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Author and Executive Tricia Gray shares the story behind her memoir A Lotus Legacy, as she describes witnessing the violence her mother endured, including her murder at the hands of her partner, how that cycle led her to become emotionally and verbally abusive herself, and how she ultimately began the real work of healing and finding purpose. This is a powerful episode about generational trauma, the children left standing in the corner and the courage it takes to turn pain into legacy.

Link to A Lotus Legacy

For support

• Domestic Violence Hotline: 800.799.SAFE
• Sexual Assault Hotline: Rainn.org or 800.656.HOPE
• Suicide Hotline: 988

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In this episode we sit down with Elise, the executive director and co-founder of CHAMP, an organization born from one athlete's experience that college sports invests heavily in on-field success but almost nothing in the off-field relationship skills that actually keep athletes safe. She shares her personal journey from her father's brave disclosure as a survivor, to organizing campus storytelling events, to building CHAMP's peer-led prevention model. She introduces us GOOBS (Going Out On the Weekend Buddy System), a practical tool created by athletes, for athletes as she makes the case that relationships and community is not only the heartbeat of sports but of violence prevention as a whole.

As more and more youth find themselves engaged in sports, conversations like these are so crucial in how we want to create cultures as we can either expose more young people to harm or become the most powerful platform for change we have.

Elise is a fierce advocate, leader and game changer. We are lucky to have her! Follow along with her work at CHAMP

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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 have to unfreeze our silence. JoDee walks us through how she reconnected to herself by witnessing what she had survived — and then handing those stories to others as a way to unlock what had gotten stuck. Her experience as a former crimes-against-children prosecutor brings a wealth of knowledge to this episode, as she not only teaches us what justice can look like, but shows us that the system is not always the answer. We all know someone who has been harmed, in this episode we give you the tools to stand beside them with empathy and understanding.

Whether you're a survivor, love someone who is, or want to learn how to show up for the people in your life, this conversation is for you.

Resources:
🔗 Learn more about JoDee Neil & her work: neilnowlegal.com | Book Link | Substack | Podcast
🔗 RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): rainn.org | 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
🔗 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 | 988lifeline.org

If you or someone you know needs support, please reach out. You are not alone, and healing is possible.