OneVOICE Podcast

In honor of Sexual Abuse Awareness Month, we are releasing a weekly series of interviews with an inspiring survivor as she unpacks with us her journey of finding her voice and stepping into healing.  From the revelation of the abuse as an adult, to the hard decisions she has made and brave steps she has taken in response, to the confrontation, to the boundary setting, to loving herself again, and...

In honor of Sexual Abuse Awareness Month, we are releasing a weekly series of interviews with an inspiring survivor as she unpacks with us her journey of finding her voice and stepping into healing.  From the revelation of the abuse as an adult, to the hard decisions she has made and brave steps she has taken in response, to the confrontation, to the boundary setting, to loving herself again, and...

Nicole and Mary chat with Mandi Pierson, Director at Porchlight ( porchlightcolumbus.com ), trainer, trauma therapist and a top facilitator of our UNLEASH virtual support groups for survivors ( iamonevoice.org/unleash ).

Special Guest J.Nicole Jones, AKA "The Grief Bully", joins us to discuss the grief journey, mental health, navigating loss and how we can fight grief together 

Special guest Jennifer Arnspiger (Somatic Coach) joins us to talk about how highly sensitive, deep-feeling people, especially trauma survivors, can heal their stories, come home to their bodies + excavate genuine self-love. “A deeply sensitive body in physical and emotional pain doesn’t heal by being ignored or waited out. It heals by having it’s experiences honored.”

Special guest: Amy Nordhues, author of Prayed Upon: Breaking Free from Therapist Abuse, the story of one woman’s escape from the abuse of a respected, church-going psychiatrist. His office, which initially feels like a sanctuary, becomes a psychological prison, one from which Amy will have to fight to free herself. Amy provides an inside look at the warped beliefs that early abuse instills, belief...

Special guest: Timika Chambers, survivor/advocate ( timikaschambers.com )

Special Guest: Melanie Conover, LISW, Mindful Consumer Coach and the Director of People & Culture at Sanctuary Night, a sacred space serving vulnerable women in Columbus, Ohio.    Orgs mentioned in podcast: Remake Clean Clothes Campaign Awaj Foundation Labour Behind The Label Fashion Revolution   Good On You  --> look up brand ratings  The Good Trade     Ethical Gift Guides: Eco-Conscious + Ethica...

Ashley Abercrombie, author of “Love is the Resistance: Learn to Disagree, Resolve the Conflicts You’ve Been Avoiding, and Create Real Change” joins us to discuss all the things. Masks. Coping. Safe spaces. Enneagram. Starting small. Mercy. Justice. Anger. Jonah. Finding your voice. Healing. Engaging in conflict. Holding offenders accountable. Romans 14. Language matters and love listens. It’s all...

Guest author Barbara Clarke (The Red Kitchen) joins us again to discuss healing and writing and how they can go hand in hand.

Guest: Karen Ciccarone, survivor and author of Pearls of Innocence: Shattered and Restored and  Restoration for the Brokenhearted: A Study Guide for Healing from Abuse 

Just as an environmentalist seeks to rewild land by returning it to its natural state, Shannon Evans,¸author of the just-released book "Rewilding Motherhood", invites women to rewild motherhood by reclaiming its essence through an expansive feminine spirituality. Drawing on what Nicole sees as parallels to the healing journey from abuse, this conversation goes deep.

Survivor Advocate Kimberly Gleason joins us to discuss the work she’s done to make major change in her state for survivors plus discusses her own healing journey, how she found her voice and where she’s found meaning. 

Special Guest: Matthew Phifer, a therapist and expert on toxic relationships, narcissism, trauma and emotional abuse. Author of the new book "Oh Sh!t, I Think They're a F^cking Narcissist."   

Special guest Kat Armas, a Cuban-American theologian and host of The Protagonists podcast, points us to the strength, persistence and wisdom of women—especially immigrant and Indigenous women—in her powerful debut book  “Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength” and discusses healing and hope for all of us.

Celebrating our 100th OneVOICE podcast with Nicole Braddock Bromley interviewing Mary O'Brien. Get to know Mary more with all the stories, all the laughs, and all the feels. Thanks for being on this journey with us and taking a moment to celebrate this major milestone together!  iamonevoice.org  ...  onevoice4freedom.org

Guest: Peace Amadi, author of “Why Do I Feel Like This?: Understand Your Difficult Emotions and Find Grace to Move Through" talks with us about core beliefs, anxiety, what our emotions are here for and how to allow them to guide us toward healing

Denise Bossarte, a survivor, poet, artist with a PhD in developmental neuroscience talks with us about healing in a pandemic as well as her new release book “Thriving After Sexual Abuse: Break Your Bondage to the Past and Live the Life You Love”. We discuss various practices and tools that have worked for survivors and the importance of looking at the small things and taking chances as well as the...

Guest: Cartoonist, Glenn Head, discusses the relationship between trauma, healing and art as well as his soon-to-release graphic novel memoir "CHARTWELL MANOR" which details his two years at the now-defunct Mendham, NJ, boarding school that was run by a serial sexual and physical abuser of young boys. 

Special Guest: Kate Boyd talks with us about all the good and meaningful things related to community and the untangling of faith in today’s culture and climate. 

Special Guest: Dr. Beth Allison Barr, Associate Dean in the Graduate School and Associate Professor of History at Baylor University and the author of the new release book, “The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth.”

Guest: Survivor and Author Erin Thomas

Special guest: Barbara Clarke, author of The Red Kitchen, an inspirational memoir about finding a way out of family drama

Special Guest: Tiffany Bluhm, author of the soon to be released book "Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell The Truth And How Everyone Can Speak Up"

Special Guest: Shan Foster, former NBA player and Vanderbilt University's all-time leading scorer, now the Co-Founder and CEO of Fostering Healthy Solutions, LLC where he cultivates healthy solutions to diversity issues through education, training, and execution. Shan also serves as Executive Director of AMEND Together & Vice President of External Affairs at YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee where...