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Julie Peters is one of many women who have experienced sexual assault, but she's one of the few willing to tell the story of what happened after. We know, increasingly, how common and devastating sexual violence is for women, but we don't always talk about how survivors can recover from the trauma and return to desire, sexuality, trust, and pleasure. This is the story of how Julie did just that. In the years after the assault, Julie was in what she calls the fog of trauma: the colorless, tasteless experience of barely getting through the day. No one-not counsellors, support groups, or other survivors- could give her any advice about how to find the desire that could bring her back to joy, intimacy, and connection, so she had to make it up on her own. She tried yoga, meditation, medication, drugs, drinking, eating, not eating, casual sex, and all kinds of other things that sometimes helped and sometimes didn't. In this genuine, vulnerable, and accessible account, Julie tells the story of getting from the devastation of trauma to living a full life in eight sometimes challenging, often bumbling, and occasionally totally delightful steps. These steps are 1. Survive, 2. Feel, 3. Rage, 4. Forgive, 5. Pleasure, 6. Eat, 7. Sex, and finally 8. Love. We have plenty of stories about the helplessness, frustration, and vengeful feelings that can come up after trauma. Culturally, we have started a conversation about these experiences, and we're all confused about what this all means for our relationships with each other. We badly need stories of hope, healing, and recovery. Survivors of assault need to know they are not alone, and their loved ones badly want to understand what's happening to them but don't always know how to ask. This honest and uncompromising recovery story offers a window into one person's experience of recovery--plus the happy ending we all need to know is possible after trauma.

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Julie Peters is a yoga teacher, writer, and yoga studio owner in Vancouver, BC. She has been practicing yoga and other forms of movement and mindfulness for over 20 years. Her first book, Secrets of the Eternal Moon Phase Goddesses: Meditations on Desire, Relationships, and the Art of Being Broken (SkyLight Paths 2016) explored a set of Tantric moon goddesses who invite us to think about the messier aspects of life, including desire, anger, loneliness, and heartbreak. Julie has an MA in English Literature from McGill University. Her essay, “Why Lying Broken in a Pile on Your Bedroom Floor is a Good Idea,” went viral, with 504,641 views and 25,033 shares on Facebook in 2017 alone and counting.. Also a spoken word poet, Julie has twice represented Vancouver in the Women of the World Poetry Slam and was a part of the Vancouver Poetry Slam Team. She frequently collaborates with dance artist Olivia C. Davies on poetry and dance projects exploring themes of love, connection, heartbreak, and the stories that live in our bodies.

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