Let's Talk About It
Patrisha McLean talks with the real experts of domestic abuse--survivors. Patrisha survived a 29 year abusive marriage to a celebrity, and CEO and Founder of Finding Our Voices https://findingourvoices.net/
Music is by Jackie McLean Strack, the host’s daughter.
      Podcasting since 2024 • 26 episodes
    
Let's Talk About It
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Sarah: When You Escape an Abusive Marriage to Find Out You Are Saddled With Tens of Thousands of Dollars of His Debt
GUEST: Sarah Doucette Sarah is the author of Stronger Than That: A Domestic Violence Survivor Uncovers the Truth About Her Abuser. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Financial abuse, Religion as a factor in ...
        
          
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    Two-Parter – Rachel: When You Grow Up With an Abusive Father Followed by 85-year-old Mary Lou Celebrating 20 Years of Freedom
GUESTS: Rachel Davis and Mary Lou Smith. Rachel, director of the public library in Cape Elizabeth, talks about her outwardly successful but abusive father and the impact that had on her and her brother. Mary Lou ...
        
          
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    When a Man is Abused by a Woman
GUEST:  Anonymous (Male) Many similarities to abuse of a woman by a man are shared in this conversation with "Mark."TOPICS DISCUSSED: Emotional abuse, weaponizing of children, lack of resources for men abused by w...
        
          
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    When You Break the Silence After 40 Years
GUEST: Vicki Murray, owner of Laugh Loud Smile Big bakeryVicki talks about what kept her silent and what it like to break her silence over 15 years of abuse including strangulation by the man she started dating at 17 years old. ...
        
          
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    When Your Criminal Tormenter is Let Out of Prison Early and You Become a Virtual Prisoner in Trying to Keep Yourself and Child Safe
Guests: Agnes BrackettAgnes discusses trying to keep her daughter safe from her gun-toting, fire-starting husband.   Topics discussed: Child Abuse, Guns, Failure of Justice System
        
          
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