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May 21, 2025

Breaking the Cycle: How Dusk Liney Rewrote Motherhood After Childhood Trauma

Dusk Liney grew up thinking she needed to be ‘fixed’ before she could become a mother. A survivor of childhood sexual assault, she tells Davina how she carried the weight of shame, silence, and fractured trust. She shares the painful paradox of parenting with trauma, the moment she realised motherhood wasn't about perfection, and the radical act of letting love take over.

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