Ep. 47 | Carré Otis Sutton | Setting Sacred Boundaries: The Psychedelic Renaissance and Healing Sexual Trauma

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**Trigger Warning: This podcast is highly sensitive in nature and contains sexually explicit content that may be disturbing to some. If you’ve got children in the room or if you have been affected by sexual abuse, you may choose to skip this one.

Carré Otis is a model, an author, a wellness consultant and coach, and an activist–fighting for gender equality, women’s rights, and an end to injustice of all kinds. Her memoir, Beauty Disrupted, documents the struggles that led to her spiritual practice, including trauma resulting from sexual assault at age 17 by her then-agent Gerald Marie, a prominent figure in the modeling industry. She is the co-founder of Victorious Angels, a collective of survivors of abuse perpetrated by Gerald Marie and Jean Luc Brunel fighting for legal changes to help bring perpetrators to justice. She is also on the Leadership Council of the Model Alliance, a non-profit working to establish fair labor standards for models, and the U.S. Ambassador for Knock Out Abuse, which supports survivors of domestic violence. Carré’s strong commitment to helping others reclaim physical and emotional health has inspired her work with the Bare Mama Project, which she co-founded with Sarah Spinner to provide a shame-free approach to transforming one’s relationship with alcohol, and as a certified coach with This Naked Mind.

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Topics Explored:

9:50 - The dark side of psychedelics and how to discern whether plant medicine is the best path for you

• How glamorizing things can also cause us to hand over our power

27:50 - Healing from worldly suffering and trauma

• How Carré healed from her eating disorder and sexual abuse

39:25 - Denormalizing the sexualization and objectification of women and children

• The emotional trauma that comes with the violation of being objectified for your beauty
• The societal impacts of the unregulated entertainment and modeling industries

44:35 - How parents can educate and empower their children around intimacy and sacred sexuality

• Providing a love-based message about sexual exploration that promotes discernment without shame
• How Carré and her husband fell in love and found sexual healing through a slow and tender approach to intimacy
• Honoring our own past to model empowerment for our children
• The physical effects that trauma can have on our bodies

1:11:20 - The impact of the psychedelic renaissance on indigenous communities

• How can the plant medicine community be intentional about protecting indigenous communities?
• Empowering ourselves to ask questions
• Finding ways to offer kindness to strangers

Resources:

Beauty Disrupted by Carré Otis

Culture Reframed - programming for parents by Dr. Gail Dines

The Model Alliance

The Bare Mama Project

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