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GUESTS: Jess, a nurse, talks about how drugs fueled escalating physical violence.
When Mia was In her early 20s and living in the small Maine town in which we both reside, her boyfriend repeatedly beat her up publicly and no one said a word. 

Best Friends Courtney and Jess: It was from admiring Courtney’s retro tattoo on a bench in a district court that I learned we we were both there to support the same friend, trying to get a protection from abuse order. She told me that in a matter of a few months, a man that presented as Prince Charming stripped her of her personality. Here I talk with Courtney and her best friend Jess who both introduced her to this man then helped to pull her out of his trap.

GUESTS: Rhonda and Ashley, mother and daughter: Rhonda reached out to me to tell me about the emotional terrorism she underwent in her marriage, and then her daughter hearing of her appearance on my show asked if she could join the conversation. Here, they talk about their different and same perspectives and how the abuse affected the mother/daughter relationship. 

GUEST: Hannah got pulled into a relationship when she was 30 with someone she knew from high school and it wasn’t long before he trapped through pregnancy, shame, and fear. 

Tiffany, from the Portland Maine area, talks about how her first romance with a woman went from exhilarating and liberating to scary, and how police in three departments let her down.

Don McLean's Daughter Alleges Mental Abuse by 'American Pie' Singer
“There was a constant state of fear in the house about the slightest thing [that] would make my dad turn into a crazy person,” Jackie McLean says about her famous father.
Read the article in Rolling Stone. https://apple.news/A3VMaHwhdTCmMbF5evftG6Q