The Survivors Podcast

*WARNING: This podcast mentions sexual abuse, CPTSD & trauma and may be triggering.   Episode Summary UK-based psychotherapist Lee Freeman shares his story of surviving childhood abuse, being diagnosed with CPTSD, and the life‑shifting discovery that he was donor‑conceived with over 1,000 biological...

*WARNING: This podcast mentions suicide & trauma and may be triggering.   Episode Summary In part two of our conversation with Ange Johnson, Ange continues her story about leaving the FLDS polygamist community, the unexpected reunion with her teenage husband after a year apart, navigating early pare...

*WARNING: This podcast mentions suicide & trauma and may be triggering.   Episode Summary This week we're sharing part one of a two-part conversation with Ange Johnson. Ange, raised in the FLDS polygamous cult and married as a child bride, shares how she was raised, the beliefs that shaped her, the ...

*WARNING: This podcast mentions suicide & trauma and may be triggering.   Episode Summary This week on The Survivors, Lisa & Natasha continue their conversation with Jake and Joe Sharp about the 2020 suicide of their brother Sam and how they channeled their grief into advocacy, mental health work, a...

*WARNING: This podcast mentions suicide & trauma and may be triggering.   Episode Summary Part one of a two-part conversation with twins Jake and Joe Sharp about losing their 16-year-old brother Sam to suicide. They focus on who Sam was—his humor, kindness, athleticism, and faith—and share the shock...

*WARNING: This podcast mentions suicide, sexual abuse & trauma and may be triggering.   Episode Summary Lisa & Natasha kick off Season 6 during Suicide Prevention Month with a candid, real-time conversation about lived experience—suicide attempts, multiple losses, childhood trauma, and the daily rea...

*WARNING: This podcast mentions suicide, abuse & trauma and may be triggering.   Episode Summary Season Five of The Survivors took us into some of the hardest, most honest conversations we’ve had yet. Across 14 episodes, we talked about what happens after someone says “I’m fine.” We explored how our...

*WARNING: This podcast mentions suicide & trauma and may be triggering.   Episode Summary In the final regular episode of Season Five of The Survivors, we’re talking about what happens after someone says, “I’m fine.” Because when you have a feeling they’re not fine, the most important part of the co...

*WARNING: This podcast mentions grief, loss & trauma and may be triggering.   Episode Summary In this episode, guest Wes Bruns recounts the 1992 carbon monoxide poisoning that killed 4 of his family members and left him critically ill. He shares waking from a 5-day coma, coping with survivor guilt, ...

*WARNING: This podcast mentions suicide, sexual abuse, domestic violence & trauma and may be triggering.   Episode Summary After 10 years in an abusive relationship, Beany Trapani found the strength to get out, start over, and rebuild a life that felt like her own again. But what happened next was s...