Episodes

Today Jan continues on the journey of discovering what recovery means to her and what it looks like for others. In this continuation of unpacking PTSD as a common roadblock to healing from sexual assault/abuse Jan explores th...

Today Jan is joined by Claude L. King, LCPC. Claude is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Employee Assistance Consultant based in the Chicagoland Area with 13 years of experience in the mental health field. He spe...

Today Jan continues on the journey of discovering what recovery means to her and what it looks like for others. In this continuation of unpacking PTSD as a common roadblock to healing from sexual assault/abuse Jan goes throug...

Today Jan is joined by Beth Light, LCSW, who is a Mental Health Therapist and the Clinical Director at the Child Safety Center of White County. She graduated from Harding University with a Bachelor of Social Work degree in 20...

Today Jan continues on the journey of discovering what recovery means to her and what it looks like for others, but before we get too far into how to recover, we have to understand what roadblocks to expect when healing from ...

Today Jan is joined by Brooke Light, who is a Charlotte, NC based photographer. She specializes in children's editorial portrait photography and encourages kids to only smile if they want to . who has recently received quite ...

Today Jan embarks on the journey of discovering what recovery means to her and what it looks like for others. To start the series off Jan discusses the most prominent understanding of recovery, which is in financial terms, an...

Today Jan is joined by Jennie Pool and Laura Smith who have over 2 decades of experience in the therapy arena and trauma healing. At the healing center they built, MEND Counseling Center, they honor each individual's unique p...

Today Jan continues her series on how to handle having someone, especially a child, disclose their abuse to you. The focus of this episode is reaching out to the proper authorities and how vital it is that families report abu...

Today Jan is joined by Lynn Meyer to discuss what it's like to have an understanding from a young age that your abuse is not your fault but healing is your responsibility. Lynn Meyer is an Emotional Healing Coach, Certified ...

Today Jan continues her series on how to handle having someone, especially a child, disclose their abuse to you. The focus of this episode is how you, the person being disclosed to, handle the burden of this knowledge and how...

Today we revisit sections of the episodes we had Shari Scott on to embrace the message of anti-trafficking in the wake of the release of Sound of Freedom, a harrowing true story of rescuing a boy and his sister from the grips...

Today Jan continues her series on how to handle having someone, especially a child, disclose their abuse to you. The focus of this episode is how to mitigate the damage that self-blame and self-shame the survivor has already ...

Today Jan is joined by Saida Mahoney, activist and advocate for the disabled of all types and kinds, Miss Amazing winner, author, artist, and Thrivivor. Saida's history of abuse is daunting, but she still finds a way to keep ...

Today Jan continues her series on how to handle having someone, especially a child, disclose their abuse to you. The focus of this episode is aimed at teaching how to reestablish safety within the life of the abused so they c...

Today Jan is joined by Matt, who is one of the people she has been coaching and has become a very special person in her life, to talk about how being disabled, while a trauma on it's own, causes trauma to ripple through every...

Today Jan continues her series on how to handle having someone, especially a child, disclose their abuse to you. The focus of this episode is aimed at letting the story be told by the victim in their own way without you, the ...

Today Jan is joined again by Alyssa Damron (Masters in Social Work from BYU) to discuss the topic of suicide, what it looks like, how to talk to those at risk, and how you can help someone struggling with ideation. This episo...

Today Jan begins a series of solo episodes exploring the ways to initially assess the possible sexual abuse of your child and how to take further action if the worst is true without causing further trauma. This episode is spo...

Today Jan is joined by Ruthie who is the parent of a child that went through sexual abuse by her step-sibling for two years. The story today is this child's story, but through the eyes of her mother, showing the sacrifices on...

Today Jan is joined yet again by author, speaker, poet, voiceover artist Michelle Jackson so we can take a deeper dive into what her healing looks like. Not only has she had to deal with lapses in her mental fortitude, she al...

Today Jan is joined by Leanne who is here to share her story of repressing her severe sexual abuse as a child for 35 years only to have a bad relationship bring up all of the damage. This not only led her to seek help, but th...

Today Jan brings together a round-table of Co-Host Dave Markel, Senior Producer of this podcast and Co-Founder of The Jan Broberg Foundation Austen Tanner, and the Executive Director of The Jan Broberg Foundation Alan Manwari...

Today Jan is joined by Co-Host Dave Markel and guest/Executive Director of The Jan Broberg Foundation, Alan Manwaring to talk about the benefits Alan has had from finding a community of survivors to openly discuss their abuse...