Thoughts Matter

Meet Jay Sefton Survivor. Mental Health Counsellor. Actor. Playwright. Jay was chosen to play “Jesus” in the Passion Play by a priest in the catholic church. He was 13 years old. He was so thrilled to...

18 Aug 40min

Meet Dr Caroline Ansley Co-host of Cult Chat Podcast. Survivor. Clinical lead of the cult informed professional network. If you want to understand more about the closed systems cults are; watch this i...

4 Aug 55min

Meet Rebecca Rose Healer. Survivor. Outdoor Enthusiast. She was abused for the first seven years of her life by her godfather, her fathers best friend. He took her to a lot of events where the drug ke...

7 Juli 36min

Gloria is joined by Sean Lyons, Chief Online Safety Officer at Netsafe NZ, where he has worked for 20 years and also serves as Netsafe’s functional lead on Child Sexual Abuse online. With experience i...

16 Juni 44min

Meet Kathie A. Strong advocate of Survivors. Widow of a survivor. In 2016 Kathie’s husband Kevin told her about his abuse at the hands of a catholic priest when he was 13 years old. Fast track to age ...

3 Juni 47min

Meet Brianne Williams Survivor. Counsellor. Outdoor recreation enthusiast. Brianne was abused from 2 - 14 years of age. Her abusers were her father and her paternal grandfather. It was an open secret ...

5 Maj 42min

Every year, we come together on Global Awareness Day to raise awareness of child sexual abuse, share ways to prevent it, and honour adult survivors, including those who didn’t make it. This is a glob...

4 Maj 1min

Meet John SRA Survivor. Spiritual War Fighter. Philosopher. John suppressed his childhood sexual abuse for 24 years. He is now 6 years into his healing, and currently works with police on exposing one...

21 Apr 40min