6. Fighting tech-facilitated abuse: a new path to digital safety

Pip Rae thought her new smart watch was a thoughtful present from her partner. In reality, it was a way to track her every move. In the wrong hands, technology can be used to instil fear. But in the right hands, it’s a shield to defend, a safeguard for systems and a tool to hold perpetrators accoun…

5. Career sabotage: Recovering your professional life

When you're not safe at home, a job can be a lifeline. It's a paycheck, a connection to the world and even a chance to raise the alarm. But when your ability to work is sabotaged, the road back to the workforce can be long and difficult, even after you’ve left.    In episode five of There’s No Pl…

4. Rebuilding your community: “We are a sisterhood.”

Many people abused by their partner are cut off from the world. From their loved ones, their community and in some cases, their culture. Core parts of who they are. In episode four of There’s No Place Like Home: Paths to Healing, Sally Spicer is joined by Sono Leone Weatherall, founder of Strong W…

3. Financial freedom: Reclaiming your independence

What's the real price of safety? Escaping an abusive partner is not just difficult, it's expensive. Moving costs, rent, child care and lawyers all add up, especially if you've already had your money taken or controlled.  In episode three of There’s No Place Like Home: Paths to Healing, Sally Spice…

2. The domestic violence housing crisis: “I had nowhere else to go.”

Alecia* left her partner more times than she can count before she finally escaped for good. She didn't return because she wanted to get back together. She returned because she and her children had nowhere else to go.  In episode two of There’s No Place Like Home: Paths to Healing, Sally Spicer is …

1. Life as a parent after domestic violence

How does domestic violence affect mums and their children? And how do you rebuild a family bond after escaping an abusive partner?  In episode one of There’s No Place Like Home: Paths to Healing, Sally Spicer interviews survivor advocate Bethany Adams and Berry Street’s Clinical Psychologist Dr. S…

Next week: 6 survivors on the reality of rebuilding from domestic violence

Escaping domestic abuse is just the beginning. But how do you actually rebuild a life after the crisis has passed? Join journalist Sally Spicer for a sneak peek of our powerful new season, Paths to Healing, launching March 3.  This season, we spotlight the extraordinary people and programs support…

Domestic violence recovery: the hidden truth

On March 3, award-winning podcast There's No Place Like Home is returning for a fourth season - this time with video as well as audio. It's called Paths to Healing,  This is the story that starts where others end. After the headlines fade. After the crisis hotline call ends. After you walk out of …

8. “The best is yet to come.”

Geraldine Bilston first joined There’s No Place Like Home as a victim-survivor way back in season one. Since then a lot has changed for her, for the better. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss investigates how we move past domestic abuse - as a society and…

7. "This is not punishment."

Dr Brian Sullivan still remembers the man who duped his men’s behaviour change group into thinking he’d changed when he hadn’t. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home: After she leaves, Tara Rae Moss investigates how men’s behaviour change programs work and the methods of the facilitators wo…