EP56: Brave Bird Club

BRAVE BIRD CLUB ✨ BRAVERY, HOPE, BANTS & PANTS 💫 HELPING EVERYDAY SHE-ROES FIND THEIR BRAVE ❤️ *** Brave Bird Club Podcast Episode I was guest on: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4NxEGaj9oqrB7JInXmYnwB?si=7b704f0cf4744ec2  Brave Bird Website: https://www.bravebird.club  My Sisters' House Women's Centre: https://www.mysistershouse.info/donate *** Abuse Talk Podcast currently offers a series of interviews with those that work in the domestic abuse sector. Getting an inside feel for what its really like in their job role and sharing it with all of you. Now mixing with survivor stories. Don't forget you can respond to this episode by leaving a voice message on Anchor, get in touch if you have any queries. Our website: www.abusetalk.co.uk

Wondering where the podcast has been over the last few months? Here's your answer, I share exactly what has happened and why I have had a full blown identity crisis and why this is related to what I went through in my abusive relationship.  *** Jennifer Gilmour is an author and advocate for women in abusive relationships, using her own experiences of domestic abuse as a catalyst to bring awareness and to help others. Jennifer has published two publications, Isolation Junction and Clipped Wings which have both been Amazon Best Sellers and received awards. Jennifer speaks at events across the UK and continues to raise awareness through her blog posts, public speaking, radio interviews and social media. Jennifer has listened to her readers and has grown a digital community to support discussions around domestic abuse online. Starting with her Twitter Chat which opened late 2017 #AbuseTalk, this developed into an online forum in 2018. In 2019, Jennifer launched a podcast which include interviews with those in the sector and gives followers the opportunity to ask burning questions. Most Informative Blogger Award 2018 (Bloggers Bash Annual Awards) UK & European Award for using Social Media for Good 2019 (Social Day: Social Media Marketing Awards) #SBS Winner 2020 (Theo Paphitis) Jennifer says: “Together we are Louder”. Website: www.jennifergilmour.com *** Abuse Talk Podcast currently offers a series of interviews with those that work in the domestic abuse sector. Getting an inside feel for what its really like in their job role and sharing it with all of you. Now mixing with survivor stories. Don't forget you can respond to this episode by leaving a voice message on Anchor, get in touch if you have any queries. Our website: www.abusetalk.co.uk

I was born on 23rd Feb 1962 in Stuttgart, Germany. Having a very imaginative mind I was reading books from a very young age. I´m still reading a lot and I love watching movies. I started traveling when I was a teenager and learning about other countries and cultures opened my mind very much. After school I worked as an au-pair in Winchester and went to a language school studying English. I wanted to be a vet but didn´t get into vet school. I studied Agrobiology at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart instead. My studies enabled me to travel as well: I worked on farms in Switzerland, New Zealand, Germany and participated in a student exchange program with the University of Georgia, Athens, USA After University I didn´t do my PhD - as everyone expected - but went on a trip around the world as a backpacker for almost 1 1/2 years. When I came back to Germany I was broke but happy. I didn´t feel like pursuing an academic career. Instead I found a job at a little publisher´s at Lake Constance. I worked as an editor, secretary, translator, horse handler etc. We published a working horse magazine. That´s where I met Henry (not his real name). When I turned 30 I wanted to start a family and have a little farm in the country :) Before that I actually never imagined myself as being a mother. Henry wanted the same and I felt he was my soul mate. Yeah. Love bombing here we come ..... Our dating was insane, intense and crazy - I´ve never felt more loved. I got pregnant and we got married. He got more abusive. After son no. 2 life with him was hell - but not always. We had good times too. When my youngest said: I wish Daddy was dead I knew something was very wrong. he moved out in 2002, we got divorced in 2005, financial abuse stopped in Oct 2020. After he had moved out my sons and I had a great family life. I started working as an English teacher and later on as a Biology and Health Care teacher as well. I work in adult education and at a vocational college. I live in the Black Forest right now, near Freudenstadt. (That´s the northern part of the Black Forest) My sons are wonderful grown up men of 28 and 25. One lives in Munich, the other in Gießen (near Frankfurt) I am no contact with Henry I´ve written my story „I wish Daddy was dead". I want to finally get it published and that´s what I´m researching at the moment: how to get a book published. Besides reading and watching films I love training dogs. I have got two dogs. George is a certified search and rescue dog and Loony is an apprentice search and rescue dog. George is a Border Collie and Loony is a Spanish Waterdog. *** Abuse Talk Podcast currently offers a series of interviews with those that work in the domestic abuse sector. Getting an inside feel for what its really like in their job role and sharing it with all of you. Now mixing with survivor stories. Don't forget you can respond to this episode by leaving a voice message on Anchor, get in touch if you have any queries. Our website: www.abusetalk.co.uk My website: www.jennifergilmour.com @TeacherSusanUte (UteSusanWeiss)

Chris Green OBE talking about how and why he founded White Ribbon UK and his inspirational journey to raise awareness of domestic abuse. In 2004 Chris Green founded White Ribbon UK while working as a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. *** Twitter @Chrisstevengre2  @WhiterRibbon_UK Facebook @ ChrisStevenGreen Blog: ChrisGreenonSexism Website: www.whiteribbon.org.uk *** Abuse Talk Podcast currently offers a series of interviews with those that work in the domestic abuse sector. Getting an inside feel for what its really like in their job role and sharing it with all of you. Now mixing with survivor stories. Don't forget you can respond to this episode by leaving a voice message on Anchor, get in touch if you have any queries. Our website: www.abusetalk.co.uk My website: www.jennifergilmour.com

Michelle John from PEGS joins us to talk about child to parent abuse.  Michelle has the rare combination of a background in domestic abuse advocacy, lived experience, and the willingness and ability to speak up for her fellow parents. Having lived through Child to Parent Abuse, Michelle has truly harnessed the knowledge gained in a tough situation to help families across the UK. In addition to helping more than 1,400 parents impacted by CPA, she's delivered impactive training, highlighted the issue in the national press, and pushed for policy change via a number of high-profile speaking engagements. Previously, Michelle spent more than 15 years within the domestic abuse and family law sectors, alongside being a trustee for a national domestic abuse charity focused on male and LGBTQ+ victims of abuse. She is still a core supporter of a charity for veterans based in West Wales, where she lived before moving to Shropshire.  PEGS is a not-for-profit organisation set up to support parents, train professionals, raise awareness and influence national policy. For parents, there's a dedicated peer group, bi-weekly drop-ins, a tailormade EPIC confidence and coping techniques programme, counselling and advocacy - all open to any parent, carer or guardian with a child of any age from pre-school to adulthood and beyond. Professionals benefit from a range of bespoke courses designed to increase their knowledge and enable them to effectively support parents. *** PEGS links:  https://www.pegsupport.co.uk  https://www.facebook.com/PEGS.Support  https://twitter.com/PEGS_support https://www.instagram.com/pegs_support/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/pegs-support/ *** Abuse Talk Podcast currently offers a series of interviews with those that work in the domestic abuse sector. Getting an inside feel for what its really like in their job role and sharing it with all of you. Now mixing with survivor stories. Don't forget you can respond to this episode by leaving a voice message on Anchor, get in touch if you have any queries. Our website: www.abusetalk.co.uk My website: www.jennifergilmour.com

My name is Samantha Mansi and I am a domestic abuse advocate particularly in terms of cult abuse and LGBTQ abuse. I have healed my wounds and want to help children and adults of narcissist abuse workshops in the future through my Ghost Fish project. Which I am hoping to make into a podcast also. **** Abuse Talk Podcast currently offers a series of interviews with those that work in the domestic abuse sector. Getting an inside feel for what its really like in their job role and sharing it with all of you. Now mixing with survivor stories. Don't forget you can respond to this episode by leaving a voice message on Anchor, get in touch if you have any queries. Our website: www.abusetalk.co.uk My website: www.jennifergilmour.com Profile: www.facebook.com/erika.tregoning  Ghost Fish: www.facebook.com/groups/212351389471696

Sharon Bryan is the 'Head of Partnerships and Development for Domestic Abuse Services' for the NCDV which provides free emergency legal protection.  Sharon Bryan specialises in survivor consultation and intervention, risk assessment, facilitation of The Freedom Programme and Multi-Agency training.  She has also trained student social workers and offers supervision to other professionals who work with women who have/are experiencing Domestic Abuse.  Sharon has extensive experience of delivering consultation to Social Workers and Child Protection Chairpersons.  She is a qualified IDVA and sat on the Westminster MARAC panel for 14 years. She is an accomplished public speaker and has been involved in media work including being on television, radio and writing numerous newspaper and magazine articles. She has also been an expert witness in criminal and civil courts of law. From 2009, Sharon worked for The City of Westminster Council.  Until 2016 she was the Senior Domestic Abuse Consultant for the groundbreaking ‘Family Recovery Programme’.  In 2016 she became the Domestic Abuse Consultant for the Integrated Early Help Service at the council. In January 2021, Sharon embarked on the next chapter of her career by joining the award winning NCDV (National Centre for Domestic Violence).  Here she is developing a new and exciting role and is the ‘Head of Partnerships and Development for Domestic Abuse Services’. Sharon was awarded the ‘Survivor of the Year” Award in 2012 by The Women’s Aid Federation of England in partnership with Avon and Marie Claire magazine.  She was also nominated and shortlisted for the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize in 2015 for her services to women experiencing domestic abuse. ****  Abuse Talk Podcast currently offers a series of interviews with those that work in the domestic abuse sector. Getting an inside feel for what its really like in their job role and sharing it with all of you. Now mixing with survivor stories. Don't forget you can respond to this episode by leaving a voice message on Anchor, get in touch if you have any queries. Our website: www.abusetalk.co.uk My website: www.jennifergilmour.com Find out about NCDV here: www.ncdv.org.uk Find out more about Sharon's work here: www.sharonbryanconsultancy.com  Find Sharon on Twitter here: twitter.com/Sbryanconsult 

Tracy Rector served as executive producer on her first foray into independent film with No Ordinary Love. She reached out to young filmmaker, Chyna Robinson, to write and direct a film on Intimate Partner Violence. Tracy served for seven years on the board of directors for SafeHaven of Tarrant County (Texas), the area’s only domestic violence shelter and service agency. Her experience on the board and as a survivor of a 23-year marriage with intimate partner violence drove her passion to raise awareness of domestic violence through film. No Ordinary Love is represented by 1091 Pictures and will be released on VOD June 15, 2021. *** Abuse Talk Podcast currently offers a series of interviews with those that work in the domestic abuse sector. Getting an inside feel for what its really like in their job role and sharing it with all of you. Now mixing with survivor stories. Don't forget you can respond to this episode by leaving a voice message on Anchor, get in touch if you have any queries. Our website: www.abusetalk.co.uk My website: www.jennifergilmour.com No Ordinary Love's Website: NoOrdinaryLoveMovie.com Instagram: @NoOrdinaryLoveMovie Facebook: @NoOrdinaryLoveMovie Twitter: @NOLMovie IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt9630868/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 1091 Pictures: 1091.tv/no-ordinary-love

Caron is a survivor of domestic abuse and has spent the past 14 years supporting people in high risk abusive relationships, as well as training professionals on all aspects of domestic abuse. Now also a highly respected Divorce Coach, Caron provides emotional support for people divorcing abusive partners and those struggling with post-separation abuse. Caron has just released her first book, Recognition to Recovery – How to leave your abusive ex behind for good!’ packed full of info, guidance and practical help. Abuse Talk Podcast currently offers a series of interviews with those that work in the domestic abuse sector. Getting an inside feel for what its really like in their job role and sharing it with all of you. Now mixing with survivor stories. Don't forget you can respond to this episode by leaving a voice message on Anchor, get in touch if you have any queries. Our website: www.abusetalk.co.uk My website: www.jennifergilmour.com Carons website: caronkippingcoaching.com

As a mum of 2, and a survivor of domestic abuse, Edwina knows what it takes to stand up, have courage and fight for what is best for her family. She is a self-confessed 'workaholic', and loves nothing more than to support others in their journey. Whether that be through bringing awareness of domestic abuse or through the business she now runs via her Facebook group Ed's Online Positivity Cafe.  Edwina suffered at the hands of her abuser for more than 10years before she moved both her and her children away and started to create a better future for them all. Edwina herself also has several chronic illnesses and has struggled with her own mental health so is no stranger to needing a supporting hand, but has not always had the courage or confidence to ask for it. "I want all women to know that no matter how dark it feels some days, no matter how big the struggle, better days are coming. I'll continue to be the cheerleader for others that I never had." – Edwina Clark Abuse Talk Podcast currently offers a series of interviews with those that work in the domestic abuse sector. Getting an inside feel for what its really like in their job role and sharing it with all of you. Now mixing with survivor stories. Don't forget you can respond to this episode by leaving a voice message on Anchor, get in touch if you have any queries. Our website: www.abusetalk.co.uk My website: www.jennifergilmour.com Ed's Positivity Cafe: www.facebook.com/groups/edsonlinecafe Ari's Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/WithAri Clubhouse: @theedwinac