Rachel Socorro was 19 years old when someone she trusted handed her to a trafficker.

What followed was captivity, violence, and choices no woman should ever have to make.

What came after is the reason this episode exists.

Today Rachel runs Total Life Wellness -- a national life recovery ministry that has helped over 500 survivors of trafficking,abuse, and addiction. She is the author of Living Proof.

And she has one message for anyone still in the dark: better is possible.

In this conversation with host Sarada Duvvuri, Rachel talks about:

-- Growing up in Kent, Ohio and the childhood wound of abandonment

-- Being groomed and trafficked at 19 by a trusted family member

-- The moment a gun changed everything

-- Surviving captivity while pregnant

-- Escaping, rebuilding, and the spiral that followed freedom

-- How faith became the foundation -- even when she was furious at God

-- Opening her home and loving 500 strangers back to life

-- Her core belief: your experiences do not define you

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Book: Living Proof -- available on Amazon

Ministry and donations:TotalLifeWellness.org

On Father's Day 2008, Joseph Groh went for a quick bike ride near his home in Grapevine, Texas. A patch of sand sent him over the handlebars. He broke his neck at C4 and was paralyzed from the neck down. He was 53 years old.

One year later, he founded the Joseph S. Groh Foundation — a nonprofit that has since helped 146 families across 38 states, distributing over $1.4 million in grants to workers in the construction trades living with life-altering disabilities.

In this conversation, Joe takes us back to the trail, through the hospital, and into the quiet, incremental process of rebuilding with purpose. We talk about the decision he made lying on the ground — "I could never give up" — and how that mindset carried him through 17 years of challenges and into a life more meaningful than the one before.

Joe is also the author of From Two Wheels to Four, a memoir about his journey from accident to advocacy.

If you've ever faced something that felt impossible to come back from, this one is for you.

Learn more: josephgrohfoundation.org

Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. was in his mother's womb when the FBI assassinated his father. This conversation goes beyond the history into the battle fatigue, the weight of a name, and the fire that keeps him going.

SUPPORT CHAIRMAN FRED HAMPTON JR.

Save the Hampton House: savethehamptonhouse.org

Cash App: $SavetheHamptonHouse

Instagram: @OfficialChairmanFredHamptonJr

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