Episode 19 – More Than a Survivor Story: The Incredible Journey of Caroline Markel Hammond *WARNING: This episode is not for children. Please use care and discretion while listening to this episode. For some podcast hosts, maybe, the idea of having a guest as well-known, influential, and celebrity as Caroline Markel Hammond agreeing to be on the show might be an overwhelming and surreal experience. I'm not going to lie…for me, it was! BUT, there was more to it than that, from my host perspective--I had sought to have Caroline be a guest because of her efforts and successes in helping to bring justice to victims and survivors of domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault. I wanted you, my listeners, to have the opportunity of hearing from someone who had survived, and thrived, from being drugged and sexually trafficked for years by her intimate partner, unbeknownst to her, and then escaped and recovered from that abuse. I was thrilled and honored when Caroline agreed to be on the show. Here is more about Caroline: Caroline Markel Hammond is a three-time international best selling author, and on the list of 20 Most Inspiring Leaders of 2022 from Women Leaders Magazine. She has spent 30 years as a results-driven Sales and Training Professional promoting billion-dollar brands for Fortune 500 companies; thriving within sales, human resources, training and development. Caroline is the CEO and Founder of Safe In Harm's Way, a Kansas City based nonprofit and an online secure resource for people navigating the sadness, worries, lies, screaming, fear and pain of domestic violence. Premiering in Times Square, and spreading across the country, Caroline and team launched two unique campaigns for diversified communities related to domestic violence, achieving over one billion impressions and opportunities for immediate and actionable help. As CEO and Founder of Epizon Strategy Solutions, Caroline and her team create tailor-made solutions for employers within diversity, equity and inclusion criteria related to profit, safety, retention, reward and recruitment. As a survivor of domestic violence, plus revival from a death-experience, Caroline uses storytelling to evoke change and has been featured on Oprah, Forbes, PBS, NPR, Ms. Magazine, M+MMagazine, national and regional television, and podcasts as an initiator to disrupt complacency within the domestic violence arena and overcoming adversity. It is an honor and privilege for me to have her as a guest on Sexual Assault Survivor Stories. Please listen. Because if Caroline says it, it's worth listening to. She is helping to bring justice to victims and survivors of rape, sexual assault, and domestic violence. And she Start[s] by Believing. And encourages others to do the same. Because she, like me, knows that we all know someone whose life has been affected by rape, sexual assault, and/or domestic violence. You can reach Caroline at: https://intentionallyfearlessmission.com/carolinemarkelhammond Other links regarding content from Episode 19 of SASS are: https://domesticshelters.org https://feeling-small.com https://thelastimsorry.com https://safeinharmsway.org/ https://epizonstrategysolutions.com https://sites.libsyn.com/302675 https://markel-consulting.com https://startbybelieving [email protected]