Boxing empowered me to express my trauma – now, I help other abuse survivors do the same, combining it with creative writing
- Written by: Donna Lyon, Lecturer-Master of Producing, Film and Television. Associate Director Teaching and Learning, The University of Melbourne
Ella Sowinska, Author providedThe first time I got punched in the face in a training session I cried afterwards in my car.
It wasn’t so much that it hurt: it was the shock. I froze, but I was encouraged to punch back. Boxing brought up buried emotion deep inside of me. As much as it didn’t seem very tough to shed tears, the process felt...