Sometimes the safest thing you can do is stop showing your hand. Learn how discreet documentation, evidence preservation, and practical safety planning can help you regain control. It's Time To Speak Up is about working smarter, staying safer, and taking your power back.

EP 04 — The 360 View: You

Abuse affects more than the relationship. This episode turns the focus toward the person living through it and the importance of understanding the bigger picture.

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It's Time To Speak Up — The Road Back To You
Created and hosted by Dawna D Smith

One step down that yellow brick road at a time. Together. This is how we walk each other home.

This one's for the men. The fathers, husbands, brothers, sons, and friends. Real strength isn't about control, intimidation, or fear. It's about respect, accountability, and knowing when to stand up for someone who needs you. It's Time To Speak Up isn't just a conversation for women. Men have a place in it, too.

What do you do when someone you love is being abused, but you don't know how to help?

Do you intervene? Stay quiet? Call the police? Push them to leave? What happens when they go back?

And how do you help without accidentally putting them in more danger?

I've lived on the other side of those questions.

That's why I wrote The Helper’s Helper.

This book isn't another lecture telling survivors to just leave. It's a guide for the people standing beside them. The friends, parents, siblings, coworkers, and loved ones who want to do something but don't know where to begin.

It covers understanding what a survivor is experiencing, offering support safely, preparing for the next steps, navigating the aftermath, and being there when the hard part doesn't end with leaving.

❤️ You don't have to have all the answers to make a difference.

Be valuable to her and useless to him.

📖 Hardcover and eBook available NOW on Amazon.
📚 Paperback coming soon.

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Even if you don't need this book, please share it. You never know who might be silently searching for answers.

#TheHelpersHelper #ItsTimeToSpeakUp #DomesticViolenceAwareness #NarcissisticAbuseAwareness #SupportSurvivors #DawnaDSmith

This one's for the men. The fathers, husbands, brothers, sons, and friends. Real strength isn't about control, intimidation, or fear. It's about respect, accountability, and knowing when to stand up for someone who needs you. It's Time To Speak Up isn't just a conversation for women. Men have a place in it, too.

Leaving an abusive relationship isn't as simple as packing a bag and walking out. Timing, preparation, and safety matter. On It's Time To Speak Up, we're talking about how to prepare for leaving without putting yourself at unnecessary risk. You deserve more than an escape. You deserve a real plan.

Our Mission

It's Time To Speak Up | Season 1: The Road Back To You

Why does It's Time To Speak Up exist?

Because abuse thrives in silence. Because too many survivors have been convinced that what they're experiencing isn't really abuse. And because recognizing what's happening is only the beginning.

I'm Dawna. I'm a survivor, an author, and someone who knows firsthand what it means to lose yourself while trying to survive someone else.

I created It's Time To Speak Up because I believe survivors deserve more than being told to "just leave."

They deserve information. They deserve practical tools. They deserve someone who understands that leaving isn't always as simple as packing a bag and walking out the door.

And they deserve to know they're not alone.

Our mission is simple: Break the silence. Help survivors recognize abuse. Make safety information and practical resources accessible. And help people find their way back to themselves.

This isn't about telling you what you should have done.

It's about helping you understand what you can do next.

One clean, sneaky step at a time.

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Not everyone who needs these resources can safely purchase them. Some survivors don't have access to their own money. Others can't risk having an obviously abuse-related book in their home.

Your support helps us develop and share practical resources, including discreet options for people who need them.

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🆘 Need Help?

National Domestic Violence Hotline (U.S.)

Call: 1-800-799-7233
Text: START to 88788
Website: https://www.thehotline.org

If someone may be monitoring your phone or internet activity, consider using a safer device to access support.

If you're in immediate danger, contact emergency services when safe.

It's Time To Speak Up
The Road Back To You
Created and hosted by Dawna D Smith

One step down that yellow brick road at a time. Together. This is how we walk each other home.

EP 06 — The Ecosystem

An abusive relationship doesn't necessarily exist in isolation. We explore the surrounding people, circumstances, and patterns that may reinforce control.

🦋 Stay Connected

Etsy — Books & Survivor Resources
https://dragonflyartfl.etsy.com

Linktree — Books, Tools & Resources
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TikTok — It's Time To Speak Up
https://www.tiktok.com/@its.time.to.speak.up

Facebook — Join the Conversation
https://www.facebook.com/share/19CJHQBqff/

💜 Help Us Reach More Survivors

Your support helps us create books, audiobooks, safety tools, and practical resources, including resources for people who may not have the financial means to purchase them.

PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/DragonflyArtFL

GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/6e530de5d

🆘 Need Help?

National Domestic Violence Hotline (U.S.)
Call: 1-800-799-7233
Text: START to 88788
Website: https://www.thehotline.org

If your device or online activity may be monitored, consider accessing support from a safer device.

It's Time To Speak Up — The Road Back To You
Created and hosted by Dawna D Smith

One step down that yellow brick road at a time. Together. This is how we walk each other home.