S21 Ep11: (3/4) [Jubilee] Words of Knowledge
*Content Warning: strangulation, physical, mental, emotional, and financial abuse, domestic violence, suicidal ideation, self harm, sexual abuse, religious trauma, cultic abuse, and cults. *Sources: A Look at the Megachurch That Calls Redding Home: Bethel Church. (2019, June 20). The LAist. https://laist.com/shows/airtalk/a-look-at-the-megachurch-that-calls-redding-home-bethel-church Bethel ...
53m Aug 22, 2024
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S21 Ep12: (4/4) [Jubilee] Dead Raiser
*Content Warning: strangulation, physical violence, emotional abuse, financial abuse, domestic violence, suicidal ideation, self-harm, sexual abuse, religious trauma, cultic abuse, and homophobia. *Sources: A Look at the Megachurch That Calls Redding Home: Bethel Church. (2019, June 20). The LAist. https://laist.com/shows/airtalk/a-look-at-the-megachurch-that-calls-redding-home-bethel-church ...
1hr 3m Aug 22, 2024
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S21 Ep13: (1/4) [Annie + Lauren + Rachael] Deny, Deny, Deny
*Content Warning: death, emotional abuse, Alcohol Use Disorder, suicidal ideation, medical trauma. For a list of related free and confidential resources, please visit: http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: http://somethingwaswrong.com IG: http://instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  (http://tiktok.com/...
52m Aug 29, 2024
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S21 Ep14: (2/4) [Annie + Lauren + Rachael] A Big Joke
*Content Warning: death, vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence, sexual assault, xenophobia, bigotry, emotional abuse, Alcohol Use Disorder, suicidal ideation. For a list of related free and confidential resources, please visit: http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources  (http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources) Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: http://somethingwaswrong.c...
42m Aug 29, 2024
42m
Data Points: AI-Facilitated Crime & Abuse (featuring Dr. Aiden Hirshfield)
*Content Warning: digital violence, non-consensual distribution of intimate images, doxxing, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, grooming, exploitation, child sexual abuse material, internalized misogyny, hate crimes, racism, transphobia, and homophobia. Resources: Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3): https://www.ic3.gov/ National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/ Take It D...
13m Sep 03, 2024
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S21 Ep15: (3/4) [Annie + Lauren + Rachael] I Know About The Deepfakes
*Content Warning: alcohol use disorder, interpersonal violence, child sex-abuse material, deepfakes, ai-perpetuated abuse, sexual assault, verbal abuse, violence, suicidal ideation, mature themes, sibling sexual abuse, incest, rape. For a list of related free and confidential resources, please visit: http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: http://somet...
39m Sep 04, 2024
39m
S21 Ep16: (4/4) [Annie + Lauren + Rachael] This Can Happen to Anyone
*Content Warning: alcohol use disorder, interpersonal violence, child sex-abuse material, deepfakes, ai-perpetuated abuse, sexual assault, verbal abuse, violence, suicidal ideation, mature themes, sibling sexual abuse, incest, rape, sex trafficking. For a list of related free and confidential resources, please visit: http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources  (http://www.somethingwaswrong.com...
52m Sep 04, 2024
52m
S11: WCN Presents: [Dara] SWW Season 11, Episode 11 Update
*Content Warning: sexual assault, rape, child sexual abuse, child sexual abuse material, nonconsensual pornography, and suicidal ideation. Season 11, Episode 11 of Something Was Wrong entitled [Dara] Very Sorry first aired on February 23rd, 2021. The episode poignantly shared Dara’s account of a sexual assault she experienced while on her Spring Break Senior trip. However, her heartache did no...
32m Sep 11, 2024
32m
S7 Ep8: WCN Presents: [Amy B. Chesler] Season 7 Update
*Content warning: death threats, litigation, sibling, verbal and sexual abuse, stalking, and murder. Amy B. Chesler is an author, podcaster, survivor, and victim advocate. Her experiences of sibling abuse were shared on Something Was Wrong Season 7, and her experiences afterwards are largely what inspired the creation of the show, What Came Next. WCN Episode 1, [Amy B. Chesler] This Shit Doesn...
52m Sep 11, 2024
52m
Data Points: How Social Media Impacts Our Mental Health (featuring Dr. Corey Emanuel)
*Content warning: anxiety, depression, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, parasocial relationships, and mental illness. Resources: For additional resources & a list of related non-profit organizations, please visit http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Sources: Rebecca Godard, Susan Holtzman, Are active and passive social media use related to mental health, wellbeing, and social support outcomes? A...
9m Sep 17, 2024
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S21 Ep17: Data Points Deep Dive: The History and Importance of Voting
*Content warning: murder, bigotry, racism, violence, slavery, assault, wrongful imprisonment. Sources: 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is Passed. (n.d.). National Museum of African American History and Culture. https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/13th-amendment-us-constitution-passed Brennan Center for Justice, Wilder, W., & Baum, S. (2022, January 31). 5 Egregious Voter Suppressio...
36m Sep 19, 2024
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S21 Ep18: [SWW x WCN] S20, S18 & S7 Case Updates & Reflections
*Content warning: car accidents, medical trauma, stalking, medical fraud, doula fraud, birth worker abuse, domestic violence homicide, murder, legal abuse. Please sign our petition to hold Jessica Polly accountable: https://www.change.org/p/hold-jessica-polly-accountable What Came Next Episodes referenced in this episode: [Amy B. Chesler - Evil Lives Here] This Sh*t Doesn’t End - https://pod...
42m Sep 26, 2024
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S21 Ep19: Searching for Florence Okpealuk and Joseph Balderas with Payne Lindsey of Up and Vanished
*Content Warning: murder, missing persons, bigotry, racism, violence, distressing themes. ***If you have information on the disappearance of Florence Okpealuk or Joseph Balderas please email nomemissingpersons@gmail.com (mailto:nomemissingpersons@gmail.com) or call 404-410-6660*** Up and Vanished: https://upandvanished.com/ Info on Up and Vanished Season 4: https://upandvanished.com/season-4...
53m Oct 03, 2024
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S22 Ep1: S22 Trailer
*Content Warning: mature themes, scams, fraud, cons, false reporting, sexual assault. The S22 cover art is by the amazing Sara Stewart (http://instagram.com/okaynotgreat) . Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswr...
3m Oct 09, 2024
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Data Points: How Social Media Impacts Kids’ Mental Health (featuring Dr. Corey Emanuel)
*Content Warning: anxiety, depression, mental illness, suicidal ideation, suicide, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, sextortion, and predatory internet grooming. Resources: National Alliance on Mental Illness: http://www.nami.org SOSA — Safe from Online Sex Abuse: https://sosatogether.org/ Healthy Children – How to Make a Family Media Plan: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Me...
9m Oct 16, 2024
9m
S22 Ep1: Morally and Ethically Repulsive
*Content Warning: mature themes, sexual assault, false reporting, disability abuse, suicide, death, sex trafficking, scams, fraud, emotional abuse, voice of perpetrator. Sources: Elwood woman faces multiple felonies in connection with ongoing rental scheme, by Logan Gay, WTHR.com staff, WTHR News: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/elwood-woman-arrested-for-ongoing-rental-scheme-megan-st...
51m Oct 17, 2024
51m
S22 Ep2: Increasingly Strange
*Content Warning: mature themes, false reporting, sex abuse of a child, sexual abuse, rape, threats of violence, sex trafficking, scams, fraud, emotional abuse, stalking, disability abuse. E2 Sources: Elwood teen's involvement in politics spans nearly half her life, by Matt McCutcheon for 13WTHR (Published: April 28, 2016 - Updated: July 21, 2016): https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/elwo...
52m Oct 23, 2024
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S22 Ep3: Murder-for-Hire
*Content Warning: mature themes, suicide, death, murder, false reporting, sexual abuse, rape, threats of violence, scams, fraud, emotional abuse, stalking, religious abuse, harassment. Sources: Former ARC Pastor Exposes ‘Unbiblical’ Movement by The Roys Report, Episode 93, February 10, 2022: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/former-arc-pastor-exposes-unbiblical-movement/id1470242499?i=100...
42m Oct 30, 2024
42m
S22 Ep4: Apparently All I Do Is Lie
*Content Warning: sexual assault, false reporting, suicidal ideation, mature themes, religious abuse, cultic abuse, harassment, gun violence, parental alienation, breaking and entering, driving under the influence, upsetting themes. Sources: Elwood woman faces multiple felonies in connection with ongoing rental scheme [Video] Gay, L. (2023, May 3) for WTHR 13: https://www.wthr.com/article/new...
1hr 1m Nov 07, 2024
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Data Points: False Reporting and Its Impact on Survivors
*Content Warning: sexual assault, rape, false reporting and mental illness. Sources: Brittain, A. (2024, October 1). Me Too Movement. Britannica.https://www.britannica.com/topic/Me-Too-movement Brooks SK, Greenberg N. Psychological impact of being wrongfully accused of criminal offenses: A systematic literature review. Med Sci Law. 2021 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7838333/ ...
15m Nov 12, 2024
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S22 Ep5: Self-Made Woman
*Content Warning: sexual assault, false reporting, rape, religious abuse, cultic abuse, harassment, gun violence, driving under the influence, upsetting themes, false personation, fraud, scams, death of a child (false claim). Sources: MyCase Indiana: https://public.courts.in.gov/ (https://public.courts.in.gov/mycase/#/vw/Search) Whitfield Analysis Video Interview: Megan Stoner. (2014, Februa...
1hr 11m Nov 14, 2024
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S22 Ep6: A Weak Bridge Collapses
*Content Warning: fraud, scams, disability abuse, false reporting, harassment, driving under the influence, upsetting themes, false personation, psychological violence, emotional abuse, sexual assault, murder for hire, financial abuse. Resources: Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Sources: MyCase Indiana: https://public.courts.in.gov/ (https:...
46m Nov 20, 2024
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S22 Ep7: Scam the Scammer
*Content Warning: fraud, scams, disability abuse, false reporting, harassment, financial abuse, suicidal ideation. Sources: MyCase Indiana: https://public.courts.in.gov/ (https://public.courts.in.gov/mycase/#/vw/Search) Elwood woman faces multiple felonies in connection with ongoing rental scheme, by Logan Gay, WTHR.com staff, WTHR News: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/elwood-woman-a...
44m Nov 27, 2024
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S22 Ep8: We Got Her!
*Content Warning: false reporting, sexual assault, rape, sex trafficking, fraud, suicidal ideation, scams, disability abuse, false reporting, harassment, financial abuse, suicidal ideation. Sources: MyCase Indiana: https://public.courts.in.gov/ (https://public.courts.in.gov/mycase/#/vw/Search) Elwood woman faces multiple felonies in connection with ongoing rental scheme, by Logan Gay, WTHR.c...
41m Dec 05, 2024
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S22 Ep9: How Dare You
*Content Warning: false death of a child, vehicular death, false reporting, fraud, suicidal ideation, scams, disability abuse, false reporting, harassment, stalking. Sources: MyCase Indiana: https://public.courts.in.gov/ (https://public.courts.in.gov/mycase/#/vw/Search) Hamilton County Inmate Records - Stoner, Megan Elizabeth: https://secure2.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/inmates2/Jail/Inmate/Detail...
59m Dec 12, 2024
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Data Points: Cons, Schemes, & Fraud
Sources: As Nationwide Fraud Losses Top $10 Billion in 2023, FTC Steps Up Efforts to Protect the Public. (2024, February 9). Federal Trade Commission. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/02/nationwide-fraud-losses-top-10-billion-2023-ftc-steps-efforts-protect-public BBB Tip: 10 steps to avoid scams. (2024, June 21). Better Business Bureau. https://www.bbb.org/article/tips...
11m Dec 17, 2024
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S22 Ep10: Indiana Delvey
*Content Warning: false death of a child, vehicular death, medical trauma, false reporting, fraud, scams, suicidal ideation, disability abuse, and harassment. Sources: MyCase Indiana: https://public.courts.in.gov/ (https://public.courts.in.gov/mycase/#/vw/Search) Hamilton County Inmate Records - Stoner, Megan Elizabeth: https://secure2.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/inmates2/Jail/Inmate/Detail/-12823...
43m Dec 19, 2024
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S22 Ep11: Double Down (Finale Part 1)
*Content Warning: false death of a child, stalking, sexual assault, false reporting, abduction, vehicular death, fraud, scams, suicidal ideation, threats of harm, disability abuse, and harassment. Sources: Forensic Foreplay. (2023, May 5). [Video]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ForensicForeplay/videos/939338244180665 MyCase Indiana: https://public.courts.in.gov/ (https://public.courts.i...
40m Dec 27, 2024
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S22 Ep12: Tip of the Iceberg (Finale Part 2)
*Content Warning: false death of a child, stalking, sexual assault, false reporting, abduction, vehicular death, fraud, scams, suicidal ideation, threats of harm, disability abuse, and harassment. Sources: MyCase Indiana: https://public.courts.in.gov/ (https://public.courts.in.gov/mycase/#/vw/Search) Hamilton County Inmate Records - Stoner, Megan Elizabeth: https://secure2.hamiltoncounty.in....
33m Dec 27, 2024
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S19: WCN Presents: [Amy] S19 Updates
*Content warning: stalking, cyberstalking, emotional, mental, and psychological abuse, domestic violence, and murder. Something Was Wrong Season 19 featuring Amy's episodes was released on January 11th, 2024 and finished airing February 8th of the same year. In the five episodes, Amy's tenacity and resiliency became resoundingly clear as she and her loved ones recounted all they faced amidst y...
37m Jan 02, 2025
37m
S6: (3/3) WCN Presents: [J.E.] S6 Updates
*Content warning: gun violence, stalking, emotional, mental, and psychological abuse, violent threats, criminal threats, hate crimes, racism, antisemitism, transphobia, and homophobia. J.E. Reich is a journalist, editor, survivor, and victim advocate. They shared their story on Something Was Wrong season 6, episodes 5 and 6, which aired on December 6th and December 13th of 2020. The episodes d...
28m Jan 09, 2025
28m
S6: (2/3) WCN Presents: [J.E.] S6 Updates
Content warning: gun violence, stalking, emotional, mental, and psychological abuse, violent threats, criminal threats, hate crimes, racism, antisemitism, transphobia, and homophobia. J.E. Reich is a journalist, editor, survivor, and victim advocate. They shared their story on Something Was Wrong season 6, episodes 5 and 6, which aired on December 6th and December 13th of 2020. The episodes di...
29m Jan 09, 2025
29m
S6: (1/3) WCN Presents: [J.E.] S6 Updates
*Content warning: gun violence, stalking, emotional, mental, and psychological abuse, violent threats, criminal threats, hate crimes, racism, antisemitism, transphobia, and homophobia. J.E. Reich is a journalist, editor, survivor, and victim advocate. They shared their story on Something Was Wrong season 6, episodes 5 and 6, which aired on December 6th and December 13th of 2020. The episodes d...
28m Jan 09, 2025
28m
Data Points: Male Survivors of Sexual Assault (featuring LeRon Barton)
*Content Warning: sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual violence, rape, suicidal ideation, and mental illness. Resources: Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network: RAINN.org (https://www.rainn.org/) 1 in 6 Organization: 1in6.org (https://1in6.org/) 1 in 6 Organization Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/1in6org National Sexual Violence Resource Center: https://www.nsvrc.org/find-help Nationa...
10m Jan 14, 2025
10m
S22: WCN Presents: [Madison McGhee] Ice Cold Case
*Content Warning: substance use disorder, substance abuse, gun violence, murder, and unsolved murder. Madison McGhee is a producer, documentarian, podcaster, and co-victim of murder from West Virginia. After learning about her father’s unsolved murder in her teen years, Madison devoted herself and her future career to bringing awareness to her father’s long-since cold case. In her hit podcast,...
39m Jan 16, 2025
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Data Points: The 30th Anniversary of The Violence Against Women Act (featuring Lenora Claire)
Resources: National Domestic Violence Awareness Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/ Sources: *FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Commemorates the 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act and Strengthens Commitment to Ending Gender-Based Violence. (2024, September 12). The White House. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/12/fact-sheet-biden-h...
9m Jan 17, 2025
9m
S22 Ep13: Truer Crime with Celisia Stanton
*Content Warning: scams, fraud, cons, crime, murder, mature themes, cults, abuse. Resources: Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Thank you so much to Celisia for speaking with us this week!! Follow and support Celisia and Truer Crime, below: Truer Crime’s website: https://truercrimepodcast.com/ Follow Celisia Stanton on Instagram: https://ww...
43m Jan 23, 2025
43m
S23: S23 Preview
*Content warning: infant loss, pregnancy trauma, pregnancy loss, medical trauma, medical neglect.
4m Jan 30, 2025
4m
S23 Ep1: Built to Birth
*Content warning: infant loss, birth trauma, medical trauma and neglect, death, pregnancy loss, mature content. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources *Sources: American College of Nurse Midwives https://midwife.org/ American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) https://www.acog.org/ Gestational diabetes https://www.mayoclinic.o...
1hr 6m Feb 06, 2025
1hr 6m
S23 Ep2: Life Threatening Emergency
*Content warning: birth trauma, medical trauma and neglect, death, infant loss,  pregnancy loss, SIDS, postpartum depression. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources *Sources: American College of Nurse Midwives https://midwife.org/ American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) https://www.acog.org/ APGAR Score https://medlineplus...
1hr 2m Feb 13, 2025
1hr 2m
S23 Ep3: Standards of Midwifery Care with Dr. Amy Giles, DNP, CNM
*Content warning: pregnancy, birth, infant & pregnancy loss, medical negligence, medical trauma. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Amy Giles’ Birth Center & Bio: Allen Midwifery & Family Wellness: https://allenmidwifery.com/ Amy’s Bio: https://nursing.baylor.edu/person/l-amy-giles-dnp-cnm-cne-facnm *Sources: After a C-section, women who w...
35m Feb 20, 2025
35m
S23 Ep4: Hell House
*Content warning: birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, death, mature and stressful themes. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources *Sources: American College of Nurse Midwives https://midwife.org/ American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) https://www.acog.org/ CDC, Health E-Stats, Maternal Mortality Rates in the Unit...
45m Feb 27, 2025
45m
S23 Ep5: Tragic and Horrific
*Content warning: death of an infant, infant loss, death, birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, racism, mature and stressful themes. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources *Sources: American College of Nurse Midwives https://midwife.org/ American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) https://www.acog.org/ Birth Centers Of...
48m Mar 06, 2025
48m
S23 Ep6: Dignified Maternal Care with Doula Melissa Espey-Mueller
*Content warning: death, infant loss, pregnancy and birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, racism *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources ABC’s new show, Familicide: https://www.familicide.net/ Melissa Espey-Mueller's North Dallas Doula Associates: Website: https://www.northdallasdoulas.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/northdall...
50m Mar 14, 2025
50m
S23 Ep7: How Did We Get Here?
*Content warning: death of an infant, infant loss, death, birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, racism, mature and stressful themes. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Moms Advocating For Moms S23 survivors Markeda, Kristen and Amanda have created a nonprofit, Moms Advocating for Moms, in hopes to create a future where maternal well-...
51m Mar 20, 2025
51m
S23 Ep8: Life and Death
*Content warning: infant loss, death, birth trauma, medical trauma and neglect, fraud, scams. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Moms Advocating For Moms Markeda, Kristen and Amanda have created a nonprofit, Moms Advocating for Moms, in hopes to create a future where maternal well-being is prioritized, disparities are addressed, and every mot...
47m Mar 27, 2025
47m
S23 Ep9: Bad Marriage
*Content warning: Pregnancy loss, miscarriage, death of a child, infant loss, death, birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, racism, mature and stressful themes. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Moms Advocating For Moms S23 survivors Markeda, Kristen and Amanda have created a nonprofit, Moms Advocating for Moms, in hopes to create a ...
51m Apr 03, 2025
51m
S23 Ep10: Terror
*Content warning: medical trauma and neglect, threat of life, mature and stressful themes, pregnancy and infant loss. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Moms Advocating For Moms S23 survivors Markeda, Kristen and Amanda have created a nonprofit, Moms Advocating for Moms, in hopes to create a future where maternal well-being is prioritized, di...
53m Apr 10, 2025
53m
S23 Ep11: The Moment That Everything Changed
*Content warning: descriptions of medical trauma, death, infant loss, birthing trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, mature and stressful themes. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Moms Advocating For Moms S23 survivors Markeda, Kristen and Amanda have created a nonprofit, Moms Advocating for Moms, in hopes to create a future where materna...
38m Apr 17, 2025
38m
S23 Ep12: Tuff
*Content warning: birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, mature and stressful themes. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Moms Advocating For Moms S23 survivors Markeda, Kristen and Amanda have created a nonprofit, Moms Advocating for Moms, in hopes to create a future where maternal well-being is prioritized, disparities are addressed,...
57m Apr 24, 2025
57m