“It happens to everybody from all walks of life […] You can have a great life, and there’s support, there’s people there who will help you.”
About 1in6
Ken Clearwater: Never Look Back
Ken fought the world – literally and figuratively – until he found his way into a peer support group for male survivors, and he has never looked back.
Ken fought the world – literally and figuratively – until he found his way into a peer support group for male survivors, and he has never looked back.
M.E. Hart: Compassion and Success
A deep spiritual connection, inner strength, and intelligence have guided Hart from severe trauma to a present filled with compassion and professional accomplishment.
A deep spiritual connection, inner strength, and intelligence have guided Hart from severe trauma to a present filled with compassion and professional accomplishment.
Lewis Trembath: Faith and Hope
Faith, hope, and love, entwined with his Maori roots, have helped Lewis to survive a childhood marred by family violence, and an adulthood marked by acute grief.
Faith, hope, and love, entwined with his Maori roots, have helped Lewis to survive a childhood marred by family violence, and an adulthood marked by acute grief.
Manassah Bradley: Our Superpower
“My life is once again filled with light and promise. The darkness, fear, and shame are in my past. I am happy.”
“My life is once again filled with light and promise. The darkness, fear, and shame are in my past. I am happy.”
Michael Kullik: His Soul’s Voice
A penchant for poetry and an operatic voice have helped Michael to heal the deep wounds inflicted on him from a childhood scarred by incest and betrayal.
A penchant for poetry and an operatic voice have helped Michael to heal the deep wounds inflicted on him from a childhood scarred by incest and betrayal.
Mark Dekkers: Relate Without Shame
Composing a suicide note to his teenage son, Mark instead found himself unburdening himself of decades of secrecy. In this act came the liberation from shame and reconnection with others.
Composing a suicide note to his teenage son, Mark instead found himself unburdening himself of decades of secrecy. In this act came the liberation from shame and reconnection with others.
Marcel Anderson: Seeing Himself Better
“Music is a heartbeat. It keeps me going. It moves me. It shapes me. It creates me. It is who I am.”
“Music is a heartbeat. It keeps me going. It moves me. It shapes me. It creates me. It is who I am.”
Martin Moran: To Sing
With help from an “angel,” Marty found his voice, and today makes his living as a writer, an actor, a singer and a playwright.
With help from an “angel,” Marty found his voice, and today makes his living as a writer, an actor, a singer and a playwright.
Mark Krueger: Resonant Transformation
Mark is able to transform his pain through music…
Mark is able to transform his pain through music…
Mason Weiss: Ensure Fairness
A Major in the US Army, a seasoned attorney, a veteran of the Iraq War, and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Mason looks ahead to a new chapter after he retires from the Military.
A Major in the US Army, a seasoned attorney, a veteran of the Iraq War, and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Mason looks ahead to a new chapter after he retires from the Military.
Peter Gahlinger: Constant Self-Improvement
Persistence, good therapy, yoga and meditation, and the loving support of a sensitive partner have helped Peter to heal from the abuses of a Catholic priest.
Persistence, good therapy, yoga and meditation, and the loving support of a sensitive partner have helped Peter to heal from the abuses of a Catholic priest.
Michael Broussard: A Voice of Truth
Silenced by the step-father who devastated his childhood, Michael worked hard to find his voice and now uses it to fill theaters.
Silenced by the step-father who devastated his childhood, Michael worked hard to find his voice and now uses it to fill theaters.
Matt Ashton: A Journey That Continues
Years of sexual abuse as a child led to years of drug and alcohol abuse and violence as a member of one of New Zealand’s motorcycle gangs. Then came a life-altering moment in a church.
Years of sexual abuse as a child led to years of drug and alcohol abuse and violence as a member of one of New Zealand’s motorcycle gangs. Then came a life-altering moment in a church.
Michael Cochran: Open to Human Connection
“I don’t know if there are other guys like me who have been molested by their mothers who come out here and talk about it like this, but I know that if I don’t it’s not gonna start.”
“I don’t know if there are other guys like me who have been molested by their mothers who come out here and talk about it like this, but I know that if I don’t it’s not gonna start.”
Michael Ludin: The Mystery of Transforming Trauma
Michael has transformed his catastrophic childhood into a passionate devotion to helping traumatized and disadvantaged children around the world.
Michael has transformed his catastrophic childhood into a passionate devotion to helping traumatized and disadvantaged children around the world.