Content note: This episode includes discussion of childhood sexual abuse. Please listen with care.

Silence can travel quietly through families, shaping how we love, how we cope, and how we survive. In this deeply moving conversation, Marilyn speaks with actor, author, and founder of The Survivor Movement, Perry Power, about what it takes to break that silence and stop cycles of harm from repeating.

Perry shares how his own experience as a survivor led him to write Breaking the Silence, build a global community for others to find their voice, and create the upcoming film It Ends With Me.

At the heart of his work is a simple, urgent truth: healing begins when one person decides, “it ends with me.”

As Perry reflects on purpose, courage, and the cost of silence, his words carry Marilyn back into her own family story - to a chapter she has rarely spoken about before. Together, they explore how secrets shape lives, how truth can liberate, and how speaking out can be both painful and profoundly life-giving.

This episode is an invitation to listen gently, to consider where silence lives in your own story, and to remember that telling the truth, even when it’s hard, can be an act of love.

Connect with Perry:
instagram: @iamperrypower
iamperrypower.com
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