Podcasts
Spiritual Walk With Jesus
In the "Spiritual Walk With Jesus for Survivors of Ritual Abuse and Mind Control" podcast episode, trauma survivors Samara and Sharri discuss the unique challenges of spiritual healing for those with multiple identities. Samara shares her journey from early trauma and accepting Jesus at age five to how the Holy Spirit guided her healing process. They emphasize understanding God's love, the transformative power of faith in moving from victimhood to thriving, and caution against new age practices lacking true healing. The episode highlights the individualized journey with God for survivors, characterized by gentle and patient love.
Shattering the Silence
In the "Shattering the Silence: Empowering Male Survivors with Mike Chapman" podcast episode, Mike Chapman, a certified Recovery Life Coach and survivor of childhood sexual abuse, clergy assault, and trafficking, discusses his personal journey and the unique challenges male survivors face. He highlights the often underreported prevalence of male sexual abuse and emphasizes the importance of creating safe spaces for healing and connection. The episode also references the Compassion Prison Project's "Step Inside the Circle," drawing attention to the potential links between past abuse and incarceration among the predominantly male prison population. Chapman reassures male survivors that they are not alone, emphasizing that the abuse was not their fault and they are not to blame.
Unveiling the Violence of Being Silenced
In the "Breaking the Silence" podcast, Sharri discusses how abusers use manipulation, threats, and intimidation to silence victims, causing profound psychological and emotional harm. This enforced silence violates basic human rights and perpetuates cycles of abuse across generations. Sharri emphasizes the importance of empowering survivors to reclaim their voices, fostering environments that promote healing and self-advocacy. Recognizing and addressing this form of violence is crucial for effective recovery and empowerment.
Endogenic Dissociative Identity Controversies and Concepts
In this podcast, survivor Sharri Burggraaf examines the complexities of the term "endogenic dissociative identity" and its impact on the DID and therapeutic community. She explores its origins in the Lunastus Collective, the introduction of alternative terms like “traumagenic” and “ecogenic,” and the unintended consequences of non-standardized terminology. The discussion highlights concerns over confusion in diagnosis, ethical implications, and the lack of recognition in the DSM-5, emphasizing the need for clear, evidence-based practices in trauma and dissociation treatment.
Threats Terror and Torture of Forced Perpetration
Survivors who were forced to harm others often struggle with guilt and blame, but those parts of them existed to protect their hearts from unbearable trauma. Sharri challenges the belief that survivors are as evil as their perpetrators, emphasizing that they had no real choice. She discusses the abuse of power and control in forced perpetration and encourages survivors to replace self-condemnation with understanding and healing for the innocent child that was exploited and abused and made to believe they were at fault.
Taking Back the Night: Reclaiming Sleep by Sleep Expert Cathy Collyer
Survivors of abuse often struggle with sleep issues due to the psychological impact of trauma. In this podcast, Sharri speaks with sleep expert Cathy Collyer about nightmares, sleep paralysis, medication effects, and the use of sleep deprivation in RA/MC. Cathy shares practical sleep strategies, effective resources, and lighting tips for better rest. Stay tuned for Sharri’s heartfelt message offering hope and support to survivors. Join Sharri and Sleep Expert, Cathy Collyer on Arise and Shine After Abuse Podcast as she openly discusses the issue of sleep after trauma and learn how you can reclaim your sleep!
Ongoing Contact of Perpetrator Groups and Demyth-ing their Power
In this podcast, survivor Sharri Burggraaf addresses a deeply sensitive topic for survivors of ritual abuse and mind control. She shares her journey of uncovering the lies she was told, including the exaggerated power of these groups and how childhood terror can keep survivors trapped in fear. Sharri discusses the reality of ongoing contact with perpetrators, how abusers manipulate insiders to maintain control, and the threats survivors may face during recovery. She offers empowering truths to help survivors, their supporters, and therapists break free from fear and reclaim their lives.
The Power of Shame: A Silencing Force
Sexual abuse inflicts deep emotional, psychological, and physical wounds, violating a survivor’s autonomy, trust, identity and security. The intimate nature of this abuse often leads to overwhelming shame, powerlessness, and humiliation. It targets one of the most personal aspects of a person’s life, exploiting vulnerability and stripping away control. The guilt and blame that is imposed on survivors is not theirs to carry. Join Sharri on Arise and Shine After Abuse Podcast as she discusses how shame can keep survivors silent and how she broke free. You can break the chains of shame too!
Staying in the Room with Guest Author Cathy Collyer
Join Sharri for an eye-opening conversation with Cathy Collyer, author of Staying in the Room: Managing Medical and Dental Care When You Have DID. As both a survivor and a healthcare professional, Cathy shares invaluable strategies for navigating medical and dental care with dissociative identity disorder. Learn practical tools to advocate for yourself, avoid wasted time and resources, and handle sensitive procedures with greater ease. Don’t miss this insightful discussion packed with real-world solutions for survivors, therapists, and healthcare professionals alike!
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Guilt, Shame, and Regret: The Triplets After Trauma
Join Sharri as she explores the journey of overcoming guilt, shame, and regret in abuse recovery. These emotions can keep survivors trapped in the past, but they are not reflections of personal worth. Learn how distorted guilt and shame take root and how survivors can challenge these feelings through truth, self-compassion, and faith. Sharri shares how her relationship with Jesus helped her replace lies with healing truth. This episode offers hope, practical insights, and encouragement for reclaiming self-worth and empowerment.
Recovering From Trauma Related Dissociation
How do you heal from Trauma-Related Dissociation when its purpose is to "not know" the trauma you endured? Join Sharri as she shares steps to support recovery, including seeking professional help, creating safety, building support, identifying triggers, and setting boundaries. Healing takes patience, self-care, and intentional effort, but reclaiming safety, security, and resilience is possible.
Attachment and Authenticity: Two Needs for Survival
Survivors with dissociative identities often disconnect from their gut instinct, body, and emotions to survive childhood trauma. A child naturally seeks attachment and lives authentically, but abuse, neglect, or abandonment disrupts this, leading to lifelong struggles. Join Sharri as she shares the story of 3-year-old Jimmy, who loses his sense of self to maintain attachment to his mother. She also explores how trauma-triggered parents can respond to their children's emotions and the two most common emotions activated in survivors by present-day events. Learn practical ways to reconnect with your feelings, embrace self-compassion, and rediscover your authentic self.
Response to McLean Hospital Video and the Rise of Self Diagnosing DID
My heart goes out to the DID community after the damaging YouTube video, “Social Media and the Rise of Self-Diagnosed Dissociative Identity Disorder” by Matthew Robinson and McLean Hospital. A facility meant to treat DID has instead contributed to stigma. While Robinson claims he can’t verify who has DID, he still uses social media clips—without permission—to suggest self-diagnosis, fake claims, or malingering. Though the video’s removal is a step forward, accountability and a public apology are needed. Tune in as Sharri responds with empathy and support for the community she deeply cares about.
Navigating Relationships With DID
Are you a survivor with Dissociative Identities wanting to connect with others in a relationship but struggle with intimacy and trust issues? You're not alone. Any relationship takes time to build and requires being vulnerable and honest. Relationships get more complicated when there has been abuse. Safety, space, and understanding is during times of triggers or flashbacks. Join survivor Sharri and her husband Frank discuss some of the struggles that they have had in their own 34 year relationship. What can a support person do when a survivor gets triggered? What goes on in the brain and how long it takes to come back down off of the fight, flight, freeze response. A call to love unconditionally.
DID Portrayed in Hollywood Versus Reality
Judie and Sharri both survivors with dissociative identities talk about movies on DID like Split, Sybil, and Identity that make DID look like those who have it are dangerous psychotic individuals versus how it really is. Movies like these are simply killer thriller films that depict those with the condition as psychopaths. The two discuss several Youtube films that more accurately describe the condition. Hear some of the truths about why Hollywood portrays survivors as lunatics and the evil behind it all.
What is Dissociative Identity Response?
Join Sharri as she discusses and gives the definition of dissociative identity and the response it is caused by extreme, repetitive, physical, sexual, or emotional abuse in the early developmental years that enables a child to survive and continue to function. Previously called multiple personality disorder, DID is characterized by at least two or more distinct personality or identity states (referred to as alters) that take ownership of the host personality’s feelings, thoughts and behaviors. God created our brains with this remarkable coping mechanism to survive horrendous forms of trauma that is too painful for a child to deal with.
Review & Discussion of Petals of a Rose Film by Dylan Crumpler
Sharri, a survivor with DID focuses on dissociative identity and her recommendation of a film titled "Petals of a Rose" co-written by Holly and Dylan Crumpler. For Dylan's college thesis he wanted to realistically depict a day in the life of a woman with DID since this response has often been inaccurately and negatively portrayed in film and television. Holly, Dylan’s mother has Dissociative Identity Disorder. I highly recommend this short film that is the most accurate depiction of DID I have ever personally seen. To view the amazing film, click on Petals of a Rose or check out Dylan's website at www.dylancrumpler.com for more about this film and Dylan. Perhaps he will make a sequel?
Arise and Shine Podcast Trailer: Braving and Paving the Way for Survivors of RA/MC and Trafficking and those with DID
This is a trailer about the purpose of Arise and Shine podcast; to raise awareness of ritual abuse, mind control and and the link there is between RAMCOA and sex trafficking with multi-generational familial origins. We offer support, the love of Jesus, and hope to survivors AND those still caught in/trying to escape from organized criminal cultic groups or rescued out of trafficking. Giving experiential learning and encouragement to survivors living with dissociative identity and other behavioral responses caused by childhood sexual abuse or trauma based mind control. To bring hope and healing in a non-traditional non-religious Christian way. Jesus is about relationship not religion. Those who have had this type of trauma have had such spiritual damage and many have been horrifically hurt by church and the Christian community.
