Category: Support Group

  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial I didn’t just survive the last two years. I walked through fire, fed it every illusion I had left, and came out with steel in my spine. I wanted more. Not the kind of…

    Two Years in the Forge: Closing the False Economy
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series No one crowns you here. No finish line. No angels singing. No perfect sunrise to mark the shift. One day, you just notice: You didn’t apologise for existing. You…

    The Becoming
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series You think you’re healing. You feel lighter. Stronger. The storm passed, the ground’s still, your soul’s been through hell and back, and lived. But then it comes. Not as…

    The Reckoning
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series No one talks about what happens after the breakthrough. Not in real terms. Not in the mess. Everyone’s quick to talk about transformation, the high, the moment you see…

    The Aftershock
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series Before I ever thought of healing, I was just trying to get through the day. Not with purpose. Not with mindfulness. Just survival. My body was functioning, but my…

    The Trip That Broke Me (And Put Me Back Together)
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series This isn’t about love and light. This isn’t some soft-lit reel with ambient music and the word ‘healing’ in cursive. This is for the ones crawling through it. The…

    To the Ones Healing in the Dark
  • ©️ An investigative series by Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial “I have now sat face to face — and screen to screen — with predators who know exactly what they are, and who know the system will…

    Part 4 – What Predators Won’t Tell You — And What We Must Learn From This
  • The Pushback — Tearing Down the Pipeline “It’s too big to stop.”They always say that — right before we do. We’ve traced the pipeline:Sexualised media.Pornified minds.Grooming in classrooms.A corporate machine profiting from the wreckage. We’ve heard the voices:Survivors who never…

    Stolen Innocence – How Society Sexualises Our Children – Part 6
  • Survivors Speak — The Real Cost of a Sexualised Childhood “I thought it was normal.”“I thought it was love.”“I didn’t know I was being groomed.”We hear this again and again. And every time we ignore the warning, more children are…

    Stolen Innocence – How Society Sexualises Our Children – Part 5
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Why child sexual abuse happens in the places we least expect — and how appearances can deceive us all. The Dangerous Comfort of Assumptions There’s a quiet lie that floats…

    “Good” Homes Aren’t Always Safe: Respectability Isn’t Protection
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Why society still refuses to believe that women can sexually abuse — and what it’s costing survivors. We Don’t Want to Believe It There’s a collective discomfort when the topic…

    The Silence Around Female Offenders
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A survivor-led educational breakdown of the biggest myth fuelling child sexual abuse silence. We Like to Think We’d See It Ask the average person what a child abuser looks like,…

    Not Just Monsters: Why Most Abusers Aren’t Who You Think
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial You didn’t leave your name. You didn’t need to. Your words said everything. They carried the weight of a stolen childhood, the betrayal of someone meant to protect you, and…

    To the Survivor Who Just Wanted to Be Heard — I Heard You.
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A survivor-led educational breakdown of what society still avoids about child sexual abuse We say we want to protect children, but when it comes to the hard truths, society falls…

    What We’re Still Not Talking About
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @sophielewiseditorial How delayed disclosure is still costing male survivors everything There are stories that take decades to be told. Not because they lack urgency — but because…

    What If He Spoke Up Sooner?