In this deeply personal episode, I open up about the betrayal that cut the deepest — the one that came from the person I once called my twin. Raised just 11 months apart, my brother and I were seen as inseparable. We wore matching outfits, shared birthday cakes, and lived like we were twins. But everything changed when a family secret came to light — one that shattered our bond and exposed cracks I never saw coming.
This episode explores how jealousy, unresolved pain, and betrayal turned my biggest childhood ally into one of my loudest high school bullies. I share how his actions not only broke my heart but played a role in the outcome of a life-altering court case after I was sexually assaulted. And years later, when I learned the full truth about our past, it led to a final, painful separation.
This is a story about family, silence, survival — and what it means to grieve someone who’s still alive.
If you’ve ever felt alone in your pain, this episode is for you.
🎙️ Episode 2: The Year I Disappeared – Now Streaming
I wasn’t absent. I was erased.
After surviving something no teenager should endure, I was forced to walk the same halls as the person who hurt me, while the school picked sides.
I lost more than friends—I lost my sense of safety, my voice, and almost myself.
In this episode, I open up about the isolation that followed, the silence that buried me, and what it felt like to testify while the world kept moving like nothing had happened.
This is for the girls who became ghosts in their own lives just to survive.
🎧 Listen now to The High School Files – Episode 2: The Year I Disappeared.
You are not alone.
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🎙️ EPISODE 1: The Boy I Loved at Fourteen | When Trauma Looks Like Love
Welcome to The High School Files, a series on Battered Hearts Radio where I—Coach Nia Renee—go back in time to uncover the unspoken truths that shaped my early views of love, relationships, and self-worth.
In this first episode, I share the deeply personal story of my first love at just 14 years old. What looked like love was actually the result of unresolved trauma, emotional neglect, and a desperate need to feel seen. He was older, popular, and already had a girlfriend… but I still believed I was the one. Behind closed doors, I endured secrecy, manipulation, and emotional abuse—all while trying to make sense of a relationship I couldn’t talk about out loud.
This isn’t just about him.
It’s about the me who didn’t know how to say no.
The me who confused attention with affection.
The me who learned, much too young, that silence can feel like survival.
If you’ve ever stayed in something that hurt because it felt familiar… this is for you.
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I finally got a chance to sit down and interview my dad. I have known my dad for 30 years and in the last 4 years the landscape of our relationship has changed quite a bit. We have finally been able to get to know each other as two adult human beings instead of me seeing him as my father and him seeing me as his little girl. I get to ask the questions I have been dying to know! Get to know my dad a bit better and enjoy this sweet interview between him and I.
In this episode I identify the 5 types of narcissistic parental abuse and how to cope.
I have been on hiatus for the last year from my podcast recovering from my brain surgeries and getting back to my life! I am so excited to be back!! I have so man new things going on that I cannot wait to share with you all!!!
Click my links to find my journals and more!!!
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Lee and I explore the dynamics of the most recent interview with Chrisean Rock and Blue Face. The internet is buzzing about this couple and their toxicity. Their relationship is glamorized as king and queen of toxic and abuse. It is quite gross, and I am very terrified for Chrisean, if I am being completely honest.
I am engaged to my best friend! And I have been feeling a bit like an imposter and struggling with imposter syndrome! Let's talk about it!
I have been dealing with oh so much in life and in love. In turn, I am realizing that I am projecting some behaviors that I am still in the process of unlearning. Explore this with me.
Who is Nia Renee and what in the world is HTLBAW???
Get to know the answers to both of those questions. #batteredhearts
