<p><strong>Surviving Sexual Abuse, Now Fighting for Reform</strong></p><p>This week, Dave sits down with Sam Troth from ‘Road To Healing Aotearoa’ for one of the most powerful conversations we’ve had about survival, healing, and turning pain into purpose.</p><p>After experiencing sexual abuse as a child, Sam opens up about the spiral that followed — violence, addiction, prison, and years of carrying pain in silence. But instead of letting it define him, he chose to fight for others walking the same road.</p><p>Sam has now walked &amp; cycled over 5,000kms fighting for reform. He has walked from Bluff to Cape Reinga (2,073km), cycled around the South Island (2,000km), and recently walked from Cape Reinga to Parliament (1,064km) — calling for a minimum 8-year sentence for sexual offending.</p><p>Please support Sam. One of his petitions is currently working through government:</p><p>✍️ <strong>JOIN +17,500 OTHERS — REMOVE GOOD CHARACTER REFERENCES SEXUAL OFFENDERS</strong></p><p><strong>SIGN HERE:</strong> <a href="https://petitions.parliament.nz/cf986021-083d-40b6-a30f-08dd63dfe70d" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://petitions.parliament.nz/cf986021-083d-40b6-a30f-08dd63dfe70d</a></p><p>Massive shoutout to Sam for coming onto the podcast: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theroadtohealingaotearoa" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/theroadtohealingaotearoa</a></p><p>Let us know what you thought of the conversation in the comments!</p>