Raising Cain

United Asian Communities leaders join Deb and Darrin to discuss their belief that everyone deserves to live in a community that fosters a sense of belonging, values compassion, and supports all races and how the latest Asian hate crimes hold biases and never stop. They aim to unify and empower the Asian community across the globe through civic engagement, service, and member-led initiatives and to educate others on acceptance and inclusion. unitedasiancommunities.com

Erica Cole, Former Miss Maine USA, tells her story of surviving domestic abuse, and shares tangible lessons that helped her along the way. She discusses the difficulties of having to overcome these challenges while in the public eye

Deb and Jenny welcome author of Eyes Wide Shut Chatiela Underwood. Her new book, released on May 1, is a provocative story full of hope, betrayal, deceit, and living double lives. It brings about awareness of people living with post-traumatic stress disorder, mental illness, abuse, AIDS, and domestic violence. It exposes what happens behind closed doors when a soldier returned home with mental disorders as a result of the war.

The book is a compelling read based on a true story, serving as an inspirational tool, an emotional thriller, that will keep you on a roller coaster ride of emotions and an astonishing life which is a tear-jerking reality, filled with secrets of a dysfunctional family, loss, love, and emotional trauma. WWW.CHATIELAUNDERWOOD.COM

Looking a certain way shouldn't invite sexual assault or domestic violence. Statistics on sexual violence cut across age, ethnicity, profession, and every other demographic. One in four women report some sort of sexual victimization in their lifetime. It's not just the supermodels of the world, unless you are model Elizabeth Robbins. Elizabeth shares her story of assault, domestic abuse and her survival journey.

Deb and Jenny discuss Parental alienation and outline the signs of one parent using alienation, sometimes referred to as brainwashing, or programming, to distance a child from the other parent and what parents can do to help children who may experience these behaviors.

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Dr. Kerry Bowman, a pharmacist and poison control specialist, discusses her emotionally toxic and abusive marriage to her high school sweetheart and the affects on her children and her family.

Breaking the Cycle: Phoebe Caron from Safe House and Stop Trafficking US discusses growing up in a home with addicts, sexual and emotional abuse and being abandoned at 27 with three small children. She is rising above her past and becoming a positive influence by attending college and getting her degree in social work; working to become someone who can help others.

Feisty and sassy is how Speaker and Author of The Cycle Ended: Saying Goodbye to Domestic Abuse, Cherie Faus-Smith is known. She is a spokesperson for victims of domestic abuse, and is a midlife coach for women. She shares her stories of repeating the cycle of abuse and how she rose out of the violence to save her son and herself.

From the closet to the dental chair, Deb and Jenny interview Shayna Gervais, mother of 8, and owner of Enchanting Legacies, who discusses her PTSD and her struggle to survive abuse.

Deb and Jenny continue their discussion about Identifying narcissist behavior, the signs and the difference between anger and narcissism.