Healing for Male Survivors with Mike Chapman

Joseph Born, “Joe,” is joining us from the frozen lands of Alaska. Joe, who is half Alaska Native himself, shares how his early childhood abuse shaped his life and highlights the systems that failed to protect him. He also discusses how his mental health diagnoses and addictions relate to his abuse. And the challenges they presented during trauma therapy. Joe hopes to share with the world the uniq...

Forrest Lang is a tattoo artist, best-selling author, combat veteran, international speaker, and child safety advocate. He is also a survivor of family-controlled sex trafficking in childhood. He lives in La Jolla, California with his family. If you want to see the VIDEO 🎥 version of this podcast, you can watch from either Spotify or Youtube . Suicide is talked about in this episode. If you are e...

100th Episode!!! This week, I have a special panel with two prior guests, Matt Melvin & Scott Slone, talking about the Epstein Files and how it relates to us CSA & Trafficking Survivors, how we can respond, what the issues are, and so forth.  (from Wikipedia) The Epstein files are a partially released collection of millions of documents, images, videos, and emails detailing the activities ...

Jarrett Davis is a Senior Research Scholar whose work over the past fifteen years has focused on the boys, young men, and gender-diverse individuals that anti-trafficking systems routinely overlook. From street-connected children in Southeast Asia to immigrant youth in the United States, his research centers the voices and expertise of survivors themselves — not as subjects, but as researchers of ...

Jarrett Davis is a Senior Research Scholar whose work over the past fifteen years has focused on the boys, young men, and gender-diverse individuals that anti-trafficking systems routinely overlook. From street-connected children in Southeast Asia to immigrant youth in the United States, his research centers the voices and expertise of survivors themselves — not as subjects, but as researchers of ...

This week, I have a special presentation regarding an upcoming Weekend Intensive Retreat for Male CSA Survivors sponsored by Brothers Road. To explain the event, I have 2 former guests, Doug Carpenter and Mark Barber along with Brothers Road Director & Founder, Rich Wyler. Since Rich has not been on the podcast before, I will give him a quick interview before discussing the weekend event. Rich...

Scott Slone is a survivor-advocate and the founder of Mighty AK, a survivor-led movement working to prevent sexual abuse and domestic violence in Alaska. After breaking decades of silence about his own childhood abuse, Scott chose to turn lived experience into action, creating space for survivors while challenging the systems that allow harm to continue. Through storytelling, public education, and...

Scott Slone is a survivor-advocate and the founder of Mighty AK, a survivor-led movement working to prevent sexual abuse and domestic violence in Alaska. After breaking decades of silence about his own childhood abuse, Scott chose to turn lived experience into action, creating space for survivors while challenging the systems that allow harm to continue. Through storytelling, public education, and...

Discover how trauma is stored in the body and learn practical tools for healing and managing triggers. This episode features insights from male survivors, who are also prior podcast guests, sharing their journeys of bodily awareness, coping mechanisms, and the importance of safety in recovery. In this episode we discuss: The concept of the body "remembering" trauma long after the event H...

Ena Lucia Mariaca Pacheco is a human security researcher and author, with focused expertise in child sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking. She holds two bachelor's degrees from the University of Ottawa and a master's degree in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University, Canada. For over a decade, she has worked at the intersection of government, civil society, internationa...