Let’s Talk About It 7/28/20: Mother/Daughter

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Tammy Oropesa
Music: “Just A Bully” co-written with Patrisha McLean and Nora Willauer in a collaboration with DocSong. Performed by Willauer.

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Rhonda and Ashley talk about how they were controlled and tormented in similar and different ways by husband/father and how they healed their mother and daughter relationship.

Topics include:
Coercive control, child abuse, financial abuse.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 7/21/20: Emotional Abuse

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance: Alex Wilder
Music: “Just A Bully” co-written with Patrisha McLean and Nora Willauer in a collaboration with DocSong. Performed by Willauer.

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Molly Eddy, Lindsay O’Brien and Carissa Carney. When there are no bruises it is harder to see, but feels just as bad and sometimes worse. 

Second Part, more voices from some of the 45 women on the Finding Our Voices domestic abuse-awareness posters touring the state: Melanie Leo-Daigle, Meg Barclay, Maegan Graslie and Mary Lou Smith.

Topics include:
The tactics abusers use to get and maintain control of you.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 7/14/20: Many Survivor Voices

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Technical assistance: Alex Wilder
Music: “Just A Bully” co-written with Patrisha McLean and Nora Willauer in a collaboration with DocSong. Performed by Willauer.

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Jeannine Oren, Amber Hatch, Olivia Chilles, Patrisha McLean, Milli, Autumn Saldena, Bekah Martinez, Judy Godwin, and Betsy Thurston. All survivors on the Finding Our Voices domestic-abuse awareness posters throughout Maine.

Topics include:
The full range including physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 7/7/20: Isolation

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Technical assistance: Alex Wilder
Music: “Just A Bully” co-written with Patrisha McLean and Nora Willauer in a collaboration with DocSong. Performed by Willauer.

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Jessica Scata and Sicily Siracusa.

Topics include:
The silence of family and community, how friends can help, the link between drugs and domestic abuse.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 6/30/20: Sisters

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Technical assistance: Alex Wilder
Music: “Just A Bully” co-written with Patrisha McLean and Nora Willauer in a collaboration with DocSong. Performed by Willauer.

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Sisters Julie and Patti talk about how domestic abuse impacts the sibling relationship. 

Second part, 79-year-old Linda of Rockport talks about a first, 20 year marriage she didn’t realize until recently was abusive. 

Topics include:
Extreme physical abuse, Impact on family, denial.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 6/23/20: Many Voices

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Technical assistance: Alex Wilder
Music: “Just A Bully” co-written with Patrisha McLean and Nora Willauer in a collaboration with DocSong. Performed by Willauer.

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Mary Lou Smith, Lian Anderson, Jeannine Lauber Oren, Christine Buckley and Maegan Graeslie, all on the Finding Our Voices domestic abuse awareness posters throughout Maine.

Topics include:
The impact on children, animal abuse, the dysfunctional court system.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 6/12/20: Isolation and the Importance of Friends

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Technical assistance: Alex Wilder
Music: “Just A Bully” co-written with Patrisha McLean and Nora Willauer in a collaboration with DocSong. Performed by Willauer.

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Courtney Billings and Jess Harriman Courtney and Jess discuss how Jess grew alarmed as Courtney’s new boyfriend slowly turned her into a shell of herself, and how she helped to rescue her.

Topics include:
Emotional abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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Let’s Talk About It 6/5/20: DEBUT! Many Survivor Voices

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Technical assistance: Alex Wilder
Music: “Just A Bully” co-written with Patrisha McLean and Nora Willauer in a collaboration with DocSong. Performed by Willauer.

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Eve Jamieson, Sarah McLean, and Alison, all survivors with their photo portraits on the Finding Our Voices domestic abuse-awareness posters throughout Maine.

Topics include:
Domestic Abuse during COVID, impact on children, dysfunctional court system.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non profit organization breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time all across Maine.

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