After The Anchor Podcast is a peer-led healing community for people who’ve lived through hard things, faced themselves, and decided to do the work anyway. It’s not about what happened before; it’s about what came after.
At 19, Tessli learned her grandparents were watching other children. Knowing what she had experienced, she felt she had to speak up, even though she was terrified.In this episode of After the Anchor, Tessli shares how she told her aunt about the childhood sexual abuse, found support, and filed a police report. She opens up about her faith, the fear of telling the truth, and why survivors need someone beside them when they come forward.Content warning: Discussion of childhood sexual abuse