This episode is part one of our two-part interview with Julie Whitehead, a sex trafficking

survivor and author of Shadowed How I Became the Sex Traffick Mother Next Door.

In this first part of the interview, Julie shares her experience of growing up in an abusive

home, which damaged any sense of growing up in an abusive home,

which damaged any sense of boundaries she had and created a picture of what relationships with

men looked like.

In marriage, her husband was extremely controlling and abusive, but Julie felt helpless to escape.

This episode helps to lay the foundation for the next part of Julie's story in which

she became a sex trafficking victim. She'll share about that in part two of her interview.

We're so grateful that Julie was willing to share her story with us. We hope you enjoy this

episode of Consider Before Consuming.

Julie, thank you so much for joining us in the studio today.

It's always an honor to get to hear any true stories, but especially Survivor stories.

So thank you for making some time for us, for coming here to be with us.

We are with Julie Whitehead today.

She is the author of Shadowed, how I became the sex traffic mother next door.

And for anyone who's maybe a little bit unfamiliar with your story, I would love to just kind of

start at what was life like growing up for you, you know, just kind of start at the was life like growing up for you you know just kind of

start at the beginning and you know see what what was your family like kind of how was that

experience for you growing up wow that's kind of a pandora's box I didn't have the best

childhood I mean I had moments that were good, obviously,

because it's always a mixed bag.

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