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Untethered...with Clementine Ford

Untethered…with Clementine Ford is a weekly podcast exploring courage, choices and the catalysing moments in a person’s life that lead them to define themselves on their own terms. Untethered invites speakers, thinkers and everyday folk to share first person stories of untethering from the weight of the world’s bullshit. Whether you're desperate for some sage advice or looking to be inspired, Untethered will nurture the hopes, dreams and goals you have for yourself and give you the toolbox to do so with confidence.

Clementine Ford is a bestselling author of Fight Like A Girl, Boys Will Be Boys, How We Love: Notes on a life and I Don't: The Case Against Marriage. After a hugely successful two years at the helm of Dear Clementine - including winning Best Podcast Series at the 2023 mUmBRELLA Publish Awards and collecting one million downloads, fans of Clementine’s will revel in this new unfiltered, funny and engaging version of Clementine’s podcasting.

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Untethered...with Clementine Ford

Untethered: COMPASSION AND WHAT IFS

February 28, 2024 • Clementine Ford • Season 1 • Episode 2

Please note, this episode of Untethered carries a content warning for discussion of childhood sexual abuse. There are no graphic descriptions of abuse, but there are some details shared around certain manipulative behaviours used to facilitate it.

I'm joined this week by my very good friend Sarah*. When Sarah was 10 years old, her father was arrested for perpetrating childhood sexual abuse against her and some of her neighbourhood friends. Now in her 50s, Sarah joins me to talk about untethering from shame, self recrimination and what-ifs...and what it means for her personally to have chosen to feel compassion for a father who also abused her.

Lifeline: 13 11 14
The National Sexual Assault, Family & Domestic Violence Counselling Line: 1800 737732

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