OneVOICE Podcast

Special Guest: Teri Jansen, co-founder and director of education and prevention at Key2Free, a nonprofit in Austin, TX providing safe transition housing, education, and therapeutic care for human trafficking survivors. 

Don't miss our conversation with today's amazing guest: Nityda Gessel, LCSW, E-RYT, TIYT, a trauma specialist, Founder of The Trauma-Conscious Yoga Institute℠, and creator of The Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method℠: an integrative healing modality that combines trauma-informed yoga with somatic psychotherapy techniques borrowed from EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems and mindfulness-bas...

Special guest: Julia Paxton, former patient champion turned advocate/spokesperson for the On Our Sleeves Campaign” through Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Julia shares her powerful story as we discuss all things mental health and recovery. 

Nicole and Mary break down the difficult topic of forgiveness along the healing road: the lies and misconceptions, the truth and freedom found in cutting the cord, and why talking it out and walking it out can make all the difference.

Guest: Patricia Eagle, author of “Being Mean: A Memoir of Sexual Abuse and Survival” -- a book about blocking sexual abuse memories, having them surface, then learning how to acknowledge and live with incomprehensible experiences in the healthiest ways possible. On this podcast, Mary and Nicole talk with Patricia about her story, writing her memoir, and topics like dissociation, repression, rememb...

Nicole Braddock Bromley and Mary O'Brien chat with Maureen Garcia about all the things related to exposure of abusers: suicide, power and control, victim-stancing, applause and ovations, #churchtoo, triggers and takeaways from the recent news of Jeffrey Epstein's suicide as well as Nicole's own survivor story. 

Special Guest: Brenda Tracy, a survivor of a gang rape by four football players and now an RN, activist and civilian lobbyist. After coming forward with her story in 2014, she began educating, engaging, and inspiring men and coaches to become involved in the fight against sexual violence and started the #SetTheExpectation Campaign.

Loved our chat today with Denise Ackermann, MSW, a therapist who has worked at an inpatient psychiatric and substance abuse rehabilitation unit, a women’s clinic, in prisons with convicted male sex offenders, and as a coordinator of services for adult convicted sex offenders. 

Special guest, Meshali Mitchell ( Meshali.co ), world renowned photographer, storyteller, survivor and a dear friend to OneVOICE, joins us to discuss restoration, relationships and the healing road.  

Special guest: Kelly Bunt, a licensed clinical social worker and owner of a NY private practice, solely focused on the treatment for individuals who have committed sexual offenses, chats with us about her mission to look at healthy communities as her client and also how she is working with local colleges to better respond to sexual assault on campus.

Vanessa Perkins, survivor of child sexual abuse and sex trafficking, shares her story and drops some real life knowledge on addiction, trauma response, trauma bonds, recovery, relationships and parenting.

Special Guest: Amy Sorrells, an award-winning author of four novels, one of which, How Sweet The Sound, helps survivors find hope in the midst of the hard road of healing from sexual abuse

Special Guest: Kristen Morse, Global Reach Director at A21 in Washington, DC.

Special Guest Jackie Dorman, author of The Heart Work Book, walks us through heart wounds that can become roadblocks to true inner healing and helps us discover tools for getting past those roadblocks and finding true identity and wholeness. 

Mary, Nicole and special guest therapist, Alicia Miller, chat about the adult healing journey after child sexual abuse, narrowing in on the relationship with a caretaker who didn’t believe or in some way told you to “hush”, and the decisions you can make now for the road ahead. 

Cindy Stiverson (Nicole’s mom) joins us to talk about her new book “Woven” and the importance of creating safe environments where women are free to share openly about their experiences and struggles. 

A white grandma talks about crossing lines of age, race and trauma experiences. Plus shares stories from her work in the abolitionist movement. Guest: Connie Anderson 

Sexual abuse survivor, author and activist Nicole Braddock Bromley with on-air radio personality and survivor Mary O'Brien. Empathy: what it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters...especially in the lives and stories of survivors of sexual abuse. #metoo #churchtoo

Special Guests: Vicky and Vince Didato, therapists with a long respected history of working with sexual abuse survivors as well as the support people within a survivor’s circle of inspiration. Vicky is also the director of the Child Sexual Abuse Institute of Ohio. 

Special Guest: Amy Willmann talks about the struggle and the breakthrough when it comes to trauma care for sexual abuse and trafficking survivors in residential facilities and how a "church lady" can walk alongside survivors and be a key part of their healing road.

Special Guest: Dr. Christena Cleveland is a social psychologist, public theologian, author and professor. She is the first Associate Professor of the Practice of Reconciliation at Duke University’s Divinity School and the author of Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart. Christena integrates justice and reconciliation, hope and lament, social psychology and theology, r...

Special guest: Rachel Grant, sexual abuse recovery coach

A little self-care check-in, making sure we all prioritize ourselves, our health, safety and sanity as the holiday season begins.

Chong Kim, survivor of child sexual abuse and human trafficking, talks about her escape from slavery, the movie 'Eden' based on her life story, and how her faith has helped her overcome all odds. 

Special Guest: Kathy McGibbon. Sex trafficking survivor, advocate, playwright and program director with Elijah Rising.