More Than Sex and Secrets

About More Than Sex and Secrets

More Than Sex & Secrets with Dr. Lisha Antiqua is a powerful healing space for survivors of sexual trauma, abuse, and trafficking. Each episode dives into intimacy, secrecy, power, and pleasure, exploring how trauma distorts your connection to self, and how we reclaim your body, voice, and creative energy. You’ll get transformative tools, honest conversation, and holistic practices to dismantle shame, embody sovereignty, and manifest your next level. Subscribe now and begin your reclamation journey. Learn more about Your Own University and the host at YourOwnUniversity.com

Publisher

Dr. Lisha Antiqua

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

19 Jan 2021

Latest episode

16 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

164 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Oct 2026

   Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse & Ritual Abuse: What Most Therapists Miss About Trauma Recovery

   What if the reason you've struggled to heal from childhood sexual abuse isn't a lack of effort, but an incomplete understanding of how deeply trauma affects your identity, body, emotions, relationships, and sense of safety? In this episode of More Than Sex and Secrets, Dr. Lisha Antiqua sits down with Susan Pease for a deeply personal conversation about childhood sexual abuse (CSA), ritual abuse, complex trauma, and the realities of healing from experiences that are often difficult to explain, disclose, or even fully understand. For survivors of severe childhood trauma, the effects often extend far beyond painful memories. Trauma can influence nervous system responses, emotional regulation, self-worth, intimacy, trust, boundaries, and the ability to feel safe in your own body. Survivors may spend years seeking answers, trying different healing approaches, and wondering why certain trauma responses persist despite their efforts. Together, Susan and Dr. Lisha explore the challenges of healing from childhood abuse, the importance of understanding the whole person, and the questions survivors deserve to ask about trauma recovery and therapeutic support. This conversation challenges the assumption that every survivor follows the same healing path. We explore the difference between managing trauma symptoms and rebuilding a relationship with yourself, including the role of identity, self-trust, personal choice, and reclaiming your life beyond abuse. If you've experienced childhood sexual abuse, complex PTSD, dissociation, betrayal trauma, or long-term emotional and relationship difficulties after abuse, this episode offers perspectives on recovery, resilience, and finding support that respects the complexity of your experiences. You deserve a healing journey that recognizes the full impact of what you've survived. Connect with Susan (Sue) and all the amazing resources she shared on the show. www.suepeasebanitt.com (http://www.suepeasebanitt.com/) - Her books and work. www.endritualabuse.org (http://www.endritualabuse.org/) - Dr. Ellen Lacter’s website with resources and research https://isstdworld.isst-d.org/network/network-find-a-professional (https://isstdworld.isst-d.org/network/network-find-a-professional) - The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation’s Find a Therapist website where you can search for professionals experienced with dissociative disorders, trafficking, and RAMC (ritual abuse and mind control). https://ra-free.org/migration-model (https://ra-free.org/migration-model) - My colleague and fellow therapist author Eileen Aveni has developed a spiritual technique to help parts stuck in darkness move towards spiritual freedom. In her new book it also includes an appendix showcasing this technique. Eileen wrote a chapter.https://ritualabuse.us/ (https://ritualabuse.us/) - Neil Brick’s organization SMART (Stop Mind Control and Ritual Abuse Today) sponsors a conference every year and has a great depth of information as well as a newsletter. He has been doing advocacy work for decades and is a survivor of ritual abuse and mind control. Continue Your Healing Journey and learn more about your host. Explore Dr. Lisha Antiqua's trauma-informed education, coaching, books, and resources: https://linktr.ee/drlishaantiqua (https://linktr.ee/drlishaantiqua) Begin with SSS: Safe, Secure & Successful, a seven-day introduction to building daily practices for greater safety, emotional awareness, and self-connection. https://yourownuniversity.com/sss-invite (https://yourownuniversity.com/sss-invite) Search keywords: childhood sexual abuse recovery, CSA healing, ritual abuse survivor recovery, healing childhood trauma, complex PTSD, C-PTSD, dissociation and trauma, trauma therapy, trauma-informed healing, childhood sexual trauma, healing after abuse, nervous system regulation, trauma and identity, sexual abuse survivor podcast, healing from ritual abuse, Susan Pease, Dr. Lisha Antiqua, More Than Sex and Secrets.

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   I Am Jane Doe: What Happens After Rape and How Survivors Reclaim Their Lives

   I Am Jane Doe is a movement: The Cornell 7, Sexual Assault Trauma, and the Fight to Be Heard What happens when surviving sexual assault is only the beginning of the fight? The Cornell 7 case and the growing #IAmJaneDoe movement have brought national attention to sexual violence, consent, institutional accountability, and the extraordinary challenges survivors face when seeking justice. But what happens to the person behind the headlines? In this episode of More Than Sex and Secrets, Dr. Lisha Antiqua explores why sexual assault is among the most devastating forms of violence, affecting far more than the physical body. From trauma responses, shame, and self-blame to disrupted identity, relationships, intimacy, and personal power, sexual violence can change how survivors experience themselves and the world. Drawing from her personal experience of rape, research in transpersonal psychology, and years of teaching trauma recovery, Dr. Lisha shares four phases of healing: finding safety, understanding trauma, reclaiming identity, and rebuilding a life beyond abuse. You'll hear about the fight to be believed, the difference between consent and compliance, why survivors sometimes freeze or fawn, and how healing begins with reclaiming authority over your body, mind, emotions, and future. This conversation is for survivors, loved ones, educators, advocates, and anyone who wants to better understand the lasting effects of sexual assault. Your story matters. Your identity belongs to you. And your future deserves more than survival. Explore Dr. Lisha's book In To Me See: Reclaim Identity, Be Yourself, the Safe, Secure and Successful (SSS) program, and the Amazing YOU Method at https://LishaAntiqua.com (https://lishaantiqua.com/). Listen, follow More Than Sex and Secrets, and share this episode to help bring informed conversations about sexual violence and healing to more people.

3. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Survivors & the Legal System: What You Need to Know Before You Speak Up

   What happens when a survivor decides, “I’m ready to do something about what happened to me”? Where do you start? What should you know before entering the legal system, especially when trauma, family, children, custody, or years of silence are part of the story? This week on More Than Sex and Secrets, Dr. Lisha Antiqua sits down with family-law attorney, author, speaker, and advocate Jamie Britt Paine for a candid conversation about survivors, the legal system, and what people should understand before taking their next step. Jamie brings more than legal experience to this conversation. Her work with families navigating divorce, custody, and major life transitions is informed by a difficult childhood and her advocacy for vulnerable children and families. We also move beyond the courtroom and into Jamie’s own story. She shares about growing up in foster care, life with a mother who lived with bipolar disorder, losing her mother, grief, childhood pain, and the experiences behind her writing. We talk about what happens when the stories you inherited keep running your adult life, and what it takes to survive long enough to decide who you want to become. Jamie calls part of this process coming “HOME,” Honoring One’s Magic in Evolution. Her work explores rebuilding safety, breaking people-pleasing patterns, trusting yourself, creating boundaries, and moving from surviving to thriving. Are you a survivor wondering about your legal options, someone carrying complicated childhood experiences into adulthood, a former foster child, or someone learning how to build a life beyond what happened to you? This conversation belongs in your headphones. Find Jamie Tspiegel@thrivefamilylaw.com (mailto:Tspiegel@thrivefamilylaw.com) Buy the host a coffee - and find all the other goodies too (http://www.Linktr.ee/drlishaantiqua) SEO keywords: survivor legal rights, reporting abuse, should I report my abuser, sexual assault survivor, domestic violence legal help, survivors and the legal system, family law, childhood trauma, foster care survivor, growing up in foster care, bipolar parent, childhood abuse recovery, grief after losing a parent, breaking generational patterns, people pleasing after trauma, rebuilding safety after abuse, trauma survivor podcast, Jamie Britt Paine, Dr. Lisha Antiqua, More Than Sex and Secrets.

Who has been a guest on More Than Sex and Secrets

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• Lisha Antiqua
• Brittany Baker
• Tanja Diamond
• Dr Lisha Antiqua

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100

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Quality

80

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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