Darlene Lekowski, resilience speaker, bestselling author, and survivor advocate, with shoulder-length blonde hair wears earbuds, a light pink shirt. She is sitting at a desk with a microphone, a laptop, and a notepad.

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Darlene Lekowski has been featured in hundreds of publications and on 50+ podcasts. Here is a sample of her recent media appearance and press coverage.

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Shattering the Silence: The Courage to Let Go and Live Forward | PACEsConnection by Rachel E. Grant

After more than fifty years of silence surrounding the Sibling S*xual Trauma and Abuse she endured in childhood, she made the life-changing decision to step into her truth and share her story publicly.

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Darlene’s Story: Shattering Silence | The Survivors Trust

For much of my life, I believed I had an idyllic childhood. I grew up the youngest of five children in a close-knit Midwestern family.

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How Darlene Lekowski turned a 50-year secret into a leadership movement | MSN

Darlene Lekowski transforms decades of personal reflection into a bestselling memoir and advocacy platform focused on resilience, truth, and leadership.

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Darlene Lekowski’s Debut Memoir “Shattering Silence” Reaches #1 Amazon Bestseller Status Across Multiple Categories

Shattering Silence: A Story of Survival, Justice, and the Power of Telling the Truth explores the long-term effects of childhood trauma, identity formation, and healing.

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Shattering Silence and Finding Justice with Darlene Lekowski and Jessica Buchanan | How to Survive Survival

After fifty years of silence surrounding the Sibling Sexual Trauma and Abuse (SSTA) she endured as a child, Darlene found her voice and chose to stand in her truth—ultimately prevailing in a civil lawsuit brought against her by her own brother.

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Her Brothers SAed Her, One Tried to Silence Her with a Lawsuit | Beyond the Monsters Podcast with Chell Bane

Darlene Lekowski was sexually abused by two of her older brothers beginning at just 7 years old, carrying the trauma in silence for more than five decades while building a life that looked perfect from the outside.

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She Stayed Silent for 50 Years… Then Took Her Abuser to Court with Morgan Huelsman

What began as childhood trauma inflicted by two of her siblings turned into a lifetime of silence, survival, and hidden pain. But when that silence finally broke, it set off a chain of events no one could have expected...

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