Episode 8: Storytelling and Boundaries

In this episode, Melanie and her guests, survivor leaders Abigail Ndao and Gina Cavallo, discuss a huge part of survivorhood: when and how to tell your story. You’ve found your voice, but what comes next? Now that you've told one person your story, everyone wants to ask you about it. When does it become too much? How do you separate the personal from the professional, when the professional is your personal? How do you tell your boss that you feel re-exploited every time they ask you to share your personal story? How do you answer the media's invasive questions? What do you do when it begins to feel like everyone is taking advantage of you? How do you find a survivor network and allies you can trust? Melanie, Abigail, and Gina break down how to maintain your personal boundaries in the professional survivor movement.