Women Waken: Spiritual Healing for Trauma in Relationships to Shift from Codependency to Divine Feminine

Dawn Manske, Founder of Made for Freedom, fights human trafficking with style. On this episode Dawn shares with us about her first hand accounts of human trafficking, how she decided to start her own business to begin affecting change, and how we can all begin to make a difference.

Show Notes

Dawn Manske, the founder of Made for Freedom, is a woman who followed her passion to affect change for women worldwide. Dawn witnessed the atrocities of human trafficking firsthand during her 10 years living in China. After meeting children who were being used as slave labor and seeing a report with girls under the age of ten being sold to men she knew she had to do something to inflict change. Dawn started the social enterprise, Made for Freedom, with an idea revolving around her favorite international clothing, and the company has grown into a lifestyle brand carrying clothing, bath & body, jewelry, home goods, and more. They have partnered with over 20 restoration centers/suppliers around the world and provided over 25,000 hours of dignified employment for survivors of trafficking and those coming out of marginalized situations. She has been a guest speaker for conferences, news programs, and the US State Department to present on the impact of dignified employment in the fight against human trafficking. Dawn’s passion, stories, and insights into the fashion industry and supply chains will not only inspire, your view of how you can make a difference will be expanded.

On this episode Dawn shares her story and insight into how we can help women move into a place of safety healing and empowerment. She shares with us the 5 Key Components of Exploitation, situations that make people vulnerable to exploitation, and how to create a Social Enterprise: Where For-Profit Meets Impact.


Check out Dawn's landing page for the audience and learn more about human trafficking here: https://madeforfreedom.com/pages/podcast-download, https://www.state.gov/national-slavery-and-human-trafficking-prevention-month/,

What is Women Waken: Spiritual Healing for Trauma in Relationships to Shift from Codependency to Divine Feminine?

My name is Whitney Walker, welcome to Women Waken! I am a Licensed Mental Health Therapist specialising in substance abuse, addiction, eating disorders, trauma, and Spirituality. Over 10 years ago I walked into a therapist office for the first time because I realised that I felt incapable of handling life. I abused drugs and alcohol, had rock bottom self esteem, often felt suicidal, was very self destructive, and had no idea how to resolve what felt like a complete mess inside my mind and emotions.

After years of therapy, getting sober, and choosing to begin the journey of unconditional self love for myself, things started to change. My self esteem rose along with my self regard and kindness towards myself. I knew there was only one thing I wanted to do with the rest of my life; help others out of the place that I was in and start figuring out how we can end these cycles for good, for all of us.

Women Waken is building community and offering a platform for Women to come together who share a vision of creating a new way of life where insecurity, low self esteem, and self- destruction are no longer the norm. Where we are able to rebalance the dynamic between the inner and outer Worlds so that our ability to love and accept ourselves is no longer dependent on externals.

On this show, we speak to Women who are seeking to heal from traumas/habits/addictions that are keeping them in a place of disempowerment who are ready to begin aligning with their true self and are ready to let their light shine

I release two episodes a week, an interview and solo episode,

If you feel ready to reclaim your power and stand in your Divine light I hope this show finds you!