Healing for Male Survivors with Mike Chapman

Dan Carlson is age 62, married with 4 children. One son, 30, and three daughters 28-21, a two year old grandson and a fifteen month old granddaughter.  Dan is an HVACR technician in Tucson Arizona, and gave his life to Jesus at age six.  Dan's childhood, although very normal appearing, was full of trauma and there was also sexual abuse, wounds that he carried most of his life before Jesus set...

Nathan Spiteri is an actor, author, filmmaker, and child sexual abuse activist. After 25 years of hiding the secret of his sexual abuse beginning when he was 8, Nathan broke his silence and worked to overcome his childhood pain, played out though adolescence and adulthood with sexual identity struggles, drug addiction and destructive behavior. His story is chronicled in his powerful memoir, Toy Ca...

Peter is a successful business man and Worship pastor. His Journey has taken him through many ups and downs including childhood sexual abuse starting at age 5 by a family member. He's been a worship director for over 40 years, married for over 43 years and has 3 children and many grandkids. He has been on a healing journey for over 20 years, but has really been helped since meeting Mike 7 mont...

Craig Heiting is a survivor or childhood sexual abuse and an experienced media executive, leading two start-up companies to successful events (one being purchased and one IPO). Along with his daughter, Craig wrote a stage play, "Guilt", about the implications of keeping one's abuse hidden from their loved ones and themselves. Craig helped found the men's division of VoicesBeyondA...

J. Patrick is an Army Veteran who Served during The Desert Storm Era. He has a B.S. Degree in Social Work and Master’s Degree in Social Work. He’s also an aspiring Minister. He is a survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse by both males and females and a survivor of Military Sexual Assault and joins us to tell his story. If you would like to join us for future LIVE podcast events, learn more at:  PolarL...

"Easter Saturday - 5 years ago" Today Mike shares a special message based on a journal entry from 5 years ago. Helpful Links: Husband Material (faith based ministry helping men find freedom from pornography and other sexual brokenness issues) FREE https://www.husbandmaterial.com/ Info on  Joining Husband Materials Academy  (Paid) Learn more about Husband Material's CSA Survivor Fello...

Roger has been dealing with the effects of childhood sexual abuse for most of his life, including issues with same sex attraction. Roger is also part of the Husband Material Community and has shared several of his poems during the last two Male Survivor Awareness Day events, the most recent of which was recently posted on the Husband Material Podcast with Drew Boa.  Roger talks about his contempla...

AJ Vassar is an African American entrepreneur from the US, but currently resides in Medellín, Colombia, South America. He is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, loves helping people and wants to tell his story. Links mentioned during the episode: AJ's website: LeverageProviders.com AJ's personal Facebook: facebook.com/aj.vassar AJ's business Facebook: facebook.com/ajvassarfreedom Hus...

Rocky Pisor worked through his own story of healing from Boyhood Sexual Abuse and sex addiction.  He began recovery in 2004, and his wife, Lila, also began spouse's support simultaneously. They were actively involved in church leadership and had two college-age kids.  Rocky was running a family business, and Lila was working a career.  After two and a half years of recovery work, they both con...

Daniel is a 49-year old survivor of childhood sexual abuse. He writes about his experiences of CSA and depression on his blog, These Ashes ( www.theseashes.wordpress.com ). He is a father of four boys and lives with his family in Ohio. If you would like to join us for future LIVE podcast events, learn more at: PolarLifeConsulting.com/live Links mentioned during the episode: Daniel’s blog: “These A...

Our 5th LIVE interview. This week we have “Ed K” as our guests. Ed K is a native of the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. He talks about his years of growing up, becoming a husband and father, and moving through to his middle age years knowing something was wrong. In spite of having a wonderful life, great kids, a strong faith, and a late bloomer in reaching a successful career, he was being pulled i...

Our 4th LIVE interview. If you would like to join us for future LIVE podcast events, learn more at: PolarLifeConsulting.com/live Links mentioned during the episode: Think Twice: Michael Jackson podcast on Amazon Music Podcasts | Spotify Podcasts Leaving Neverland (2019) documentary Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland (Oprah Interview after the documentary) Real Crime Profile podcast (links to...

Our 3rd LIVE interview. If you would like to join us for future LIVE podcast events, learn more at: PolarLifeConsulting.com/live Luke Wiersma was, like me, a guest on Kevin Bolger's “No Longer Ashamed” Podcast.  Part of Luke's story is how he is overcoming that fear of sharing and now he is writing a book because he wants to share his story to help others who are struggling with abuse.  Lu...

Our 2nd LIVE interview. If you would like to join us for future LIVE podcast events, learn more at: PolarLifeConsulting.com/live Kevin Bolger is the co-host of the No Longer Ashamed podcast where I first shared my own story over 3 years ago. He hosts the podcast with another survivor, Laurie Hardie. Kevin is married to his wife Charnell and they live in Washington State. Kevin shares his own survi...

Our first LIVE interview. If you would like to join us for future LIVE podcast events, learn more at: PolarLifeConsulting.com/live Dr Carpenter is a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Michigan. He and his wife, Mary A Carpenter, LMSW are the founders of Insight Counseling Services. Doug has a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology; earned a M...

This week, I look back: Thirteen years ago (11/5/2010 & 11/12/2010), a monumental event forever changed the narrative for male survivors of sexual trauma. Oprah Winfrey's "200 Men Come Forward" television event marked a historic milestone in broadcast history by bringing together 200 brave male survivors and their partners in a courageous and empowering display of solidarity. Thi...

Starting January 9, 2024, PLC is now making our Healing for Male Survivors podcast a weekly LIVE video event via Video Web Conference. This will happen Tuesday evenings 7:30p-9:30p Eastern Time (end time is approximate) . We will have guests sharing their story or we will have a topic to be discussed (sometimes with a guest). Attendees can share their comments and Q&A via text within the Video...

This week, as we approach Christmas, I decided to share a story. Feel free to share this story with those of us in recovery (and yes, it is meant more for adults than for children). A VIDEO version of this story is also available, see link below. Let me know what you think of the podcast with a rating and a review. Video version of this story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpCPh3XOGoU Website: ⁠...

This week, I continue with the theme of Healing & Fandom with my interview with Author & Survivor, Kenneth Rogers Jr.  Kenneth Rogers Jr. is the author of the How to Heal Your Inner Superhero series. This series uses DC Comic superhero and villain archetypes, cognitive behavior therapy, psychology, and his own autobiographical journey as a survivor to help other survivors of childhood sexu...

If you have heard my story, you know that performing as a Professional Santa Claus Portrayal Artist during the holidays is something that not only brings me joy, but has actually furthered my own healing process. What you may not know is that I also participate in Cosplay at Comic-Con-type conventions, appearing as a Santa/Jedi Knight mash-up called “Obi-Claus Kenobi.” In this two-part episode, I...

If you have heard my story, you know that performing as a Professional Santa Claus Portrayal Artist during the holidays is something that not only brings me joy, but has actually furthered my own healing process. What you may not know is that I also participate in Cosplay at Comic-Con-type conventions, appearing as a Santa/Jedi Knight mash-up called “Obi-Claus Kenobi.” In this two-part episode, I...

This is the third of a 3-part live Zoom event in honor of ⁠⁠Male Survivor Awareness Day⁠⁠    Back on October 25, 2023, MenHealing continued the tradition set in 2022 of Recognizing that day as Male Survivor Awareness Day to coincide with the month of October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month. While they planned their own event, Drew Boa of Husband Material and I thought it would be good to again...

This is the second of a 3-part live Zoom event in honor of ⁠Male Survivor Awareness Day⁠    Back on October 25, 2023, MenHealing continued the tradition set in 2022 of Recognizing that day as Male Survivor Awareness Day to coincide with the month of October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month. While they planned their own event, Drew Boa of Husband Material and I thought it would be good to again...

This is the first of a 3-part live Zoom event in honor of Male Survivor Awareness Day    Back on October 25, 2023, MenHealing continued the tradition set in 2022 of Recognizing that day as Male Survivor Awareness Day to coincide with the month of October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month. While they planned their own event, Drew Boa of Husband Material and I thought it would be good to again set...

Words are important. Today, I want to talk about vocabulary and what words we use when describing our abuse. Mentioned in today's podcast: No Longer Ashamed podcast Episode 55: "Our Interview with Daniel" [Eichelbarger] Bustle Article on "Rape" **Trigger Warning/Explicit Content Warning**   - we will talk openly and frankly about sexual abuse from the victims perspective. S...