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What Came Next

51: [Kelly Gee] Against Big Odds // Part 1

What Came Next

Broken Cycle Media

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

4.4627 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Content warning: depression, suicidal ideation, substance use disorder, sexual assault, rape, and sexual abuse.

Kelly Gee is a former professional hockey player and coach and the current executive director of the non profit organization Survivors for Change. Kelly has always been driven to make an impact, but it wasn't until surviving  sexual abuse at the hands of his former coach that he found his true calling: being an inspiration and motivator for survivors around the world. He hopes to utilize all that continues to come next for him in his journey for justice and peace to change, present and future resources and support for all victims. 

Survivors for Change
https://www.survivorsforchange.org/

Survivors for Change Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/weares4c/

“I Was One of Them:’ Kelly Gee Speaks Out via The Athletic
https://theathletic.com/1956786/2020/07/28/i-was-one-of-them-survivor-of-alleged-sexual-abuse-by-hockey-coach-speaks-out/

The Incubation of Silence
https://vimeo.com/549070172?share=copy

Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services: Understanding the Impact of Trauma
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207191/
Additional help and resources are available 24 hours a day at the National Sexual Assault Hotline, which can be reached at 1 800 656 4673  and the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. You are not alone.

For more resources, please visit http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources

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 Survivors for Change.

1:14.2

Kelly has always been driven to make an impact, but it wasn't until surviving alleged sexual

1:19.7

abuse by his former coach that he found his true calling, being an inspiration and motivator

1:26.1

for survivors around the world. He hopes to utilize all

1:30.9

that continues to come next for him in his journey for justice and peace to change present and future

1:37.2

resources and support for all victims. My name is Kelly G. I am the executive director of Survivors for Change. I am an athlete

1:52.4

survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of my coach and mentor when I was a teenager. I was born and raised on a homestead in Alaska. My mom was born in

2:05.7

Missouri and my dad was born in California. They met in Hawaii. My mom was a housekeeper at a bed

2:13.9

and breakfast there. My dad was working construction and riding in a rodeo and got an

2:20.2

opportunity to go fishing in the Bering Sea and asked my mom if she wanted to go with them.

2:26.4

Went and they staked a homestead outside of Homer. Beautiful. It's selling it almost short.

2:32.3

It's breathtaking. It's an amazing place.

2:39.2

Everything is big in Alaska. The weather's big. The mountains are big. The animals are big.

2:45.6

I wish I would have appreciated it more when I was younger. I think we all say that at some point of our life.

2:52.5

When we look back at things, I don't beat myself up too much about that, but I certainly appreciate it more now.

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