About this episode

Mae shares her story of how her planned life took a dark turn due to domestic abuse.

Have you ever had a really big vision of doing something, and then the way it turned out was actually very different from what you had planned? I think this is almost universal for us as humans. Think back to when you were a teenager. You probably had some ideas about becoming an adult and what that would look like. What kind of career you might have, or not. Finding a partner if you wanted one. Thinking about being a parent, or not having kids at all. A lot of young people have this vision of how they think their life is going to play out. And at that age, we don’t really have enough experience to know that those things almost never actually play out exactly as you expect them to. I mean, just by listening to the guests that I talk to here on the podcast, we know that things happen that we never would have imagined – and life can take a completely different path. My guest today is Mae. In high school, she had her life planned out. She had already met and was in love with her life partner, and they were going to get married as soon as they could, and they were going to have children, and live happily ever after. That’s not what happened. This episode has a content warning for…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Johnson

Guest: Mae

Topics covered

• domestic abuse
• life changes
• personal stories
• unexpected outcomes
• relationships

Keywords

• domestic violence
• life plans
• personal journey
• abuse survival
• unexpected life paths

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Crisis Center

Places: Castle Rock, CO

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