Healing for Male Survivors with Mike Chapman

Final episode until September 2026 Wendell Wood cohosts the Agents of Recovery podcast that focuses on men’s mental health and addiction recovery. He is also a certified coach with Addict II Athlete, a nonprofit organization that helps men and women erase the pain and traumas associated with addiction and replace them with things of greater value. Wendell is a survivor of child sexual abuse and he...

Laurie Hardie is a Seattle radio personality, author, speaker, and podcast coach and producer who empowers survivors to share their stories and leave a meaningful legacy—whether privately or with the world. A former single mom of three and now “Grandma LaLa” to six, she blends over 35 years in broadcasting with a background in social services to help people communicate in ways that truly connect....

Joseph Born, “Joe,” is joining us from the frozen lands of Alaska. Joe, who is half Alaska Native himself, shares how his early childhood abuse shaped his life and highlights the systems that failed to protect him. He also discusses how his mental health diagnoses and addictions relate to his abuse. And the challenges they presented during trauma therapy. Joe hopes to share with the world the uniq...

Forrest Lang is a tattoo artist, best-selling author, combat veteran, international speaker, and child safety advocate. He is also a survivor of family-controlled sex trafficking in childhood. He lives in La Jolla, California with his family.   If you want to see the VIDEO 🎥 version of this podcast, you can watch from either Spotify or Youtube . Suicide is talked about in this episode. If you are...

100th Episode!!! This week, I have a special panel with two prior guests, Matt Melvin & Scott Slone, talking about the Epstein Files and how it relates to us CSA & Trafficking Survivors, how we can respond, what the issues are, and so forth.  (from Wikipedia) The Epstein files are a partially released collection of millions of documents, images, videos, and emails detailing the activities...

Jarrett Davis is a Senior Research Scholar whose work over the past fifteen years has focused on the boys, young men, and gender-diverse individuals that anti-trafficking systems routinely overlook. From street-connected children in Southeast Asia to immigrant youth in the United States, his research centers the voices and expertise of survivors themselves — not as subjects, but as researchers of...

Jarrett Davis is a Senior Research Scholar whose work over the past fifteen years has focused on the boys, young men, and gender-diverse individuals that anti-trafficking systems routinely overlook. From street-connected children in Southeast Asia to immigrant youth in the United States, his research centers the voices and expertise of survivors themselves — not as subjects, but as researchers of...

This week, I have a special presentation regarding an upcoming Weekend Intensive Retreat for Male CSA Survivors sponsored by Brothers Road. To explain the event, I have 2 former guests, Doug Carpenter and Mark Barber along with Brothers Road Director & Founder, Rich Wyler. Since Rich has not been on the podcast before, I will give him a quick interview before discussing the weekend event. Rich...

Scott Slone is a survivor-advocate and the founder of Mighty AK, a survivor-led movement working to prevent sexual abuse and domestic violence in Alaska. After breaking decades of silence about his own childhood abuse, Scott chose to turn lived experience into action, creating space for survivors while challenging the systems that allow harm to continue. Through storytelling, public education, and...

Scott Slone is a survivor-advocate and the founder of Mighty AK, a survivor-led movement working to prevent sexual abuse and domestic violence in Alaska. After breaking decades of silence about his own childhood abuse, Scott chose to turn lived experience into action, creating space for survivors while challenging the systems that allow harm to continue. Through storytelling, public education, and...

Discover how trauma is stored in the body and learn practical tools for healing and managing triggers. This episode features insights from male survivors, who are also prior podcast guests, sharing their journeys of bodily awareness, coping mechanisms, and the importance of safety in recovery. In this episode we discuss: The concept of the body "remembering" trauma long after the event H...

Ena Lucia Mariaca Pacheco is a human security researcher and author, with focused expertise in child sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking. She holds two bachelor's degrees from the University of Ottawa and a master's degree in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University, Canada. For over a decade, she has worked at the intersection of government, civil society, internationa...

Ena Lucia Mariaca Pacheco is a human security researcher and author, with focused expertise in child sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking. She holds two bachelor's degrees from the University of Ottawa and a master's degree in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University, Canada. For over a decade, she has worked at the intersection of government, civil society, internationa...

Rick is an ordained pastor who works in and oversees the recovery, support, & next steps ministries at his local church in Atlanta Georgia. He is a CCAR certified coach, a Husband Material certified coach, Trauma informed specialist, Certified peer counselor and pastoral staff counselor. Rick has had God help him overcome adversity through almost dying during birth, learning to walk a few year...

Brandon Andres Green is a survivor, advocate, and faith-driven leader whose life was shaped by contrast — a polished public world and a hidden one beneath it. Raised in a loving Christian community, Brandon simultaneously carried the weight of childhood sexual trauma, mental health struggles, addiction, and an early drive toward entrepreneurship that drew him into the black-market underworld. Long...

Brandon Andres Green is a survivor, advocate, and faith-driven leader whose life was shaped by contrast — a polished public world and a hidden one beneath it. Raised in a loving Christian community, Brandon simultaneously carried the weight of childhood sexual trauma, mental health struggles, addiction, and an early drive toward entrepreneurship that drew him into the black-market underworld. Long...

Jeff Reece is a 65-year-old retired South Carolina law enforcement officer of 30 years. Prior to his law enforcement career he worked on a dairy, a horse and Cattle ranch, and worked construction. He's been married to his wife for 25 years, has two sons and six grandkids. Jeff is a survivor of CSA and Sex Trafficking. He volunteers for Lighthouse For Life, an organization based in Columbia Sou...

In January 9th of this year (2026), Emmy-Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield (Field of Dreams, thirtysomething, The West Wing), husband of actor Melissa Gilbert (Little House on the Prairie) had an arrest warrant issued on allegations of child sex abuse involving 11-year-old twin boys on a TV production set in 2024 by New Mexico police. I am not going to discuss the merits of this case; instead,...

Today I wanted to talk about Brainspotting. I am a trained Brainspotting provider as part of my Life Coaching practice. To help you understand what Brainspotting is, I have included a recent training that Drew Boa provided with a recent Husband Material Conference (The Porn-Free Man) about Brainspotting. He describes the entire process from a Christian faith-based perspective, and how this treatme...

It's our annual Christmas episode! Today, I am going to share interviews with previous guests when we talk about "Four Questions," and one of those questions is "What is your favorite Christmas or Holiday Memory?" Those that mentioned Christmas or any other mentions of Christmas within any of the other 3 questions (only a few fit that category) are all included. Most of the...

Matthew Melvin is an author and activist from Massachusetts. He was diagnosed with autism while in high school which not only hindered his education and social interactions, it caused problems finding employment and the impulsivity led him to being incarcerated in the federal prison system in 2017 for nonviolent crimes. While in prison, he was sexually assaulted by another inmate. His first book i...

Dave is a 40-something father of twins who grew up in southern New South Wales, Australia. He is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, which began at age 7 and continued between ages 11 and 13. After carrying this trauma in silence for over 32 years, he first disclosed it just over two years ago. Since then, Dave has been on a rollercoaster of a healing journey, recently receiving a diagnosis of C...

John Comerford is a leading advocate for men who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and are living with the long-term effects of trauma. A survivor himself, John endured sexual abuse within the Catholic Education System and suffered in silence for over 40 years before a mental health crisis forced him to confront his past. Today, he has emerged as a powerful voice in men’s mental health, usin...

Glenn Miles PhD, is a Senior Researcher with up! International. He is on the board and the academic research advisor for the Chab Dai Butterfly ten-year Longitudinal Research Project which listens to the survivors of sex trafficking. He does independent research, advocacy, training and evaluation of programs. His current research interests include working with survivors of trafficking to uncover s...

Ken Freire is a coach, entrepreneur, and host of the Shame(less) Podcast, where he helps Christian men overcome shame and addiction by pointing them back to Christ and their God-given purpose. After surviving childhood abuse and battling addiction, Ken now equips others kill shame, stand strong, and be on mission. He also leads Solo:Scaled were he helps coaches scale their business without burnout...