Trauma-Healing, Project 2025, And Trumpism With Delicia Niami
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses about sexual assault.
No one deserves to be violated. But for those who have faced such a miserable situation, they could experience trauma-healing through the power of resilience. In this episode, Corinna Bellizzi sits down with Delicia Niami, a survivor of sexual assault and kidnapping. She looks back on how these heartbreaking experiences turned her into a stronger woman and an inspiring author who now leads other abused individuals towards transformation. Corinna and Delicia also delve into the importance of upholding your rights, the dangers of Trumpism, and how the looming Project 2025 initiative could reshape the US government for the worse.
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About Guest:
Delicia Niami is an inspiring author whose life journey has transformed her into a symbol of resilience. From a young age, she faced unimaginable trauma, including a kidnapping that took her to a distant land. Raised by a single mother in California's challenging neighborhoods, Delicia's early years were marked by struggle. Her deeply vulnerable memoir, Kissing Asphalt, chronicles her triumphs and hardships, from abduction to surviving a devastating assault at seventeen. Through her eloquent storytelling, Delicia aims to help others, using her own experiences to inspire and provide solace. Her memoir series, Resilient AF, is a testament to her unwavering commitment to overcoming adversity and prioritizing personal happiness. Delicia Niami's resilience and dedication shine through her poignant writing, inviting readers to find strength in the face of darkness.
Guest Website: https://www.delicianiami.com
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| 0:00.0 | I really hope that you telling this story both heals you on that deep and profound level, |
| 0:06.9 | but also offers insights and healing to those around you. |
| 0:11.5 | I know this is not easy, and I appreciate the tremendous effort that you've undertaken to bring it out into the world. |
| 0:19.6 | So thank you. |
| 0:20.7 | Thank you so much. It really means a lot to me. I really just want to help people and help kids find their voice around pedophilia and help them say, no, don't touch me, and help them know that they don't need to internalize the shame. And there's just so much I want to do to help people with my series. And once I realized that I could, then here I am. |
| 0:40.1 | Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. |
| 0:49.5 | Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. You'll learn how you can make a |
| 0:56.0 | difference. Vote with your dollars and get involved today. Here's your host, Karina Belizei. |
| 1:04.0 | Hello and welcome to another interview episode of Karamore Be Better. I'm your host Karina Belizzi. Today we're going to deepen our |
| 1:13.6 | discussion about trauma and the sorts of things that we all need to do as individuals to be |
| 1:21.0 | resilient and to overcome. I am joined today by somebody local to me, Delicia Naimi. |
| 1:28.1 | She is an inspiring author whose life journey has transformed her into a symbol of resilience. |
| 1:34.7 | From a young age, she faced unimaginable trauma, including a kidnapping that took her to |
| 1:39.7 | a distant land. |
| 1:41.3 | Her deeply vulnerable memoir, Kissing As asphalt, chronicles her triumphs and her |
| 1:46.4 | hardships. She joins me today to talk about this work and her memoir series, Resilient A.F. And you know |
| 1:53.3 | what that A.F. Now, I will preclude today's episode with a bit of a trigger warning, much like when we |
| 2:00.2 | dove into the challenges |
| 2:02.5 | around sexual assault and sex trafficking when we interviewed the director and producer of |
| 2:09.4 | California's forgotten children, we may tread into territories that make you a little uncomfortable |
| 2:14.6 | if you have young children with you and maybe time to pause and revisit |
| 2:19.3 | this at a later time. With that, I'm welcoming her to the stage. Delicia, welcome. Thank you so much |
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