A returning guest ,Zoe Dronfield , speaks to us about her journey of penning her lived experience of Domestic abuse in her book"Mind over Manipulators" , Family Court  atrocities and a vital piece of work she is working on to help other victim/survivors recover and heal If you find need support please call : NATIONAL DOMESTIC ABUSE HELPLINE 0808 2000 267 freephone and confidentialOR leave a message by completing a form on the website : nationaldahelpline.org.uk You can find me on : www.domesticabusethecuttingedge.com https://domesticabusethecuttingedge.buzzsprout.com Twitter - @AbuseEdg ..read more

 https://gofund.me/eaf6aafd Today I speak with Joy Lange , the Director of St.Anne's Home , shelter for destitute ,abused and disadvantaged mother's and children where care and empowerment is in abundance . St.Anne's home is motivated by the principle empowerment and they do their best to enable distressed and disadvantaged women and their children to find relief , support and a chance to become independent, confident and self-sufficient. Here is a YouTube link for St.Anne's home: https://youtube.be/Qt57CTWjNNI https://www.stanneshomes.org.za/ I have set-up a GoFundMe account to help rais ..read more

Alissa is my special guest on this first episode of Season 2 as promised . Alissa is a trans-women who has just recently come out , she is 25 years old . A child and adult victim/survivor of domestic abuse . Alissa is from Belgium but lives in Austria. Her heartbreaking struggles with childhood domestic abuse stretching far into her adulthood along with her gender struggles from a very young age is a double-sworded traumatic lived experience and she has been most courageous to share her story with us . NATIONAL DOMESTIC ABUSE HELPLINE   0808 2000 267 freephone and confidential OR leave a ..read more

TO THIS DAY EVERYTHING ABOUT ME HAS CHANGE AND TO THIS DAY NOTHING HAS CHANGED ABOUT JOHN. MY JOURNEY OF RECOVERY FROM THE ABUSE HAS BEEN PROFOUND IN EVERY WAY. NATIONAL DOMESTIC ABUSE HELPLINE 0808 2000 267 freephone and confidential OR leave a message by completing a form on the website : nationaldahelpline.org.uk You can find me on : www.domesticabusethecuttingedge.com https://domesticabusethecuttingedge.buzzsprout.com Twitter - @AbuseEdge Instagram - domestic abuse : the cutting edge  Facebook -Maz  Bell /Domestic Abuse : The Cutting Edge Finally the next episode be a taster o ..read more

My sincere regrets that I did not have an episode uploaded last week Monday . I had a very distressful undesirable circumstance befall me just over a week ago but I refused to accept it as my final reality .Now I am back on my feet and on my journey ,so thank you for your patience . It really is worth the wait as I have a shocking interview for this episode but also a very inspiring story of overcoming childhood abuse. My guest for today Jacklena Bentley all the way from Canada  . Jacklena is the author of her autobiography PART TRUTHS where she narrates her devastating and shocking lived ..read more

Trauma bonding is as dangerous as the abuse itself and its another super-power for the abuser to use to remain in control of the relationship. We all need to recognise this if we are to ever get anywhere near to eradicating domestic abuse.    NATIONAL DOMESTIC ABUSE HELPLINE 0808 2000 267 freephone and confidential OR leave a message by completing a form on the website : nationaldahelpline.org.uk You can find me on : www.domesticabusethecuttingedge.com https://domesticabusethecuttingedge.buzzsprout.com Twitter - @AbuseEdge Instagram - domestic abuse : the cutting edge Facebook -Maz ..read more

Recognising the red flags , some are very obvious and others far more subtle but equally dangerous signs. NATIONAL DOMESTIC ABUSE HELPLINE 0808 2000 267 freephone and confidential OR leave a message by completing a form on the website : nationaldahelpline.org.uk You can find me on : www.domesticabusethecuttingedge.com https://domesticabusethecuttingedge.buzzsprout.com Twitter - @AbuseEdge Instagram - domestic abuse : the cutting edge Facebook -Maz  Bell /Domestic Abuse : The Cutting Edge Finally the next episode will tackle the most powerful glue that prevent severing an abusive relatio ..read more

THE TERM CODEPENDENCY: what is codependency by definition , what are the causes of it and what are the signs of codependency and how my codependency play a huge role in becoming a victim of domestic abuse . Well worth the listen. NATIONAL DOMESTIC ABUSE HELPLINE 0808 2000 267 freephone and confidential OR leave a message by completing a form on the website : nationaldahelpline.org.uk You can find me on : www.domesticabusethecuttingedge.com https://domesticabusethecuttingedge.buzzsprout.com Twitter - @AbuseEdge Instagram - domestic abuse : the cutting edge Facebook -Maz  Bell /Domestic ..read more

Dear Listeners I do apologise for not having an episode for Monday gone. I completed a half marathon on Sunday for a Domestic Abuse Helpline  fundraising. I unfortunately suffered from severe sunstroke after the marathon and was bedridden for two days . I am up and ready to restart  Much love and light Maz Today’s guest speaker is Anon , he is a male victim of domestic abuse . It is important that we remain mindful and acknowledge that domestic violence is not exclusively abuse against women only. That  there are male victims and  female perpetrators of domestic abuse in h ..read more

In this  episode tackles how the narcissistic abuser uses money to abuse and how they use money as a mechanism to control . What the red flags are that indicate such abuse and control NATIONAL DOMESTIC ABUSE HELPLINE 0808 2000 267 freephone and confidential OR leave a message by completing a form on the website : nationaldahelpline.org.uk You can find me on : www.domesticabusethecuttingedge.com https://domesticabusethecuttingedge.buzzsprout.com Twitter - @AbuseEdge Instagram - domestic abuse : the cutting edge Facebook -Maz  Bell /Domestic Abuse : The Cutting EdgeFinally the next epi ..read more