⚠️ This episode discusses childhood trauma, emotional wounds, cultural conditioning, generational trauma, and childhood sexual abuse. Please listen with care and at a time that feels right for you. You are not alone.

How do African women heal childhood trauma while honouring culture, identity, and ancestry?

In this deeply personal episode of Woman Unboxed, Chido Victoria explores inner child healing through the lens of growing up in Zimbabwe, navigating colourism, cultural expectations, and inherited emotional silence.

This episode speaks directly to African women seeking healing, nervous system regulation, and freedom from generational trauma patterns.

Chido shares reflections on:

• Inner child healing and why joy often feels unsafe after trauma
• Cultural conditioning and colonial inheritance — how they shaped which emotions were acceptable for us as girls
• The long-term impact of childhood sexual abuse in African communities and the silence surrounding it
• Epigenetics and inherited trauma — how experiences before our birth can shape our stress responses
• Nervous system healing and why trauma lives in the body before it lives in memory
• Reparenting practices that allow African women to heal without rejecting culture or community

This episode includes a guided inner child meditation for emotional healing and reconnection.

Featured in this episode:

A poem by Najwa Zebian from Welcome HomeMusic: “Healed Wrong” by Xania Monet

Key ideas explored:

“Joy is the matriarch of a family of emotions. She won’t enter your house if her children are not welcome.”
Ubuntu — I am because we are
Musha mukadzi — The home is the woman
Pfunda mvura — Keep water in your mouth

If you are working through childhood trauma, generational pain, identity struggles, or emotional suppression, this episode offers reflection, validation, and a path toward healing.

Resources & Support:

If this conversation brings up difficult feelings, please consider reaching out to a trusted person or a trauma-informed therapist. Seeking support is strength.

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