Conversation Cafe: Deep Dive with Alice Perle in May 2025

In this fifth of a series of five events in the Conversation Café series, Alice will dive into her personal story, share what inspired her to write her memoir, and explore her ongoing mission to support survivors.

Resolve is an intimate, wild ride from darkness and confusion to triumphant self-determination and inner peace. Living with a dark secret inside her, Alice Perle has overcome many obstacles on her path to healing in the shadow of sibling sexual abuse. Needing to understand her experiences at a deeper level, Alice’s personal story is interwoven with her fascinating explorations of societal and intergenerational factors. Resolve showcases an eclectic approach to healing that helped Alice reclaim her true self, freeing her to create a bright, joyous, peaceful life. Respectfully and sensitively written, Resolve is infused with hope and optimism. It is an inspiring story, offering us an intriguing window into one woman’s experience recovering from sibling sexual abuse—the hidden taboo.

Until she began writing the memoir Alice, like many survivors of sibling sexual abuse, had never shared what happened to her outside her closest personal and professional relationships. RESOLVE has been written to connect the dots between the recollection of Alice Perle’s childhood experience of sibling sexual abuse and the repercussions of that abuse beyond the time it happened. Writing and narrating her story out of her body, uncomfortable as that felt, has led to many moments of freedom that have transformed Alice’s life from grey and fearful to an explosion of life and colour! Alice’s intention is to reflect on her experience to understand and learn for herself and others whose lives have been touched by sibling sexual abuse. She has been through many phases along the way, slowly opening up to her painful past and releasing it with the help of many wonderful people. It has taken courage, time and a lot of vulnerability to get to where she has come to today, and it has been an extraordinary journey laden with unexpected gifts and surprising outcomes.

“Wow! I’ve been swearing out loud and in tears. Such a heartbreaking journey of innocence robbed from that little girl. It’s incredibly relatable. I’m so impressed by this book. The stories, research and insights make it both an interesting and educational read.” – Sharon Ilstrup, Executive Coach, Seattle, USA

“Through patience and love, even the most negative experiences can be transformed into valuable treasure.” – Matthew Earsman, Editor

Before coming, if you would like to read or listen to Alice’s memoir, you’ll find all the right links via her website here: