Margie Lewis has dedicated her professional and personal life to helping others within her community.

In this interview, Margie helps us all be that bit braver and explores the realities of life for children who live within family violence.

Children exposed to violence will often exhibit challenging behaviours and become labeled with psychological disorders, or criminal records, that can define their path for life.

“Labels are for jars, not for people. [These children] are given a diagnosis but the diagnosis is situational. In another situation, that child wouldn’t have that diagnosis.

Some kids will retreat but others will go on to [use violence] and end up in the juvenile justice system.

The role Love Bites and RAV can play is to cut through that cycle and teach these kids what healthy relationships look like.”

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If you or someone close to you is experiencing family violence please talk to someone. You can call 1800 RESPECT (Australia only) if you would like to talk to a professional service or if there is an immediate threat to safety call the police on Triple Zero (000) (Australia only).

A massive thanks to Damo and Jez from the Aussie Runner Podcast (https://aussierunnerpodcast.libsyn.com/) who are donating their time and expertise to make this possible.

You can support the efforts of Run Against Violence by donating at https://www.runagainstviolence.com/donate

You can interact with the ARP team and participate in the Podcast series by leaving a voicemail message https://anchor.fm/run-against-violence/message

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ALSO IN THIS EPISODE

Pat Farmer drops in to give you a pep talk.

Meet the students and supporters at Redeemer Lutheran College and learn why they are participating in this year's Run Against Violence.

Our sideline commentator, David Attrill provides a recap of the antics and achievements from Day 1 of RAV 2021.

Feel like you’re running with a wetsuit on? Rachel Stanley peels back the layers of why it’s happening and what to do about it.