Surviving Military Sexual Trauma and addiction with Kimberly Clarke

In this episode I talk with the inspirational Kimberly Clark, a Navy veteran who used her biggest obstacles to find opportunities for empowerment and recovery. Kimberly talks about her horrific childhood and military sexual trauma experiences, her battles with addiction, and her road to recovery that made her an inspiration to those going through similar difficulties. Because of her dedication to her own recovery, Kimberly has learned about the therapeutic benefits of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and the job of a peer support specialist, where she uses her personal experiences to help other veterans get well. Her writing and speaking engagements as a motivational speaker and author highlight her message of resiliency and the potential to overcome adversity. Kimberly provides insights about the value of therapy—especially EMDR—as well as the ability of regularity and discipline to help people stay focused and move forward in their healing process throughout the entire episode. Her story is not just one of overcoming but also of using her past as a foundation to build a future where she continues to inspire and support others through her advocacy, speaking engagements, and written works. Her you tube link here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWR9xjwqGR-DC_w_Vn7tZYg If you would like to donate to the running of the podcast and leave an energetic exchange that would be completely wonderful. https://tinyurl.com/366hv625 You can get my book here as a paperback or audio or e book, which is a raw and honest dialogue of how I went from completely using allopathic medicine to manage a diagnosis of epilepsy, to only using a small amount of medicine and managing the rest with lifestyle choices and other wonderful plant medicines and supplements https://lainiechait.com.au/shop-main/ If you have a story that you think other people will benefit from and you would like to be on the podcast then contact me at electrogirl55@gmail.com or Find me on FB https://www.facebook.com/lainie.chait A little side note: I am not a practitioner of health professional. These shows are meant to create food for thought for people going through similar situations. Planting seeds of information about things that perhaps you never knew could and might assist in treating and managing the symptoms associated with your diagnosis. Alternative treatments are out there to be used, alongside allopathic medicine, or instead of. That part is completely up to you, but gaining knowledge is the first part in empowering yourself back to health. In love, light and electricity Lainie