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The LOVE>hate Podcast
How do we not just survive trauma, but redefine our lives afterward? The LOVE > hate Podcast is a trauma-informed space where survivors of assault and interpersonal violence can share their experiences and journey to healing and reclaiming their lives. Join us for deeply respectful conversations with survivors, advocates, experts, and more who transform devastating experiences into powerful purpose.
Episodes
The LOVE>hate PodcastBreaking Free: Domestic Violence Survival & The Moment of Safety | Ruth’s Story Part One
In Part 1 of this four-part series on The LOVE>hate Podcast, host Melissa Etzler welcomes guest Ruth Carroll to share her story of surviving long-term domestic…
The LOVE>hate PodcastWaking Up From a Religious Cult and an Abusive Marriage | Brooke's Story
Episode Title: Unsilenced: Overcoming Religious Cult Trauma, Domestic Abuse, and Finding Inner Peace with Brooke Deanne Episode Overview: In this powerful and…
The LOVE>hate PodcastSpotting the Red Flags: Isolation, Control, and True Recovery | Peter's Story Part Three
In the powerful conclusion of our three-part series on The LOVE>hate Podcast, author and speaker Peter Young equips listeners with practical tools to identify…
The LOVE>hate PodcastAn Anonymous Package & The Path to Freedom | Peter’s Story Part Two
What happens when the scales finally fall from your eyes and you realize you are trapped in a cult? In Part 2 of our three-part series with Peter Young on The…
The LOVE>hate PodcastThe Cult Next Door: How Control Creeps In | Peter's Story Part One
How does an ordinary person end up trapped in a high-control cult without realizing it? In Part 1 of this compelling conversation on The LOVE>hate Podcast…
The LOVE>hate PodcastEscaping Abuse, Finding Herbalism, and Reclaiming Herself | Brittany’s Story
In this powerful episode of The LOVE>hate Podcast, host Melissa Etzler sits down with Brittany Fields, clinical herbalist, author, and survivor, for a deeply…
The LOVE>hate PodcastFrom Woundedness to Wholeness: Reclaiming Your Power & Co-Creating Your Reality | Gina’s Story Part Two
What happens when you stop reacting to life out of your woundedness and start choosing from your wholeness? In Part 2 of this inspiring conversation on the…
The LOVE>hate PodcastUnconscious Patterns & Breaking Free from Intergenerational Trauma | Gina’s Story Part One
Can childhood trauma secretly dictate the choices, relationships, and career environments you step into as an adult? In Part 1 of this moving two-part…
The LOVE>hate PodcastHow Churches Can Recognize Covert Abuse & Support Survivors | with Liberty Steele Part Three
How can faith communities become places of true refuge rather than silent spaces of isolation? In the final installment of our three-part series on the…
The LOVE>hate PodcastWinning the Legal Battle & Rebuilding After Abuse | with Liberty Steele Part Two
Leaving a toxic relationship is only the first step on the road to freedom. In Part 2 of our three-part series, Liberty Steele joins host Melissa Etzler on the…
The LOVE>hate PodcastUnmasking Abuse: Red Flags & Silent Manipulation | with Liberty Steele Part One
What happens when emotional and verbal abuse hides behind the doors of a faith-based marriage? In Part 1 of this powerful three-part series on the LOVE>hate…
The LOVE>hate PodcastCarly's Story Part Two
In Part 2 of this inspiring episode of the Love is Greater Than Hate podcast, host Melissa Etzler picks up the conversation with Carly to explore the…
The LOVE>hate PodcastCarly's Story Part One
In this deeply moving episode of the Love is Greater Than Hate podcast, host Melissa Etzler sits down with Carly to discuss the nuanced realities of domestic…
The LOVE>hate PodcastJason's Story Part Two
What does life look like after the survival mode ends and the silence sets in? In the powerful conclusion of our two-part conversation, host Melissa Etzler…
The LOVE>hate PodcastJason's Story Part One
What happens when the person you are supposed to feel safest with becomes the source of your greatest fear? In part one of this deeply moving and courageous…
The LOVE>hate PodcastJoelle's Story Part Two
How do you break a toxic cycle for good and reclaim your personal sovereignty? In the conclusion of this powerful two-part series, host Melissa Etzler and…
The LOVE>hate PodcastJoelle's Story Part One
What happens when the person you swore to love becomes the catalyst for your deepest trauma? In this raw and deeply moving episode, host Melissa Etzler sits…
The LOVE>hate PodcastChristine's Story Part Two
Rebuilding your life after leaving a coercive environment is an everyday work in progress. In Part 2 of our feature interview, Christine Dillard opens up about…
The LOVE>hate PodcastChristine's Story Part One
In this first part, Christine Dillard joins the Love is Greater Than Hate podcast to break down the complex mechanics of coercive control and domestic abuse…
The LOVE>hate PodcastMaria's Story Part Two
How do you find peace and joy on the days when life simply feels too heavy? In Part 2 of this inspiring conversation on the Love is Greater Than Hate podcast…
The LOVE>hate PodcastMaria's Story Part One
Why do some people survive impossible circumstances, and how do we shift from feeling like life is happening to us to realizing it is happening for us? In the…
The LOVE>hate PodcastAGP's Story
In this deeply moving episode of The LOVE>hate Podcast, host Melissa Etzler sits down with the incredibly resilient Amanda Goldman-Petrie (affectionately known…
The LOVE>hate PodcastDenise's Story
In this powerful episode of The LOVE>hate Podcast, host Melissa Etzler sits down with author, minister, and overcomer Denise M. Walker for an intimate…
The LOVE>hate PodcastDan's Story Part Two
In the powerful second half of this interview on the Love is Greater Than Hate podcast, host Melissa Etzler dives deeper with advocate Dan Roth into the…
The LOVE>hate PodcastDan's Story Part One
In this powerful episode of the Love is Greater Than Hate podcast, host Melissa Etzler sits down with advocate Dan Roth to discuss a critical yet frequently…
The LOVE>hate PodcastKimberley's Story
In this powerful and soul-stirring episode of Love is Greater Than Hate, host Melissa Etzler welcomes Kimberly to share a story that remained hidden in the…
The LOVE>hate PodcastCarolyn's Story Part Two
In the powerful conclusion of our two-part series, host Melissa Etzler continues her conversation with Caralyn, diving deep into the terrifying reality of…
The LOVE>hate PodcastCaralyn's Story Part One
In this episode of LOVE>hate, host Melissa Etzler sits down with Caralyn for the first installment of a two-part series on surviving and transcending toxic…
The LOVE>hate PodcastMatt's Story
In this powerful episode of Love is Greater Than Hate, host Melissa Etzler sits down with Matt Melvin, author of Bully Behind Bars, for a raw and…
The LOVE>hate PodcastBill's Story Part Two
Picking up where Part 1 left off, Melissa and Bill dive into the "how" of long-term healing. Bill reflects on the messy reality of growth, admitting…
The LOVE>hate PodcastBill's Story Part One
In the first half of this powerful conversation, Bill de la Cruz joins host Melissa Etzler to pull back the curtain on a childhood defined by trauma, abuse…
The LOVE>hate PodcastJules' Story Part Two
In the world of leadership and personal development, we often talk about "resilience" as a buzzword, but Jules’s story reminds us that true resilience…
The LOVE>hate PodcastJules' Story Part One
Trigger Warning: This episode contains detailed discussions of domestic violence and emotional trauma. In Part One Jules provides a raw, unfiltered look at the…
The LOVE>hate PodcastDanielle's Story
“I was not breathing. Everything was just very shallow.” In this moving episode of Love is Greater Than Hate, host Melissa Etzler sits down with Danielle, an…
The LOVE>hate PodcastMaricela's Story
In this moving episode of the Love is Greater Than Hate podcast, host Melissa Etzler sits down with Maricela, a licensed mental health clinician who shares her…
The LOVE>hate PodcastTina's Story
In this deeply moving episode, host Melissa Etzler welcomes Tina Djuretic to share her transformative "hero’s journey" from a life defined by trauma to…
The LOVE>hate PodcastMJ's Story
In this deeply moving episode, Melissa Etzler sits down with MJ, a survivor who has spent the last decade navigating the complexities of trauma and recovery…
The LOVE>hate PodcastJessie T.'s Story Part Two
In part two of Jessie's story we explore her marriage with a narcissist and how she was able to finally get away. We also hear about how she's able to help…
The LOVE>hate PodcastJessie T.'s Story Part One
Emotionally abused from the day she was born, Jessie was at the forefront of her fathers abuse growing up until she was able to go to college where the man who…
The LOVE>hate PodcastJacalyn's Story
Join Melissa Etzler for a powerful and deeply moving conversation with Jacalyn, who shares her incredible story of resilience and faith following an…
The LOVE>hate PodcastAdam's Story
In this deeply honest and moving episode, host Melissa Etzler welcomes Adam A. Meyers, a veteran police officer, who bravely shares the story of his…
The LOVE>hate PodcastAutumn's Story
In this powerful first episode, Autumn shares her incredible journey of surviving years of escalating domestic violence. She takes us inside the fear, the…
The LOVE>hate PodcastThe LOVE>hate Podcast Trailer
The LOVE > hate Podcast is a trauma-informed space where survivors of assault and interpersonal violence can share their experiences and journey to healing and…