Haley Jakobson is a writer of plays, poetry, and creative non-fiction. When she isn’t scribbling on the subway, Haley acts as the Artistic Director and co-founder of
Brunch Theatre Company, an inclusive platform for emerging theatre artists to join the conversation. Brunch Theatre’s newest show, Donuts and Holes, is all about revolutionizing sex education as we know it. In her writing Haley explores mental health and wellness, sex and trauma, queerness, and bodies. A poet in the millennial era, Haley reaches an audience of 13k readers on her instagram, @haleyjakobson. She self-published her first book of poetry, Write Like Prayers, in 2017. Haley lives in Brooklyn and is a gemini.
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IN THIS EPISODE:
Her experience as a survivor of sexual assault
Reminders for survivors → Sharing your truth has NOT always felt good → REVERTIGO
When we have trauma the fear that can come from opening pandora’s box —
I will feel a lot of things I don’t want to feet
What if it never goes away or gets better?
“Though words hold feelings, they don’t feel feelings – bodies do that”
“People aren’t going to like us and that fact should never ever, ever be more important than trusting ourselves…I’d rather trust myself than like myself”
Her healing process
Yoga and how it helped her her feel safe in your body again
Keeping it casual — in this culture int can feel impossible to be intentional with our romantic partners
Sex seems so easy and effortless on TV and in movies — the inadaquacy we can feel when that isn’t our experience
Her story of coming out & misogyny withdrawl
How her partner supports her
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