What Happens When Trauma Becomes Your Identity? Sexual Assault, Trauma Healing, Reclaiming Your Power, Boundaries & Consent with Amy McKiernan

2026-09-25 · 36 min · episode 109 · 14 entities

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Link in episode "What Happens When Trauma Becomes Your Identity? Sexual Assault, Trauma Healing, Reclaiming Your Power, Boundaries & Consent with Amy McKiernan": https://amymckiernan.com/

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What happens when something that happened to you starts defining who you are? In this episode of Notes From the Edge , Lisa Lacy sits down with author and survivor advocate Amy McKiernan for a raw conversation about sexual assault, trauma, identity, addiction, boundaries, consent, and rebuilding a life beyond survival. Amy shares how being raped at fifteen shaped her identity, relationships, coping mechanisms, and sense of self-worth. She and Lisa explore numbing through drugs and alcohol, toxic relationships, motherhood, mental health labels, and the long process of reclaiming agency after choice has been taken away. They also talk about why healing is not linear, how small choices can become acts of recovery, and why trauma can remain part of your story without remaining in control of your life. In this episode: • Sexual assault and trauma identity • Addiction and emotional numbing • Boundaries, self-worth, and toxic relationships • Healing that is messy and nonlinear • Mental health labels and identity • Consent, intoxication, and accountability • Reclaiming agency and choosing yourself Connect with Amy McKiernan: https://amymckiernan.com Connect with Lisa Lacy: https://www.lisalacy.com What did you perform in order to survive? Welcome to the Edge. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .