Broadcaster Charlie Webster on the legacy of childhood trauma 'I didn’t think I was valued and so didn’t care about myself. I was drowning'
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Sports broadcaster, podcaster and campaigner Charlie Webster has a glittering CV of achievement, including multiple marathons and cycling 3,000 miles from London to Rio. But the trauma of abuse by her violent stepfather and sexual abuse by a sports coach when she was a teenage athlete left deep emotional damage around self worth she is still reckoning with today. It is why she has written a book tackling all of these issues head on