Episode 201-Awareness to Empowerment: Anne Plaisance on Art, Domestic Violence, and Reclaiming Your Voice

About this episode

Anne Plaisance discusses her journey through art and personal experiences with domestic violence, emphasizing the importance of awareness and reclaiming one's voice.

Internationally renowned painter Anne Plaisance joins me for a powerful and honest conversation about art, domestic violence, manipulation tactics, and reclaiming your voice.Anne has exhibited in over 100 shows worldwide. Her work has been featured in The Boston Globe, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle Decoration, and Artscope. She has received distinctions and grants from the Cambridge Arts Council and Massachusetts Cultural Council, and her work is collected internationally in London, Milan, Paris, Warsaw, Dubai, Kyoto, and Boston. But this conversation is not about prestige. It is about awareness. What began as a desire to build a tiny house for the homeless became something far deeper. Through her work with a domestic violence shelter in Cambridge, Anne discovered the hidden realities of emotional, psychological, spiritual, and financial abuse. And then she realized something life-altering. That story was also hers. In this episode, Anne shares: • How Wonder Women Now was born • Why domestic violence is often invisible • The 20 to 40 manipulation tactics used in abusive dynamics • Her powerful perfume series represents gaslighting, love bombing, triangulation, projection, and more • What…

People in this episode

Host: Donna Tashjian

Guest: Anne Plaisance

Topics covered

• art
• domestic violence
• manipulation tactics
• reclaiming your voice
• awareness
• emotional abuse
• psychological abuse

Keywords

• domestic violence
• manipulation tactics
• art therapy
• emotional abuse
• reclaiming voice
• awareness
• gaslighting
• love bombing
• triangulation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cambridge Arts Council, Massachusetts Cultural Council

Places: Cambridge, London, Milan, Paris, Warsaw, Dubai, Kyoto, Boston

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