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Published: July 20, 2020, 6 a.m.

Leah Olszewski is Co-Founder at FEMTAC, public speaker, Army Reserves Officer, and an advocate for domestic violence survivors.

\nE22. Getting real about domestic violence with Leah Olszewski Part 1\n

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0:13 Intro

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2:12 Preston Introduces Leah Olszewski

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2:46 Leah\u2019s opinion on Bigfoot

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3:46 Leah talking about her military experience

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10:11 Leah\u2019s Story

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11:40 Leah talk about Sere School (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) is a training program best known by its military acronym that prepares U.S. military personnel, U.S. Department of Defense civilians, and private military contractors to survive and "return with honor" in varied survival scenarios.)

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15:28 Chapter 2 of her story with new relationship and small signs of abuse

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16:10 Abuse Starts

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18:13 Once they have you trapped abuse amps up

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18:45 Threats and Extreme Abuse

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19:20 Kicked while she was pregnant then miscarried

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19:36 Preston calls out \u201cThis Person\u201d  If you are the abuser, get help. Stop. Don\u2019t abuse Kids.

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20:43 Leah talking about victims feeling bad about abusers getting in trouble.  \u201cHey. You committed a crime-You need to pay the price for your choices.\u201d

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22:25 Nothing is ever good enough

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23:05 Abuse cycle/ taking away phones, reading messages, gets worse

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24:00 This is what happens in domestic violence You get roped in

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24:20 People who are listening to this right now.  If abuse is happening to- YOU are NOT less because this happened or is happening to you, there is nothing wrong with you. It happens to a lot of different people

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26:08 Contact Leah on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/leahmarieolszewski or email Leah@leaholszewski

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27:34 Falling in love with Potential V.S. How they actually are/Internal Self Hatred/The Masks we wear

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31:04 Hate yourself so much you abuse another person

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32:56 Admit to what you have done and move on and be better

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37:28 Intermission: Check out Non Profit https://kirstieennisfoundation.com/

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39:14 Leah talks about rebuilding after getting out of abusive relationship

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39:40 6-9 Months of Depression

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40:13 Action.  Take action about things you don\u2019t like instead of just complaining. Leah mentions https://www.protectourdefenders.com/ Reach Out!

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42:01 You\u2019re not going to heal over night

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42:19 Preston talks about fortitude and grit to overcome life\u2019s struggles

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43:01 Fighting Hopelessness - When Not taking your own Life feels like a victory, you\u2019re right, it is...keep fighting.

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45:58 Constant Battle- Never Give up

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47:21 Leah talks about her apparel company, https://femtac.com/, performance, safety, and comfort.

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49:49 Check out Mettle Mentality Podcast Website www.mettlementality.org

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51:03 Closing

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