August 27, 2025 • 18 mins
What happens when you survive your own hell, only to become everyone else's lifeline while the same broken system keeps destroying lives? Garcia thought the hardest part was over after surviving her double attempted homicide and building Confronting Domestic Violence.
She was wrong.
Now she carries the weight of thousands of other survivors' traumas. Every day, her phone rings with stories that mirror her own nightmare. Women with nowhere to go. Families with no resources. Children in danger. All turning to her because the system that failed her is still failing them.
"I work like 20 hours a day," Garcia admits, while watching funding get revoked from the very programs designed to help victims. The Office of Victims of Crime - the lifeline for nonprofits serving domestic violence survivors - is cutting support just when it's needed most.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
on this one.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcomeback to part two.
Yes, we're on part two of thisepisode with Garcia.
This is a monumental episode.
Two reasons this is the firsttime I've ever had a
conversation with somebody who'scome back and endured horrific
(00:20):
things in her past.
She went from a double homicideattempt to reconstructing her
life and now being an advocatefor people just like you, the
women and men going throughdomestic violence or DV.
So, wherever you are, can youdo yourselves a favour and do
someone you know a favour?
Share the last episode andplease share this one, not for
(00:45):
me, but for that somebody whoneeds a little ray of hope in
their life right now.
Garcia, thank you very much forjoining me once again.
You're an awesome human beingfor so many reasons.
You've built not just abusiness, a non-profit,
something to help somebody fromexperience, but you've built a
(01:08):
movement, and there's a lot ofthings in the process of being
changed in the world right nowpolitically, legally and in the
financial world.
What are you seeing?
What trends are you seeing inthe world in regarding to the
domestic violence movement,positive and negative?
Whichever you're seeing?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Oh, that's a mouthful so positive and negative.
It's always this crazy balanceright, or it's supposed to be,
and today I don't feel like itis.
The positive side about it isthat I feel like the social
stigma around domestic violenceis starting to dissolve a little
(01:49):
bit because more people are alittle more forthcoming and
saying, seeking the help orsharing their story, and I
believe that's just from theempowerment and Phoenix rising
from the ashes, all the samething.
The downside of it, which isreally hurting everybody across
the nation right now, is thefunding that's being revoked.
(02:10):
Since I don't get politicalever, which is the office that
gets most of the funding fornonprofits and other
organizations that are servingthe community for victims of
(02:32):
domestic violence, the fundingis being revoked.
So right now, that's impactingour organization differently
than other organizations becauseit's so many dimensions of it
right.
So for organizations that relyon the funding, that received
(02:53):
this funding for decades, thatare doing enormous things, with
that being revoked, they'restruggling because how are they
going to get that type offunding from independent funders
, right?
Or donors?
That's a big struggle for them.
For me, this is our third yearin existence, which is when we
have the metrics, when we havethe momentum when we can show
(03:13):
that we're worthy of receivinggrants, but now we can't.
So that's the ups and the downsthat I'm seeing right now
across the nation in regards tothis.
I will say, though, that I amseeing different states step up
and make mandates to help, Iguess, fill these gaps or bridge
(03:35):
these gaps.
I'm going to talk aboutCalifornia specifically, because
they are the ones that actuallyhave a Senate bill that passed
through legislation in 2024.
It's called the WorkplaceViolence Prevention Plan, and
this Workplace ViolencePrevention Plan includes
domestic violence spillover, theprevention of domestic violence
spillover, OSHA on a nationallevel.
(03:57):
They all have a WorkplaceViolence Prevention Plan every
state, because it's national,mandated under OSHA, but that's
more so, you know, coworker tocoworker.
This is a state mandate that isagain through legislation, and
the enforcement agency is nowCal OSHA.
So that is where I'm seeingwhere states are stepping in to
(04:18):
say, hey, we recognize thatdomestic violence is a serious
issue, and we also recognizethat we can't battle it or
combat it or confront it byourselves.
We need other organizations andother entities to step in and
help.
So this is where this becomesmy bread and butter.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
I love your brain, how it works and all these.
I don't even know how you do it.
You mentioned funders and thepolitical environments and all
the rest of it.
There's a lot of change,positive, negative, it doesn't
really matter how you look at it.
There's just a lot of change,many different theaters.
Is there any private fundersout there?
(04:58):
Philanthropists, people who arebehind that cause that you have
a message for that may comeacross this.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Thank you for asking, because I have reached out to
every one of them that I havefound and, unfortunately, a
majority of them 99% of themhave responded with.
We already have our dedicatedorganizations that we provide
funding for and, based on theoverload of applications or
(05:28):
inquiries, they're not lookingat accepting or entertaining any
new organization or entity.
That's been a brick wall for meas well, and I have.
I'm nonstop.
I work like 20 hours a day.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Wow, no, yeah, I completely understand why you do
that and the thing I'm justtrying to think of other
opportunities for people to comewhen they come across this sort
of thing, because this is soimperative that people like
yourself, your movement and forthe people who need the
information to come across.
This isn't just something thatis an unknown challenge and a
(06:07):
problem for people and it'sscary.
It's a scary time and it's alot of unrest.
There's a lot of uncertainty inpeople's worlds.
You're providing a platformwhere you're providing a safe
haven or at least an opportunityto do, and it's up to the
individual to follow the stepsand go through the protocols and
reach out and ask for help.
(06:30):
One of the things that I alwayscome across in entrepreneurship,
business, social, anywhere I'vegone is this stigma about
asking.
Everyone's afraid to even askfor something, a handout, a, a
help, an introduction and you'reproviding this opportunity for
(06:53):
people to go.
Stick your hand up becausethere's people out there willing
to help you if you're willingto ask and I really want to get
this message out veryauthentically but also like
people, because what you'redoing is not so much unique
Garcia, it's so needed.
And if there is an investorwatching this.
(07:14):
Pick up the phone to me.
Literally, my number is verypublic.
You can pick up, you can emailme, you can go on the website
and get a conversation with me.
Drop a note in LinkedIn andfind me.
If you want information, I willput you into the right areas.
If you're afraid to pick up thephone to a woman or email a
(07:36):
female, speak to me.
I'll cheer you nose off andhave a conversation with you.
But all of it is about askingfor the help.
It's not just for the platformfor the community you're
providing that for somebody elseis going to save a life
potentially and preventing anincident that Garcia went
through years ago with apotential double homicide.
(07:59):
Would you want that on yourconscience?
Just a question, because youhave an opportunity to prevent
that for somebody else.
So pick up the phone and asksomebody what's next on your
plate, garcia?
What's the next big vision?
I know you've got a golftournament coming up someone we
just had it last week missed it.
(08:23):
So how did that go?
Tell me about that?
Tell me, and it happened lastweek.
Whenever that was the otherweek, we'll go with that, okay.
Yeah, what was the result?
Did you have fun and who came?
Speaker 2 (08:35):
yes, so I'm not a golfer, however, and this was
our first golf event, so for itto be our first golf event, I
will say that it was a greatturnout.
We had seven sponsors.
We were hoping for 18, becausethere's 18 holes, but there were
seven sponsors, so that's great.
(08:56):
And we also had seven foursomes, so we had people out there
playing.
We had people out there at theholes or driving the golf carts
around delivering stuff to thegolfers.
It was great.
We had some donations arounddelivering stuff to the golfers.
It was great.
We had some donations that wewere able to raffle off.
We had breakfast sandwiches.
We had lunch.
It was a perfect, beautiful SanDiego day to be out there on
the green and it went so well.
(09:18):
Our volunteers were so greatthat we already have our date
for next year is july 9th, sosave the date july 9 2026 at the
river walk golf course it willbe on our website.
Eventually, I just need a fewweeks to decompress from last
week and what is it?
Speaker 1 (09:40):
the river walk golf course?
Yes, yes river walk, because Iwant to connect you with a
couple of people who actuallytrain pros awesome, that would
be great.
I'll do that connectionprivately, obviously thank you
that would be very it's a goodway to meet other people, thank
you, especially in the golfingworld.
(10:01):
So you've got the golfing thingover and done with.
What's the next on your agenda?
What's the major event you'relooking forward to?
What's the next level of whatyou're building?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
I won't talk about our next event because it's up
in the air, just because, again,funding Okay, I'll just leave
it at that.
But that's event wise, as itrelates to actually maintaining
it is my mission here.
I just added services to as a.
What am I trying to say here asa department of our nonprofit,
(10:34):
and the services that I'mworking on right now and have
already launched and I'm readyto I've already provided this
training is the SB 553 training,which is the workplace violence
prevention plan, which is amandate through the state of
California.
I've already provided thistraining to San Bernardino
School District local smallorganizations in my area and I
(10:57):
just went through a boot campthat now I have my capability
flyer and my NAICS codes readyto go, so I am positioned and
ready to launch this full force.
The other thing that I'mlooking to do is find a way, and
this has been like my challenge.
How can confronting domesticviolence be a provider in the
(11:19):
EAP side of things?
When people go to work, theyhave their health benefits
mental excuse me, dental health,vision and then they have EAP
benefits.
The EAP benefits are theemployee assistance benefits,
which is mental health, alcoholabuse, maybe porn addiction,
gambling addiction.
(11:40):
They don't have much fordomestic violence.
So I would love to know how Ican position our organization to
be a third-party vendor underthe EAP program, because victims
are showing up to work everyday.
You know why Work is safer thanhome.
I can testify on that.
Okay, work was my safe haven.
There's a refrigerator, there'slights, there's phone, there's
(12:01):
a bathroom.
There's everything there minusa bed, whatever.
You could bring your cot if youwant to.
But the problem with that isand this is where things start
to come into play because whatstarts at home can finish at
work right, and you hear aboutso many things happening, from
domestic violence spilling overinto the workplace.
And who gets hurt?
(12:22):
Not just the person that theywere after, but many other
people as well.
And then there's this long-termimpact and effect, right.
So SB 553 and the service that Iprovide and making sure that
number one I'm saving you thetime that it takes to navigate
these like murky waters ofunderstanding all the
(12:43):
requirements.
There are 13 elements and 30plus musts.
My background is I'm acompliance officer
pharmaceutical, biotech industryso I know how to deal with
auditors, I know how to stayaudit ready.
I know how to do the correctdocumentation so that even if
you're not compliant 100%,you'll get a suggestion opposed
(13:07):
to a violation.
And so this is my jam righthere.
I am looking to helporganizations be compliant while
also making sure that allemployees understand and can
identify and help prevent thedomestic violence spillover.
So I'm trying to get into thefront door with the Workplace
(13:29):
Violence Prevention Plan, whichis mandated by law, and then I'm
trying to get in through theback door with the EAP stuff and
if there's a window or a sidedoor open, I can help you access
control as well.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
I love it.
I like this.
It's great.
One of the reasons I do thispodcast is because of people
like you, because you've had theexperience horrific but you've
not just left it to one side.
You've taken it with both horns.
You've ridden the journey andyou've learnt and grown so, so
much, and you're a model, anexample of what is possible in
(14:06):
the face of adversity.
You are the pinnacle of whatpeople aspire to in a lot of
these situations.
So for that person listening,now, take a look.
Take a look at what is possible.
Don't sit there in silence andif it happens and if you witness
(14:28):
it, speak up, say something tosomebody.
Back in the day, they did amassive push after 9-11 on
terrorism and anti-terrorism andseeing if you saw a bag or you
saw something, an unidentifiedobject, to report it, especially
(14:51):
airports, public places, etc.
Take the same mentality here,public places, etc.
Take the same mentality herebecause it could be that one
person that you save that'sgoing to change the world in the
future.
Garcia had to save herself insome ways.
In many respects, she putherself and her children first.
Put somebody else first today,and don't do it for me or the
(15:17):
show.
Do it for the person Garciahelps.
Do it for her children, do itfor your children, do it for the
neighbor's children, do it forsomebody, but do it, garcia.
I love what you do.
I'm very pleased and honored,privileged to have you, to have
(15:38):
sit down and have a conversationwith you and share your message
with the world.
Do you have anything that youwant to leave us with?
And I've got to put the websitein there.
That will be down at the bottom, but if you want to say the
website, please do, because theaudio people go.
I don't know what it is.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Yes, thank you so much.
The website isconfrontingdomesticviolenceorg,
or, for short, confrontingdborg.
Both will take you to the samelocation and I do want to say a
couple of things.
Number one you never need tosuffer alone, ever.
You are not here to sufferalone.
Okay thing is that a closedmouth does not get fed.
(16:20):
If you need something, speak up.
You will be so amazed by howmany people are willing to step
in and help out.
All you need to do is justspeak up.
And lastly, your mental healthis more important than anything
else and you can move a milliontimes, you can go a million
places, but you live in yourhead and, like I mentioned
earlier, it's okay if you don'tknow who you are in the moment.
(16:42):
Remember who you're not andstart there.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
I love that.
Garcia, thank you very much forjoining us and me today with
this conversation.
It's so important For myaudience.
If you're hearing this, thisconversation, it's so important
For my audience.
If you're hearing this, doyourselves a favor Share the
message.
It's not about us, it's aboutpeople like Garcia, building a
movement for your future.
(17:07):
Thank you very much forlistening, garcia.
You're an amazing human being.
Such a privilege and an honorto have a conversation with you,
and I look forward to many more.
My audience be blessed, stayblessed and you are blessed.
I'll see you very shortly onthe next episode of Rise From
(17:28):
the Ashes podcast.
Thanks for listening.
on this one.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcomeback to part two.
Yes, we're on part two of thisepisode with Garcia.
This is a monumental episode.
Two reasons this is the firsttime I've ever had a
conversation with somebody who'scome back and endured horrific
(00:20):
things in her past.
She went from a double homicideattempt to reconstructing her
life and now being an advocatefor people just like you, the
women and men going throughdomestic violence or DV.
So, wherever you are, can youdo yourselves a favour and do
someone you know a favour?
Share the last episode andplease share this one, not for
(00:45):
me, but for that somebody whoneeds a little ray of hope in
their life right now.
Garcia, thank you very much forjoining me once again.
You're an awesome human beingfor so many reasons.
You've built not just abusiness, a non-profit,
something to help somebody fromexperience, but you've built a
(01:08):
movement, and there's a lot ofthings in the process of being
changed in the world right nowpolitically, legally and in the
financial world.
What are you seeing?
What trends are you seeing inthe world in regarding to the
domestic violence movement,positive and negative?
Whichever you're seeing?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Oh, that's a mouthful so positive and negative.
It's always this crazy balanceright, or it's supposed to be,
and today I don't feel like itis.
The positive side about it isthat I feel like the social
stigma around domestic violenceis starting to dissolve a little
(01:49):
bit because more people are alittle more forthcoming and
saying, seeking the help orsharing their story, and I
believe that's just from theempowerment and Phoenix rising
from the ashes, all the samething.
The downside of it, which isreally hurting everybody across
the nation right now, is thefunding that's being revoked.
(02:10):
Since I don't get politicalever, which is the office that
gets most of the funding fornonprofits and other
organizations that are servingthe community for victims of
(02:32):
domestic violence, the fundingis being revoked.
So right now, that's impactingour organization differently
than other organizations becauseit's so many dimensions of it
right.
So for organizations that relyon the funding, that received
(02:53):
this funding for decades, thatare doing enormous things, with
that being revoked, they'restruggling because how are they
going to get that type offunding from independent funders
, right?
Or donors?
That's a big struggle for them.
For me, this is our third yearin existence, which is when we
have the metrics, when we havethe momentum when we can show
(03:13):
that we're worthy of receivinggrants, but now we can't.
So that's the ups and the downsthat I'm seeing right now
across the nation in regards tothis.
I will say, though, that I amseeing different states step up
and make mandates to help, Iguess, fill these gaps or bridge
(03:35):
these gaps.
I'm going to talk aboutCalifornia specifically, because
they are the ones that actuallyhave a Senate bill that passed
through legislation in 2024.
It's called the WorkplaceViolence Prevention Plan, and
this Workplace ViolencePrevention Plan includes
domestic violence spillover, theprevention of domestic violence
spillover, OSHA on a nationallevel.
(03:57):
They all have a WorkplaceViolence Prevention Plan every
state, because it's national,mandated under OSHA, but that's
more so, you know, coworker tocoworker.
This is a state mandate that isagain through legislation, and
the enforcement agency is nowCal OSHA.
So that is where I'm seeingwhere states are stepping in to
(04:18):
say, hey, we recognize thatdomestic violence is a serious
issue, and we also recognizethat we can't battle it or
combat it or confront it byourselves.
We need other organizations andother entities to step in and
help.
So this is where this becomesmy bread and butter.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
I love your brain, how it works and all these.
I don't even know how you do it.
You mentioned funders and thepolitical environments and all
the rest of it.
There's a lot of change,positive, negative, it doesn't
really matter how you look at it.
There's just a lot of change,many different theaters.
Is there any private fundersout there?
(04:58):
Philanthropists, people who arebehind that cause that you have
a message for that may comeacross this.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Thank you for asking, because I have reached out to
every one of them that I havefound and, unfortunately, a
majority of them 99% of themhave responded with.
We already have our dedicatedorganizations that we provide
funding for and, based on theoverload of applications or
(05:28):
inquiries, they're not lookingat accepting or entertaining any
new organization or entity.
That's been a brick wall for meas well, and I have.
I'm nonstop.
I work like 20 hours a day.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Wow, no, yeah, I completely understand why you do
that and the thing I'm justtrying to think of other
opportunities for people to comewhen they come across this sort
of thing, because this is soimperative that people like
yourself, your movement and forthe people who need the
information to come across.
This isn't just something thatis an unknown challenge and a
(06:07):
problem for people and it'sscary.
It's a scary time and it's alot of unrest.
There's a lot of uncertainty inpeople's worlds.
You're providing a platformwhere you're providing a safe
haven or at least an opportunityto do, and it's up to the
individual to follow the stepsand go through the protocols and
reach out and ask for help.
(06:30):
One of the things that I alwayscome across in entrepreneurship,
business, social, anywhere I'vegone is this stigma about
asking.
Everyone's afraid to even askfor something, a handout, a, a
help, an introduction and you'reproviding this opportunity for
(06:53):
people to go.
Stick your hand up becausethere's people out there willing
to help you if you're willingto ask and I really want to get
this message out veryauthentically but also like
people, because what you'redoing is not so much unique
Garcia, it's so needed.
And if there is an investorwatching this.
(07:14):
Pick up the phone to me.
Literally, my number is verypublic.
You can pick up, you can emailme, you can go on the website
and get a conversation with me.
Drop a note in LinkedIn andfind me.
If you want information, I willput you into the right areas.
If you're afraid to pick up thephone to a woman or email a
(07:36):
female, speak to me.
I'll cheer you nose off andhave a conversation with you.
But all of it is about askingfor the help.
It's not just for the platformfor the community you're
providing that for somebody elseis going to save a life
potentially and preventing anincident that Garcia went
through years ago with apotential double homicide.
(07:59):
Would you want that on yourconscience?
Just a question, because youhave an opportunity to prevent
that for somebody else.
So pick up the phone and asksomebody what's next on your
plate, garcia?
What's the next big vision?
I know you've got a golftournament coming up someone we
just had it last week missed it.
(08:23):
So how did that go?
Tell me about that?
Tell me, and it happened lastweek.
Whenever that was the otherweek, we'll go with that, okay.
Yeah, what was the result?
Did you have fun and who came?
Speaker 2 (08:35):
yes, so I'm not a golfer, however, and this was
our first golf event, so for itto be our first golf event, I
will say that it was a greatturnout.
We had seven sponsors.
We were hoping for 18, becausethere's 18 holes, but there were
seven sponsors, so that's great.
(08:56):
And we also had seven foursomes, so we had people out there
playing.
We had people out there at theholes or driving the golf carts
around delivering stuff to thegolfers.
It was great.
We had some donations arounddelivering stuff to the golfers.
It was great.
We had some donations that wewere able to raffle off.
We had breakfast sandwiches.
We had lunch.
It was a perfect, beautiful SanDiego day to be out there on
the green and it went so well.
(09:18):
Our volunteers were so greatthat we already have our date
for next year is july 9th, sosave the date july 9 2026 at the
river walk golf course it willbe on our website.
Eventually, I just need a fewweeks to decompress from last
week and what is it?
Speaker 1 (09:40):
the river walk golf course?
Yes, yes river walk, because Iwant to connect you with a
couple of people who actuallytrain pros awesome, that would
be great.
I'll do that connectionprivately, obviously thank you
that would be very it's a goodway to meet other people, thank
you, especially in the golfingworld.
(10:01):
So you've got the golfing thingover and done with.
What's the next on your agenda?
What's the major event you'relooking forward to?
What's the next level of whatyou're building?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
I won't talk about our next event because it's up
in the air, just because, again,funding Okay, I'll just leave
it at that.
But that's event wise, as itrelates to actually maintaining
it is my mission here.
I just added services to as a.
What am I trying to say here asa department of our nonprofit,
(10:34):
and the services that I'mworking on right now and have
already launched and I'm readyto I've already provided this
training is the SB 553 training,which is the workplace violence
prevention plan, which is amandate through the state of
California.
I've already provided thistraining to San Bernardino
School District local smallorganizations in my area and I
(10:57):
just went through a boot campthat now I have my capability
flyer and my NAICS codes readyto go, so I am positioned and
ready to launch this full force.
The other thing that I'mlooking to do is find a way, and
this has been like my challenge.
How can confronting domesticviolence be a provider in the
(11:19):
EAP side of things?
When people go to work, theyhave their health benefits
mental excuse me, dental health,vision and then they have EAP
benefits.
The EAP benefits are theemployee assistance benefits,
which is mental health, alcoholabuse, maybe porn addiction,
gambling addiction.
(11:40):
They don't have much fordomestic violence.
So I would love to know how Ican position our organization to
be a third-party vendor underthe EAP program, because victims
are showing up to work everyday.
You know why Work is safer thanhome.
I can testify on that.
Okay, work was my safe haven.
There's a refrigerator, there'slights, there's phone, there's
(12:01):
a bathroom.
There's everything there minusa bed, whatever.
You could bring your cot if youwant to.
But the problem with that isand this is where things start
to come into play because whatstarts at home can finish at
work right, and you hear aboutso many things happening, from
domestic violence spilling overinto the workplace.
And who gets hurt?
(12:22):
Not just the person that theywere after, but many other
people as well.
And then there's this long-termimpact and effect, right.
So SB 553 and the service that Iprovide and making sure that
number one I'm saving you thetime that it takes to navigate
these like murky waters ofunderstanding all the
(12:43):
requirements.
There are 13 elements and 30plus musts.
My background is I'm acompliance officer
pharmaceutical, biotech industryso I know how to deal with
auditors, I know how to stayaudit ready.
I know how to do the correctdocumentation so that even if
you're not compliant 100%,you'll get a suggestion opposed
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to a violation.
And so this is my jam righthere.
I am looking to helporganizations be compliant while
also making sure that allemployees understand and can
identify and help prevent thedomestic violence spillover.
So I'm trying to get into thefront door with the Workplace
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Violence Prevention Plan, whichis mandated by law, and then I'm
trying to get in through theback door with the EAP stuff and
if there's a window or a sidedoor open, I can help you access
control as well.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
I love it.
I like this.
It's great.
One of the reasons I do thispodcast is because of people
like you, because you've had theexperience horrific but you've
not just left it to one side.
You've taken it with both horns.
You've ridden the journey andyou've learnt and grown so, so
much, and you're a model, anexample of what is possible in
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the face of adversity.
You are the pinnacle of whatpeople aspire to in a lot of
these situations.
So for that person listening,now, take a look.
Take a look at what is possible.
Don't sit there in silence andif it happens and if you witness
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it, speak up, say something tosomebody.
Back in the day, they did amassive push after 9-11 on
terrorism and anti-terrorism andseeing if you saw a bag or you
saw something, an unidentifiedobject, to report it, especially
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airports, public places, etc.
Take the same mentality here,public places, etc.
Take the same mentality herebecause it could be that one
person that you save that'sgoing to change the world in the
future.
Garcia had to save herself insome ways.
In many respects, she putherself and her children first.
Put somebody else first today,and don't do it for me or the
(15:17):
show.
Do it for the person Garciahelps.
Do it for her children, do itfor your children, do it for the
neighbor's children, do it forsomebody, but do it, garcia.
I love what you do.
I'm very pleased and honored,privileged to have you, to have
(15:38):
sit down and have a conversationwith you and share your message
with the world.
Do you have anything that youwant to leave us with?
And I've got to put the websitein there.
That will be down at the bottom, but if you want to say the
website, please do, because theaudio people go.
I don't know what it is.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Yes, thank you so much.
The website isconfrontingdomesticviolenceorg,
or, for short, confrontingdborg.
Both will take you to the samelocation and I do want to say a
couple of things.
Number one you never need tosuffer alone, ever.
You are not here to sufferalone.
Okay thing is that a closedmouth does not get fed.
(16:20):
If you need something, speak up.
You will be so amazed by howmany people are willing to step
in and help out.
All you need to do is justspeak up.
And lastly, your mental healthis more important than anything
else and you can move a milliontimes, you can go a million
places, but you live in yourhead and, like I mentioned
earlier, it's okay if you don'tknow who you are in the moment.
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Remember who you're not andstart there.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
I love that.
Garcia, thank you very much forjoining us and me today with
this conversation.
It's so important For myaudience.
If you're hearing this, thisconversation, it's so important
For my audience.
If you're hearing this, doyourselves a favor Share the
message.
It's not about us, it's aboutpeople like Garcia, building a
movement for your future.
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Thank you very much forlistening, garcia.
You're an amazing human being.
Such a privilege and an honorto have a conversation with you,
and I look forward to many more.
My audience be blessed, stayblessed and you are blessed.
I'll see you very shortly onthe next episode of Rise From
(17:28):
the Ashes podcast.
Thanks for listening.
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