43: [Sarah Manos] I Had To Tell Someone // Part 1
What Came Next
Broken Cycle Media
4.4 • 627 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Sarah Manos is a high school educator and victim advocate from Chicago. In Part One of her story, Sarah shares how she loses her canine companions Kirby and Daisy to her abuser, and eventually escapes the horrifying relationship. In the wake of her loss, Sarah has chosen to share her experiences in and out of the legal and criminal justice system to bring awareness to society and hope to other survivors. She also takes to TikTok to bring ultimate awareness to the women of Illinois, building a community of nearly 70,000 people. The Broken Cycle Media team is immensely grateful for all that Sarah does to teach victims different avenues of advocacy and justice. This episode is dedicated to Kirby & Daisy. Please note this episode does mention animal abuse & cruelty towards animals.
If you or someone you know are experiencing domestic violence, please visit http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources for a list of non-profit organizations that can help.
Sarah's TikTok in honor of Kirby & Daisy
https://www.tiktok.com/@sarahs_story
Sarah’s Instagram in honor of Kirby & Daisy
https://instagram.com/sarahs_story_official
The National Domestic Violence Hotline
https://www.thehotline.org/
Animal Legal Defense Fund
https://aldf.org/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What Came Next is intended for mature audiences only. |
| 0:04.3 | Episodes discuss topics that can be triggering, |
| 0:07.0 | such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, animal abuse, suicide, and murder. |
| 0:13.6 | I am not a therapist, nor am I a doctor. |
| 0:16.9 | If you're in need of support, please visit Something Was Wrong.com |
| 0:20.6 | forward slash resources for a list of non-profit organizations that can help. |
| 0:26.1 | Opinions expressed by my guests on the show are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of myself or broken cycle media. |
| 0:34.8 | Resources and source material are linked in the episode notes. Thank you so much for listening. Sarah Manos is a high school educator and victim advocate from Chicago. |
| 1:08.5 | After escaping a highly abusive relationship and losing her canine companions Kirby and Daisy |
| 1:14.6 | to her abuser, Sarah has chosen to share her experiences in and out of the legal and criminal |
| 1:22.4 | justice systems to bring awareness to society and hope to other survivors. |
| 1:28.4 | She also takes to TikTok to bring ultimate awareness to the women of Illinois, |
| 1:33.5 | building a community of nearly 70,000 people. |
| 1:37.6 | The Broken Cycle Media team is immensely grateful for all that Sarah does |
| 1:41.9 | to teach victims different avenues of advocacy and justice. |
| 1:47.2 | Please be aware that this episode does mention animal abuse and animal cruelty. |
| 1:56.1 | My name is Sarah. I'm a high school Spanish teacher. I also coach the swim team at the school that I work at. I've been doing this for almost a decade now. |
| 2:06.8 | I come from a family of teachers. My mom was a teacher. My grandma was a teacher. |
| 2:11.3 | When my students ask me, why did you become a teacher? I always say it's because I wanted to change the world. |
| 2:16.7 | I mean that genuinely, |
| 2:18.2 | I wanted to help others and give them resources to make a difference and really just make a |
| 2:23.6 | difference in their days. Doing that with Spanish helps them connect to the world. I've always been a |
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