Episodes

Claudia Pahls welcomes Pamela Humes, Director of Educational Outreach at Alternatives Care Center of Kalamazoo. She's also Project Director of ReGen Next, which has the awesome mission of helping young people regenerate their outlook on life to form and maintain healthy relationships. "At ReGen Next, we strive to provide information that can help you to avoid risk behaviors like illegal drug use, prescription drug abuse, underage drinking, smoking (e-cigs included) and teen sex, all which can l...

Claudia Pahls welcomes Pamela Humes, Director of Educational Outreach at Alternatives Care Center of Kalamazoo. She's also Project Director of ReGen Next, which has the awesome mission of helping young people regenerate their outlook on life to form and maintain healthy relationships. "At ReGen Next, we strive to provide information that can help you to avoid risk behaviors like illegal drug use, prescription drug abuse, underage drinking, smoking (e-cigs included) and teen sex, all which can l...

Claudia Pahls welcomes Pamela Humes, Director of Educational Outreach at Alternatives Care Center of Kalamazoo. She's also Project Director of ReGen Next, which has the awesome mission of helping young people regenerate their outlook on life to form and maintain healthy relationships. "At ReGen Next, we strive to provide information that can help you to avoid risk behaviors like illegal drug use, prescription drug abuse, underage drinking, smoking (e-cigs included) and teen sex, all which can l...

"We don't want to put the onus on the survivor. Because it's not their fault. It's not their fault they're being harassed at work. It's not their fault that they're receiving multiple phone calls. And they're being followed. Or they're being questioned every time they walk out for break and somebody of the opposite sex follow them out the door and they're being accused of whatever unknown things that's causing them to lose productivity. "As employers we don't have to put the onus on them. We ca...

"We don't want to put the onus on the survivor. Because it's not their fault. It's not their fault they're being harassed at work. It's not their fault that they're receiving multiple phone calls. And they're being followed. Or they're being questioned every time they walk out for break and somebody of the opposite sex follow them out the door and they're being accused of whatever unknown things that's causing them to lose productivity. "As employers we don't have to put the onus on them. We ca...

"We don't want to put the onus on the survivor. Because it's not their fault. It's not their fault they're being harassed at work. It's not their fault that they're receiving multiple phone calls. And they're being followed. Or they're being questioned every time they walk out for break and somebody of the opposite sex follow them out the door and they're being accused of whatever unknown things that's causing them to lose productivity. "As employers we don't have to put the onus on them. We ca...

Deborah Hackworth, Director of Advocacy Services at DASAS, talks with Claudia Pahls about how ignoring the warning signs of domestic violence will only help it to thrive. Learn how to ask someone if they're really okay, how to offer help without judgement or your own agenda and what to look for to begin to recognize when someone may need help. If you need help, please call our 24-hour hotline at 800-828-2023 or visit https://www.dasasmi.org/ for resources. I'm Not In An Abusive Relationship pu...

Deborah Hackworth, Director of Advocacy Services at DASAS, talks with Claudia Pahls about how ignoring the warning signs of domestic violence will only help it to thrive. Learn how to ask someone if they're really okay, how to offer help without judgement or your own agenda and what to look for to begin to recognize when someone may need help. If you need help, please call our 24-hour hotline at 800-828-2023 or visit https://www.dasasmi.org/ for resources. I'm Not In An Abusive Relationship pu...

Deborah Hackworth, Director of Advocacy Services at DASAS, talks with Claudia Pahls about how ignoring the warning signs of domestic violence will only help it to thrive. Learn how to ask someone if they're really okay, how to offer help without judgement or your own agenda and what to look for to begin to recognize when someone may need help. If you need help, please call our 24-hour hotline at 800-828-2023 or visit https://www.dasasmi.org/ for resources. I'm Not In An Abusive Relationship pu...

Each October, Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services holds candlelight vigils to honor victims and celebrate survivors of domestic violence. This is the vigil we held in Cassopolis on October 8, 2019. If you need help, please call our 24-hour hotline at 800-828-2023 or visit https://www.dasasmi.org/ for resources. I'm Not In An Abusive Relationship published a new episode every Wednesday morning at 8:00am EST. Please subscribe on your podcast player of choice or sign up for our email list for new ...

Each October, Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services holds candlelight vigils to honor victims and celebrate survivors of domestic violence. This is the vigil we held in Cassopolis on October 8, 2019. If you need help, please call our 24-hour hotline at 800-828-2023 or visit https://www.dasasmi.org/ for resources. I'm Not In An Abusive Relationship published a new episode every Wednesday morning at 8:00am EST. Please subscribe on your podcast player of choice or sign up for our email list for new ...

Each October, Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services holds candlelight vigils to honor victims and celebrate survivors of domestic violence. This is the vigil we held in Cassopolis on October 8, 2019. If you need help, please call our 24-hour hotline at 800-828-2023 or visit https://www.dasasmi.org/ for resources. I'm Not In An Abusive Relationship published a new episode every Wednesday morning at 8:00am EST. Please subscribe on your podcast player of choice or sign up for our email list for new ...

At domestic violence vigils across the country, we remember those who did not survive their fight for life. These are the names of the victims of domestic violence in southwest Michigan for the 2019 Domestic Violence Awareness vigils. The names included on this list are those of women, children, and men who died starting in 1971 through this year. The women, children, and men listed all died because of the determination and desperation of one individual to maintain power and control over anothe...

At domestic violence vigils across the country, we remember those who did not survive their fight for life. These are the names of the victims of domestic violence in southwest Michigan for the 2019 Domestic Violence Awareness vigils. The names included on this list are those of women, children, and men who died starting in 1971 through this year. The women, children, and men listed all died because of the determination and desperation of one individual to maintain power and control over anothe...

At domestic violence vigils across the country, we remember those who did not survive their fight for life. These are the names of the victims of domestic violence in southwest Michigan for the 2019 Domestic Violence Awareness vigils. The names included on this list are those of women, children, and men who died starting in 1971 through this year. The women, children, and men listed all died because of the determination and desperation of one individual to maintain power and control over anothe...

Elizabeth Alderson joins Claudia Pahls to understand October's National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which first began in 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence as a Day of Unity to connect battered women’s advocates across the country. Domestic violence affects millions, both women and men, of every race, religion, culture and status. It’s not just punches and black eyes -- it’s yelling, humiliation, stalking, manipulation, coercion, threats and isolation. It’s stealing...

Elizabeth Alderson joins Claudia Pahls to understand October's National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which first began in 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence as a Day of Unity to connect battered women’s advocates across the country. Domestic violence affects millions, both women and men, of every race, religion, culture and status. It’s not just punches and black eyes -- it’s yelling, humiliation, stalking, manipulation, coercion, threats and isolation. It’s stealing...

Elizabeth Alderson joins Claudia Pahls to understand October's National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which first began in 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence as a Day of Unity to connect battered women’s advocates across the country. Domestic violence affects millions, both women and men, of every race, religion, culture and status. It’s not just punches and black eyes -- it’s yelling, humiliation, stalking, manipulation, coercion, threats and isolation. It’s stealing...

Nichole Angel, criado en México, es el defensor de habla hispana de los Servicios de Abuso Doméstico y Sexual (DASAS). Ella entiende la cultura LatinX y ayuda a educar a su comunidad en el suroeste de Michigan sobre el abuso doméstico y sexual. Nichole Angel, raised in Mexico, is the Spanish-speaking advocate for Domestic And Sexual Abuse Services (DASAS). She understands the LatinX culture, and helps educate her community in Southwest Michigan about domestic and sexual abuse. En este episodio...

Nichole Angel, criado en México, es el defensor de habla hispana de los Servicios de Abuso Doméstico y Sexual (DASAS). Ella entiende la cultura LatinX y ayuda a educar a su comunidad en el suroeste de Michigan sobre el abuso doméstico y sexual. Nichole Angel, raised in Mexico, is the Spanish-speaking advocate for Domestic And Sexual Abuse Services (DASAS). She understands the LatinX culture, and helps educate her community in Southwest Michigan about domestic and sexual abuse. En este episodio...

Nichole Angel, criado en México, es el defensor de habla hispana de los Servicios de Abuso Doméstico y Sexual (DASAS). Ella entiende la cultura LatinX y ayuda a educar a su comunidad en el suroeste de Michigan sobre el abuso doméstico y sexual. Nichole Angel, raised in Mexico, is the Spanish-speaking advocate for Domestic And Sexual Abuse Services (DASAS). She understands the LatinX culture, and helps educate her community in Southwest Michigan about domestic and sexual abuse. En este episodio...

Josefa was born in a small rural village in Mexico. While she was an infant, her dad killed her mother. An American couple adopted her, while her dad went to prison. Years later, Josefa's trauma surfaced in different ways like an aversion to violent movies and scary movies. She would ask her mom years later about those situations and nightmares and other issues, to finally hear her full life story. Even as infants, we can experience trauma and feel the effects years later. Through counseling an...

Josefa was born in a small rural village in Mexico. While she was an infant, her dad killed her mother. An American couple adopted her, while her dad went to prison. Years later, Josefa's trauma surfaced in different ways like an aversion to violent movies and scary movies. She would ask her mom years later about those situations and nightmares and other issues, to finally hear her full life story. Even as infants, we can experience trauma and feel the effects years later. Through counseling an...

Josefa was born in a small rural village in Mexico. While she was an infant, her dad killed her mother. An American couple adopted her, while her dad went to prison. Years later, Josefa's trauma surfaced in different ways like an aversion to violent movies and scary movies. She would ask her mom years later about those situations and nightmares and other issues, to finally hear her full life story. Even as infants, we can experience trauma and feel the effects years later. Through counseling an...