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Podcast: Here For Me
Episode: Alexandra Ford | Prevailing Over Human Trafficking and Creating a New Healing Narrative
Description: Alexandra Ford, anti-trafficking activist and founder of The Laughing Survivor, shares her heart-wrenching story from victim to survivor to advocate. Alexandra candidly discusses her past as a child advocate, being groomed and sexually assaulted at a young age, falling into drug addiction, and her traumatic entanglement in human trafficking. Despite multiple degrees and working extensively in the helping field, it took her over a decade to recognize her experience could be classified as “trafficking.” Alexandra also discusses her unique approach to healing, the importance of self-compassion, challenging societal norms around abuse and trafficking (including changing the narrative around gender role...