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Hi everyone and welcome back to the 'All Good in the Sisterhood' podcast with your host, me, Sophie Donald.

If you want to feel inspired, empowered and positive about your life then you have come to the right place! Join me and special guests weekly as we talk about the struggles and hardships we have gone through and how, ultimately, these experiences have made us stronger women. So, wherever you are and whatever you're doing, you are part of the sisterhood now... So let's get going.

This week we are joined by Ali, a women who has done wonders for my confidence over the past few years. 

Ali was a domestic abuse victim for over 15 years and today she shares her story with us. Domestic abuse affects both women and men and includes but is not limited to:

• Coercive control (a pattern of intimidation, degradation, isolation and control with the use or threat of physical or sexual violence)
• Psychological and/or emotional abuse [2]
• Physical or sexual abuse
• Financial or economic abuse
• Harassment and stalking
• Online or digital abuse

(women's aid website)

PLEASE NOTE BEFORE YOU LISTEN - Ali is very open about her story which I am really grateful for, however some parts of the conversation are quite upsetting, so please bare this in mind before you listen to this episode.

Resources:

• Caged In - award winning short film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fie78Uvs_7o
• Ted Talk - Why Domestic violence victims don't leave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1yW5IsnSjo
• Sleeping with the enemy - A film recommendation from Ali 
• The Freedom Programme - Courses that offer information about domestic violence https://www.freedomprogramme.co.uk/index.php
• Bright Sky App - can be downloaded on your phone's app store.

Female owned business spotlight today was Megan Whitecross at Whitescents. You can find her on instagram:

• @whitescents
• www.whitescents.com

I urge you to share this story so we can open up the conversation of domestic abuse.  Thank you for all your support!

@sophiedonald_pt