“She acquired a brain injury, vision impairment and physical disability as a result of domestic violence. The perpetrator, was her husband who is a young war veteran, who served for over ten years, and is now only in his thirties. She became the collateral damage of her husbands Post Traumatic Stress. She lives in Australia and is supported by her family, through this difficult time.”
– Julie, Canada, 2017
“I have spoken about these issues before, but I have never done so in such a direct and unfiltered manner. I wonder how much a public audience can handle and how direct – if not to say brutal – I can be with my personal story. In the end, will this be perceived and interpreted as a personal vendetta? Will be this be judged as a series of indiscretions? Is this dirty laundry that must not be, at all costs, aired in public? In the end, I cannot filter and control what people want to or can take in. I can only speak out. I have done just that: I spoke out, for my own sake.”
– Julie, Canada