THE ASSAULTED is a work of historical fiction whose central storyline occurs from April to November, 2018; it concerns mass shootings in the United States since Columbine. It is a story of the victims, and one who decides to take matters into his own hands on behalf of them all.
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Sexual Assault Survivor Stories -SASS- is a weekly podcast designed for the purpose of providing victims and survivors of sexual assault and rape information and a forum to better understand the complexities, adversities, victories, and all the dynamics of surviving and healing. But it's not just for victims and survivors! It's a podcast of learning about trauma-informed interviewing and the neuroscience of trauma and memory, understanding the victim impact of rape and sexual assault, knowin ...
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Why sexual assault is wrong Cover art photo provided by Vincent Burkhead on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@creativejunkie
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A documentary series from host Robert Evans investigating the Capitol insurrection. Stories of instigators and extremists hellbent on subverting democracy.
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My goal is to make training more fun for you by combining superheroes and fitness! I want to help you attack your dreams. Whether it's a fitness dream or a business dream, I'm here to help!
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Voices Beyond Assault is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the lives of survivors of sexual and domestic violence. We provide aid, resources and innovative therapy programs with a focus on healing past trauma. Our programs focus on allowing survivors to share their abuse and healing stories and explore healing methods with experts in the fields of childhood and adult sexual abuse.
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In today's episode we have a tendency to state why China is cracking the whip on native technical school corporations
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I am a victim of sexual assault and want to tell my story and help others Cover art photo provided by Eli DeFaria on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@elidefaria
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Assault City Circle Pit is a weekly music podcast based out of Salt Lake City, Utah that focuses on the trials and triumphs of being an underground band. Hosted by Dez Troy
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In a world teetering on the brink of annihilation, five friends meet to have a few laughs and watch it all burn. Science, religion, news, conspiracy, and the occasional improv comedy: all options are on the table. Enter our bunker, crack open a beer and hang out with the dudes of Verbal Assault. Who knows? One day it may save your life.
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Sexual assault and the damage it can do to someone. Spreading awareness to the topic, and letting people know sexual assault is not ok! Hopefully this podcast helps you realize how important it is to stand up for our bodies and how important each of us are. I’m begging you, don’t sexually assault anyone.
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How can sexual assault survivors find a path to healing even when justice isn’t served? Host Sammy Caiola and Data Reporter Emily Zentner help us understand survivor experiences in the immediate aftermath of sexual violence and during police investigations. You’ll meet women searching for inner strength and legal resolution amid trauma, experts looking at the cracks in a law enforcement system that rarely yields rape convictions or even charges, detectives trying to solve some of the most di ...
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The Sexual Assault Responder Network podcast showcases efforts and improvements of sexual assault training, evidence kit tracking, and best practices across the country. This podcast is striving to promote a trauma-informed, victim-centered coordinated community response.
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Welcome to the Francisco Ochoa Sexual assault and rape discussion
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I have been the victim of ongoing cyber harassment that has included the public posting of a private and intimate video. My naked body was hurled into the homes, purses and pockets of more than 1,000 of my Facebook friends, including members of my family.
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These podcast episodes are being brought to you by the National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault (NTCSA). Visit supportingourcircle.org to learn more. Through a partnership between the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) and Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC), NTCSA offers technical assistance, training, and education on issues related to sexual assault and abuse against American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. NTCSA addresses cultu ...
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An intersectional healing podcast for survivors of sexual assault and any/all abuse. When survivors share, they share strength. "Finding OK" helps people navigate this difficult healing process. The focus is on recovery, self-care, empowerment, and healing. You are not alone.
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With Cinema Assault, host Dariel Figueroa and co-hosts Kerry Meehan and Professor James Yost are dedicated to bringing you the best in movie news, reviews and Hollywood gossip every week in the most unpretentious manner possible because, honestly, this show is much more fun than discussing the unique textural nature of a Wes Anderson mise-en-scène.
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The Air Assault Team Clarksville/Ft Campbell Real Estate Podcast with Valerie Hunter-Kelly
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If you are looking to buy or sell a home, get all the information and the latest updates, tips, and tricks from The Air Assault Team - your professional Clarksville/Ft Campbell Real Estate Agents.
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Catriona Morton talks to fellow survivors of sexual assault and abuse about what happened to them and how they cope now. After experiencing sexual abuse and assault herself, Catriona felt like she was abandoned by society, “stranded in an ocean,” she says, "with only a life raft and no rescue in sight.” So she created her own life raft with a blog called Life Continues After, where anyone affected by sexual trauma can share their stories and advice in the hope that others will find something ...
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In Georgia, serious violent crimes for which a life sentence can be imposed generally must be prosecuted within seven years. Rape is an exception though where the State has 15 years to bring charges. However, the law currently provides for no statute of limitations in cases where DNA is used to identify the accused. So, in those cases, the prosecution can be brought at any time. Now, SB 287 is being introduced to remove the statute of limitations in all rape cases.Pursuant to SB 287, a bill ...
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After a way too long wait for a follow-up interview with Lee Cooper, this week we finally get it done! Lee suggested a follow-up during a conversation we were having a few weeks ago…here it is! I’m thrilled to bring you this episode! In this conversation, Lee provides an update on his ongoing legal battle against his perpetrator, discussing the cha…
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Stacey McClure loved the U.S. Army; it was her dream to be an American soldier. The path she took was very different from most volunteers, including being one of the best markspersons in the country, as well as the best weapons instructor in the Army. Her life as a Staff Sergeant McClure was overturned on November 5, 2009, living with guilt (and pa…
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111. Jeanna Coursey; The Long Road to Freedom: Escaping Abuse and Finding Hope
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The abuses started early for Jeanna…she was just a young middle-school aged girl growing up in a blended family after her mother and father divorced, and her mother re-married a woman with sons who were older than Jeanna. She missed her father and tells how missing him led to her longing for acceptance from men. One of her older stepbrothers took a…
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Before getting into the specific notes of this week’s episode, I want to announce that this episode, on this date, marks the 2-year anniversary of Sexual Assault Survivor Stories, the SASS podcast! To all of you guests that are permanent members of the SASS family, and to all of you in the audience who listen occasionally or to every single episode…
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Chapter 3 is about a man, born in Georgia, with a very special gift. He travels all over the South, finally ending up in a small Texas town, passing a beautiful little church. This chapter covers the man, the church, and the horrifying results of someone entering that church, just before services, with a semi-automatic rifle. It's also about how Th…
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It is a pleasure and an honor to re-introduce to you my guest this week for Part 2 of this multi-episode experience: Daniel John Carey. John is a renowned author, screenwriter, actor, voice actor, director, and filmmaker. John has published several books, two of which I can attest to you as being exceptional and life enhancing: Dream Your World and…
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THE ASSAULTED-Prologue, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2
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In Chapter Two we meet Maxine Timmons, a brilliant CPA who rose from one of the worst neighborhoods in the country. She is wounded during the Naval Yard Shooting in 2013, discovers The Assaulted.com, and changes her life dramatically. She also meets up with Ray Wilson at a very unlikely location, with shocking and long term results. Because these t…
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It is a pleasure and an honor to introduce to you my guest for the next several episodes of this multi-episode experience: Daniel John Carey. John is a renowned author, screenwriter, actor, voice actor, director, and filmmaker. John has published two books (which I read portions of almost daily as part of my personal life-enhancing journey) All of …
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Raymond J Wilson was happy. Wealthy, with a wonderful wife and beautiful home, he was living the American Dream. And then an AR-15 toting lunatic turned his happy life into a nightmare. Based on an actual mass shooting. "Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversati…
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107. Kevin Taylor: His Childhood Sexual Assault and Trauma Disclosure…Here and Now
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This show has become a beacon, an inspiration, and a platform for many victims and survivors to have a safe place to tell their rape and sexual assault experience. This episode, featuring Kevin Taylor, a clinical therapist, is a prime example of what it means to gain strength, support, and growth from disclosing one’s own story of rape or sexual as…
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In the beginning, there was Columbine; out of that immense tragedy came a website. Small at first, in honor of a murdered teacher, it grew until there were over 30,000 members; victims' families, wounded, friends, co-workers, anyone touched by the searing madness that is a mass shooting. How and why it grew is the story of this prologue. "Somehow t…
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106. Shannon Hough: Putting a Spotlight on Military Sexual Trauma to Provide Support for Victims and Survivors
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I’m proud to bring you this week’s episode of SASS. Proud because I have the honor of introducing you to Shannon Hough, the CEO and co-founder of Shield of Sisters, and host of the companion podcast, Invisible No More: Lady Vetrans' Stories of Military Sexual Trauma. Shield of Sisters is a non-profit organization dedicated to “helping sister servic…
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Ashley and I made our acquaintance when she reached out to me 7 months ago; she was making an inquiry about a criminal case that she was involved with regarding the rape report she had made with her local law enforcement agency. She was discouraged with not only how difficult it was to make the report to an investigator who was skeptical about her …
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104. Arci Grey: A History of Suffering Doesn’t Mean a Future of Misery; There’s Power in Healing
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Before anything else, I’m going to encourage anyone who is reading these episode notes to go back to these SASS episodes and listen to the venerable Arci Grey: https://traffic.libsyn.com/sexassaultsurvivorstories/Episode_16.mp3 https://traffic.libsyn.com/sexassaultsurvivorstories/Episode_17.mp3 https://traffic.libsyn.com/sexassaultsurvivorstories/E…
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For those of you who have been following this show since the beginning almost 2 years ago, or who have had the opportunity to go back to listen to some of the early episodes, you’ll recognize this weeks’ guest: Mac McDonald. Mac was one of the four people who were on a panel of rape survivors who had been assaulted on their respective college campu…
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Deborah Halvorson - Author of "Out of the Basement"
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Deborah is herself, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. She took her experiences in recovering from this experience and became a certified co-active coach, a certified trauma-informed coach and an associate certified coach through the International Coaching Federation. Deborah is also the founder of Through the Jungle, LLC – a life-coaching busin…
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102. Aaron Stone: Retired Sergeant Major Continues His Mission of Healing and De-Stigmatizing Male Rape Victimization
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I’ll start these notes off by providing you some important information about my guest this week, Sergeant Major Aaron Stone, US Army, Retired. This information is taken directly from Aaron’s website, https://18winters.com/#about 18 Winters – Shattering the silence I am a retired Combat Medic in the United States Army, and I have completed multiple …
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101. Lynn Stroud: Bravely Turning Her Rape Stories into Healing Help
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In the deeply insightful podcast episode featuring Lynn Stroud, listeners are immersed in a profound exploration of what it truly means to be trauma informed. Stroud, a renowned advocate and expert in trauma recovery, eloquently guides us through the multifaceted layers of this crucial concept. At its core, being trauma-informed is not merely a set…
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100. Caroline Markel: Facing the Realities of Healing and Taking Responsibility for Our Part in the Trauma Response
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It’s quite the honor to be hosting a podcast that has reached the 100th episode landmark, especially because hitting this commemorative occasion is a testament to the loyalty of you, my listeners, and because of the privileged circumstance of having made it this far. It’s a lot of work, but for me because of the amazing guests I’ve had the pleasure…
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Due to the nature of this podcast, please know the content may be difficult to hear and can be triggering to those listening. Please take all necessary precautions and care while listening to this podcast. In this podcast, Christina alongside co-host Miranda Encina, will continue to dive into a discussion filled with honesty, heart, and hope. They …
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Here’s some information about Nicole, in case some of you are new to Sexual Assault Survivor Stories. Nicole is a frequent guest on this show, and I want you to know some information about her. This information is published by Force Science, Nicole’s employer, on their website: https://www.forcescience.com/instructor/nicole-florisi/ “Nicole Florisi…
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Jeremy Indika: CSA Survivor and Advocate
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Jeremy was sexually abused for two years beginning when he was 8 years old. He now speaks publicly about his experience to break the silence that keeps this crime hidden. With his presentations in schools, a YouTube channel with over 28,000 subscribers and podcast, he is communicating this topic in a unique way. He has also founded a platform calle…
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Tracy endured and survived 23 years of domestic and spiritual abuse in a marriage to a prominent minister. For years she lost her voice and agency, living in silence as her spirit was bruised behind closed doors. In the early 80s, when emergency shelters were scarce and conversations about unhappy marriages were taboo, she struggled to even recogni…
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Due to the nature of this podcast, please know the content may be difficult to hear and can be triggering to those listening. Please take all necessary precautions and care while listening to this podcast. In this podcast, Christina alongside co-host Miranda Encina, will dive into a discussion filled with honesty, heart, and hope. They will explore…
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97. David Weeks: A Childhood Devastated By Abuse And Trafficking, Leads To An Inspirational Adulthood
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To know David, you’d think he’s living a great lifestyle. And the truth is, he is! But it wasn’t always that way. David was born and raised in Virginia, but life started taking some harsh turns when David turned four. That’s when he remembers his father abandoned him, telling his mother that he couldn’t take being around David anymore. It wasn’t lo…
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This show seems to inevitably bring guests that are not only willing to share their sexual assault or rape experience with this audience, but who have the true desire to help, inspire, and uplift others on their own healing journey. Melissa Fairchild is an exceptional example, and I am honored that she reached out to me, asking to be a guest on thi…
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Sometimes I am flabbergasted by how things work out to bring someone into my life for the purpose of helping to heal others through this show. This is one of those times…I found Ashley Bendiksen through Instagram, being duly impressed with her mission and accomplishments of bringing her story to national audiences to help bring justice to victim an…
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John Jay Wiley is a retired police officer (Baltimore Police Department) who is now the founder and host of Law Enforcement Talk Radio & Podcast…both a radio show and a podcast. I had the honor of being a guest on LET Radio in an episode that was aired on 09 June 2024. You can listen to that episode here. It was quite the experience, and I apprecia…
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Mike Lew - Psychotherapist and Author of "Victims No Longer"
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Mike Lew is a psychotherapist, trained cultural anthropologist , group leader and co-director of The Next Step Counseling and Training Center in Florence, Massachusetts and author of the amazing book, “Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse.” Mike is a leading expert on recovery from childhood sexual abuse, …
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I sometimes surf social media in search of someone I think might be an excellent guest for this show. When I found retired US Army soldier Orvie B. Baker, Jr. I knew I had found true excellence! See, Orvie is a former SARC, Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, for the Army SAPRO (Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office). He has tons of experi…
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92. Dave Markel: A Shared Episode of The Jan Broberg Show!
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92. Dave Markel: A Shared Episode of The Jan Broberg Show! I am honored to be able to bring to you an episode from The Jan Broberg Show, in which Jan invited me to be a guest on her show. After it aired (June 18, 2024; https://www.thejanbrobergshow.com/trauma-informed-perspectives-understanding-the-neuroscience-of-sexual-assault-with-dave-markel/),…
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91. Caroline Markel and Bailie: I Count Myself Fortunate to Know Them Both!
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If you haven’t already heard Bailie’s two-part interview, Episodes 49 and 50, give them a listen—you’ll hear one of the most compelling and intriguing interviews of sexual assault and rape that will hold you spell-bound and awestruck. You don’t need to listen to those episodes before you listen to this one, but definitely take the time to listen to…
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90. Chris McGhee: A Man on a Mission to Change a Law—Because his Daughter Was Sexually Assaulted by a Cop
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This story is compelling for lots of reasons: because it’s told by a man, Chris McGhee, whose daughter was sexually assaulted by a cop; because the cop was convicted, but didn’t serve any jail time; because Chris and his daughter are working hard to get a Pennsylvania law changed so that cops are charged with a felony instead of a misdemeanor when …
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Erika’s life story sounds like a fictional crime novel…but the amazing aspect is that the truth really is sometimes stranger than fiction. The truth of Erika’s horrific story is that her father killed himself when Erika was just 15. Years later, a brother also ended his own life. At 19 Erika was raped by a friend of the young man she was dating; an…
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Laurie McBride was sexually assaulted by her brother when she was a young girl. She was also emotionally abused by her mother while growing up, and then when she was in high school, she was the victim of two separate rape attempts. By the time Laurie was 18 and left home, she felt lost. In a situation like Laurie’s, it isn’t difficult to understand…
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Dr. Kelli Palfy - Psychologist and Author of "Men Too"
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Voices Beyond Assault presents A Conversation with Dr. Kelli Palfy. Dr. Palfy began her career working in adult and youth corrections. After becoming a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, she was she assisted with the start up of the first Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit, specializing in sex crimes committed against children…
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Because Caroline was traveling so much of last month, I wasn't able to record an April episode with her. But now, she’s back home and busy at work. But not so busy as to miss another episode with me! This month, Caroline talks about where she was these past several weeks, who she was traveling with, what they were doing on this extended trip, and t…
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86. Kelly Justus: Embracing Her Own Healing Through Action—Promoting Project Callisto's Mission
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Kelly and I have a few things in common: our admiration and support of the mission of Project Callisto, and our belief that normalizing the converstation around rape and sexual assault will help reduce the prevalence of rape culture. With regard to Callisto: I won’t go into the full explanation of how Callisto works, you can find out that informati…
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85. Roger Canaff: A Former Sexual Assault Prosecutor and Highly Qualified Expert Gives Us His Insights!
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Having Roger Canaff join me on this show has long been a goal, and I finally was able to reconnect with this former colleague. I met Roger when I was working for the US Army in a position known as a Highly Qualified Expert for the Criminal Investigation Command (known as CID-Criminal Investigation Division). Part of my job was co-managing a 2-week …
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84. Jessica Michaels: Raped by Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, Jess is Now Promoting Sexual Assault First Aid-PART 2
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When it came to healing from her rape by Jeffrey Epstein there first had to be a realization by Jess Michaels that she was raped. Because, Jess had been taught by society and the culture of the 90’s that what had happened to her must not have really been rape…she hadn’t screamed, she didn’t try to fight him, she hadn’t even tried to push him off he…
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83. Jessica Michaels: Raped by Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, Jess is Now Promoting Sexual Assault First Aid; Part 1
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It’s difficult to imagine having a bright future with a life full of promise, fame, and prestige, living that life doing exactly what you were wanting to do: dancing, modeling, acting, singing, and a career trajectory that was leading to Broadway and world travel and fame on July 8, 1991…and then on July 9, 1991, having it all stomped out in just a…
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Kenneth Rogers Jr. - CSA Survivor, Author of How To Save Your Inner Superhero Series
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Voices Beyond Assault presents A Conversation with Kenneth Rogers Jr., author of the How to Heal Your Inner Superhero series. This unique series of books uses DC Comic superhero and villain archetypes, cognitive behavior therapy, psychology, and his own autobiographical journey as a survivor to help other survivors of childhood sexual abuse heal. K…
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82. Dr. Lori Pitts: From Childhood Sexual Assault to Founder of Still Whole Wellness, Dr. Lori Recognizes Her Gift of Healing
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It was only two weeks ago that I had Anne Winslow on this show to talk about her new role as Co-Executive Director of the Sexual Assault Advocacy Network, SAAN, an online community of advocates, victims, and survivors of rape and sexual assault. During our discussion, Anne mentioned that the former Executive Director of SAAN was Dr. Lori Pitts, who…
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81. Cassie Nicholas Returns: New Trauma Memories Lead to New Ways to Heal!
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The last time Anne was on this show was just over a year ago. She shared with us her harrowing story of enduring almost 30 years of intrafamilial rape as well as marital domestic violence and rape. Yet, despite all of that, Anne managed to become one the most softspoken advocates for others who’ve endured similar experiences as she advocated and gu…
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Some communities are safe harbors of individuals who identify as an assemblage who have known each other for a long time…grown together, supported each other, learned together…who have the common denominator of having gone through the same things together, particularly school. Such was the case for Ray Epstein as she progressed through a very small…
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As promised in January, Caroline Markel is back for her monthly episode on SASS. Caroline Markel (no relation to myself, at least that we know of!) is the CEO of Safe in Harm’s Way, a non-profit organization dedicated to “providing online trauma-informed resources to survivors, their children, and pets, while identifying the unique needs based on r…
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77. Angela Galbreath: Activated Memories Lead to Hidden Meanings in Behavior
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When long lost memories, suppressed for decades through fear and dissociative amnesia, start to surface in the cognitive mind, the results can lead to frustration and confusion over what the memories stem from. Emotional trauma survivors often spend an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out the cause and meaning of these memories that are o…
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Dr Douglas Carpenter: Survivor, Clinical Psychologist, Author of "Secret Shame" (Part 2)
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Dr. Carpenter is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, husband, father and clinical psychologist who has devoted his career to helping men who experienced sexual abuse as children understand the effects of that abuse on their growth, development, relationships and sexual health so that they can move forward in their healing process. Besides having …
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Sexual assault is a deeply personal and often traumatic experience that affects millions of individuals worldwide. For survivors, the decision to share their stories with the public is one fraught with complexities and potential consequences. In this episode I’ll help examine and explain the pros and cons of someone telling their sexual assault sto…
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