Louder Than Silence Podcast

Louder Than Silence
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Exploring the ups and downs of life after sexual violence. Hosted by Ciji Wagner, founder of Louder Than Silence.

  1. Jul 30

    It's Time to Update Your Scorecard

    July 2026 audio newsletter Louder Than Silence is a nonprofit organization that provides long-term and trauma-specific care to survivors of sexual violence. For more information or to donate, visit us at louderthansilence.org

  2. Jul 24

    Episode 38: Over-functioning, Codependence, and Burnout

    This episode is part of the series From Survivor to Leader, where the LTS staff have discussions about all things LTS and what it means to be leading the work in long-term care for survivors of sexual violence. It’s a mix of our own personal experiences, the work our team does, and how those two things impact each other. Our hope is that survivors feel seen and validated and supporters gain a deeper understanding of what this healing process looks like. Last month, we introduced the concept of over-functioning and how we’ve each seen it show up in our own lives. In having the conversation, we realized that there are so many interwoven pieces connected to over-functioning. So, today, we are having part two of the conversation about over-functioning, specifically talking about the connection with both codependence and burnout. It’s all one big, vicious cycle. Each of these is deeply connected to the others, and understanding the knot is the first step to beginning to untangle it. If you want to find more information or support our work, visit us at ⁠louderthansilence.org

  3. Jun 25

    No Such Thing As Lazy

    June 2026 audio newsletter Louder Than Silence is a nonprofit organization that provides long-term and trauma-specific care to survivors of sexual violence. For more information or to donate, visit us at ⁠louderthansilence.org

  4. Jun 24

    Episode 37: Addressing Over-functioning

    This episode is part of the series From Survivor to Leader, where the LTS staff have discussions about all things LTS and what it means to be leading the work in long-term care for survivors of sexual violence. It’s a mix of our own personal experiences, the work our team does, and how those two things impact each other. Our hope is that survivors feel seen and validated and supporters gain a deeper understanding of what this healing process looks like. Our episode today is Addressing Over-functioning.For those of you who have never heard the term over-functioning, it means when we take on responsibilities for or on behalf of another person who is able to do it for themselves. Over-functioning often manifests with survivors of sexual violence because it can be a form of coping mechanism based on the idea that managing everything perfectly will help us feel safe and stable. Or, it can be a learned behavior from a controlling and abusive relationship that teaches us that we are responsible for another person’s wellbeing. So, this is the root concept of what we are discussing today–how we have over-functioned in the past and what we are doing to undo that automatic behavior in our lives.If you want to find more information or support our work, visit us at ⁠https://www.louderthansilence.org/

  5. Jun 4

    Episode 36: Defining What Matters

    This episode is part of the series From Survivor to Leader, where the LTS staff have discussions about all things LTS and what it means to be leading the work in long-term care for survivors of sexual violence. It’s a mix of our own personal experiences, the work our team does, and how those two things impact each other. Our hope is that survivors feel seen and validated and supporters gain a deeper understanding of what this healing process looks like. Our episode today is Defining What Matters. In our work as survivors and as people, it’s important to understand what our values are. Our values indicate how we make decisions and what we prioritize. It takes time and introspection to navigate what it is that we come back to time and time again. This is the process that we recently went through with LTS, working alongside community members, to define what alignment in our work means. If you want to find more information or support our work, visit us at ⁠https://www.louderthansilence.org/

  6. May 29

    Things Are Actually Going Well

    May 2026 audio newsletter Louder Than Silence is a nonprofit organization that provides long-term and trauma-specific care to survivors of sexual violence. For more information or to donate, visit us at louderthansilence.org

  7. Apr 30

    Piece by Piece

    April 2026 newsletter For more information or to donate, please visit us at ⁠louderthansilence.org

  8. Apr 21

    Episode 35: Ask Us Anything, Part 1

    This episode is part of the series From Survivor to Leader, where the LTS staff have discussions about all things LTS and what it means to be leading the work in long-term care for survivors of sexual violence. It’s a mix of our own personal experiences, the work our team does, and how those two things impact each other. Our hope is that survivors feel seen and validated and supporters gain a deeper understanding of what this healing process looks like.  For today’s episode, we heard from you about what you want to know, what you’ve always been wondering, and what would be helpful to hear. Like everything we do at LTS, we don’t make the decisions about what we discuss in a vacuum. It’s important that the survivors in our community have their perspectives represented in everything we do. We hope that this will be the first of many of these episodes. If you want to find more information or support our work, visit us at louderthansilence.org

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Exploring the ups and downs of life after sexual violence. Hosted by Ciji Wagner, founder of Louder Than Silence.

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  • Creator
    Louder Than Silence
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    129
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Louder Than Silence
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