
Welcome to the Healing for Male Survivors Podcast, where male survivors of childhood trauma, especially sexual trauma, can find hope and healing. My main goal is to give a platform to YOU, my listener and fellow survivor. I want to make this a safe space for you to tell YOUR story - and telling your story can often jumpstart your healing. This *is* a faith-based podcast, but do not expect a lot of preaching, but I want to welcome anyone here regardless of faith. **Trigger Warning/Explicit Content Warning** - we will talk openly and frankly about sexual abuse from the victims perspective.
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...
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...
Rick is an ordained pastor who works in and oversees the recovery, support, & next steps ministries at his local church in Atlanta Georgia. He is a CCAR certified coach, a Husband Material certified coach, Trauma informed specialist, Certified peer counselor and pastoral staff counselor. Rick has had God help him overcome adversity through almost dying during birth, learning to walk a few year...
Brandon Andres Green is a survivor, advocate, and faith-driven leader whose life was shaped by contrast — a polished public world and a hidden one beneath it. Raised in a loving Christian community, Brandon simultaneously carried the weight of childhood sexual trauma, mental health struggles, addiction, and an early drive toward entrepreneurship that drew him into the black-market underworld. Long...
Brandon Andres Green is a survivor, advocate, and faith-driven leader whose life was shaped by contrast — a polished public world and a hidden one beneath it. Raised in a loving Christian community, Brandon simultaneously carried the weight of childhood sexual trauma, mental health struggles, addiction, and an early drive toward entrepreneurship that drew him into the black-market underworld. Long...