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Author: HOLLIE DOWDING

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Welcome to House of H.E.R. (Healed, Empowered, Rich) a space for women who have been through it… and are choosing themselves anyway.

This podcast is hosted by Hollie  a mum, survivor of domestic abuse, late-diagnosed with ADHD, and a woman rebuilding her life from the inside out. House of H.E.R. is rooted in real experiences of domestic abuse  trauma, healing, and starting again when everything you thought you were has fallen away.

Here we talk about emotional and domestic abuse, trauma bonding, ADHD, nervous system healing, self-worth, identity loss, motherhood, and the messy middle of becoming someone new. These are honest conversations for women who are tired of pretending they’re fine and ready to feel safe in themselves again.

This podcast is for the woman who is just coming out of survival mode. The woman who is exhausted, confused, grieving who she used to be, and questioning everything but still standing. If you’re learning how to feel again, how to trust yourself again, and how to exist without fear, this space was made for you.

You don’t need to be healed to be here. You don’t need the answers. You just need somewhere that understands what it costs to leave and what it takes to begin again. 



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Send us a text In this episode, I’m joined by my sister Amber someone who stood beside me through my experience of domestic abuse, even before she fully understood what was happening. This conversation isn’t just about my story it’s about the ripple effect of abuse. How it impacts families. How it changes relationships. And how hard it can be to support someone you love when they’re living in survival mode. Together, we talk honestly about what it was like from her perspective the red flags s...
Send us a text This episode is the final part of my story not the end, but the beginning of something new. After the trauma, the court case, and the survival mode, this is where I talk about what healing actually looks like. Not bubble baths and face masks but hard graft, grief, rebuilding self-worth, and learning how to be still after living in fight-or-flight for so long. We talk honestly about how healing stripped me bare. How the noise didn’t stop overnight. How social media, control, a...
Send us a text Some stories don’t end when you leave 🥀 In Episode 2 of House of H.E.R, I sit down again with my friend Cassie to talk about what happened after I left the part of the story that rarely gets spoken about, and the part that almost broke me. This episode is about the aftermath. The crash. The moment survival mode finally catches up with you. With the relationship over and the truth beginning to surface, my body and nervous system collapsed under everything they had been holding i...
Send us a text Some stories need telling again 🥀 In this episode, I sit down with my friend Cassie to retell my story not for sympathy, but for truth. One year on, with the court case behind me and my nervous system finally out of survival mode, I’m able to speak about what really happened in a way I couldn’t before. This is not a neatly packaged survivor story. It’s an honest, sometimes uncomfortable look at how abuse really unfolds slowly, quietly, and often disguised as love. We talk about...
Send us a text In this episode, Hollie and Mollie open the doors to one of the most silenced parts of abuse, stalking and harassment. They share lived experiences of what it means to live in constant fear, the reality of coercive control, and the devastating gap between the law and survivors’ safety. From phone hacking to online surveillance, this conversation exposes how digital abuse and psychological terror leave invisible scars that are still rarely recognised as violence. This episode ...
Send us a text We’re back in a new studio, a new season of life, and a deeper layer of truth. In Part Two of our justice story, Hollie opens up about what happened after the arrest — the calls from CPS, the court dates, the waiting, the disbelief, and the slow realisation of just how much she’d survived. This episode isn’t only about the legal process. It’s about what happens inside you when the noise stops. About the guilt and shame that linger even after you’ve left. About therapy, somatic ...
Send us a text In this episode of House of H.E.R., Hollie and Mollie sit down to speak about the part of the story that was once untold the leaving, the aftermath, and the long road toward justice. For the first time, Hollie shares openly about the police process, the court case, and what it really looked like to break free. From the trauma bond that kept her tied, to the car accident that became a turning point, to the relentless harassment and finally the courtroom where truth could no lo...
Send us a text A candid, compassionate deep-dive into the blurry line between love bombing and real love. We unpack butterflies vs. nervous system chaos, boundaries vs. rules, conditional love, attachment styles, and why “calm” is the greenest flag. We share therapy takeaways (hi Angela 👋), inner-child insights, and real-life examples, from “you can’t wear that” to silent treatment. So you can spot control, honour your needs, and choose relationships that let you be you. Trigger warning: co...
Send us a text In one of our most unfiltered and urgent conversations yet, we unpack the hidden harm of victim shaming and enabling: the moments when silence, minimisation, and misplaced loyalty feed abuse instead of stopping it. From family members brushing things under the rug to friends still inviting abusers to the barbecue, we name the ways “not getting involved” makes you part of the problem. We share personal stories of being dismissed, doubted, and told “it’s not that bad,” and expl...
Send us a text Trigger warning: This episode covers abuse, trauma and mental health. Please listen when you feel ready. What if leaving wasn’t the hardest part? In this raw and deeply honest episode, Hollie and Mollie unravel one of the most confusing and painful parts of abuse recovery, trauma bonding. From brain chemistry to heartbreak, from missing someone who hurt you to rebuilding your sense of self, this conversation is both an education and a lifeline. If you’ve ever thought “Why do ...
Send us a text This bonus episode is pure gratitude and disbelief. Hollie & Mollie sit down, raw and unfiltered, to share the whirlwind of emotions from seeing House of H.E.R hit the top 10 in the Apple Podcasts Mental Health charts, right next to their idol, Roxie Nafousi. From late-night tears and joyful car screams to the weight of transforming their own pain into something that now holds space for thousands of women, this episode is a love letter to every listener. They also share t...
Send us a text Some stories are hard to hear. Some stories are harder to live through. This is Hollie's. Of a love that turned violent. A friendship that turned into fear. And the slow, sacred journey of finding her way home to herself. We speak honestly here — about manipulation, gaslighting, control, and how hard it is to leave when the world only sees the highlight reel. If you need a sign… this is it. Please follow the links on our stan store for details on where to find support: http...
Send us a text It didn’t start with a fist. It started with love bombing, secrets, and silent treatments. In this raw and fiercely honest episode, Mollie shares - for the first time in full, the story she has kept hidden for months. From falling in love with a man who said all the right things to surviving emotional abuse, financial control, and the terrifying realities of digital stalking, she reveals how leaving nearly cost her everything; including her safety, her business, and her ident...
Send us a text “Healing isn’t bubble baths. It’s the darkness that almost swallows you and the gold you find there.” Welcome to House of H.E.R. - a sacred space built for women navigating trauma, heartbreak, ADHD, and the long, winding road back to themselves. In our very first episode, we’re telling the story of how a random Instagram quote, two chaotic lives, and a thousand whispered truths became a podcast and a movement. We share: How heartbreak and business breakdowns brought us to...
Send us a text In the final episode of season one, Hollie and Mollie welcome their first ever guest: Katy Longhurst a survivor, mother, and tech innovator who has transformed unthinkable trauma into tangible change. With grace and raw honesty, Katy shares her story of surviving years of coercive control, violence, psychological manipulation and how she went on to create Ask Joan, an app designed to help people in domestic abuse situations discreetly call for help from any household applianc...
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