For the first time, Royce Rendon tells his story in full on Trauma Interrupted with Jan Broberg.

Content advisory: child sexual abuse, childhood neglect and abuse, addiction, and suicide.

Jan Broberg sits down with Royce Rendon, a survivor, writer, and advocate, to get the deep dive into his story that hasn't been publicly discussed before. Beginning with a short video about his story reaching millions of people and in this episode he talks, without holding back, about the parts that video could not hold: the childhood behind it, and the aftermath that came after.

Royce describes growing up as the child of a parent living with addiction, and what it does to a kid to become the adult in the room before they are ready. He talks about the pressure survivors face to perform a “good” recovery, the loneliness of healing in public, and how hard it was to find trauma-informed care. He and Jan talk honestly about the justice system, about what happens when a case does not move forward, and about why reporting still matters even when it feels like it doesn't.

It is a heavy conversation, and also a hopeful one. Royce ends with three dreams he is keeping alive, and a reminder that survivors get to decide for themselves what justice and healing look like.

This is the kind of conversation we made Trauma Interrupted for. Honest, survivor to survivor, with nothing performed and nothing exploited.

Where To Find Royce:
Insta: @RoyceRendon

Mentioned Resources:
The Crime Victims Treatment Center (New York)

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[Content Warning]: Child Sexual Abuse, Grooming, Substance Use Recovery

In the first episode of Trauma Interrupted, host Jan Broberg sits down with Teresa Agustin, JBF Board Chair and creator of Spot 6, and her son Austen Tanner, JBF Co-Founder and co-creator of the T.I.M.E. Program, to introduce the show, the foundation's three pillars of Awareness, Community, and Justice, and the programs they have spent the past two years building.

Together, they trace why the rebrand from The Jan Broberg Show to Trauma Interrupted is more than a name change. They talk about how Survivor Circle evolved from an early community called Thrivivors, why the T.I.M.E. Program (Trauma Interrupted, Mitigated, and Expressed) was built as peer-led and community-sustained, and how SPOT6 teaches the six stages of child grooming so adults can recognize patterns before abuse happens.

Teresa shares her grooming story and the decade of silence that followed. Austen speaks about addiction, recovery, and why peer-to-peer community matters for healing. Jan ties it back to the foundation's broader mission of breaking the cycles of abuse that depend on secrecy.

If you or someone you know is experiencing emotional distress or suicidal ideation, please access the resources below:

National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call/Text 988
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We're saying goodbye to The Jan Broberg Show by returning to where it began. Jan Broberg shares her story in full with good friend and fellow podcaster Dave Markel.

Content advisory: child sexual abuse, rape, kidnapping, brainwashing, emotional abuse, drug-facilitated sexual assault, and threats of violence.

In this episode • Jan sits down with Dave Markel, a retired family detective, trauma expert, and the producer and host of SASS: Sexual Assault Survivor Stories. This is the most detailed continual account of her abuse outside of her new book, The Jan Broberg Story. She goes deep into the techniques Robert Berchtold used to brainwash, kidnap, and assault her over years. For anyone trying to understand the predatory mindset and how grooming affects young, absorbent minds, this is a must-listen.

Be sure to check out Dave's podcast, S.A.S.S.
Sexual Assault Survivor Stories
Hosted by Dave Markel
https://sexassaultsurvivorstories.libsyn.com/

This is also a goodbye to The Jan Broberg Show. Its spirit continues on as Trauma Interrupted with Jan Broberg: same feed, same host, same dedication to survivors. One change worth mentioning. We will now release new episodes every Friday. Thank you all for your listenership and support. We will see you in Trauma Interrupted with Jan Broberg.

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