latter-day Saint perspective.

Like me, you likely know and love people who have been sexually abused. In fact, the CDC reports that at least one in four girls and one

and 20 boys in the United States experience child sexual abuse. Nearly half of women and more than

one in six men have experienced some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetimes. These statistics are significant and startling,

and I hope you'll take the time to listen not only to my conversation with Shirley on today's

episode, but also the previous episode with Sage Williams. As President Russell M. Nelson has been

quoted as saying, good inspiration is based upon good

information. And it is my belief that as we all become more informed about this topic, we

will be inspired as to how to protect our families and create change. Shirley Wyshenko is a survivor

of child sexual abuse. She grew up in a loving home and community in Orham, Utah.

After serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Taiwan, she married her husband, Steve Wyshanko.

They are the parents of two wonderful children.

Shirley received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees and piano

performance at Brigham Young University. She is the owner and founder of an online piano studio

that serves students globally. Shirley is passionate about helping survivors feel empowered

to write their own stories and contribute to the world in meaningful ways as they

embrace and live principles of healing through Jesus Christ. She believes in the power that

living these principles has and bringing healing to survivors, families, and communities.

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