All Episodes

January 22, 2024 37 mins

Season 1, Episode 6:

Do people successfully leave their abuser?

Do abusers become able to have healthy relationships?

Published: January 22, 2024

Content:  Queen Afi Gaston will discuss how victims continue to repeat the cycle of domestic violence. Including a candid account of a survivor’s story and her experience in being victimized and becoming the abuser. Her experience will give you a perspective on how victims migrate through the different stages of surviving and are challenged to “break the cycle” of domestic violence.

Facilitator: Dr. Ellen Smith

Guests: Queen Afi Gaston

Queen Afi is an accomplished moderator for community and ministry events, a renowned blogger, and a motivational speaker on social issues of domestic violence and mental health. She is the host of two educational internet-based talk shows, The Abusers’ Side Education and The Brokenness to Boldness Survivor Stories; and has interviewed over one hundred survivors’ victims and abusers combined (male, female, and youth).

Resources:

Domestic Violence Wears Many Tags website: https://dvwmtsorg.godaddysites.com

DVWMT & Queen Afi Videos:

https://youtu.be/TT_5ZVBPEGg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC65pKKhWig

Queen Afi Quotes: “Don’t approach the apparent problem as the problem; approach the problem as the logical solution.” and “I am keen enough to genuinely know that emotional trauma doesn’t forgive unapologetically. Trauma breeds apologies.” Music in this episode is:  “Adding the Sun” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Feedback:

Please consider taking a brief survey with the link below to share your thoughts about our podcast series.  Thank you!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RHOAPodcast

Subscribe or listen on other platforms:

Mark as Played

Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

Stuff You Should Know
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

My Favorite Murder is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Each week, Karen and Georgia share compelling true crimes and hometown stories from friends and listeners. Since MFM launched in January of 2016, Karen and Georgia have shared their lifelong interest in true crime and have covered stories of infamous serial killers like the Night Stalker, mysterious cold cases, captivating cults, incredible survivor stories and important events from history like the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. My Favorite Murder is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including historic true crime, comedic interviews and news, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include Buried Bones with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, Bananas and more.

Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC

Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.