Cultivating The Lovely- The Podcast

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 o