EXPERT ON: Domestic Violence

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🗓️ 2 October 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In our last episode, we talked about Susan Powell who was a victim of domestic violence. Many of her friends talked about Josh's strange behavior and the recalled things that should have been warning signs. Today we talk to an expert on the topic, Ashley Bendiksen. She will tell us her story of survival, what signs to watch out for and how to safely leave a toxic relationship. Ashley Bendiksen is an acclaimed survivor speaker and award-winning activist, speaking and training nationally on the topics of domestic violence, teen dating violence, sexual assault, and bystander intervention. She also delivers motivational keynotes on resilience and leadership. Passionate about helping others reshape and redesign their lives as she once did, Ashley also offers coaching and consulting services for victims and survivors, and life empowerment coaching for women. Ashley’s professional background includes 11+ years as a speaker, a career spanning victim services, advocacy, and PR. She holds a B.S. in Administration of Justice, graduating as Valedictorian of her class - years after dropping out because of domestic violence. She also remains active on numerous boards and initiatives and serves as an Ambassador for several national organizations.

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0:00.0	Hey crime junkies, are you guys a little surprised to see me in your feed on a Tuesday?
0:05.2	Well, I'm here because I have some special information for you. This isn't a normal episode.
0:11.2	This is a follow up to the episode we released on Monday. There was a portion of the episode where
0:16.8	we were talking about Susan Powell after she had gone missing and all of her friends kind of
0:22.4	looking back and recognizing all of this odd behavior. And there was a moment in the episode where I
0:27.9	said, you know, I just don't understand where was everyone while it was going on? Why is everyone
0:33.2	talking about it after it's too late? And I said, you know, I don't have any experience with
0:37.4	domestic violence. I can't speak to how you help somebody or how you get somebody out of that
0:42.1	situation. And that didn't feel like a good place to leave it for you guys. And we were lucky enough
0:47.9	that in the last couple of weeks someone actually reached out to us who is an expert in this area.
0:53.7	And what I'm going to play for you guys is pretty much an almost unedited version of my conversation
1:00.1	with her giving her story and her advice. She speaks for a living on this all about what to do,
1:06.8	what signs you should be looking for. And when you see those signs, how you can help a friend
1:11.6	or a loved one out of this kind of situation.
1:41.7	Before we even jump in, can you start off with telling all the listeners who you are and what you
1:50.8	do and your background of what we're going to be talking about today? Sure. My name is Ashley
1:57.4	Bendixson. I am an expert in domestic violence and sexual assault prevention work. I have a degree
2:02.8	in administration of justice and I dedicated my career to victim services and advocacy. And really
2:10.0	it stems from my own personal experience as a survivor of both of those issues. And so I also
2:16.0	speak nationally around as a domestic violence sexual assault survivor. That is amazing. So I have
2:22.0	to say, you know, when you reach out, like I said, it could not have been better timing because
2:26.8	we, Britain, I had just recorded an episode on Susan Powell, which by the time this gets released,
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