"Ohio is super underrated," he says. "It's kind of a bland town." Dave Chappelle lives 15 minutes away and will be opening a comedy club in Columbus, Ohio. His dad hasn't accepted how toxic perhaps some of his family is. He wouldn't survive wrapping his head around that maybe that's who his family is because he's sacrificed so much for them.
Amanda Catarzi is a speaker, strategist, MMA fighter, and sex trafficking survivor.
After escaping her trafficker, Amanda dedicated 10 years to fighting sex trafficking. In her journey, she counseled the New Zealand Government, wrote federal legislation, and went undercover to expose trafficking rings.
Currently, she is the owner of the copywriting agency Inkery Co, where she and her team are passionate about helping others find their voice and using it effectively to make a positive change in the world.
Some of the topics we dive into are:
- The misconceptions about sex trafficking
- Childhood abuse within the family and church
- Growing up in a cult
- The impact of trauma and PTSD
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Grief and postpartum depression
- Domestic violence
- Post-traumatic growth
- Amanda’s experiences working with sexually abused and trafficked children
- Entrepreneurship and putting yourself out there as a content creator
- And lots more
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Music by Kirby Johnston – check out his band Aldaraia on Spotify.