
Episode Title: Risk, Trauma and Abuse: Disabled Women's Reality with Kristina Kyser
In this episode, host Jennifer (Jenna) Barnable speaks with Kristina Kyser, a former psychotherapist and now a psychospiritual teacher, about her journey through trauma, motherhood, and the systemic issues surrounding disability and abuse.
Kristina shares her personal experiences withintergenerational and childhood trauma, domestic violence, and the risk and inequity disabled women face.
Together, they discuss the importance of recognizing warning signs of abuse, the impact of trauma on mental health, and the need for societal change in how we view male violence against women as well as disability in general.
The conversations shines a light on the repeating cycles ofgenerational abuse and trauma, which disabled or neurodivergent women often witness growing up in the family home, only to be further exploited by predators and abusers, whether in the community and in future intimate partner relationships.
Kristina emphasizes the strength and wisdom ofneurodivergent individuals and the importance of creating a supportive environment for healing and growth.