Breaking Silence
by Alli Meyerhardt
Latest episode
A Lotus Legacy: Rising Above Our Circumstances
A Lotus Legacy: Rising Above Our Circumstances
About this podcast
Welcome to the Breaking Silence Podcast. Throughout this podcast, our Executive Director, Alli Meyerhardt, interviews those that are impacted by interpersonal violence as a way for us to learn how we can all be a part of violence prevention. In this space, we hope that you will find healing, understanding and empathy. We are all Breakers!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 41 episodes
- A Lotus Legacy: Rising Above Our Circumstances · 41 min · Season 6 Episode 38Send us Fan Mail Author and Executive Tricia Gray shares the story behind her memoir A Lotus Legacy, as she describes witnessing the violence her mother endured, including her…
- Creating Safe Sports Cultures: How CHAMP Is Rewriting the Game · 49 min · Season 6 Episode 37Send us Fan Mail In this episode we sit down with Elise, the executive director and co-founder of CHAMP, an organization born from one athlete's experience that college sports…
- Outcry Witness: Healing After Disclosure with JoDee · 32 min · Season 6 Episode 36Send us Fan Mail To find your voice and to know that it will be heard, held, and moved forward is one of the most powerful experiences. But in order to get there, we have to…
- From Pain to Practice: The Power of Kindness in Getting to Know Ourselves · 42 min · Season 6 Episode 35Send us Fan Mail In this episode, author, coach, and speaker Shaun shares how healing and growth come from treating life as practice. While we can choose our purpose, it’s often…
- Breaking Cycles of Silence: The Power of Finding Your Voice and Being Believed · 38 min · Season 5 Episode 34Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore how the words “I believe you” open doors, not only to healing for someone who has carried a story, but also for the person who…
- Finding Stillness In Facing Past Abuse, Cancer and Loss · 35 min · Season 5 Episode 33Send us Fan Mail Listening to Lisa's story you cannot help but to feel inspired and more connected to your own truth. Her purpose is to allow us all to discover a side of…
- Keeping Faith Through Love, Acceptance and Accountability · 34 min · Season 5 Episode 32Send us Fan Mail Each person's journey with acceptance, spirituality, and finding their path is unique and one that is often realized when we lean in with love. That is exactly…
- PART 2: Competing, Surviving, and Changing the Game with Shenea · 47 min · Season 5 Episode 31Send us Fan Mail As we continue our conversation with Shenea, we get to dive deeper into her experience with USA Gymnastics, the intense role that silence played in her journey…
- Competing, Surviving, and Changing the Game with Shenea · 31 min · Season 5 Episode 30Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Breaking Silence podcast, we sit down with Shenea for a powerful and deeply personal conversation about what it truly takes to create safe…
- The Power of Advocacy: Fighting for Survivors with RAINN · 45 min · Season 5 Episode 29Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to another season of the Breaking Silence Podcast! In our first episode of 2025, we were able to connect with Zoey, the Policy and Grassroots…
- The Army of Survivors: Creating Safe Spaces for Athletes · 44 min · Season 4 Episode 28Send us Fan Mail **Trigger Warning: Sexual violence and abuse are discussed in this episode** Throughout this episode we hear from Julie Ann, Executive Director of The Army of…
- Accountability: The Post Conviction Process for Survivors · 55 min · Season 4 Episode 27Send us Fan Mail The post conviction process for a survivor of sexual violence can be a very lonely, overwhelming and confusing moment in their journey. In this episode, we have…
- Diving into the Harm of Being Catcalled w/ Terra Lopez · 41 min · Season 4 Episode 26Send us Fan Mail Catcalling has been so normalized in our society that we often dismiss it and assume that it does not do any harm. Terra Lopez, host and creator of "This is What…
- Previous Owner of Prairie Artisan Ales Brewpub on What it Means to Drink Kindly · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 25Send us Fan Mail Creating change and safe spaces in the beer industry takes time, commitment, maturity and a desire to always listen to what those working within it are telling…
- Creating Space for Healing in the Juvenile Justice System · 52 min · Season 4 Episode 24Send us Fan Mail Talking with Sonya, a Clinical Director and Sex Offender Management Board Clinical Supervisor for Juveniles, is a window into empathy for juveniles who are…
- Learning to Cope with Camil Martinez · 49 min · Season 3 Episode 23Send us Fan Mail Camil invites us into her story in a way that encapsulates what it means to face our stories. To face some of the hardest moments of our lives and those who…
- The Elephant in the Room: DEI and Violence Prevention with Maya · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 22Send us Fan Mail Maya is a diversity, equity, and inclusion facilitator, who has joined us to talk through her expertise, how we can all continue the conversation around equity…
- Finding Love for Our Inner Child with Jana Wilson · 47 min · Season 3 Episode 21Send us Fan Mail Connecting to ourselves is not always a straight line. How we find our journey through healing is immensely personal, which is why we are so grateful for the…
- 100 Million Strong: The Incredible Work of the I Have The Right To Organization · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 20Send us Fan Mail Susan and Alexander Prout are the founders of the I Have The Right To organization, which is committed to creating an ecosystem of respect and support for…
- Sergeant Mike Harris of the Special Investigations Unit Discusses Internet Sex Crimes on Children · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 19Send us Fan Mail Sergeant Mike Harris sits down to guide us through how online sex crimes against children has changed over the years, ways in which we can start having honest…
