180 {Diana Connell} I had no idea I was living in a domestic violence relationship

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Trigger warning: Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is a scourge on our society and the brave survivors who have lived through it are some of the strongest in the world, and that can definitely be said for Diana Connell.

Diana is a survivor advocate, speaker, and ceramic artist, passionate about creating change for women and children. After surviving more than two decades of family violence and homelessness, Diana has dedicated her life to pushing for systemic reform in housing, domestic violence, and women’s economic security. Through her work with Global Sisters, she is involved in the Little Green Houses project, making home ownership a reality for women who have experienced domestic violence. Through McAuley Community Services for Women, she has been deeply involved in the co-design of the ground breaking Safe at Home trial in Geelong.

In this episode she shares:

-      Her background, where she grew up, and what it was like in her family

-      What it was like meeting her ex-partner, the initial phases

-      When she got pregnant with her first child and everything changed

-      Post-childbirth and time in a mental hospital

-      Birth of her second child

-      Staying on the farm

-      How the isolation increased after he moved her to an Australian farm

-      What her life looked like in Australia

-      How things escalated once in Australia

-      How she tried to keep it from her children and protect them

-      How the abuse escalated against her son

-      How her husband and how it led to more abuse for her son

-      The medical complication that made leaving even harder

Key Quotes

“Everything that I did or said became something for him to put me down about.”

“If I had said something I'd hate to think what would have happened.”

More About Dianna

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