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The courage to be me A story of courage self compassion and hope after sexual abuse By Dr Nina Burrowes

The courage to be me A story of courage self compassion and hope after sexual abuse By Dr Nina Burrowes

Published by The Consent Collective Ltd 71 75 Shelton Street London WC2H 9JQ Second edition Copyright 2023 Nina Burrowes First edition published 2014 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed without the prior written permission of the publisher Cover illustration by Katie Green Window of tolerance in Chapter 2 references the work of Siegel D J 1999 The developing mind towards a neurobiology of interpersonal experience New York Guildford Press

Illustrated by Alexander Bertram Powell Nina Burrowes Katie Green Jade Sarson

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Alexander Bertram Powell Chapter 3 AlexBPart www alexbpart com Katie Green Chapter 5 katiegreenbean www katiegreen co uk

Jade Sarson Chapters 1 4 jadedlyco www teahermit co uk Nina Burrowes Chapters 2 6 NinaBurrowes www ninaburrowes com

When I first published the English version of The courage to be me in 2014 it was a bit of an adventure I didn t know what people would think about the book

I was nervous about publishing my drawings Cartoons What will my colleagues think

Quite a lot has changed since then And some things haven t

I ve had a lot of feedback about the book This book helped me understand myself for the first time Thank you Dr B My client brought your book in to our therapy session to explain to me how they were feeling I no longer feel alone

Encouraged by the feedback I m translating this book into other languages I hope the translations will also help a lot of people Here you go world I hope you like it

Now I m on another adventure Storage In September 2021 my partner and I packed up our home THIS WAY UP Kitchen

Since then we ve been travelling in our van

We re exploring different ways of doing our activism I want to make sure I m using ALL of my muscles

We re asking different questions How do people heal from the injustices caused by sexual harm How can we work with nature

We re holding group conversations Thanks for coming everyone Let me explain how circle works

We re building public ceremonies around injustice because our justice systems are not enough ing Heal fr om tice injus ny by ve remo A ce nt Collecti onse The C t love is whaublic e ic t s u J ke in p looks li West Cornel

At the end of this journey we want to open outdoor spaces for our work I can t believe we made it We did it

A place to heal ourselves and our planet

There will be a healing garden

A place for us to gather

Maybe you will come and visit us one day I made it

To find out more about this adventure go to www consentcollective com ontheroad

To keep up to date with my work you can follow me online NinaBurrowes www ninaburrowes com

Join Dr Nina Burrowes for the sequel to The courage to be me An online course that will help you take your next steps on your journey My hair may be different but I still LOVE that jumper

How to people heal from trauma is a two day online course that you can travel through at your own pace Designed for people living with the impact of any trauma and the therapists and support workers who are accompanying them on their journey Feedback about How do people heal from trauma This is the illustration of trauma informed practice I think this is an extremely valuable resource to survivors supporters and professionals Thank you so much for this life changing resource I ve experienced many trauma trainings over the years this was one of the most cohesive I have ever experienced Go to www consentcollective com to start your course

Other titles by Nina Burrowes The little book on authenticity Eyes open to sexual abuse What every parent needs to know www ninaburrowes com If the online free read of this book has helped you please consider making a donation to support our work Donate