#NurtureYourZest S2-E15. Elaine Parker shares her story about meeting a monster on a dating site, and the birth of Safer Date

🎙#NurtureYourZest Episode 15 of Season 2 🎙In this episode, join your host Ashleigh King as she chats with Elaine Parker, the Founder of Safer Date. 🔞 Content trigger warning: Listener and viewer discretion is advised. Sensitive topics covered in this episode include: Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Rape, Knives, Murder If you find this topic upsetting and need any additional support, there are some helplines available at: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/getting-help-for-domestic-violence/ Women can call The Freephone National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge on 0808 2000 247 for free at any time, day or night. The staff will offer confidential, non-judgemental information and support ☎️ Men can call Men's Advice Line on 0808 8010 327 (Monday to Friday 10am to 8pm) for non-judgemental information and support or ManKind on 0182 3334 244 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm) EPISODE THEMES: 🌵 What Elaine wanted to be when she grew up 🌵 Elaine’s journey into the tech sector, and how she progressed in many male-dominated industries finding issues and inefficiencies in businesses 🌵 How surprisingly fast you can find yourself as a Domestic Violence victim and Elaine’s experience of this when a happy engagement party turned into a disaster 🌵 The reality of life as a stalking and harassment victim, and the mask you have to wear as a domestic violence victim or survivor to cope with day-to-day activities like going to work🌵 The lack of safety standards or user protection on dating sites, and the red flags you should look out for when meeting someone 🌵 How to find the courage to move on and why surrounding yourself with the people who care about you is so important 🌵 The journey to creating ’the safest dating app in the world’ FIND ELAINE ONLINE:💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elaine-parker-safer-date/💻 Website: https://saferdate.co.uk/Watch the episode over on our YouTube channel, if you like what you see please give us a like, comment and subscribe! It really helps us to grow our channel, and it’s a free way you can support us in bringing your more stories! 🎙️🫶 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECORD A PODCAST OR HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT STARTING A PODCAST OR COLLABORATING PLEASE WRITE TO: 💌 [email protected] Thank you to our Production Team: 🦩Ashleigh King - Host & Executive Producer 📸 🎥 Joel Lowson Director - Flamingo Heights and Joel Lowson Videography 📸 🎥 Krzysztof Furgala - Audio & Video Production and Rhianna Brennan-Davies, Junior Content Producer #Podcast #CreativeIndustries #NurtureYourZest #FlamingoHeights #PodcastStudioNewcastle #Entrepreneurship #WomeninTech #SaferDate #DomesticViolence #Stalking #Harassment