OneVOICE Podcast

On Our Sleeves

Special guest: Julia Paxton, former patient champion turned advocate/spokesperson for the On Our Sleeves Campaign” through Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Julia shares her powerful story as we discuss all things mental health and recovery. 

Forgiveness Lies

Nicole and Mary break down the difficult topic of forgiveness along the healing road: the lies and misconceptions, the truth and freedom found in cutting the cord, and why talking it out and walking it out can make all the difference.

Being Mean

Guest: Patricia Eagle, author of “Being Mean: A Memoir of Sexual Abuse and Survival” -- a book about blocking sexual abuse memories, having them surface, then learning how

to acknowledge and live with incomprehensible experiences in the healthiest ways possible. On this podcast, Mary and Nicole talk with Patricia about her story, writing her memoir, and topics like dissociation, repression, remembering, coping, numbing, addiction, caring for elderly sick parents who were abusers, and her pursuit of clarity, compassion, trust and hope after decades of struggling to understand and live with her past. More info: https://patriciaeagle.com

Exposure of Abusers

Nicole Braddock Bromley and Mary O'Brien chat with Maureen Garcia about all the things related to exposure of abusers: suicide, power and control, victim-stancing, applause and ovations, #churchtoo, triggers and takeaways from the recent news of Jeffrey Epstein's suicide as well as Nicole's own survivor story. 

Set The Expectation

Special Guest: Brenda Tracy, a survivor of a gang rape by four
football players and now an RN, activist and civilian lobbyist. After
coming forward with her story in 2014, she began educating, engaging,
and inspiring men and coaches to become involved in the fight against
sexual violence and started the #SetTheExpectation Campaign.

The FTS method

Loved our chat today with Denise Ackermann, MSW, a therapist who has worked at an inpatient psychiatric and substance abuse rehabilitation unit, a women’s clinic, in prisons with convicted male sex offenders, and as a coordinator of services for adult convicted sex offenders. 

Restoring

Special guest, Meshali Mitchell (Meshali.co), world renowned photographer, storyteller, survivor and a dear friend to OneVOICE, joins us to discuss restoration, relationships and the healing road.  

Community as the Client

Special guest: Kelly Bunt, a licensed clinical social worker and owner of a NY private practice, solely focused on the treatment for individuals who have committed sexual offenses, chats with us about her mission to look at healthy communities as her client and also how she is working with local colleges to better respond to sexual assault on campus.

Abuse, Addiction & Trafficking: A Survivor Story

Vanessa Perkins, survivor of child sexual abuse and sex trafficking, shares her story and drops some real life knowledge on addiction, trauma response, trauma bonds, recovery, relationships and parenting.

The Power of Story

Special Guest: Amy Sorrells, an award-winning author of four novels, one of which, How Sweet The Sound, helps survivors find hope in the midst of the hard road of healing from sexual abuse