Brandon Andres Green sits down with Forrest Lang to talk about trauma, survival, redemption, and the long road from simply staying alive to actually becoming free. This conversation does not tiptoe around the hard places. It goes straight into childhood abuse, foster care, homelessness, addiction, silence, shame, and the kind of healing that takes time, honesty, and daily work.

Forrest Lang, author of Angel Blue: A Song of Redemption, shares the moment he realized peace came with a responsibility to tell his story. We talk about what people misunderstand about trauma healing, why early experiences do not simply disappear because you want them to, and why forgiveness is not a shortcut you force yourself into before you are ready.

We also dig into one of the heaviest parts of his work: the silence surrounding male survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Forrest explains why so many men learn to stay guarded, numb, or violent instead of vulnerable, and why honest conversation can become part of the healing process.

If this episode helps you, subscribe, share it with someone who needs it, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Forrest also shares how listeners can get Angel Blue, including a free digital copy option for survivors who cannot afford it.

What part of your story are you ready to stop letting shame narrate?