Breaking Silence Season 1 Simonne Butler
Health & Wellbeing
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9m 10s
In 2003, Simonne Butler survived a horrific attack from her abusive partner, shocking New Zealand. Now, after years of recovery, she's shifting the focus from perpetrator to survivor. Simonne embarks on a new journey to find hope and inspiration in the stories of other domestic abuse survivors. In this episode, she shares her insights on survival, what she's learned, and what we must know to change our shocking domestic abuse statistics.
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