#45 - From Victim to Voice: Cat Dunn's Journey Through Domestic Violence

Send us Fan Mail Cat 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 room If 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.