Overcoming Trauma

Elena and John have two wonderful kids. When their daugther Sarah makes a naturist friend, Cassie, it brings up various childhood traumas in her parents. Despite early episodes focusing on Sarah, the core of the story is on Elena and John

#1: Sarah becomes friends with Cassie

This first episode introduces naturism in Elena's life via her daughter. Make no mistake, however, this is the inciting incident. The main story is about Elena and John, Sarah's parents.

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#3: Overcoming Trauma #3 : Family Talk

This is the start of the adult content. The story turns from casual to a lot more serious in a single sentence.

Be warned, we enter the core of the story.

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#4: Overcoming Trauma #4: Letting it out

Efforts are made legally to address the trauma, and Elena gets closer to Nadia, which opens some mistrust and some musing about her childhood trauma. Sarah wonders what the meeting was about, and the adults sugarcoat it.

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#5: Overcoming Trauma #5 : Anxiety and Therapy

Elena wakes up in a panic attack, but soon enough, John reassures her. She still worries and can't fall back asleep. Nude in the kitchen, she wonders, why are people around her enjoying this? Later, John has his first therapy session. And now you know that it's fiction, because seeing a therapist that fast... is impossible! Oh and the AC is acting up.

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#6: Overcoming Trauma #6: Golf widows

The AC is leaking and will take 2 weeks to fix! While John is out golfing nude with Patrick, the two golf widows, Nadia and Elena, hang out at Elena's house while their daughters play together with Kyle, the little brother who is hot and decides to undress like the two girls.

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#7: Overcoming Trauma #7: The Resort

Elena arrives with Nadia and their kids to the naturist resort, and she finds herself to be the lone textile on location. No one pressures her, but she is glad to find her husband near the end of his golf game.

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#8: Overcoming Trauma #8: The restaurant

Still at the resort, the two families eat at the resort's restaurant, and Elena starts to wonder why she can't fully join in the fun. Cassie and Sarah are invited to a sleepover at the resort, which changes the plans for an early departure. All while Elena wonders if she is treated fairly. Later, they hike to a small lake in the resort.

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#9: Overcoming Trauma #9: The Beach

Elena is tired of being apart, of being blocked by her trauma. She decides to remove her clothes to join her family in the nude. After putting on some sunscreen, she changes the dynamic and learns surprising things about Nadia.

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#10: Overcoming Trauma #10: The Barbecue

To her initial horror, Elena bumps into work colleagues at a naturist barbecue on the same day. To her surprise, it actually goes well! She makes more realizations about her parents.

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#11: Overcoming Trauma #11 - Sleepover

The day is ending, the kids are at the sleepover, the adults will now have their own in cabin 28. And it triggers Elena again! It's fun growing up with trauma, with life as a minefield. A least, she is with good people.

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#12: Overcoming Trauma #12: Avoiding Church

It's Sunday morning, and the kids ask about their new friends, who take naturism a little far for their tastes. The parents need to balance restraint and openness to avoid closing the mind of their kids. They go on a walk with Ginny, and Greg tags along.

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#13: Overcoming Trauma #13 - Another round of golf

Elena plays golf with John, Nadia, and Patrick. She doesn't like golf, but this game doesn't go like the previous ones. Nadia spills some tea; she overall has a good time. But it's 24 hours now... and worry seeps in.

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#14: Overcoming Trauma #14: Going Home

The family returns to the house after eating ice cream, and while the ice cream doesn't have the chance to melt down, Elena does. A short, punchy chapter to be continued in #15.

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#15: Overcoming Trauma #15: Changes

Elena fumes in her bed, and decides to take control of her life, of her family's life. She has all that pressure to fully become a naturist; she knows everyone expects her to do so, but he doesn't like it. So, instead, she has a stupid idea, and she does it.

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#16: Overcoming Trauma #16 Bedtime

Sarah asks questions to her mom, about why she took that decision, which leads to a conversation about power and agency, and revelations about Nadia. And then, a quiet conversation between husband and wife about healing.

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#17: Overcoming Trauma #17: Progress

The start of a friendship with Martina? And Greg uses Elena's name? And Candace's parents have a name? And Elena thinks about why naturism helped her family? This isn't a breather; this is progress!

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#18: Overcoming Trauma #18: Going Along

Elena gets home, and we learn about her daily "back home" routine with her husband, and he just about pushes her out of the house so he can get some time with the kids after his recent problems. She goes to Martina and Luis' apartment, where there are initial communication problems, but soon enough, they get along.

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#19: Overcoming Trauma #19: Kelly

After a long day at work, Elena has ideas about her husband's choice of career and muses on whether she should tell him about it. But then, Sarah throws a wrench in the plans by wanting to see Candace at the resort, which makes Elena talk to Kelly, her mother. We get to see her religious calling. This is introducing the story line that led to the creation of the books of Christopher, but it's not the whole story.

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#20: Overcoming Trauma #20: Seven again

Elana eats lunch with Martina and Wendy, and the trio discuss Kara and Kelly and their vision of Christian Naturism. In the evening, Nadia and Cassie drop by Eleana's house, and later, Patrick too.

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#21: Overcoming Trauma #21: Thursday

A quiet Thursday with some video games, some religious talk, and grocery shopping, which comes at a good time for Elena, had a rough day at the hospital.

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#22: Overcoming Trauma #22: Kara

It's time to go see Kara, but Elena doesn't quite agree with letting Martina pay, so she decides to splurge on a membership and a camper for the weekend. She learns from Kara and Martina of the books of Christopher. This is a more religious chapter, but again, don't worry, it's not the core of the story. It's just one of the arcs and this sets this one in motion.

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#23: Overcoming Trauma #23: Calming down

It's nighttime, and Elena talks about the new books with her husband, with a skeptical point of view. John offers some insights, but Elena still can't find sleep, so she leaves and keeps on reading, while thinking about her new friends.

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#25: Overcoming Trauma #25: Possible New Friends

It's again the Saturday evening barbecue, this time at the house of a new family that Elena and John get to know! Hanna and Darren. But also other people. And learns more about Nadia's issues.

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#27: Overcoming Trauma #27: Cooling Down

The HVAC is being repaired, which causes a shock to Elena, but John also has his second therapy session. Elena has jokes that don't land. And there are some readings from the Book of Christopher.

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#28: Overcoming Trauma #28: Babysitter

Elena has an idea to be less idealized by Martina. She asks her to babysit Sarah and Kyle so John and Elena can have a date. It goes better than expected, and not only does the couple connect, but Martina brings craft supplies and the kids have a blast!

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#29: Overcoming Trauma #29: New Plans

John wakes up in the middle of the night with a new plan, which is exposed to Elana when she wakes up and, later, to Luis. A family conversation shows more about Kyle's inner workings.

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#30: Overcoming Trauma #30: Real Estate

John negotiated with the resort, and now brings home some news, which, again, begins to trigger Elena. But she is getting better, and the only problem is a slightly dry supper. Sarah gets a great grade and would normally want ice cream... but that requires putting clothes on. How will the 11-year-old solve that dilemma?

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#31: Overcoming Trauma #31: Wendy's version

Elena is imposed a breather at work and must work in triage, but then, she talks to HR and gets that solved. At lunch, she eats with Wendy, and another wheel starts to spin... But then, in trauma, another shooting.

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#32: Overcoming Trauma #32: Friday

First, Thursday night comes with Elena reading a story to Kyle, since John is busy working. And then, it's Friday at the resort with Eleana hanging out with Kelly and realizing that perhaps, she got her wrong

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#33: Overcoming Trauma #33: Plans

Martina gets explained the new plan and is skeptical at first, but Luis too! Negotiations with the resort go on, and Sarah learns more about friendship.

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#35: Overcoming Trauma #35 - Sunday Service Redux

After a nice Saturday evening watching Netflix, Elena and Sarah go back to the chapel for another service, and Elena leaves underwhelmed. Oh well... While the girls go play in the woods, the men (and Martina) work on the houses. She has a nice walk with Kelly, which ends with hot dogs with everyone.

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