Content warning: child-to-parent violence, sibling abuse, sexual assault, childhood sexual assault, and suicidal ideation.

As shared in Part One of his updates, John-Michael Lander is a former Olympic-bound diver, actor, author, speaker, and advocate. His words and efforts have been seen everywhere from TIME magazine to the TED Talk stage; he has entitled his experiences of sexual abuse and trafficking “An Athlete’s Silence.” By sharing his story on What Came Next Episode 22 entitled An Athlete’s Silence and elsewhere, his goal is to bring awareness to predatory practices in the athletic and education worlds, as well as to change the way society receives sexual abuse victims. I am so honored he joined me AGAIN today to discuss updates in his journey. He also had the beautiful idea of flipping the script and host-swapping with Amy B. Chesler for this second part of these two episodes. The Broken Cycle Media deeply appreciates John-Michael’s time, dedication to his advocacy, and for the creativity he is bringing to these episodes.

John-Michael Lander:

An Athlete’s Silence: ​​https://anathletessilence.com/

John-Michael’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnmichaellander

WCN Episode 22 [John-Michael Lander] An Athlete’s Silence: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-came-next/id1674051643?i=1000619765637

[Tabatha Ross-Brown] Believed Instead of Blamed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-came-next/id1674051643?i=1000655144155

Amy B. Chesler:

Keep Jesse Winnick in Prison: https://change.org/KEEPJESSEWINNICKINPRISON 

Working for Justice: One Family’s Tale of Murder, Betrayal, & Healing https://amzn.to/42adAo7

Something Was Wrong Season 7:

https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/2dec880d-db88-4156-aa12-4f82dc496422/episodes/adb93563-71ee-484a-82a8-b74b74aec0c7/something-was-wrong-s7-e1-extreme-anger?ref=dm_sh_BeYRh06neVQMkqxYAAAP0lFnU

Amy’s Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/amybchesler

Free + Confidential resources: somethingwaswrong.com/resources