Silenced No More with Rena Romano

She sat across from Oprah and spoke her truth. She stood on the TEDx stage and moved a room to tears. She waited twenty years to write her book. And when the world called her a survivor, she decided that word was not big enough, so she created her own and trademarked it: sur-THRIVER. In Episode 2 of the LIVIN LIVE PODCAST, Rena Romano sits down with host W.E. Osley III at FuturEdge Strategies Studios in beautiful downtown Tampa, Florida. She talks about the silence she lived in for decades, the night she came closest to giving up, the stranger on the phone she still calls her hero, and the exact steps she took to get her life back. She holds nothing back. Her whole message fits in six words, and she says the order matters. Get help. Get healed. Get happy. Watch the video episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5oFySD8s_nk Chapters 00:00 Cold Open 00:18 Welcome To LIVIN LIVE 00:48 Who Is Rena Romano 01:57 Finding Her Voice 02:58 Why So Many Never Come Forward 04:11 It Started When She Was Four 06:43 What Gets Missed About Children 07:50 It Did Not Stop 09:10 The Secret Nobody Knew 10:12 The Oprah Episode That Opened Her Eyes 13:23 "Ashamed Of A Crime I Did Not Commit" 14:48 The Darkest Night 17:01 The Phone Call That Saved Her Life 18:02 Taking Herself Back 19:06 The Little Girl Who Is Still In There 19:56 sur-THRIVER, The Word She Trademarked 21:32 "His Puppet No More!" 22:17 Therapy At 34 24:24 How To Talk And Listen To A Survivor 25:29 What Healing Really Looks Like 27:41 Becoming A Coach 29:03 When It Happens To Men 30:11 The Call From Oprah 33:34 Sitting Across From Oprah 35:01 The TEDx Talk That Reached The World 36:43 Acting, Modeling, And Living Her Dream 38:32 Her Message To Anyone Carrying This 39:55 Get Help. Get Healed. Get Happy. 42:06 A Legacy Worth Leaving 43:48 One Sentence For Everybody Listening 44:49 Closing About Our Guest Rena Romano is a speaker, author, certified empowerment coach, actress and model based in Tampa, Florida. She is the author of "His Puppet No More!" Her TEDx talk is titled "Healing From Sexual Abuse Can Start With One Word," and she hosts the sur-THRIVER Unleashed podcast. If You Need Support This conversation covers difficult ground. If any of it touches something in you, please know you do not have to carry it alone. National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673, free and confidential, 24/7 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988 Guest: Rena Romano Executive Producers: Shebastian Burley, W.E. Osley III, Andrea Bussiere Host and Creative Director: W.E. Osley III Technical Director and Editor: Shebastian Burley Marketing and Distribution: Shebastian Burley Recorded at FuturEdge Strategies Studios, downtown Tampa, Florida New episodes every Saturday. Like, subscribe and drop a comment so we know you were here. Support the movement.