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In this episode Matt and Matt are joined by Dr. Allsion! Together they recount DonCon year 1, Matt's birthday, Submissive nuptials, and tech woes.Buckle up

Allsion visits Home Grown Village at Farm Aid 2023.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3226868/advertisement

Phantom Electric Ghost Interviews: Allsion Doss: Rock Bottom to Radiant & Letting Go Like a Boss Rock Bottom to Rockstar Biography There's GOT to be a message in the mess! At least that's what Allison Doss believes. Having overcome decades of addiction, with a land mine of rock-bottoms, her healing through a lifetime of trauma is inspiring others with resilience, strength and hope. And just when she thought it was smooth sailing, her husband comes out as transgender. Nothing forced Allison to surrender her will like the heartbreak of the expectations of her partner not being met. With willingness, compassion and vulnerability, Allison shows up as authentically as they come. Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@therealbossdoss?_t=8gLgiDGqSSd&_r=1 Donate to support PEG free artist interviews: PayPalMe link Any contribution is appreciated: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PhantomElectric?locale.x=en_US Support PEG by checking out our Sponsors: Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me or from the link in the description, and use promo code “GHOST” and receive a 1-month free premium subscription. The best tool for getting podcast guests:  Podmatch.com https://podmatch.com/signup/phantomelectricghost Subscribe to our Instagram for exclusive content: https://www.instagram.com/expansive_sound_experiments/ Donate to support PEG free artist interviews: Subscribe to our YouTube  https://youtube.com/@phantomelectricghost PEG uses StreamYard.com for our live podcasts https://streamyard.com/pal/c/6290085463457792 Get $10.00 Credit for using StreamYard.com when you sign up with our link RSS https://anchor.fm/s/3b31908/podcast/rss --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phantom-electric/message

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EVERYDAY PHONE CONVERSATION!! SEASON 3 EPISODE 45! This week's episode we had a few special guest Actress Gabrielle Smith and Actors Nigel Talton & Blaine Allison. We discussed their experience on set, the movie being improv & much more. Enjoy or Fuk Outta Here! Follow them on IG @nostresstalton @gabriellesmitht_ @abk_macmajor13 Check out the trailer for Lanier at https://youtu.be/k1D45C7UeMc & for updates follow Lanier Movie on Facebook Get Ya Merch — https://foh-merch.creator-spring.com Visit our website www.fohbrand.com Sponsors of the podcast: Guerilla Land Clothing @guerillalandmerch Smiley's Crafts & Thangs @smileycraft.thangs The Happy Hippie Club @the_happyhippieclub IF YOU WANT TO GET SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING THE FUK OUTTA HERE SEND US AN EMAIL AT FOH337@GMAIL.COM Follow us on Instagram: Podcast page @fohpodcast337 Sayso @saysographics DJ Truth @therealdjtruth --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fohpod337/message

On today's episode of The Dead Life, we are talking about “Heaven”. What is Heaven? If we're creating some of our versions of “heaven” in the physicalworld, what will our heaven, look like? I am answering this and other questions from my listeners. Do you have a question for me? Call (802) 332-3811 and I might answer it on a future episode.‬Sponsor:Go to Zocodc.com/DeadLife and download the FREE Zocdoc app

In this episode I want to explore grief and how we struggle with it or for some, even celebrate their grief. I've noticed through years of reading people that part of the dynamic involved with how we grieve, seems to revolve around keeping ourselves tethered to someone's death because it's the last moments a person we love resided in the physical world with us. By doing this, we continually hurt ourselves by reliving the pain and suffering connected to someone we love's death. I think this is important to talk about so that you know how to free yourselves from the death and instead cling to the soul who remains part of our lives.Sponsor:Go to Zocdoc.com/DeadLife and download the Zocdoc app for FREE

We talk to Allison about her switch from living in Houston to now training and living in Georgia. Allison is so committed to training at Training Think Tank that her husband sold the affiliate and moved to Georgia as well. She is also the training partner of Alexis Raptis who we also interviewed today and Allsion states that Alexis has become a little sister to her.

On this week's episode we are continuing the Salem episodes with The Ropes Mansion. It is a gorgeous, two storied, white colonial mansion with cute little gabled windows. Its close to downtown Salem at 318 Essex Street. The Ropes Mansion housed 4 generations of Ropes family members that lived and died within it's walls. It saw happiness and a lot of tragedy, which makes sense why it's one of Salem's most haunted house, and it's not even connected to the Salem Witch Trials. It might look incredibly familiar to those that are fans of the disney cult classic, Hocus Pocus. The Ropes Mansion exterior was used as Allsion's house. Remember the part when Max and Dani are trick or treating and they get into a fight and she goes and cries in the hay bale and Max has to make her feel better and they are in front of that gorgeous home, yep that one. So lets get into shall we? Grab yourself a cup of tea, make sure the doors are locked and the sage is close by. I have a story to tell you. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/myhauntedlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myhauntedlife/support

CW // sexual assault, sexual violence   Hey, y'all...   It's Dudelander time! We chat about 'Outlander' season 5 with Neal and Kevin, as is tradition. They forgot almost everything. Next up... NEW OUTLANDER SEASON, BABBBBYYYYYYYYYY!   Lots of love - Julie and Allsion

Our conversation was focused on providing affordable health care for all and working during COVID19.

Allison Mattson Poland School Board Candidate

In this episode I talk with Allsion from Life As Mary about all things music. Oh and we are joined by the one and only Joel McCreight from Golden Strip Recording Studio!  WARNING!!! Joel and I went off the rails a few times so part of our conversation is a bit naughty.

Welcome to Episode #014 of the Mission Of Spe Podcast. In this episode, our host will be interviewing Allison Cousins and Riley Foster. Allison and Riley are friends and St. Louis natives who together created a dating app called Approach Dating. Approach reimagines the current model of online dating and connects users in person at local partnered businesses. In today's episode, you will hear about such topics as: Juggling 'real life' with entrepreneurship and finding purpose by investing in yourself. Applying leadership and hard work into all facets of life from work, to home to entrepreneurship. Business validation Building community and connecting businesses great advice for getting your idea off the ground and building a successful business Connect with Allsion and Riley: Website: http://approachdating.com/ If you want to hear more Mission of Spe Podcast, be sure to subscribe and tune in for now episodes.

On this week’s episode, Kristi sits down with the amazing, and talented Allison Burns of Allie Marie Design. We have worked with Allsion on everything from Beth’s personal BPR brand, to The BPR Experience, and the Girl, Get Your Face Off A Bus Bench podcast itself. She is absolutely wonderful to work with, and we can’t say enough good things about her. It was a real treat to have the opportunity to sit down with Allison for a chat about small business, branding and motherhood. This was a really great conversation, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.  Take Allison’s free Design Spirit quiz: https://www.alliemariedesign.com/quiz Check out Allison’s Design Spirit course here:  https://www.alliemariedesign.com/design-spirit See Allison’s Template Shop here: https://www.alliemariedesign.com/template-shop   Make sure to use the coupon code busbenchbabes to get $50 off Allison's Design Spirit Course

In August of 2018, four young girls are walking home from a convenience store when Allison Eickoff, age 11 is grabbed by a stranger. All four girls dump their slurpees on him to help Allsion escape. Learn how her dad's self-defense training empowered the girls to react quickly.

Allison is a wife and mom to 3 little ones. She is from Seattle. They moved to Illinois so her husband could attend law school and they've been there ever since. They love to be outdoors and travel around school and work schedules. ~~Follow Her~~ https://www.instagram.com/allisongygitravels/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/travelmomspodcast/message

Allison Pickens is the COO @ Gainsight, the company that provides everything you need to turn your customers into your biggest growth engine. To date Gainsight have raised over $184m from some of the world’s best VCs in the form of Lightspeed, Bessemer, Insight Venture Partners, Battery Ventures and Salesforce Ventures just to name a few. As for Allison, in her 5 years at Gainsight her list of achievements in endless from running all functions that drive value for Gainsight customers, now a 150 person team, to building out the corporate development function to being the right hand to the CEO. Allison is also an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Bessemer Venture Partners and sits on the board of RainforestQA. Before Gainsight, Allison started her career in NYC with stints at Bain and The Boston Consulting Group. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: How Allison made her way into the world of SaaS with Gainsight from her start in finance at Bain in New York? What does a strategic plan really mean to Allison? What is included in it? How should it be structured? In terms of ambition, how does one set ambitious enough plans to be a stretch but not a stretch too far? How does one tie their strategic plan to their financial plan? What is the right way to communicate this throughout the organisation?    Why does Allison believe product marketing and customer success are the new sales and marketing? What have been Allison’s biggest lessons on how to effectively measure adoption? Who is accountable to this number? CS or product management? Does Allison believe that marketing needs to be held accountable to a number directly tied to revenue?  How does Allsion respond to the common negative of “services revenue”? What is an acceptable ratio of services to software revenue? How can one approach setting up a services team for scale? Why is having such a great CS team actually bad for product development in the long run? How can one mitigate this? Allison’s 60 Second SaaStr: What does Allison know now that she wishes she had known at the beginning of her time with Gainsight? How often should CS check in with their customers? What does that look like?  If on a tight budget, how should one staff a CS team? Read the full transcript on our blog. If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr Allison Picken

How can business owners build steady streams of leads and Life Proof their businesses by combining automation with authentic relationship-building on social media? Join me for Episode 12 of Lead Generation Unleashed - How do automation and strategic email funnels support authentic relationship-building? - How are moms with young children running successful B2B businesses on their own terms - and how can you apply their strategies to increase your leads and sales without risking burn-out? - How can businesses leverage social media through Facebook Groups to become the go-to experts in their niches.Allison Hardy is here to tell us all about what’s working now in B2B lead generation for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Allison is the creator of The 6-Figure Mompreneur Podcast and a Huffington Post Contributor. She has been featured in YFS Magazine and was named one of Washington, D.C.'s most influential professionals under 40 by Washington Life Magazine.Get her insights on what’s working now in this episode of Lead Generation Unleashed, a program where we explore what's working now to help you attract more LEADS, trigger RESPONSE, and ignite SALES for your business. Hit the play button and join us now!“You can't expect what worked five years ago to work now. That’s just not how it is.” - Allison HardyWhat You’ll Hear About:- The false belief entrepreneurs commonly hold about the Facebook algorithm and what you need to know to drive more engagements and sales (2:35)- How Allison runs her businesses on summer vacation without losing momentum - on only 2 hours per day (5:41)- How to create a warm audience - even when they’ve never heard of you (7:21)- Alison’s simple ad campaign that brings quick results - you don’t need fancy copywriting for this! (8:11)- Organic vs Paid traffic? How do each help you make a bigger impact in your business (12:35)- How to cultivate authenticity and build warm connections in your email by paying attention to THIS factor in your copywriting (16:41)- Allison’s email writing hack for easy conversational emails - do this to capture your natural voice the easy way (19:57)- How to get your lead magnet out to the world without having to constantly promote it (20:32)“... time is money for me and money is time. So if I don't want to spend a lot of time on something I spend money on it.” - Allison HardyResources Mentioned in This Episode:- To grab your FREE copy of 33 Places to Promote Your Lead Magnet, visit: www.bit.ly/leadgen33ways - To find out more about Allsion’s programs and services, visit http://www.allisonhardy.com/ - Subscribe for monthly show notes and notifications at www.judyolbrych.com/podcast Thank you for tuning in today! If you enjoyed the show, please share this episode with your friends and stop by again soon to catch the latest episodes. Look for new podcasts on the first Wednesday of every month at 10 AM Eastern Time.

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On the fourteenth episode of the Red X Podcast, Nicole welcomes child trafficking survivor, Allison who shares her story of exploitation and restoration. In the news, an Ohio sting recovers 12 men including an elementary teacher. Lance’s air conditioning broke and he explains how he fixed it. Nicole comments on her favorite place to work, a noisy coffee shop where she gets the most work done. Ohio’s Task Force recently staged a 3 day undercover operationinto child exploitation and sex trafficking through the internet that resulted in the arrest of 12 men. Although the actual sting was over the course of 3 days, the involved agencies planned the operation over more than a month and a half. Law enforcement did not want to disclose their strategy, but did say the average age of children they thought buyers were purchasing were between 14 and 15 years and were both male and female. The 12 men ran the ages of 21 to 50. Perhaps most disturbingly, one of the men was an elementary school Physical Education teacher. All suspects were accused of having sexually-explicit conversations with whom they believed to be children but were in reality undercover officers. Suspects met at a vacant home with the intent to engage in a sexual encounter with a child and were then arrested.Suspects face charges of importuning, unlawful sexual conduct with minors, possession of criminal tools and providing material that could be harmful to a minor. Guest, Allison, participates in an icebreaker about cartoons. Which cartoon was about a milk shake, fries and a meatball? Bob’s Burgers, Fast Food Fury, or Aquateen Hunger Force? Allsion knows her cartoons. It’s Aquateen Huger Force! She also answered correctly that Timmy’s parents from Fairly Odd Parents were Cosmo and Wand and that Cartoon Invader Zim finds himself on earth to destroy it. She knew two of the Power Puff Girls, Blossom and Bubbles (last one is Buttercup) and that the villain from the show was Mojo Jojo. Allison is a newlywed in TN. She loves her job working for an audio-visual company, going to church and enjoying family and friends. Her wedding was batman themed and included Gotham city and comic book pictures, corsages were made from batman slap bands. Comic book flowers mixed in with the real ones. Invitations had gold comic strips on the side. For Allison, life keeps getting better and better. She couldn’t have imagined that she could have the life she enjoys today.             Allison was trafficked by her birth mother for drug money. Her stepfather couldn’t keep up with her mother’s habit so Allison was sold to help support her addiction. Men came and went throughout the week at all hours of the day. Her earliest memory of being sold for sex was when she was 5 years old and it lasted until she was 14 or 15. Allison’s mother passed away from drug overdose when Allison was 16.             Now Allison has been adopted and has younger siblings. Seeing interactions with her adoptive mom makes her pause and reflect on how her upbringing was so very different. It’s still every day a learning process of what’s normal and how things should have been.             For a long time, Allison didn’t trust men but a male mentor at church taught her how to do media. Then he and his wife started taking care of her and eventually adopted her. Allison’s adoptive mother would tell her what was normal and what was not. For Allison, having sex with strangers was her chore. She never knew that having sex with a child was wrong. Rather, she perceived it as a way that she could help her mother and a way to get affection from her mom. Allison wasn’t sure how her mom found men to sell her to. Her mother’s brother was a drug addict as well and eventually moved in with them. There was a point when he got involved in selling her as well or raping her himself. Once her uncle moved in, she was trafficked all the time. She had to be made available for whenever he wanted to have sex. In many ways, her family was like many other families. Allison went to school and participated in family events like Thanksgiving or Christmas; they had a trampoline in the yard. Either no one noticed or no one cared enough to step in, she says. Although there were a couple times when the state did get involved. When she came to school with a couple of bruises, her mom explained it away as her being a tom boy and rougher than the other girls. In middle school the state got involved again because she had lost so much weight and her mother explained as her being a picky eater with a fast metabolism. Her mom convinced the doctor to write a note to that effect. In 9thgrade, Allison took a sex ed class that her mom couldn’t opt her out of. Afterward, one of her friends was bragging about something sexual that she had done with another boy. Allison disclosed how many men she had been with in an effort to look “cool”. Her friend told and adult and Allison was put into foster care. They took her straight from school So many things that we learn as a kid that determines how we act as adults. Allison says that there’s so much that she’s having to unlearn as an adult because of her mother’s abuse. It makes it hard to forgive. As a child she still wanted her affection. Her mother was never charged with anything. Allison was put into foster care before an investigation started and then her mother died shortly thereafter. There were years that Allsion  would deny her abuse happened if she was asked. She had been constantly warned by her mother that disclosing would mean that she would be taken away and Allison was terrified of leaving her family.   Allison moved around a lot in foster care. She wasn’t allowed to live with a family member that she knew. Some of the foster families that she lived with were great. Others abused her.  On more than one occasion she ran away from the homes to go back to her mother. The men who purchased sex from her did not fit the stereotype. She said it’s hardly ever the case that it’s a shady looking person. Growing up in a small town, she would sometimes run into some of the men who had raped her at the grocery store and acted like it was normal. Fortunately, when she entered foster care she was moved out of town. Her uncle did spend some time in jail for 5 years for a molestation charge. Now he’s married and has 3 other kids. It’s hard for Allison to think of what could have happened to his own children. The legal system didn’t do justice in this case. For a long time she wondered what it was about her that made her mom put her needs before hers or made a man think that she deserved this abuse. She knows there was a family history of abuse so she always concluded that her mom didn’t know it was wrong and that she hoped her own daughter would fare better than she had. Pornography also influenced a lot of what her rapists wanted her to do. Allison firmly believes that pornography addiction had a lot to do with men wanting to purchase sex. She says that there’s no way they could have come up with some of the things they asked her to do on her own. She doesn’t know how many men raped her throughout the years but she knows 12-15 who were repeat customers. Her restoration has been similar to grief. At first refused to believe that her childhood wasn’t normal. Then she had intense anger. She tried to cope with her abuse multiple unhealthy ways until she finally got into counseling. She saw a counselor every week for a year and a half before her counselor felt comfortable moving sessions to every other week. She still talks to her counselor on a pretty regular basis. Nightmares, flashbacks, eating disorders, self-harm were all part of the after-math of her trafficking. She has consistently been doing handbooks, leaning on a support system and being treated by a counselor. She constantly reads books to retrain her mind. Her husband is very open to listening to anything she has to say. The first time she ever really spoke out was at a women’s conference for another nonprofit organization. That moment was really freeing. There were about 1000 women in attendance. Allison encourages anyone who is being abused or trafficked to speak out. She knows that being removed from their home can be terrifying but she never realized that it would be safer. Even if means telling another friend who can tell an adult, speak out. We are living in different times than when Allison was first trafficked. The police are well informed on what trafficking is now and they are someone to go to. Trafficking wasn’t something that was ever mentioned when she was a child. Now there are organizations and Christine Caine, End it Movement campaign and more general awareness. It’s not as taboo. Allison hopes that her encouragement for others to speak out can save them at least a little bit of time from being trafficked. And there are signs to look out for. A first grader shouldn’t be missing multiple days of school and then coming in with bruises. Being withdrawn or seeking a lot of attention could also be an indicator that a child is being abused. Allison got in trouble a lot in school because she wanted attention. Instead of anyone considering a deeper reason to her behavior, she was passed along to the next person. If a child is falling asleep throughout the day, don’t ask what’s wrong with them. Dig a little deeper to find out why. Now in middle school are required to take sex ed. Her mom would never sign off on allowing Allison to attend the classes when she was in school. She would stay in another classroom and do the homework that she couldn’t do at home because she was being trafficked that night. Allison wishes she had told someone what was happening at home. As a little girl, her grandmother would pay Allison’s mom so that she would be allowed to take Allison with her on the weekends. Her grandmother would make sure she had clothes and something to eat. She tried several times to get custody of her. But her trafficking wasn’t something that they ever talked about and her grandmother never asked. As a child, she didn’t see other kids coming to school complaining about their parents because they made them do chores and so she never complained about her mother trafficking her. She saw her trafficking as a family responsibility. Things that we are considering normal for one person might be completely different than their normal. As an adult she is somewhat conflicted about having her own children. Doctors told it would be harder for her to conceive and carry to term because of the trauma and abuse that she has experienced. Already she has suffered several miscarriages. Both she and her husband want children but don’t know if they would do foster care or adopt. The real hero in this story is Allison and her courage to speak out to help others. And her adoptive parents are also heroic in their commitment to walk with Allison to restoration. Allison wants to teach the kids now that it’s ok to speak up. She now talks to schools about recognizing the signs of sex trafficked children. Allison’s end goal is to not have her past affect her present. She is constantly growing and ultimately wants to be growing into her purpose rather than growing out of her past abuse. She wants buyers and pornography addicts to know the damage they are inflicting on children. Nicole took away that for children who are being trafficked, they might not say something because they believe it’s a responsibility to their family. Lance says that Allison is a good example of someone who is learning that their trafficking wasn’t something that they caused. We could be a game changer for a victim by walking with them, being trustworthy, and helping them understand what is normal and what is not.          

In this episode of the Red X Podcast, Nicole and Lance speak with Karen Diers the director of Refuge for Women in Las Vegas that provides housing and restoration services for women who are victims of sex trafficking. In the news, a Smallville actress is arrested on human trafficking charges. Lance tells the story about seeing the movie, Upgrade, a sci-fiction (Lance’s favorite) with his wife, Cheryl. The main character finds out how AI changes his life. A lot of the cars in the movie help date the movie to the near future. Cheryl didn’t enjoy it quite as much as Lance because of some violence. But overall, Lance gives it a thumbs up! Nicole recounts a trip to DC to meet with NC senators’ reps about Erin Wallin’s proposal for getting higher restitution for child pornography victims. Erin is an attorney in TN and was a guest on the Red X Podcast, episode 009. Nicole and Erin are going back to DC in July to talk to more senators next month. On this episode’s icebreaker, Lance asks Nicole trivia questions about animals. This taps into Nicole’s area of expertise. How would you do on this matching quiz? Answers are: Bat, Frog, Elephant, Giraffe, Hippopotamus, Kangaroo, Koala, Ostrich, Sloth What animal has fingerprints that look human? Which animal can’t jump? Which animal can be hypnotized by turning it over and rubbing its belly? Which animal takes 2 weeks to digest his dinner? Which animal always turns left when it leaves its home? Which animal has no vocal chords? Which animal has an eyeball bigger than its brain? Which animal when in a group is called a “mob”? Which animal kills more humans than any other mammal? [caption id="attachment_151" align="alignleft" width="270"]Allison Mack as Cloe Sullivan[/caption]In the news-- You might know 35 year old Allison Mack as Cloe Sullivan, one of Clark Kent’s best friends on the TV series, Smallville. Or maybe you know her from the Show 7tth Heaven or Disney’s Honey We Shrunk Ourselves. But the actress is probably now most well-known for her arrest on trafficking charges in March of 2018. According to Fox News, Allison Mack was seen running after Keith Raniere as police were pulling him from his $10,000 a week villa in Mexico where the two had been hiding out.   Raniere was a co-founder of the self- help organization NXIVM that many have called a cult. He is accused of holding women as slaves both for sex and labor. Mack is named the primary recruiter of the women. She was nicknamed “Pimp Mack”; Allsion denies allegations. Frank Parlato, a former publicist to NXIVM, it was Mack’s idea to brand the women near the groin area. [caption id="attachment_152" align="alignright" width="336"]Mack allegedly suggested branding NXIVM women[/caption]Another Smallville actress, Kristin Kreuk has also be accused of recruitment for the organization, but she denies having done so. Kreuk says quote    “When I was about 23, I took an Executive Success Programs/NXIVM ‘intensive,’ what I understood to be a self-help/personal growth course that helped me handle my previous shyness, which is why I continued with the program,” Kreuk wrote on twitter. “I left about five years ago and had minimal contact with those who were still involved.”  Raniere created a system of women using psychological manipulation who were considered masters and other slaves. USA Times says: “Members believed that Raniere could heal them of emotional traumas, set them free from their fears and attachments, clear patterns of destructive thinking. Some believed he could heal them sexually too. An ex-member said quote “This is the white-collar spiritual path,” “You’re on the monk’s path, but you’re not wearing a red robe with a shaved head.” Mack was apparently one of Raniere’s slaves but also deeply involved in the organization and luring other women into the pyramid scheme. Most of the members were from wealthy families seeking empowerment. Trafficking does not always look like what you expect. Nicole interviews Karen Diers, the Las Vegas City Director for Refuge for Women. Refuge for Women is a national organization that started almost a decade ago. Karen says it began in KY as aftercare for women who had been victims of human trafficking and the program has spread to various cities around the country and continues to grow. Karen says that human trafficking is not so different than what they see in LV, but that because LV receives so many tourists and is a major hub for trafficking routes, the crime is prevalent in the city. In fact, LV has 7 major trafficking routes and Karen explains that it is “big business” to exploit a woman. [caption id="attachment_149" align="alignleft" width="252"]Karen Diers - Refuge for Women Las Vegas[/caption]Sadly, the women are treated as resources. While drugs and alcohol can run out, an exploited woman can be sold over and over again. A typical Refuge for Women applicant most often comes to the home through some rescue intervention—either in jail or in a police of FBI operative. Las Vegas is ramping up helping first responders identify victims. Once identified, they can be sent to a shelter for protection from their pimp and be given the basics of what they might need such as protection, food and clothing. Then they can find a restoration home like Refuge for Women so they can recover from trauma. Karen says that most clients are high school graduates, single moms, who have been sexually abused and often think of suicide. A lot of the women have children from their pimps or abusive relationships. A lot of times, the women don’t have the children with them though. They might have been taken away and put in social systems or are living with other family members. Through restoration, mothers and children can be reunited. Karen says “Human trafficking is not partial”. Women of all different backgrounds, with or without children have become trafficked. And traffickers see their victims as reusable commodities. Karen believes that every woman should live her dream. Refuge for Women gives them a chance.     One reason that Refuge for Women is successful is that the city of Las Vegas meets regularly with law enforcement, non-profits, first responders and service providers so that the city can be united in their fight and response to human trafficking. Karen doesn’t believe in reinventing the wheel or doing what another organization is already doing. For example, Refuge for Women focuses on restoration and doesn’t go into the entertainment industry to help women get out—The Cupcake Girls does that and offers the women counseling services and resources. Nicole asks what does Refuge for Women do to ensure safety? Karen says they take safety seriously for themselves as well as for their clients. Whether or not a trafficking victim stays in LV for restoration or is sent for care outside the state depends on multiple factors. Was she under coercion from someone else? Was her trafficking gang related? The home is kept confidential and the women are watched 24 hours a day 7 days a week. No social media is allowed. Volunteers and staff must agree to confidentiality statements and background checks. Refuge for Women has only had one situation since their inception 9 years ago in which there was a threat to safety. Many times, the trafficker will not pursue a victim once she is in a restoration home because she is viewed as “expendable”—she can be replaced with another victim. But safety is top priority. In fact, Refuge for Women just put a retired law enforcement officer on their Board to advise on best practices for safety.   [caption id="attachment_153" align="alignright" width="293"]Refuge for Women Las Vegas[/caption]Nicole asks what advice Karen would you give to another area that would like to replicate what they are doing in LV to combat trafficking? Las Vegas has a mayor’s faith initiative that has helped bring many of the churches on board. Karen says it’s important to just get out and start finding out who’s doing what. It’s like a spider web with a network of providers serving the community’s different needs. It’s doing the work and going out and learning who’s doing what. The process of learning about community needs and resources can begin just with a simple google search. Refuge for Women counts on people having a heart for trafficking victims and wanting to serve them. Nicole says that it was pretty easy to find Refuge for Women because she went to Polaris Project and looked up resources.   In spite of growing number of resources, Karen says there are only 680 beds open for women are done with the “life” in the entire country. If victims are able to go through a program like Refuge for Women, it’s so successful. If survivors do the work of restoration at Refuge for Women for 9 months in the home and then another 3 months of working a job, there is a 95% success rate of women not returning to “the life”. Women go through self care courses, financial education and even some basics like how to do laundry. In one case, Refuge for Women had a girl who had been trafficked for 16 years; she didn’t know how to care for her body or how to keep herself safe. She had others teach her how to cook, how to shop, how to do her budget, how to get a job. Karen says they ask survivors, What do you want to return to? What was your dream and how can you achieve it?  Refuge for Women returns women to their dreams. Restoration at Refuge for Women has three phases. The first is healing and involves psychotherapy ad group therapy. They have to fight hard every day for recovery. They have to deal with the past trauma, sexual abuse, foster care experiences. Many times women were gang raped or have experienced a vulnerability from an early age. Survivors don’t know their power or what a proper relationship looks like. Refuge for Women has to teach women how to rebuild trust. They do so through classes, recovery meetings, relationships and the therapeutic atmosphere. The second stage is vocational preparation. Women must learn how to maintain life through the tools they’ve been given. Are they going to go back to school or receive additional training? The third and final stage of restoration is to gain employment. Refuge for Women partners with Dress for Success, which helps them develop their resume, practice interview skills and offers them professional clothes for a job interview. One woman who completed the program is a great example of success. She had been trafficked for 16 years. Refuge for Women had someone locally that could give her teeth as she was in serious need of dental care. Another person removed her cancerous skin lesions. This woman’s pimp had branded her with his picture as a tattoo, and another service was able to have it removed. Another woman wanted to be restored to an adult child as well as younger child that had been removed from her and she was reunited. A whole family was restored in this case. It’s not just the heart, body, and mind, but families that receive restoration because of the work of Refuge for Women. It does take a community for restoration--dentists, doctors, tattoo removal services, mentors, vocational supporters, and more. But it also takes finances to run a home. Refuge for Women requires $400,000 to run a home each year and ensure 24 hour a day staff. Women enter the home with zero cost to them. And the home requires a vibrant and dedicated volunteer base. Karen says there is nothing more beautiful than to see a woman’s restoration play out. If you support refuge for $100 a month, you can “adopt” a resident. You can send her a birthday card, you’ll know her favorite music, color, and preferences to support her through encouraging letters. Visit www.Rfwlasvegas.org to learn more. The best way is to view the media kit, a one-stop shop for learning statistics, testimonials, seeing an actual house tour, and video. You can also support their upcoming fundraiser at Top Golf. Contact Refuge for Women if you have questions or would like to learn more about upcoming homes that will be opening! Nicole and Lance reflect on the dearth of beds around the country and the need for more. The needs are intense, but the restoration of a woman can mean restoration of an entire family and a stop in the cycle of exploitation.  

Writer Lian Dolan and Foreign Correspondent Julie Dolan recap the latest Madam Secretary, the CBS drama starring Tea Leoni and Tim Daly. Run, Bess, Run!     Where we’re at:   President Dalton had brain surgery—so Acting President Hurst Steps in Dmitri is gone, but Stevie looks like she’s over it Allsion is at Design school And Madam Secretray and Henry are still the cutest power couple on TV    Storylines:   Negotaiting a Trade Agreement with Sri Lanka Negotiating for more support to fight terrorism with Gang of Eight Neogitiating the pitfalls of the first year of college     But first!      Whoa! Bouncy hair alert!    THEY ARE DOING THE DISHES!!!! MSEC loading dishwasher!   Binders Full of Blouses:   Blue, Blue, Blue. Bess is the Lady in Blue and we approve.    Tim Daly's Hair Product   

Martha, whom we have only seen like 3 times in the whole show so far all of a sudden has an entire episode dedicated to her! Yay Martha! Allsion and Jenny decide to stay back from the big hike which is a really dumb idea! May you enjoy this episode as much as the girls enjoyed their fryed soggy bagels, yum! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVF8Clz8fIw

Stacey from Weatherbeeta joins us as we do a Holiday Radiothon Preview and we are joined by 4* Eventer Allison Springer. Allsion shares with us one of her memories as a crazy horse kid. Plus, Coach Jenn reviews the Dublin Venturer Boot. Listen in...Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=87421)

Allsion talks about her book titled: Calico,Children of the Shawnee. Young White Girl raised amoung the Shawnee Indians of Ohio with special gifts of being a medium, empath and psychic.