Catch up with Kim and Kara as they discuss the first month of SGTC episodes. Kim joined Kara at her home in South Carolina for the live premiere of her movie "The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story" on Lifetime. They also invite listeners to submit questions by emailing [email protected] for future Q&A episodes. 

Kim and Kara host fellow survivor and human rights activist Barrett Pall for a conversation covering the modeling industry, the Adult Survivors' Act, hiking your own hike, and how gratitude makes everyone better humans. 

Barrett Pall is a Life Coach, Activist, and Digital Creator, who reaches over 2.3 million people across his social platforms. Throughout his humanitarian work he has traveled to all 7 continents, which lead to him being profiled by the UN at the UNGA in 2019. In 2016 Pall hiked 800 miles on the PCT, and since then his mission is to fully lean into helping the world heal. Barrett welcomes you to join his Love Army where together our purpose is to empower, educate, and inspire as many humans as possible.

Learn more from Barrett:

TikTok: @Barrettpall

Instagram: @barrettpall

Barrett's Website: http://www.artisanandking.com/

Barrett's Link Tree

Barrett's CTA:

Learn more about the Adult Survivor's Act: https://www.modelalliance.org/asa

The Adult Survivors Act is a New York State law that creates a one-time, one-year look back window for adult sexual assault survivors who are outside the statute of limitations. Now until November 23, 2023, any adult survivor can file a civil case against their abuser and/or the institution that protected them no matter when they were assaulted.

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Jaycee Dugard and Dr. Rebecca Bailey join Kim and Kara in a conversation about their therapeutic relationship turned friendship as they explore the psychology behind survival instincts and the "appease" response. 

Jaycee Dugard is the survivor of a kidnapping and spent 18 years in captivity at the hands of strangers.  Since her rescue in 2009 she has used her freedom and voice to spread her unique survivor experience. Jaycee is the founder of the JAYC Foundation. She started the foundation to help other families that have suffered a familial or non-familial abduction or other trauma and has created educational programs and encourages the collaboration of various entities to provide “Protected Spaces” for families to heal. 

Jaycee is also the author of “A Stolen Life” and “Freedom: My Book of Firsts”, both memoirs that she wrote herself detailing her eighteen years in captivity, eventual rescue, and recovery process. She has spoken at many venues across the country and hopes to continue writing. An important goal of hers is to educate the media and the helping professions that the term “Stockholm Syndrome” was a media-driven term and is degrading and insensitive to survivors and their families.  Jaycee enjoys spending time with her family and her faithful four-legged companions in California.

Recently she has started the Polyvagal Equine Institute with longtime friends Dr Rebecca Bailey and equine expert Margie McDonald. They are excited to share educational programs, videos and workshops that focus on incorporating horses with polyvagal theory.  

Rebecca Bailey, Ph.D. is a leading family psychologist and equestrian who has become a world-renowned professional teacher, speaker, author, and entrepreneur.

She is the founder of Transitioning Families, a group of independently licensed mental health practitioners dedicated to Bailey’s innovative ideas for helping families through crisis and difficult change. She is best known for her work with survivors of non-familial abduction and is on the advisory board of the JAYC foundation. Together with Jaycee they have created an innovative model which utilizes horses to help teach and educate judges, police officers, therapists and other professionals about compassion, kindness, and connection. 

She is the creator of the Polyvagal Equine Institute and Connection Focused Therapy an organization dedicated to Equine-assisted psychotherapy and education with a focus on applying Dr. Stephen Porges research on the autonomic nervous system to a variety of populations. She believes that understanding the interaction between the nervous system and our thoughts and actions is key to compassionately responding to and addressing the complexities of today's societal demands. She has appeared on numerous Network shows including Andersen Cooper and ABC’s 20/20. 

A graduate of The Wright Institute in Berkley, CA, Dr. Bailey was raised in the Boston area but relocated to California 35 years ago. She now lives in Northern California with her loving husband and countless animals.

Learn more from Jaycee:

Facebook: @Jayceedugard

Instagram: @jayceeleedugard

https://thejaycfoundation.org/

Learn more from Dr. Bailey

Facebook: @rebeccabaileyphd

Instagram: @dr.rebeccabailey

https://polyvagalequineinstitute.com/

Jaycee and Rebecca's CTA:

Learn more about the Polyvagal Equine Institute's educational video series and donate to their non profit foundations. Jaycee and Dr. Bailey have officially published their scholarly paper! 

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Kim and Kara talk with Elizabeth Smart about being the person at the center of one of the most famous child abduction cases, connecting with fellow survivors, motherhood, and how taking control of her narrative has changed over the past 20 years. 

The kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart was one of the most followed child abduction cases of our time. Elizabeth was abducted on June 5, 2002, and her captors controlled her by threatening to kill her and her family if she tried to escape. Fortunately, the police safely returned Elizabeth back to her family on March 12, 2003, after being held a prisoner for 9 grueling months.

Through this traumatic experience, Elizabeth has become an advocate for change related to child abduction, recovery programs, and National legislation. Elizabeth triumphantly testified before her captor and the world about the very private nightmare she suffered during her abduction, which led to conviction.

The Founder of the “Elizabeth Smart Foundation”, Elizabeth has also helped promote The National AMBER Alert, The Adam Walsh Child Protection & Safety Act and other safety legislation to help prevent abductions.

Smart attended Brigham Young University, studying music as a harp performance major. She married her husband Matthew in 2012, and they now have three beautiful children. Elizabeth’s example is a daily demonstration that there really is life after tragedy.

Learn more from Elizabeth:

https://www.elizabethsmart.com

Elizabethsmartfoundation.org

Elizabeth's CTA: Train on how to spot human trafficking through the Malouf Foundation's educational video series called "I am on Watch" for free, available on the Malouffoundation.org website. 

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In chapter 2, Kimberly tells her story of survival that she chose to share publicly in an effort to help just one person. Her journey led to an unexpected plot twist that's sure to make listeners "feel the feels".

Kimberly Corban is a sexual assault survivor turned outspoken victim’s advocate. Upon her attacker’s conviction, Kimberly chose to release her name to the media to educate the public on responses to crime victims. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado, she worked as a victim advocate with her local police department and district attorney’s office. 

Kimberly's expertise in trauma-informed media coverage, work to improve legislation in favor of victim rights, and her TEDx Talk have all received high praise, sparking both timely and timeless conversations about survivors of abuse. 

In addition to delivering keynote speeches across the country, Kimberly is a wife and mother to four children living in Colorado. 

Learn more from Kim:

https://www.kimberlycorban.com

Kim's CTA: Take the pledge to 'Start by Believing' from End Violence Against Women International using the hashtag #SGTCpod. 

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On the pilot episode of Survivor’s Guide to True Crime, Kimberly and Kara introduce themselves and the intentions which lead to the creation of the podcast. 

Kara Robinson Chamberlain is a public speaker and survivor advocate.

In 2002, at 15 years old, Kara was kidnapped by and escaped from what she would later find out to be a serial killer. Kara’s will to survive led to her escaping her captor and gathering information to identify her captor as the man responsible for at least three murders years earlier in Virginia.

Following her experience, Kara formed relationships with law enforcement and went on to work with Richland County Sheriff’s Department as a school resource officer, investigator, and victim’s advocate until the birth of her first child in 2013.

Kara now uses her experiences to speak to groups with the mission of spreading awareness, education, and inspiration. 

Learn more from Kara:

https://www.kararobinsonchamberlain.com

Kara's CTA: Tune in to 'The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story' airing on Lifetime February 11th, 2023 at 8 PM EST.

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We didn't choose to be victimized.

But we did choose to become survivors.

Join us, Kimberly Corban and Kara Robinson Chamberlain for 'Survivor's Guide to True Crime'. Each week, we're bringing you true stories from behind the headlines, directly from the survivors themselves. 

Real crimes. Real conversations. Real inspiration.