All of us have limiting beliefs. Some are clearly not self-honoring, while others are implicit forms of self-sabotage that are broadly accepted in society, much to our dismay.

We don't often slow down enough to look at the impact of unconsciously running a belief system like this one.

Sexual assault is a thing. Even when we try to not make it a thing, try to make it disappear, try to pretend it doesn't exist. And it happens to more people than we think. And to all genders.

True healing does not involve changing the event, avoiding the perpetrator (though this could still be a necessary, albeit unrelated, step), or understanding what happened in the past better.

It involves becoming conscious of the belief about oneself that was birthed when the event happened, observing where it is still active in the present moment, and dismantling that belief.