What Came Next is intended for mature audiences only.

Episodes discuss topics that can be triggering,

such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, animal abuse, suicide, and murder.

I am not a therapist, nor am I a doctor.

If you're in need of support, please visit Something Was Wrong.com

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Opinions expressed by my guests on the show are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of myself or broken cycle media.

Resources and source material are linked in the episode notes. Thank you so much for listening. As shared in last week's episode and part one of her story, Sarah Manos is a high school

educator and victim advocate from Chicago.

After escaping a highly abusive relationship and losing her canine companions Kirby and Daisy

to her abuser, Sarah has chosen to share her experiences in and out of the legal and criminal justice systems 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.

Please be aware that this episode does mention

animal abuse and animal cruelty.

From June 2020 is when the height of this happened.

October of 2020 is when he pled guilty to violating my order of protection.

He had to pay a fine.

He had to do domestic violence classes, hours of community service. He had to get

a mental health evaluation. That was the penalty. While I was waiting to hear back about these

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