EPISODE · May 20, 2025 · 50 MIN
#45 - From Victim to Voice: Cat Dunn's Journey Through Domestic Violence
from The Shadow Diaries · host Lurinda & Steph
Send us Fan MailCat Dunn shares her powerful journey as a domestic violence survivor and how she transformed her 20-year experience of abuse into advocacy for women's voices and stories.• Surviving domestic violence for 20 years, learning it was a behavior pattern from childhood• The challenge of rebuilding self-trust after trauma and how the body physically holds onto past experiences• Discovering hypermobility diagnosis after years of unexplained injuries, connecting physical pain to emotional trauma• Why leaving abusive relationships is so difficult – you're not just leaving a person but your entire identity• How to support someone in a domestic violence situation: be present, listen, avoid telling them to leave• The power of sharing stories through Cat's "Life After I Left" events and upcoming podcast• Breaking the "sister wound" and finding genuine support among women• Recognizing that domestic violence affects one in four women – it's someone in every roomIf you've enjoyed this episode, please leave a review or drop into our DMs. We'd love to hear from you.Reach out to us on Instagram!Steph is here and Lurinda is here.
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Send us Fan MailCat Dunn shares her powerful journey as a domestic violence survivor and how she transformed her 20-year experience of abuse into advocacy for women's voices and stories.• Surviving domestic violence for 20 years, learning it was a behavior pattern from childhood• The challenge of rebuilding self-trust after trauma and how the body physically holds onto past experiences• Discovering hypermobility diagnosis after years of unexplained injuries, connecting physical pain to emotional trauma• Why leaving abusive relationships is so difficult – you're not just leaving a person but your entire identity• How to support someone in a domestic violence situation: be present, listen, avoid telling them to leave• The power of sharing stories through Cat's "Life After I Left" events and upcoming podcast• Breaking the "sister wound" and finding genuine support among women• Recognizing that domestic violence affects one in four women – it's someone in every roomIf you've enjoyed this episode, please leave a review or drop into our DMs. We'd love to hear from you.Reach out to us on Instagram!Steph is here and Lurinda is here.
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#45 - From Victim to Voice: Cat Dunn's Journey Through Domestic Violence
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