Elle has bravely told her story of domestic and family violence with the hope that sharing her experiences will change the lives of others, even possibly save an individual or family from the unspeakable.

One woman is murdered at the hands of a current or former partner every week in Australia.

Elle has experienced terrifying domestic and family violence, in the forms of financial, mental and physical abuse.

The financial and mental abuse is of coercive control, a powerful behaviour that involves perpetrators using patterns of abusive behaviours over time, in a way that creates fear, and denies the basic human right of liberty and autonomy.

Add the shocking experiences of physical abuse – no words can adequately describe the everlasting pain that results…

Thankfully Elle has escaped this world but in the process has literally lost everything. She is on the road of slowly rebuilding her life, remaining positive after experiencing a world no person should be subjected to.

FOR SUPPORT:

Lifeline on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Melissa Alsemgeest

Guest: Elle

Editor: Robert Alsemgeest

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