Breaking Silence
Welcome to the Breaking Silence Podcast. Throughout this podcast, our Executive Director, Alli Meyerhardt, interviews those that are impacted by interpersonal violence as a way for us to learn how we can all be a part of violence prevention. In this space, we hope that you will find healing, understanding and empathy. We are all Breakers!
Breaking Silence
Walking Through Shame and Finding the Power in Our Survival Story
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In this episode we are joined by Amanda as she talks us through her stories of survival, why she has kept her stories silent and how she ended up in litigation against a powerful ride share company. This episode is a wonderful example of how we can still be in our pain and going through it and know that when we talk to safe people they will believe and see us, not shame and silence us. There is no perfection or finished when it comes to processing an assault, so sometimes we just have to start talking and know that our community will help carry the weight of what happened with us.
You are not alone and if you need help or want to talk to someone please reach out to the National Sexual Assault Hotline, Available 24 hours: 1-800-656-4673