Share Your Truth LIVE

Welcome to Share Your Truth LIVE , where survivor voices take center stage in powerful conversations about healing, education, and advocacy. In this special 20th episode—kicking off Domestic Violence Awareness Month —host Hannah Hollander, founder and Executive Director of Speak Your Truth Today (SYTT), is joined by three inspiring guests: Eddy Fuentes , Community Services Supervisor at Radiant Fu...

Welcome to another empowering episode of "Share Your Truth Live." Today, we're joined by the incredible Kelly Lang (she/her), a passionate advocate for violence prevention and expert in bystander intervention strategies. In today's conversation, we'll dive deep into the complexities of bystander intervention in various settings—from personal relationships to public interactio...

Speak Your Truth Today volunteers Jennifer and Tiffany join us for a conversation around the importance of digital safety as a survivor. We take a deeper look into our Facebook Support group and what measures are in place to prioritize safety and empower group members to share in a way that feels right for them. Jennifer Swenson is a thriver/survivor of abuse and a Mom of four! She is a profession...

Lara Kinslow, the founder of the Wayward Women Podcast, opens up about her personal experiences with domestic abuse and her mission to provide resources for survivors. She discusses her new initiative, Flyfree Today, which aims to address financial barriers in accessing trauma therapy and coaching. In the episode, Lara and Taylor delve into the challenges survivors face during the holiday season,...

Our next guest, Kyle Linton, is truly incredible. He is ready to share his journey on how he created  Ourwave.org a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on providing survivors of sexual and domestic violence with an online space to share their stories, connect with others, and seek healing. Through Our Wave, Kyle leads a team of designers, engineers, researchers, and other specialists from across the glob...

Rebuilding after trauma is possible. In this episode of Share Your Truth Live, our Founder and Executive Director, Hannah Hollander, speaks with our wonderful guest Hannah as she recounts her story and the road to recovery. Hannah is a business owner, advocate, local volunteer, mother, and spouse. She is a survivor of domestic violence for the last 21 years, over which time she has been using her...

Our incredible guest, 2AM Ricky, is ready to share their knowledge and experiences with us. 2AM Ricky is a Recording Artist, Songwriter, Actor and Model breaking barriers and making strides in the industry. Ricky is an advocate for the LGBTQ community and an openly transgender rapper. In 2021, Ricky became the First Black Transgender Male Artist to land #1 on any music chart. He was listed in New...

Sharon Kiel is a licensed Marriage and family therapist, who has been in private practice in Fullerton, CA for the past 24 years. She is a certified EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapist, with an additional certification from EMDRIA. She specializes in trauma therapy, helping her clients heal from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Sharon has also been an expert witnes...

We are here with another episode of Share Your Truth Live. Our guest is Jess Moloney, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor & Nationally Certified Counselor with an expertise in anxiety and relationships. She is also a Breakthrough Self Love Coach, Author & Motivational Speaker sharing stages with Les Brown, Jillian Michaels, and Vivica A. Fox! In this episode we address self-love and self-ca...

Gi is an author and poet, she published Forgiven Forgotten Sooooo which is a collection of poems exploring the Issues of Domestic Violence Gi has been writing poetry since she was 11 years old, and was very creative as a child, through her words. This passion for poetry evolved throughout her life and proved essential during a time in which she needed an expressive outlet - as she was experiencing...

We grew up learning that love is a feeling. We watched it onscreen and heard about it in our favorite songs, but there’s so much we didn’t learn and were left to figure out on our own. Those words are on One Love’s website - and within the pages of their site you’ll find education, tools, and resources that fill in so many of the gaps from what we should have learned about love and relationships....

We are excited to bring this survivor spotlight to our podcast. A powerful story that must be shared.  Naz Meknat  escaped life in Iran to find freedom and independence in America. What we are seeing in the news, she actually lived through. Naz shares her story in her memoir,  7000 Miles To Freedom  which details how she overcame the Morality Police and being abused and held ho...

Our pets are family. They love us unconditionally, provide emotional support, empathy, and joy in our lives. For someone experiencing domestic abuse, a pet can be even more - it could be their lifeline, their comfort, and their reason for existing. They truly are family. We have an incredible guest joining us today to talk about a very serious topic so many of our SYTT support group members have m...

In this episode, we speak with one of our SYTT group members and a survivor herself, Kelly Cohee! We're going to hear a bit about her story as a non-traditional survivor of domestic abuse through the lens of a 'mentee' being abused by a mentor/teacher and how she created Radiant Reiki Healing for others in their healing journeys. The bonus for our listeners is that after we discuss a little about...

One of the most overlooked side-effects of leaving an abusive relationship is grief. It may be hard to believe and even harder for someone to understand, but there can be a lot of grief associated with ending an abusive relationship. Even if it was unhealthy, it was still a relationship. At some point it was good, there was love and joy, even if it was brief. Join us as Laura Habla interviews our...

In honor of the first national Male Awareness Survivor Day, we are excited to bring you this bonus episode with Jayce Baron! He is a keynote speaker, published author, and director. He's also a survivor of sexual assault and after his story of rape went viral in 2016, and then advocating to revoke the Statute of Limitation on rape charges in the State of California, he has made it his mission to b...

Historically speaking, domestic and sexual violence has been seen as only a women’s issue, but the reality is, survivors and perpetrators can be any gender. This is why SYTT, Men Healing, MaleSurvivor, & FORGE have partnered together to bring awareness to the realities male survivors face - by launching the very first Male Survivor Awareness Day on October 25th, 2022. And while we do have the...

We have a very special episode of our Share Your Truth LIVE podcast for you this week. What an honor it was to chat with such an amazing woman, Tiffany Huff-Strothers! In addition to being a survivor of domestic violence, she is also a powerhouse advocate on a mission in life to empower women through her organizations, When She Thrives and The Tiffany Huff Experience! Give this episode a listen to...

This week we have an informative episode of Share Your Truth Live! as my co-host and our guests debunk some of the most common misconceptions about domestic violence. Today’s episode is all about the Facts vs. Myths in the domestic violence space! Website: www.speakyourtruth.today Private Facebook Support Group: speak.your.truth.today Survivor Spotlights Contact: help@speakyourtruth.today Sign up...

Get to know our Founder and Executive Director, Hannah Hollander! She's a true inspiration and advocate for victims and survivors of domestic violence. Creating Speak Your Truth Today has taken peer to peer support to the next level by fostering a global community of survivors who empower each other along their healing journeys. Learn of her story, Speak Your Truth Today's story, and what the curr...

Welcome to our introductory episode of Share Your Truth Live! Another way Speak Your Truth Today (SYTT) helps amplify the voices of all victims and survivors of domestic violence. SYTT is a national, award-winning, 501(c)3 nonprofit facilitating one of the largest, gender inclusive, domestic violence private support groups on Facebook. The support group started when one woman opened up about her s...