Navigating regular life in a White world as a Black female is a lot in itself. Add sex addiction on top of that, and you have to answer major questions, such as Where do I belong? Is there something even more broken about me than the next person?
In this episode, I have the privilege to speak with Kathy Garland, author of In Search of a Salve: Memoir of a Sex Addict. Some of our talking points:
- The problem of sex addiction as largely viewed as a male issue.
- Men get away with a lot of things. Women not so much.
- The importance of identifying your emotions and sitting through it.
- Black men and women are taught to be strong, which then leads to emotional deafness
- Unhealthy relationship patterns.
- Christians and their difficulty setting boundaries
- Is God ashamed of those of us with sex addictions?
- What is it like to keep secrets and live a double life?
- Our bodies react to our traumas and our secrets.
- Being 40 but functioning like a hurt little 16 year old.
- Kathy's advice to women with sex addiction
Kathy's book is a must read! Her memoir will make many of you feel you're not alone. She puts words to many thoughts that we hesitate to utter, but in so doing, releasing the shame word by word. Her contribution as a Black female is essential, and I hope you will support her!
https://www.newreadspub.com/in-search-of-a-salve
Music credit: George Street Shuffle by Kevin Macleod
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