This episode begins a new chapter for me! October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and each weekly episode this month will be in both video and audio format. I felt that because the subject matter is so important and sensitive, I wanted it to feel like we were having a conversation with each other. So please hop on over to my YouTube channel Invisible Wounds: Healing from Trauma and watch the episodes, and please let me know what you think! Positive or negative, it doesn’t matter. Your comments will only help me to get better!

Disclaimer/Trigger Warning: I will be discussing some of my specific experiences with domestic violence or intimate partner violence and it can be triggering, so please listen or watch carefully and safely. I’m not telling you all of this to be purposefully triggering but I want those of you out there listening to understand just how twisted the branches of abuse can be. This also might reach people who don’t understand the dynamics of an abusive relationship. They don’t understand how a person can get into one, and they don’t understand why “you just don’t leave!” It is so complicated; it isn’t just a matter of “stay or go.”