A Brave New World – Let’s TALK Trauma Abuse Love Kindness: SHERA Research Podcast: Ruth Reymundo Mandel of Safe & Together Institute

Dr. Elizabeth Dalgarno, Chair and Founder of SHERA Research Group and lecturer at University of Manchester, is joined by Ruth Reymundo Mandel of the Safe & Together Institute. Ruth has been in training and implementation since 1995 and is dedicated to issues surrounding social justice and violence. Drawing on her childhood experiences growing up in an abusive, religious cult and as a survivor, she is a fierce advocate for those who have experienced abuse. She is dedicated to helping survivors and allies understand behavioral coping mechanisms arising out of trauma and mitigating societal and personal judgments surrounding common human responses to violence and harm. This transformative approach helps those who have experienced violence and their allies better understand how to support, nurture, and nourish survivors in a common sense manner and without blame. Ruth is a great poet and artist and all around wonderful woman.

In this episode, they discuss the family courts, the importance of holding perpetrators of abuse accountable for their behavior, partnering with survivors, healing from trauma through music and art, and lots more.