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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.
29 Episodes
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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 staying in an abusive marriage
GUEST: Liz Eckman Liz spoke to a Portland Press Herald reporter in 2022 to break the silence of her ex's arrest, and also lift the stigma surrounding domestic abuse. Read the article here. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Victim rights being ignored by courts, City government staying silent about domestic abuse charges against one of their own, dangers of DV strangulation, importance of survivors speaking out.
GUEST: Katherine Erbes Katherine talks about almost being killed by her ex to see him get a plea deal and, four years after his release from prison, almost kill another woman. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Media abuse, sexual abuse, need for tougher DV sentencing
Guest: Sharon Kennedy In 2020 Sharon Kennedy was convicted of depraved indifference murder for the death of her 10 year old daughter Marissa. No physical evidence tied her to this murder and she maintains her innocence. She did not testify at her trial and in this conversation with Patrisha breaks her silence about the coercive control and domestic abuse she and Marissa endured at the hands of her ex Julio, who was sentenced to 55 years in prison on the same charge. Julio, according to ...
GUEST: Jackie Lee McLean The host of this Podcast talks with her daughter about how the abuse impacted them separately and also together and their path to healing. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Child abuse, narcissistic fathers, triangulation Jackie is an executive of an IT company, and singer-songwriter who provides the music for this Podcast. More of Jackie's Music here.
GUEST: Randall Liberty, Maine's Commissioner of Corrections Randy talks with Patrisha about the impact his father’s violence toward his mother had on him and his brothers. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Sons and fathers, sons and mothers, the importance of prison for violent abusers
GUEST: Amy Maine officials worked overtime to give full custody of her baby granddaughter to a two-time domestic violence felon. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Family court dysfunction, child abuse, grandparental rights
GUESTS: Donna Kaz William (Body Heat) Hurt swept Donna off her feet when she was a young actress, and grew steadily more dangerous. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Narcissists, fame as an enabler, career-sabotaging Donna is a feminist activist and author of Unmasked: Memoirs of a Guerilla Girl on Tour https://www.amazon.com/MASKED-Memoirs-Guerrilla-Girl-Tour/dp/1510709436 https://variety.com/2022/film/news/donna-kaz-william-hurt-former-partner-surviving-abuse-1235208312/
GUEST: Bethany This nurse’s ex has a 30-page criminal record and has violated protection from abuse orders 20 times with no consequences TOPICS DISCUSSED: Uselessness of PFAs, do-nothing DAs, child abuse
GUEST: Jolene No accountability from the courts and police make him scarier and scarier, to her, her children, the police and the public. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Criminal court reform, good ol’ boy network, the folly of Batterer’s Intervention
GUESTS: Anonymous What it was like having a childhood that on the outside seemed golden and glamorous, and on the inside was a “living hell”. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Narcissistic fathers, living a lie, child abuse
GUESTS: Lora and Jeannine Lauber Oren TWO PARTER: Lora, A Maine nurse talks about financial abuse continuing with the divorce. Then Jeannine Lauber Oren of Finding Our Voices talks about the Maine law she helped get through to help mitigate financial abuse. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Financial abuse, sexual abuse, divorce hell More about Jeannine is here. The law Jeannine helped to pass is here: H.P. 553 - L.D. 748 law, "An Act To Provide Relief to Survivors of Economic Abuse".
GUESTS: Courtney Davis and Jess Jess introduced her best friend to him, then grew alarmed as he steadily turned Courtney into a shell of herself TOPICS DISCUSSED: Sexual abuse, financial abuse, what to do when you are worried for a loved one Short film on Courtney here.
GUEST: Caroline McKuen The director of the Presbyterian Advocacy Council talks about her church’s enabling of criminal, financial, and sexual abuse TOPICS DISCUSSED: Religious abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse. https://www.presbyterianadvocacycoalition.org
GUESTS: Ashley and Dezarae Ashley talks about how overseas deployments made him increasingly abusive at home. Dezarae talks about being terrorized by a girlfriend. TOPICS DISCUSSED: The military, same sex abuse, impact on children
GUEST: Mary Kamradt, Chief of Staff of Finding Our Voices Her home was destroyed and dog killed in a fire set by her ex, and her family sided with him. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Sexual abuse, arson, estrangement from children and grandchildren.
GUEST: Shelly Edwards Jorgensen Shelly is the author of the memoir Beautiful Ashes: A quest to uncover family secrets and survive the truth. https://www.beautifulashesmemoir.com/books/ TOPICS DISCUSSED: Child abuse, Siblings, Arson
GUESTS: Anonymous and Jennifer Two-parter about how religion helped to trap both women in domestic abuse and made it harder to get out. “Anonymous" talks about the Cantor who refused to give her a Get for a divorce, and Jennifer talks about the pious-acting husband who was anything but.
GUEST: Melody Melody, a Mi’kmaq native, realized when she connected with Finding Our Voices that domestic abuse is at the root of her substance abuse as well as incarceration. She talks here about how she transcended both to become a wellbriety coach and published author. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Incarceration, Substance Abuse, Native culture
GUESTS: Michelle, Kerry, Amber Michelle, a communications executive talks about an early marriage that almost killed her. Kerry and Amber talk about their best friends who were murdered by DV this year. TOPICS DISCUSSED: Financial abuse, guns, family impact of abuse
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