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Cindy Benezra – Bringing Awareness to the Impact of Sexual Trauma

By thehealingplacepodcast | October 24, 2025

Blessed to have had the opportunity to engage in this empowering conversation on the dark subject of childhood sexual abuse with advocate, author, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and speaker, Cindy Benezra. Please join us as we discuss:

her personal story of childhood sexual abuse with her father as the perpetrator
her insights on how to heal and persevere
her philosophies on healing ourselves
the Cindy Talks blog
her memoir Under the Orange Blossoms
and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Deezer, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch our insightful interview on YouTube.

Bio:

**Cindy Benezra**

*Behind the accomplished author, speaker, entrepreneur, philanthropist and advocate is* *a sexual abuse victim that is passionate about bringing awareness to the impact of* *sexual trauma through meaningful conversations and system-changing discussions.* *Known for her strength and compassion, Cindy Benezra bravely faces the sensitive topic* *with courage and resilience, having a deep and personal understanding of how sexual* *abuse affects every aspect of a person’s life and a genuine care for those who have* *walked a similar path. She is well versed on and speaks to the many different avenues* *for healing from trauma since she put in years of therapy and uncovered countless self-help techniques.*

*Her charge is to break the chains of trauma while also breaking the cycle it can create.* *Her hope is to reveal the truth as well as the path to forgiveness, healing and freedom.*

*Website: https://cindytalks.com/*

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https://www.instagram.com/cindybenezra/

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https://www.youtube.com/@CindyBenezra

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Babs Walters – Supporting and Empowering Family Secret Keepers

By thehealingplacepodcast | November 8, 2024

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Happy to have had to opportunity to finally sit down with Babs Walters, author and motivational speaker. Please join us as we discuss:

Babs’ insights on childhood sexual abuse, particularly incest
her personal story of triumph
her work to empower family secret keepers
her book Facing the Jaguar: A Memoir of Courage and Confrontation
and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunes, Blubrry, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch our insightful interview on YouTube.

Bio:

**Babs Walters**

As an author and motivational speaker, I work to raise the voices of the family secret keepers. As a survivor of child sexual abuse and domestic violence, I know firsthand how critical it is to break the silence. I am on a mission to help other survivors shine a light into the dark places where secrets grow into deep shame. By turning up the volume and turning off the shame, we can return to our true selves. We are not what happened to us—we are the meaning and purpose we give to what happened to us. My story is not for everyone, but for those who need it, I hear you. I see you. It happened to me too.

*Website: https://babswalters.com/*

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Donna Jenson – Telling Is Healing

By thehealingplacepodcast | June 28, 2024

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I always enjoy laughing and diving deep with today’s guest, Donna Jenson, founder of Time to Tell, author, and so much more. Please join us as we discuss:

Donna’s writing workshops
her Telling is Healing documentary film
her empowering book Healing My Life – From Incest to Joy
Writing circles, leadership retreats, and collage exhibits
and so much more!

Bio:

Donna began her healing journey from the trauma of childhood incest in 1980 in her early thirties. Along that journey, she has embraced many healing therapies and artistic expressions as well as built a family of choice to make her life worth living. She came of age within the women’s liberation movement in the 1970s helping to build three grassroots women’s centers. Jenson is keenly aware of the healing aspect of activism – the empowerment of standing up for the social change of one’s own issue. By 1998 she understood that breaking the silence surrounding childhood sexual abuse was key in eradicating the epidemic. Her mission is to do all she can to spark stories from lives affected by incest and sexual abuse to be told and heard. Along with leading writing circles for survivors, she wrote a book, Healing My Life from Incest to Joy, a play, What She Knows, and produced a documentary Telling Is Healing. She also coaches survivors to reach their goals and realize their visions.

Website: https://www.timetotell.org/

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Donna Jenson – Time to Tell

By thehealingplacepodcast | June 7, 2019

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on iTunes, Blubrry, Spotify, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also watch our insightful interview on YouTube.

Laughter is a healing tool and we shared the gift of laughter during this deep conversation on a difficult subject. Thank you, Donna, for helping others along their healing journey by sharing your powerful story, your beautiful gift of writing, your talents and truths.

Bio:

“Founder and Director of Time To Tell – with a mission to spark stories from lives affected by incest and sexual abuse to be told and heard. She wrote and performs her one-woman play, What She Knows: One Woman’s Way Through Incest to Joy, which is based on her own experience of surviving incest, at conferences and in communities. She leads writing workshops for survivors interested in finding their voice and using it. Her book, Healing My Life from Incest to Joy, is a memoir of the choices she made and experiences she had that helped her heal from her childhood trauma. ”