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Behind Closed Doors: Talking to Kids About Sex Without Shame talking to kids about sex Sep 30, 2026

Podcast Companion Article for Love Your Villain – Season 2, Episode 6

What Silence Teaches

Most families do not decide to teach shame. Shame arrives more quietly: in the subject that makes everyone suddenly busy, the joke that turns a changing body into a punchline, the parent who says “not in thi...

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ILA'S STORY

Ila Casselman

Author & Host

For over 15 years, I sat across from people in pain. But I realized I wasn't just treating joints and muscles; I was treating stories. I saw how a childhood need to 'stay quiet' became chronic neck tension. I saw how a fear of abandonment became a nervous system that couldn't turn off. I realized that the parts of ourselves we call 'bad' or 'wrong', our Villains, are actually our oldest bodyguards.