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.

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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. John Michael Lander is a former Olympic-bound diver, actor, author, speaker, and advocate.

His words and efforts have been seen everywhere from Time Magazine to the TED Talk stage.

He is entitled his experiences of sexual abuse and trafficking, an athlete's silence.

By sharing his story on what came next, episode 22, and trafficking, and athletes' silence. By sharing his story on what came next,

episode 22, and elsewhere, his goal is to bring awareness to predatory practices in the

athletic and education worlds, as well as to change the way society receives sexual abuse

victims. I am so honored he joined me again today to discuss updates in his journey.

He also had the beautiful idea of flipping the script and host swapping for the second part of the next two episodes.

The Broken Cycle Media team deeply appreciates John Michael's time, dedication to his advocacy,

and for the creativity he is bringing to the next two episodes.

Hello, I'm John Michael Lander. I'm an author, a speaker, an advocate. I'm also a coach for the

Self-Talk Institute. As a 14-year-old Olympic-bound athlete, the adults entrusted with my training

groomed me and sex trafficked me into silence, causing one of the most exciting times of my life

to be filled

with shame and guilt. My mother was also part of that cooperation, if you want to call it, that

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