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Non-Profit · Alli Meyerhardt

Breaking Silence

by Alli Meyerhardt

Welcome to the Breaking Silence Podcast. Throughout this podcast, our Executive Director, Alli Meyerhardt, interviews those that are impacted by interpersonal violence as a way for us to learn how we can all be a part of violence prevention. In this space, we hope that you will find healing, understanding and empathy. We are all Breakers!

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Outcry Witness: Healing After Disclosure with JoDee

Send us Fan Mail To find your voice and to know that it will be heard, held, and moved forward is one of the most powerful experiences. But in order to get there, we hav

Aug 26
31 min

From Pain to Practice: The Power of Kindness in Getting to Know Ourselves

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, author, coach, and speaker Shaun shares how healing and growth come from treating life as practice. While we can choose our purpose, it

Aug 19
41 min

Breaking Cycles of Silence: The Power of Finding Your Voice and Being Believed

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore how the words “I believe you” open doors, not only to healing for someone who has carried a story, but also for the person w

Nov 19 2025
38 min

Finding Stillness In Facing Past Abuse, Cancer and Loss

Send us Fan Mail Listening to Lisa's story you cannot help but to feel inspired and more connected to your own truth. Her purpose is to allow us all to discover a s

Jul 30 2025
34 min

Keeping Faith Through Love, Acceptance and Accountability

Send us Fan Mail Each person's journey with acceptance, spirituality, and finding their path is unique and one that is often realized when we lean in with love. Tha

Jul 16 2025
34 min

PART 2: Competing, Surviving, and Changing the Game with Shenea

Send us Fan Mail As we continue our conversation with Shenea, we get to dive deeper into her experience with USA Gymnastics, the intense role that silence played in her

May 21 2025
46 min

Competing, Surviving, and Changing the Game with Shenea

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Breaking Silence podcast, we sit down with Shenea for a powerful and deeply personal conversation about what it truly takes to cr

May 7 2025
31 min

The Power of Advocacy: Fighting for Survivors with RAINN

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to another season of the Breaking Silence Podcast! In our first episode of 2025, we were able to connect with Zoey, the Policy and Grassr

Apr 16 2025
44 min

The Army of Survivors: Creating Safe Spaces for Athletes

Send us Fan Mail **Trigger Warning: Sexual violence and abuse are discussed in this episode**   Throughout this episode we hear from Julie Ann, Executive Director of The

Oct 30 2024
44 min

Accountability: The Post Conviction Process for Survivors

Send us Fan Mail The post conviction process for a survivor of sexual violence can be a very lonely, overwhelming and confusing moment in their journey. In this episode,

Jul 30 2024
55 min

Diving into the Harm of Being Catcalled w/ Terra Lopez

Send us Fan Mail Catcalling has been so normalized in our society that we often dismiss it and assume that it does not do any harm. Terra Lopez, host and creator of "Thi

Jun 18 2024
41 min

Previous Owner of Prairie Artisan Ales Brewpub on What it Means to Drink Kindly

Send us Fan Mail Creating change and safe spaces in the beer industry takes time, commitment, maturity and a desire to always listen to what those working within it are

May 28 2024
30 min

Creating Space for Healing in the Juvenile Justice System

Send us Fan Mail Talking with Sonya, a Clinical Director and Sex Offender Management Board Clinical Supervisor for Juveniles, is a window into empathy for juveniles who

Apr 30 2024
52 min

Learning to Cope with Camil Martinez

Send us Fan Mail Camil invites us into her story in a way that encapsulates what it means to face our stories. To face some of the hardest moments of our lives and those

Oct 24 2023
49 min

The Elephant in the Room: DEI and Violence Prevention with Maya

Send us Fan Mail Maya is a diversity, equity, and inclusion facilitator, who has joined us to talk through her expertise, how we can all continue the conversation around

Oct 11 2023
46 min

Finding Love for Our Inner Child with Jana Wilson

Send us Fan Mail Connecting to ourselves is not always a straight line. How we find our journey through healing is immensely personal, which is why we are so grateful fo

Sep 18 2023
47 min

100 Million Strong: The Incredible Work of the I Have The Right To Organization

Send us Fan Mail Susan and Alexander Prout are the founders of the I Have The Right To organization, which is committed to creating an ecosystem of respect and support f

Sep 5 2023
54 min

Sergeant Mike Harris of the Special Investigations Unit Discusses Internet Sex Crimes on Children

Send us Fan Mail Sergeant Mike Harris sits down to guide us through how online sex crimes against children has changed over the years, ways in which we can start having

Aug 29 2023
44 min

The Influence of Empathy, Empowerment and Hard Conversations in the Beer Space

Send us Fan Mail To kickoff season 3, we sit down with Morgan from Highland Park Brewery (HPB) and walk through what is like to do one of our trainings, the impacts it h

Aug 21 2023
43 min

Interview with Author Dave Pelzer

Send us Fan Mail Dave Pelzer is a New York Times best selling author, a survivor, and someone that has helped countless people through the power of his story. Alli and D

Apr 3 2023
41 min

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