154: [Kelly Sutliff - IDtv's 'Toxic'] A Fire in Me // Part 1

What Came Next

Broken Cycle Media

Documentary, Education, True Crime, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

4.4 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Content Warning: sexual assault, rape, image-based sexual abuse, strangulation, domestic violence, and attempted murder.

Kelly Sutliff is a survivor, founder of the nonprofit Kelly’s K-9’s: Tails of Courage, and a licensed professional counselor from New Jersey. In 2018, after a devastating grief journey, Kelly decided to return to her search for a life partner. It wouldn’t be long before she met a government contractor promising her the future she desired. However, her entire life changed on December 16th, 2019, when the loving relationship she had been cultivating with her new husband ended violently. After surviving an alleged attempted murder, Kelly has made it her mission to bring awareness and advocacy through her non-profit and sharing her story in the media. The Broken Cycle Media team is so very grateful for Kelly’s transparency, expertise, warmth, and listenership and support throughout the years.

Kelly's K-9's: Tails of Courage
https://www.kellysk9s.org/

Kelly's K-9's on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/kellys_k9s_tailsofcourage/

Kelly on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/real_talk_with_kelly/

For a list of additional resources and related non-profit organizations, please visit http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources

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0:00.0	Thank you so much to Cash App for sponsoring this episode.
0:03.4	What Came Next is intended for mature audiences only.
0:08.1	Episodes discuss topics that can be triggering, such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, animal abuse, suicide, and murder.
0:17.3	I am not a therapist, nor am I a doctor.
0:20.2	If you're in need of support, please visit something was wrong.com forward slash resources for a list of non-profit organizations that can help.
0:29.9	Opinions expressed by my guests on the show are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of myself or Broken Cycle Media.
0:38.6	Resources and source material are linked in the episode notes.
0:42.5	Thank you so much for listening. Kelly Sutliff is a survivor, founder of the nonprofit Kelly's Canines Tales of Courage,
1:14.9	and a licensed professional counselor from New Jersey.
1:18.7	In 2018, after a devastating grief journey, Kelly decided to return to her search for a life partner.
1:26.0	It wouldn't be long before she met a government
1:28.6	contractor promising her the future she desired. However, her entire life changed on December
1:35.4	16, 2019, when the loving relationship she had been cultivating with her new husband ended violently.
1:43.5	After surviving an alleged attempted murder,
1:46.6	Kelly has made it her mission to bring awareness and advocacy
1:49.8	through her nonprofit and sharing her story in the media.
1:54.7	The Broken Cycle Media team is so very grateful for Kelly's transparency,
2:00.2	expertise, warmth, and listenership and support throughout
2:04.3	the years.
2:07.8	My name is Kelly Sutliff. I am a licensed professional counselor here in the state of New Jersey.
2:22.3	I am also a survivor of domestic violence. I am the founder and executive director of a nonprofit, Kelly's Canines Tales of Courage,
2:30.3	where we provide domestic violence survivors with trained protection dogs.
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