SEASON 8 EPISODE 5
9.25.2025
Guests: Jeannie Vanasco
Type of Survivorship: Sexual Assault by Friend or Acquaintance
Other Themes: Experts & Authors, Life-Changing Perspective
‘I remember Mark being a really good friend to me.’
Coping with grief after the loss of her father, Jeannie finds support among a small gathering of friends. Feeling safe enough to drink, one of her closest high school friends assaults her when she is unconscious in his bed. Recalling her sense of betrayal, Jeannie shares her journey through denial and doubt to owning her story and healing. Pouring her truth into her writing, she is the author of multiple nonfiction works, including Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl.
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