Breaking Silence

In this episode, Alli sits down with Katie a survivor of rape. Katie tells us her story of surviving the assault at the hands of a friend, the price of healing, and how she is working to build a community where all survivors are heard and supported.

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In this episode, Alli talks with someone who chose to commit a sex offense on an incapacitated female in college. Hearing from this side of the story gives us the tools to understand prevention, and permission to feel things more deeply no matter what those feelings may be. Lean in as we explore what it mean\s to go from a hurt person hurting people to a more healed person hoping to heal people 

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In this episode, Alli is joined with Sam, an expert in the field of suicide prevention and awareness.  Sam gives us tools for starting conversations around suicide, how to show up for someone and ourselves, and how suicide and interpersonal violence tend to intersect. 

If you or anyone you know is in need of support please call 800-273-8255 or text HOME to 741-741 

Today's episode we hear Dino walk us through his relationship in which power over and control creates an unsafe and impossible space to exist within. His journey is one of finding his voice, his power and moving on from the grips of his partner at the time.  

Welcome to the first season of the Breaking Silence Podcast. Throughout this podcast, the Executive Director, Alli Meyerhardt,  interviews those that are impacted by interpersonal violence so that we can build a community of advocates. In this space, we hope that you will find healing and join our community of breakers. 

In this episode, we hear Ashley's story of sexual harassment, her journey towards healing and the fears that come with being forced out of a job.  She walks us through the culture that existed at work, the ways in which her abusers behavior was allowed to persist and what we can do now to disrupt environments like this so that women are not forced out of their careers.

You will hear audio from a past recording intermixed with our conversation, as we reflect on what it was like for her to share her story with us and how that has influenced her healing today.