Reproductive coercion isn’t a misunderstanding — it’s abuse. In this episode of 1 in 3, Lynn joins Ingrid to break down how pregnancy pressure, sabotaged birth control, stealthing, and financial control strip away autonomy long before survivors recognize what’s happening.

We move beyond headlines to define reproductive coercion in real life:

• Stealthing and condom removal without consent
• Birth control sabotage
• Withholding money for abortion or prenatal care
• Guilt disguised as romance
• Pregnancy used as a control tactic

But coercion rarely ends there. Lynn explains how abuse escalates into financial abuse, post-separation abuse, and custody retaliation. We discuss how family court systems sometimes mislabel protective parents as “alienators,” how mandated reporters fail to act, and why children’s disclosures are too often minimized.

Lynn serves on the National Domestic Violence Hotline’s Southern Regional Advisory Committee and leads a Knowledge Exchange focused on legal literacy for survivors. Her policy goal: codify reproductive coercion in Texas and treat stealthing as sexual assault under the law.

This conversation offers:
✔ Clear definitions of reproductive abuse
✔ Practical steps for documentation
✔ Legal literacy tools for survivors
✔ How to find trauma-informed support
✔ How to teach teens about coercive control

If you’ve ever wondered whether pregnancy pressure “counts,” this episode gives language to what many families endure in silence.

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Lynn’s Links:

https://www.1in3podcast.com/guests/lynn-stroud/

https://www.instagram.com/knowledge_exch_abuse_survivors

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-s-16878b6/

1 in 3 is intended for mature audiences. Episodes contain explicit content and may be triggering to some.

Support the show

If you are in the United States and need help right now, call the national domestic violence hotline at 800-799-7233 or text the word “start” to 88788.

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Cover art by Laura Swift Dahlke
Music by Tim Crowe

A life can begin in chaos and still choose compassion.

In this powerful episode of 1 in 3, Ingrid sits down with Malisa to explore healing complex trauma shaped by childhood neglect, addiction, and domestic violence. Together, they unpack trauma not as a single event, but as years without safety—and why healing often begins with who showed up when it hurt.

Malisa shares how perfectionism, achievement, and “being the golden child” became survival strategies for many Gen X and elder millennials, and how unspoken expectations can create lifelong patterns of shame and betrayal. Using the Finding Peace method, archetypes, and clear language for emotional wounds—loss, neglect, betrayal—Malisa shows how naming pain helps triggers finally make sense.

This conversation also dives into nervous system regulation after burnout. Instead of labeling every low cycle as depression, Malisa reframes it as depletion—learning to anticipate emotional highs and lows, meet exhaustion with rest and warmth, and build a repeatable self-care toolkit without judgment.

We talk about:

• Healing complex trauma without self-blame
• Nervous system regulation and burnout recovery
• Shame, self-forgiveness, and emotional neglect
• Somatic tools to return to the body
• Breaking generational cycles and changing family scripts
• Why your worth was never up for debate

This episode is for anyone healing from childhood trauma, emotional neglect, or chronic burnout—and learning how to love themselves with more ease.

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Malisa’s Links:

https://www.1in3podcast.com/guests/malisa-hepner/

https://empoweredwithmalisahepner.org/

https://open.spotify.com/show/09lCA0fq3845NGMDwMvMRt?si=1fc6867ab8cc41d8&nd=1&dlsi=02a37d9fb8fc455e

https://www.instagram.com/malisa.hepner/?hl=en

https://linktr.ee/Mdhepner

1 in 3 is intended for mature audiences. Episodes contain explicit content and may be triggering to some.

Support the show

If you are in the United States and need help right now, call the national domestic violence hotline at 800-799-7233 or text the word “start” to 88788.

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Cover art by Laura Swift Dahlke
Music by Tim Crowe

What if confronting masculinity required stepping inside it?

In this episode of 1 in 3, Ingrid sits down with artist Christopher Quigley, whose immersive traveling installation asks men and boys to physically experience how power, consent, and violence are learned—and how quickly harm can unfold.

Across eight sound-sealed bathroom stalls, participants are immersed in scenarios shaped by locker room culture, coercive language, and exhaustion that blurs consent. From a stall where misogyny is passed through jokes and laughter, to the “71 No's” consent experience that challenges the idea of a pressured yes, to the chilling “21-Second” stall that reveals how fast violence can escalate, this work forces reflection not just in the mind—but in the body.

The conversation expands beyond art into prevention, economics, and policy. We unpack the real financial cost of domestic violence, why prevention outperforms awareness campaigns, and how education—especially for legal and community gatekeepers—can interrupt coercive control before it becomes physical harm.

This is art as public health. Art as accountability. And art as a catalyst for cultural change.

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Christopher’s Links:

https://www.alchemiaartworkshop.org/

https://www.tiktok.com/@alchemiaart

1 in 3 is intended for mature audiences. Episodes contain explicit content and may be triggering to some.

Support the show

If you are in the United States and need help right now, call the national domestic violence hotline at 800-799-7233 or text the word “start” to 88788.

Contact 1 in 3:

• Send your emails to 1in3podcast@gmail.com
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Cover art by Laura Swift Dahlke
Music by Tim Crowe