- 19
- Episodes
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About Awakened 2 Purpose Podcast
Awakened 2 Purpose Podcast is a Christian podcast for survivors of childhood sexual trauma, by a survivor of multi-generation CSA for those ready to stop hiding and heal out loud. Hosted by Larissa (R Rhone - survivor, faith-based empowerment coach, and founder of Journey 2 Free. Covering: Childhood sexual trauma, Faith after abuse, Grief identity loss, Generational cycles and rebuilding life on your own terms. Here we Reassign Shame. Renew our minds. Learn to trust God again, even after trauma. You are not broken. You are becoming. And survival was never the final destination.
- Publisher
- Larissa (Rizzy) Rhone
- Category
- religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Feb 2026
- Latest episode
- 24 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
19 episodes in the feed.
24 Oct 2026
Whose Shame Are You Carrying? Why Survivors Blame Themselves for What Someone Else Chose
What if the heaviest thing you are carrying was never yours to begin with? In this episode, Larissa “Rizzy” Rhone shares her own story of misplaced guilt and walks through why so many survivors of childhood sexual abuse blame themselves for what someone else chose. She explains the difference between guilt and shame, why a child’s body response or confusion is never consent, and how to start putting responsibility back where it belongs. She also speaks to how purity messages and cultural silence can deepen a survivor’s shame, and why that is not the voice of God. Plus the Mine / Not Mine exercise, a reflection question, and a prayer for every survivor listening. Content note: This episode discusses childhood sexual abuse. If you need support in the US, call the RAINN hotline at 800-656-4673 or visit online.rainn.org. Reassign the shame. It was never yours. Next week: Why Didn’t I Stop It?
2 Oct 2026
Functioning But Not Free: Why Surviving Was Never the Final Destination
What if the strongest person you know is still not free? What if that person is you? You can work, raise children, serve in church, build a business, and be the one everyone calls. And still have parts of your life run by what happened to you years ago. That is functioning. But functioning is not freedom. In this solo episode of Awakened 2 Purpose, survivor empowerment coach and childhood sexual abuse survivor Larissa "Rizzy" Rhone sits in the park and lays the foundation for everything Journey 2 Free stands for. She talks honestly about trauma healing, why survival was never meant to be the final destination, and how to reassign the shame that never belonged to you. In this episode, you'll learn: Why surviving trauma is not the same as healing from it How trauma leaves meanings, not just memories, and how those meanings become beliefs What "Reassign the Shame" really means, and the difference between fault and responsibility Why "speak" does not mean telling your story online, and safe ways to tell the truth How faith and Romans 12:2 help renew the mind after abuse Why your pain is not your qualification for purpose An introduction to the S.P.E.A.K. Method for survivors Reflection question: Where in your life are you functioning, but not free? Journal prompt: "Survival taught me ____. But freedom may require me to learn ____." CHAPTERS 00:00 What if the strongest person you know isn't free? 00:45 You can be functioning and still not be free 02:15 Why Journey 2 Free exists 03:30 Trauma leaves meanings, not just memories 04:15 Reassign the shame 05:30 What "speak" really means 06:45 Faith and renewing your mind 07:45 Your pain is not your qualification 08:45 Why I keep showing up 09:30 What's next and the S.P.E.A.K. Method 10:30 Reflection question and journal prompt 11:15 Prayer for survivors 12:15 Closing New episodes every Friday at 6pm EST on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Subscribe so you don't miss the next conversation in this series on shame, silence, voice, and freedom. CONNECT WITH RIZZY Website: https://luminous-panda-800c24.netlify.app/ (https://luminous-panda-800c24.netlify.app/) Journey 2 Free Inc: [website link] Instagram: [@handle] Facebook: [page name or link] TikTok: [@handle] Spotify: [show link] Apple Podcasts: [show link] Email: Larissa.rhone@gmail.com (mailto:Larissa.rhone@gmail.com) Reassign the shame. Reclaim your voice and identity. Speak. And keep awakening to purpose. If you need support right now: In the US, you can reach the RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-4673 or online.rainn.org. If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency number. This episode is for education and encouragement and is not a substitute for therapy or professional care. #Awakened2Purpose #ReassignTheShame #JourneyToFree #TraumaHealing #ChildhoodSexualAbuse #SurvivorHealing #FaithAndHealing #HealingJourney #ChristianPodcast #SurvivorEmpowerment
28 Aug 2026
Why Didn’t They Choose Me? How Childhood Betrayal Shapes Adult Relationships
What happens when the adults who were supposed to protect you knew you were being harmed, and still failed to protect you? In this episode, Tammy and I begin by asking how trauma can make someone look like a “bad friend.” But the conversation quickly takes us beneath the behavior and into the childhood experiences that can shape adult relationships. We unpack over-giving, withdrawal, ghosting, difficulty communicating needs, distrust, family betrayal, unsafe adults, forgiveness, faith, disclosure, and the painful question many survivors carry long after childhood: “Why didn’t they choose me? ”Because sometimes the difficulty you experience in adult relationships did not begin in adulthood. If childhood taught you that the people closest to you could not be trusted to protect you, those lessons can follow you into friendships, romantic relationships, boundaries, communication, and the way you interpret other people’s actions. We also confront a difficult faith question: What happens when people who profess to follow God fail to protect children?And we talk about why speaking matters, even when the first person you tell does not respond the way they should. Please don’t stop talking.Keep looking for safe people.Keep telling.Keep giving your truth somewhere safe to land.This conversation went somewhere we did not plan, but somewhere we believe we needed to go. CONTENT NOTE: This episode discusses childhood sexual abuse, rape, family betrayal, and other potentially difficult trauma-related experiences. If this episode touched something in you or someone you love, you are not alone. United States - National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 Jamaica - Victim Services Division: 1-888-935-8433 Jamaica Constabulary Force: 119 Awakened 2 Purpose Podcast is a space for honest conversations about healing, transformation, reclaiming identity and voice, breaking silence, reassigning shame, and awakening to God-given purpose. 🦋 Journey with Me: Website: www.journey2free.com Podcast: Awakened 2 Purpose Shop: Books & Merch: https://linktree/Journey2Free Connect: Speaking/Media Inquiries: larissa@journey2free.com 💛 Let’s Connect:Instagram: @https://www.instagram.com/rhone.rizzy/ TikTok: @https://www.tiktok.com/@journey2free1?_r=1&_t=ZP-97vmkFcM27K Facebook: facebook.com/journey2free Substack: thedefiantdisruptor.substack.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larissarhone 🙏🏾 Support Our Mission?CashApp: $Journey2FreeZeffy: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/give-the-gift-of-healing-help-a-child-survivor-thriveYour giving helps us support survivors, host retreats, and create life-giving content. 💙 Subscribe, share, and stay awhile.Your voice matters, your healing matters.Let’s heal forward, together.
21 Aug 2026
Bad Friend or Trauma Respond | Awakened 2 Purpose Podcast ft Coach Tammy
Larissa and Tammy get honest about the friendships they’ve lost, the ones they walked away from without explanation, and the moment it took real self awareness to finally say out loud, this made me uncomfortable, and I need you to hear me. They talk about what it looks like to catch yourself mid pattern, apologize, and actually repair instead of retreat. This episode is for the survivor who has ever wondered why closeness feels dangerous. For the one who has isolated so long it started to feel normal and for the one who needs permission to know that friendships done right can be one of the most beautiful things God gives us, and that you were never meant to do this alone. Shift the mindset. Change the narrative. Create new norms. Reassign the shame. If you or someone you know needs support, please reach out. United StatesNational Sexual Assault Hotline, call - 1 800 656 4673 Crisis Text Line, text HOME to 741741988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, call or text 988 Jamaica Office of the Children’s Registry, call - 888 776 8145 Woman Inc Crisis Centre, call - 876 929 2997 Jamaica Constabulary Force Center for the Investigation of Sexual Offenses and Child Abuse, call - 876 906 8592 Connect with Journey 2 Free journey2free.com journey2freepublishing.com Subscribe to Awakened 2 Purpose for more conversations on healing, identity, faith, and freedom after trauma. 🦋 Journey with Me:Website: www.journey2free.comPodcast: Awakened 2 PurposeShop: Books & Merch: https://linktr.ee/Journey2FreeConnect: Speaking/Media Inquiries: larissa@journey2free.com💛 Let’s Connect:Instagram: @journey2freeTikTok: @journey2freeFacebook: facebook.com/journey2freeSubstack: thedefiantdisruptor.substack.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larissarhone🙏🏾 Want to Support the Mission?CashApp: $Journey2FreeZeffy: [Insert link to donation/sponsorship page]Your giving helps us support survivors, host retreats, and create life-giving content.💙 Subscribe, share, and stay awhile.Your voice matters, your healing matters.Let’s heal forward, together.**DISCLAIMER: Episodes may contain graphic details. ***Please be advised - Maybe triggering to trauma survivors ~ If triggered, please call your local sexual assault hotline.***
1 Aug 2026
Who Am I When No-one Needs Me?
Have you ever found yourself asking, "Who am I when no one needs me?"When my sons left for vacations with their father, I expected to miss them. What I didn't expect was the painful realization that followed.For the first time in a long time, I was alone, and I discovered that somewhere between surviving childhood trauma, raising children, serving others, building a ministry, and pouring into everyone else, I still had work to do around who I am becoming. In this deeply personal episode of Awakened 2 Purpose, I share the conversation God has been having with me about identity, healing, motherhood, trauma, purpose, and the difference between serving others and finding our worth in being needed. If you've ever struggled with:• Losing yourself in motherhood• Feeling empty when your children grow up or leave home• Trauma and identity• Codependent patterns• Always being the strong one• Living for everyone else while forgetting yourself• Finding your identity in Christ instead of your roles...then this conversation is for you. We'll explore what Scripture teaches about identity, why trauma often causes us to attach our worth to our usefulness, and how healing invites us to rediscover who God created us to be.Featured Scriptures:• Genesis 1• Luke 10:38-42 (Mary & Martha)• Psalm 46:10• Isaiah 43:1Healing isn't just recovering from what happened to you.Sometimes healing is finally discovering who you are when you no longer have to survive.💙 If this episode encouraged you, please Like, Comment, Subscribe, and Share it with someone who may need this reminder today. 🦋 Journey with Me:Website: www.journey2free.comPodcast: Awakened 2 PurposeShop: Books & Merch: https://linktr.ee/Journey2FreeConnect: Speaking/Media Inquiries: larissa@journey2free.com 💛 Let’s Connect:Instagram: @https://www.instagram.com/rhone.rizzy/TikTok: @https://www.tiktok.com/@journey2free1?_r=1&_t=ZP-97vmkFcM27KFacebook: facebook.com/journey2freeSubstack: thedefiantdisruptor.substack.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larissarhone🙏🏾 Want to Support the Mission?CashApp: $Journey2FreeZeffy: Your giving helps us support survivors, host retreats, and create life-giving content.💙 Subscribe, share, and stay awhile.Your voice matters, your healing matters.Let’s heal forward, together.
24 Jul 2026
Awakened 2 Purpose Quick Bite ~ What is easier: staying comfortable or choosing freedom? With Dorcas Pittman
In this powerful Awakened 2 Purpose Quick Bite, Larissa Rhone asks guest Dorcas Pittman one simple question that opens the door to a much deeper conversation about trauma healing, familiar pain, faith, identity, and freedom. Dorcas shares how she became comfortable navigating trauma because it was familiar. But when God revealed that she was called to more, she had to make the difficult decision to step beyond what felt comfortable and begin healing toward freedom. For Dorcas, freedom feels like finally being able to breathe. It means no longer allowing shame, pride, pain, or past trauma to control her identity or prevent her from becoming the woman God created her to be.Healing does not always mean that every painful memory, trigger, or difficult day disappears. Sometimes freedom means that what happened to you no longer gets to define you, silence you, or determine the direction of your life. This episode is for survivors of childhood sexual trauma, chronic illness warriors, cycle-breakers, and anyone who knows they were created for more but has struggled to leave familiar patterns behind. What are you choosing in this season: what feels comfortable, or what leads to freedom? Share your answer in the comments.If this conversation encouraged, challenged, or gave language to something you have been carrying, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who is learning to reassign the shame, reclaim their voice and identity, and awaken to purpose. The Awakened 2 Purpose Podcast is a faith-rooted, trauma-informed space where survivors get honest about healing, transformation, identity, and discovering their God-given purpose. We are breaking silence, reassigning shame, renewing our minds, and healing forward, one honest conversation at a time.“God’s daughters were created to be free.” Subscribe and join us as we Journey 2 Free and Awaken 2 Purpose together. #Awakened2Purpose #TraumaHealing #SurvivorEmpowerment
11 Jul 2026
I almost let fear keep me out of the room.
I almost let fear keep me out of the room.I'm fresh off the Podcast Summit in Alabama, and I have to be honest with you, I almost didn't go. My head was already picturing a room with over two thousand people in it and talking myself out of showing up before I even got there. But I went anyway. I traveled alone for the first time in a long time, and I stayed present, stayed regulated, didn't let the old hypervigilance run the show. That's growth I don't take for granted.While I was there I heard stories that reminded me exactly why this work matters. A man rebuilding his life after a motorcycle accident that took him out twice. A man stepping back into the world after twenty years incarcerated. Every story in that room had a place. Every story was needed. And if you've ever wondered whether yours matters too, this one's for you.If this brings something up for you, you are not alone. In the US, call or text the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800 656 4673, or the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. In Jamaica, contact the Office of the Children's Registry at 888 776 8145, or the Victim Services Division at 888 991 4664. What happened to you was not your fault.🦋 Journey with Me:Website: www.journey2free.comPodcast: Awakened 2 PurposeShop: Books & Merch: https://linktr.ee/Journey2FreeConnect: Speaking/Media Inquiries: larissa@journey2free.com💛 Let’s Connect:Instagram: @https://www.instagram.com/rhone.rizzy/TikTok: @https://www.tiktok.com/@journey2free1?_r=1&_t=ZP-97vmkFcM27KFacebook: facebook.com/journey2freeSubstack: thedefiantdisruptor.substack.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larissarhone🙏🏾 Want to Support the Mission?CashApp: $Journey2FreeZeffy: [Insert link to donation/sponsorship page]Your giving helps us support survivors, host retreats, and create life-giving content.💙 Subscribe, share, and stay awhile.Your voice matters, your healing matters.Let’s heal forward, together.**DISCLAIMER: Episodes may contain graphic details. ***Please be advised - Maybe triggering to trauma survivors ~ If triggered, please call your local sexual assault hotline.***
13 Jun 2026
Until You Can Say It, You Are Not Free: Call the Thing a Thing - Guest Appearance On: Staci Speaks
I was invited onto Staci Speaks Hope, a podcast dedicated to healing the little girl within, and I left that conversation knowing it needed to live on this platform too. This is one of the most honest conversations I have ever had on record. We talk about what it really means to call a thing a thing. Why so many of us are still bound not because we have not prayed, not because we have not tried, but because we have never been able to say out loud exactly what happened to us. And until you can say it, shame still has an address inside you. I share my own story. The decades of silence. The protection I thought I was giving other people while I was dying inside. The moment I had to choose between my healing and my death. The court case. The family that would rather bury me than face the truth. The journaling, the poetry, the recording myself just to survive. And then the moment that changed everything. 4 o'clock in the morning in a hospital bed. Words flying out of my mouth that I could not take back. And a voice that said say it again. I also talk about what I did not know was blocking me for years. I was performing healing. I was praying, showing up, doing the work, but I was keeping God at arm's length because I did not know I still resented Him. And you cannot heal what you are hiding, even from yourself.This isn’t just a channel ~ It’s a movement ~ A safe space ~ A soul revival ~ A faith-led rebellion against silence.What You’ll Find Here:~ Survivor-centered truths + unspoken conversations~ Scripture-based healing and identity work~ Faith-fueled affirmations, devotionals, and reflections~ Spoken word and original encouragement~ Interviews with survivors and experts~ Conversations around trauma, identity, and healing~ Safe, sacred content to stir your soul and remind you: you are not alone🦋 Journey with Me:Website: www.journey2free.comPodcast: Awakened 2 PurposeShop: Books & Merch: https://linktr.ee/Journey2FreeConnect: Speaking/Media Inquiries: larissa@journey2free.com💛 Let’s Connect:Instagram: @journey2freeTikTok: @journey2freeFacebook: facebook.com/journey2freeSubstack: thedefiantdisruptor.substack.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larissarhone🙏🏾 Want to Support the Mission?CashApp: $Journey2FreeZeffy: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/give-the-gift-of-healing-help-a-child-survivor-thriveYour giving helps us support survivors, host retreats, and create life-giving content.💙 Subscribe, share, and stay awhile.Your voice matters, your healing matters.Let’s heal forward, together.**DISCLAIMER: Episodes may contain graphic details. ***Please be advised - Maybe triggering to trauma survivors ~ If triggered, please call your local sexual assault hotline.***
5 Jun 2026
The Survival Strategy That Saved Me | Was Secretly Keeping Me Stuck | Awakened 2 Purpose Podcast
At 47, I had a revelation in therapy that cracked something wide open. I realized I am afraid of adults, and that fear traces all the way back to a childhood without safe people. No protected father. No shielding mother. Seven women who knew about the abuse and chose silence. In this solo episode I share how that wound became a survival strategy that has been quietly sabotaging my calling, my visibility, and my ability to ask for help. I also share three commitments I'm making to step out of hiding and a declaration you can use too. This one is raw, real, and recorded straight from the revelation. Reassign the shame. It was never yours to carry. #survivalstrategytrauma #childhoodtrauma #healinginnerchild #healing #fearofadults #traumahealingafterchildhoodabuse #traumaresponse #adulthood #self-sabotage #traumafaithbased #traumahealing #survivorhealingjourney #childhoodbetrayal
29 May 2026
Thirty years of research | One finding | And survivors already knew | Speak 2 Heal
Welcome back to Speak 2 Heal through the Awakened 2 Purpose Podcast. This is Part Two of our conversation with survivor advocate, activist, and social justice clinician Ms. Regina Dyson. Last week we talked about why survivors stay silent when their abuser holds power. Today we go deeper. A landmark study spanning three decades just confirmed what sexual abuse survivors have been living their entire lives. The number one reason survivors do not disclose is not fear, it is not threats. It is shame. And in this episode we are going to call it by its name. We talk about what shame actually feels like in the body, not as a concept but as a lived physical experience. We talk about how shame is layered across race, culture, gender, and chronic illness. We talk about the moment the shame starts to shift, when you stop carrying what was never yours to carry and give it back to the one it belongs to. This episode includes one of the most powerful moments in Speak 2 Heal history - Larissa's courtroom testimony, the moment she looked her abuser in the eye and watched him hang his head, and felt the shame leave her body and land exactly where it belonged. This is also the episode where we address something almost no one talks about openly, what happens when a child's body responds physically during abuse, and why that response does not create shame or culpability. If you have carried that specific silence your whole life, this episode is for you. We close with a direct word to the survivor who is still deep in shame right now. The one who still believes somewhere inside that what happened was their fault. It was not. The shame was never yours. And today we are going to give it back. This podcast is by survivors for survivors of childhood sexual trauma and chronic illness warriors. We shift mindsets, change the narrative, and create a new norm. We reassign the shame and we journey to free. Anchored in Revelation 12:11 and Romans 12:2. CRISIS RESOURCESNational Sexual Assault Hotline - 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) and RAINN.org Crisis Text Line - text HOME to 741741 National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline - call or text 988Jamaica Child Development Agency Hotline - 1-888-PROTECT (776-8328) CONNECT WITH US: Website: journey2free.com Journey 2 Free Publishing: journey2freepublishing.com
28 May 2026
What Happens When Your Hero Hurts You | Part 1 | Speak 2 Heal
**TRIGGER WARNING** Discussions of Child Sexual Abuse. Episodes may contain graphic details. Hi! You didn’t land here by accident; this is divine alignment.Welcome to Journey 2 Free, where survivors heal out loud, shame is reassigned, and we awaken to our God-ordained purposes.What do you do when the person who hurt you is the person everyone else is celebrating?In this episode of Speak 2 Heal, host Larissa and survivor advocate, activist, and social justice clinician Ms. Regina Dyson sit down for a raw and necessary conversation about what happens when survivors are silenced not just by shame or fear, but by the weight of protecting a hero.Using the story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez as the entry point, we unpack why survivors stay silent when their abuser holds power, leads movements, and is loved by the community. This is not just a headline. This is the lived reality of survivors everywhere who have had to choose between their truth and the reputation of someone the world calls great.We talk about why victims of sexual violence do not tell. We talk about what it costs a woman to come forward when the abuser is untouchable. We talk about the cultural and historical layers that have kept women and children silent for generations. And we speak directly to the survivor who is sitting right now watching someone who hurt them receive a standing ovation.Your silence was never weakness. It was survival.And this is just Part 1. Come back next week because we are going deeper. The research just dropped. Thirty years of studies. One finding. And it is not fear that keeps survivors silent. It is something heavier. Something that lives in the body. We are going to call it by its name. And when we do it is going to set somebody free.This podcast is by survivors for survivors of childhood sexual trauma and chronic illness warriors. We shift mindsets, change the narrative, and create a new norm. We reassign the shame. We journey 2 free.Anchored in Revelation 12:11 and Romans 12:2.CRISIS RESOURCESNational Sexual Assault Hotline - 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) RAINN.orgCrisis Text Line — Text HOME to 741741Jamaica Child Development Agency Hotline - 1-888-PROTECT (776-8328)🦋 Journey with Me:Website: www.journey2free.comPodcast: Awakened 2 PurposeShop: Books & Merch: https://linktr.ee/Journey2FreeConnect: Speaking/Media Inquiries: larissa@journey2free.com💛 Let’s Connect:Instagram: @journey2freeTikTok: @journey2freeFacebook: facebook.com/journey2freeSubstack: thedefiantdisruptor.substack.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larissarhone🙏🏾 Want to Support the Mission?CashApp: $Journey2FreeZeffy: [Insert link to donation/sponsorship page]Your giving helps us support survivors, host retreats, and create life-giving content.💙 Subscribe, share, and stay awhile.Your voice matters, your healing matters.Let’s heal forward, together.
9 May 2026
How Trauma Is Secretly Running Your Life... And You Don't Even Realize It | Manifestations of Sexual Trauma
You survived the abuse. But now you have to survive the healing. In this raw, unfiltered conversation, I sit down with intimacy and relationship coach Tammy Bodie to talk about what the manifestations of sexual trauma actually look like in everyday life, in your relationships, your intimacy, your parenting, your mental health, and your body. We are not talking in theory. We are talking from lived experience as survivors. This is Part 1 of an ongoing series on the Speak 2 Heal arc of Awaken to Purpose Podcast. Topics covered: hypervigilance, triggers, dissociation, body shame, prayer vs. doing the work, generational patterns, and beginning the healing journey. If you or someone you know needs support:National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 | rainn.orgCrisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741Jamaica — CPFSA: 1-888-PROTECT (776-8328) You are worthy. The healing is possible. Let's talk about it.
1 May 2026
Triggers Don't Mean You're Broken: I Closed the Door and Fell ApartAwaken to Purpose Podcast
I went back to Jamaica to bury my uncle. I thought I was healed. I thought I was further along. And then I closed a bathroom door and fell completely apart.In this raw, unscripted episode of the Awaken 2 Purpose Podcast, I sit down with my co-host, activist, clinician, and survivor Ms. Regina Dyson, for one of the most honest conversations we've ever had about what healing actually looks like in real life. Not on a stage. Not in a highlight reel. In a bathroom in Jamaica, at a family funeral, surrounded by people who still believe we must have liked it.This episode is for every survivor who thought they were "over it" and got blindsided by a trigger they didn't see coming. It's for the one who wonders if they're going backwards. It's for the one who has done the therapy, done the work, done the praying, and still found themselves on the floor.Here's what we cover in this episode:Why triggers don't disappear, they just take up less space over time, and what that actually looks like after decades of healing work. The truth about therapy, Ms. Regina has been in therapy for nearly 50 years and is still doing the work at 72. There is no finish line. How trauma lives in the body, why your shoulders, your nervous system, and your hyper-vigilance are not personal failings but survival responses. What EMDR did for Larissa's body and why Jamaica sent her shoulders right back up. Why setting boundaries with family is not unforgiveness, it is wisdom. How the father wound shapes the way survivors seek love, accept mistreatment, and go silent in intimate relationships. Why attachment to things is often a trauma response, and what it means when people leave but your stuff stays. The moment Larissa brought her firstborn son home and realized her trauma had followed her into motherhood. Why survivors statistically don't live as long, and what we owe ourselves by choosing to heal with intention. A call to every person still suffering in silence: you have to get it up and out of your body.This is not a polished performance. This is two survivors, one in her 40s, one in her 70s, sitting on a couch, telling the truth, and refusing to let shame have the last word.Healing is not linear, it is not a destination, and you are not broken because something still hurts.Reassign the shame.If this episode spoke to you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. Leave a comment below and tell us, what trigger caught you off guard on your healing journey?Subscribe to Awaken 2 Purpose Podcast on YouTube, Spotify, and all major podcast platforms.New episodes every week.RESOURCES & SUPPORTIf you or someone you know is processing trauma or in need of mental health support:RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 | rainn.orgCrisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): 1-800-950-6264 | nami.orgJamaica: Victim Support Unit — 1-888-VICTIM (842-8466)💛 Let’s Connect:Instagram: @journey2freeTikTok: @journey2freeFacebook: facebook.com/journey2freeSubstack: thedefiantdisruptor.substack.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larissarhone🙏🏾 Want to Support the Mission?CashApp: $Journey2Free Zeffy: - https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/give-the-gift-of-healing-help-a-child-survivor-thrive to donation/sponsorship pageYour giving helps us support survivors, host retreats, and create life-giving content.💙 Subscribe, share, and stay awhile.Your voice matters, your healing matters.Let’s heal forward, together.**DISCLAIMER: Episodes may contain graphic details. ***Please be advised - Maybe triggering to trauma survivors ~ If triggered, please call your local sexual assault hotline.***
13 Apr 2026
Do Triggers Ever End? | I Thought I Was Okay Until I Went Back Home
Have you ever thought you were okay, until something brought it all rushing back?In this very first solo episode, I'm sharing something raw, unfiltered, and still very fresh. I recently returned from Jamaica after attending two funerals, and walking back into the childhood homes where I was sexually abused as a child triggered something I wasn't prepared for.I've been in therapy. I've testified in court. I've spoken publicly. I've done the work. And my body still responded.This is an honest, unscripted conversation about what trigger work actually looks like in real time, and why healing is not a destination. It's a practice.In this episode:✔️ What happened when I walked back into my childhood homes✔️ How my body responded before my mind could catch up✔️ The psychiatrist session I walked into for someone else — and what I walked out carrying✔️ The question about trust and relationships I wasn't ready to answer✔️ Why triggers never fully stop — and why that's okay✔️ Practical tools to process triggers in real time✔️ Grief, loss, and healing while livingYou are not broken. You have not gone backwards. You've just met the next layer. Read the blog: https://journey2free.com/2026/04/01/i-thought-i-was-okay-until-i-went-back-home-healing-isnt-a-straight-line/ (https://journey2free.com/2026/04/01/i-thought-i-was-okay-until-i-went-back-home-healing-isnt-a-straight-line/)🔔 Subscribe so you never miss an episode of The Awakened 2 Purpose Podcast #TriggersAndHealing #CSASurvivor #HealingJourney #TraumaRecovery #SexualAbuseSurvivor #HealingIsNotLinear #PTSDRecovery #FaithAndHealing #2SurvivorsOneFamilySecret #DoTriggersEverEnd #ChildSexualAbuseAwareness #SurvivorVoice #MentalHealthAwareness
4 Apr 2026
Awaken 2 Purpose | Healing | Grief & The Forgiveness Trap
What happens when the people who were supposed to protect you tell you to forgive and forget? In this raw, faith-rooted conversation, host Larissa sits down with survivor advocate Regina Dyton and co-host Candy to unpack what nobody tells you about healing after childhood sexual abuse, the grief you never knew had a name, the forgiveness you were forced to perform, and the shame that silence left behind.This episode covers: grief after trauma, unprocessed grief in the body, faith as escape vs. real relationship with God, the breaking point that starts the healing journey, the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation, and why forgiving yourself has to come first.Anchored in Revelation 12:11 - We overcome by the blood of the lamb and by the word of our testimony.Awaken to Purpose Podcast | Speak 2 HealFor survivors. For the ones still hiding. For the ones ready to reassign the shame.Resources: If anything in this episode brought something up for you, please reach out for support. US: RAINN 1-800-656-4673 | Jamaica: CISOCA, Child Development Agency, Office of the Children's Registry🦋 Journey with Me:Website: www.journey2free.comPodcast: Awakened 2 PurposeShop: Books & Merch: https://linktr.ee/Journey2FreeConnect: Speaking/Media Inquiries: larissa@journey2free.com💛 Let’s Connect:Instagram: @journey2freeTikTok: @journey2freeFacebook: facebook.com/journey2freeSubstack: thedefiantdisruptor.substack.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larissarhoneWant ti support the mission - CashApp: $Journey2FreeYour giving helps us support survivors, host retreats, and create life-giving content.💙 Subscribe, share, and stay awhile.Your voice matters, your healing matters.Let’s heal forward, together.**DISCLAIMER: Episodes may contain graphic details. ***Please be advised - Maybe triggering to trauma survivors ~ If triggered, please call your local sexual assault hotline.***
4 Apr 2026
I Worked So Hard to Serve, But I Didn't Work So Hard to Heal" feat. Coach Tammy
What happens when the church teaches you how to worship but never teaches you how to heal?In this raw, unfiltered conversation, Larissa sits down with her sister-friend and fellow survivor Tammy Bodie, host of Sex Ed for Saints Podcast, for a testimony that will break you open and put you back together in the same breath.Tammy shares what it was like to be abused by multiple people across multiple spaces starting at age 8, and how moving between countries without her parents made her an easy target. She takes us inside the moment she picked up a phone at 8 years old just to hear her mother's voice, the betrayal that shattered her last sense of safety, and the grandmother whose words shut her down when she finally reached out.But this episode isn't just about what happened to Tammy. It's about what she did with it.From showing up to a choir audition in club clothes, to crying out at an altar "God, if you are real, touch me", to the hard truth she discovered inside her marriage: praying doesn't make the abuse go away. The work still has to happen.This one is for the survivor who's been serving faithfully but hasn't started healing honestly. It's for the one who's been performing for God but hiding from the pain. It's for the one who still doesn't know that what happened to them wasn't their fault.Reassign the shame. It was never yours to carry. Connect with Tammy: Sex Ed for Saints Podcast on YouTube Look out for her book: Hey God, Can I…Anchored in Revelation 12:11 | Romans 12:2 | Genesis 50:20
13 Mar 2026
Two Survivors | One Family Secret | Breaking the Silence Together.
Some conversations are too heavy to carry alone, so we carry them together. In this episode of Speak 2 Heal on the Awaken to Purpose Podcast, I sit down with someone who is not just my aunt, she is my fellow survivor. The same man who violated me as a child violated her too. For decades we both carried this in silence. We were threatened. We were told not to tell. We were made to believe that protecting the family name mattered more than protecting us. Today, we speak anyway. My aunt Joan opens up about the imaginary family she created in her mind every night just to fall asleep. She talks about the dread of Saturday mornings, hiding under the bed on Friday nights, and what decades of silence did to her body, her relationships, and her sense of self. We talk about what it felt like to finally take the witness stand, what forgiveness actually looks like when the wound runs that deep, and why speaking out, even when it costs you everything, is still worth it. This episode is not easy. But neither was surviving. This one is for every person still hiding. Still protecting someone who never protected them. Still carrying shame that was never theirs to carry. Reassign the shame. It was never yours. ⚠️ Listener discretion is advised. This episode contains discussions of childhood sexual trauma and may be triggering for some listeners. Please prioritize your well-being and take breaks as needed. SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an episode of the Awaken to Purpose Podcast. LEAVE A REVIEW — it helps us reach more survivors who need this space. DROP A COMMENT — tell us what hit home for you. We read every one. JOURNEY WITH US: 🌐 https://journey2free.com/ (https://journey2free.com/) 🌐 https://www.journey2freepublishing.com/ (https://www.journey2freepublishing.com/) 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhone.rizzy?igsh=MTVtcXNlajUzcnNzcg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr (https://www.instagram.com/rhone.rizzy?igsh=MTVtcXNlajUzcnNzcg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr) 👥 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/17BTLhXHSr/?mibextid=wwXIfr (https://www.facebook.com/share/17BTLhXHSr/?mibextid=wwXIfr) 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@journey2free1 (https://www.tiktok.com/@journey2free1) RESOURCES — You Are Not Alone: 🇺🇸 In the United States: 📞 RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) | rainn.org 📱 Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 📞 Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 🇯🇲 For Information, Help, and Reporting in Jamaica W.I.: 📞 Office of the Children's Registry (OCR) +1876-926-4079 www.welcome.oca.gov.jm (http://www.welcome.oca.gov.jm/) Provides a professional and confidential system to encourage, receive, record, assess, and refer reports of known or suspected child abuse and other threats to children. 📞 Office of the Children's Advocate (OCA) +1-876-948-1293 or 948-1469 www.oca.gov.jm (http://www.oca.gov.jm/) A Commission of Parliament mandated to enforce and protect children's rights and best interests, established under the Child Care and Protection Act (2004). 📞 Child Development Agency (CDA) 876-948-6678 | 948-2841 www.cda.gov.jm (http://www.cda.gov.jm/) A child protection system promoting child-friendly policies and programs to strengthen families. 📞 Centre of Investigations of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) +1876-926-4079 An arm of the Jamaica Constabulary Force mandated to investigate sexually related offences and child abuse. Offices located in all fourteen parishes in Jamaica.
28 Feb 2026
Diddy, Epstein & the Cost of Disclosure: What Survivors Actually Feel | Speak 2 Heal Ep. 1
This is for the one who's been watching the headlines and feeling everything, and couldn't explain why.In this debut episode of Speak 2 Heal the honest, unfiltered segment of the Awaken to Purpose Podcast, host Larissa sits on the couch with two fellow survivors, Ms. Regina and Candy, for a raw, soul-level conversation about what's happening in our culture RIGHT NOW. With vault files being released, names being dropped publicly, and the entire nation debating whether survivors should speak, we said enough. Three women who LIVED IT are having this conversation. Not for performance. Not for clout. For the ones still hiding.In this episode, we talk about:Why watching the Diddy and Epstein revelations can be deeply triggering for survivors.The REAL reasons survivors stay silent, and why demanding disclosure causes harm.How trauma physically rewires the brain (and why the brain PROTECTS you by blocking memories)How trauma showed up in our lives BEFORE we had language for it, workaholism, isolation, anger, distrust, and more The grief that lives inside survival that nobody talks about - Generational trauma cycles and the moment we got sick and tired of staying sickWhy love, yes, love, is one of the biggest reasons children don't tellThis isn't a panel. This is a couch. This is a family.We don't sugarcoat. We don't perform. We don't require your abuse to look a certain way to belong here. Whether you're a survivor, a secondary survivor, a professional trying to understand, or someone who's been carrying something they can't name — this episode is for you. "We overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony." Revelation 12:11 Anchored in Revelation 12:11 and Romans 12:2, Speak 2 Heal is a space where we break silence, reassign the shame, and heal forward — together. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Welcome to Speak 2 Heal 2:30 — Introducing your hosts: Larissa, Ms. Regina & Candy 5:00 — What this cultural moment is stirring up for survivors 14:00 — Why it's so complicated when "justice finally happens" 23:00 — The pressure to perform through your trauma 35:00 — How trauma showed up before we had words fort 48:00 — Why survivors stay silent: the real, layered reasons 1:02:00 — The brain's protection mechanism & repressed memory 1:12:00 — Why love keeps children from telling 1:18:00 — Closing words & what's coming in Part 2 IF THIS HIT YOUR CHEST - SHARE IT. Someone in your circle needs to hear this. Don't scroll past. Be the reason they feel less alone today. SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an episode of the Awaken to Purpose Podcast .Leave a REVIEW - it helps us reach more survivors who need this space. DROP A COMMENT - tell us what hit home for you. We read every one. JOURNEY WITH US:Website: https://journey2free.com/ (https://journey2free.com/)Website: https://www.journey2freepublishing.com/ (https://www.journey2freepublishing.com/)Instagram: Facebook: TikTok: Support the mission: RESOURCES: RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) | rainn.orgCrisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453
23 Feb 2026
Awakened 2 Purpose Intro | I'm Back After 4 Years | Breaking Silence & Reassigning Shame
Awakened 2 Purpose Intro | Breaking Silence, Reassigning Shame, Healing Forward After 4 years away, I'm back, not because I'm fearless, but because I fear staying silent more than I fear speaking up. I'm Larissa, founder of Journey 2 Free, survivor empowerment coach, and your host. This is the reintroduction you didn't know you needed. In this episode, I'm getting honest about why I went quiet, what God has been doing in the silence, and why I'm launching this podcast NOW. In This Episode: ✅ Why I disappeared for 4 years (and what I learned in the process) ✅ The difference between healing and performing healing ✅ What Awakened 2 Purpose is really about ✅ Who this podcast is for (survivors, chronic illness warriors, the ones still hiding) ✅ Why I'm anchoring this work in Revelation 12:11 & Romans 12:2 ✅ The truth about being "healed AND healing" at the same time This podcast is for: Survivors of childhood sexual abuse ready to break silence Chronic illness warriors fighting daily battles The West Indian Caribbean community (we NEED this conversation) Anyone tired of performing healing and ready for the real thing The woman who still flinches at the word "touch" The man suffering in silence with no safe space The child within all of us who needs to be seen, heard, validated What to expect from this podcast: Raw, faith-rooted conversations about trauma recovery, breaking generational cycles, and stepping into purpose while you're still healing. No textbooks, no performance just my lived experience, testimony, and the transforming power of God. We overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. We renew our minds, dismantle lies, and refuse narratives that keep us in disguise. This is bigger than a podcast. This is a movement. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Welcome & Prayer 1:26 - Why I'm Back After 4 Years 3:37 - The Birth of Journey 2 Free 5:55 - The Season of Isolation & Withdrawal 10:38 - Losing (& Finding) My Identity 13:03 - The Fear That's Driving Me Now 17:52 - My Love for God (And Why It's Different Now) 20:17 - What Awakened 2 Purpose Is Really About 22:46 - Who This Podcast Is For 25:12 - I'm Doing This For YOU 27:39 - Two Things Can Be True: Healed & Healing JOURNEY WITH ME: https://journey2free.com Email: awakened2purpose@gmail.com Instagram: [Your handle] SUBSCRIBE for weekly episodes where we shift mindsets, change narratives, and create new norms together. Join me as we Journey 2 Free and Awaken 2 Purpose. From my heart to yours, Larissa
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