Open for repairs A weekly podcast

There's always room to repair.

Step into the room. Every week, Dawnielle Dionne opens the door to real letters, real callers and honest conversations about the things that break between us: trust, family, love, relationships, parenting, co-parenting and ourselves. Then we get to work on the repair.

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Room to Repair podcast cover: an open arched doorway glowing gold, with two seats and a microphone inside and an Open for Repairs sign on the door

Listen

The door opens every week.

Each episode opens the door on one theme, reads letters from listeners, shares one caller's story, and closes with one tool you can use that week.

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Coming soon

We're getting the room ready.

The first episodes are being recorded now. Slide a letter under the door or apply for a seat, and your story could help shape the first season.

Three ways into the room

Pull up a seat.

Write in

Slide a letter under the door. Letters are read in the room with names and details changed.

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Call in

Each week, one caller takes the seat across from Dawnielle for a recorded conversation. You can hear your segment before it airs.

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Be a guest

Experts, advocates, and people doing their own repair work, with something honest to share.

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What's it about?

Your letter

By submitting, you confirm you're 18 or older and give Room to Repair permission to read your letter, in full or in part, on the show and in related posts. We'll change names and identifying details, but we can't guarantee no one will recognize the situation. Submitting doesn't create a therapist–client relationship, and we can't respond to emergencies. If you're in danger, call 911, or call or text 988.

I'm 18 or older and I agree to the terms above.

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What would you like to talk about?

Are you safe right now?

Yes No, or I'm not sure

Please reach out for help now. You deserve support today, not on a podcast schedule. Call or text 988, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (or text START to 88788), or call 911 if you're in immediate danger. You're welcome to apply again later.

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I'm 18 or older. I understand Room to Repair is for education and support, the host is a Marriage and Family Therapist trainee, and the conversation is not therapy.

Your host

Dawnielle Dionne.

Dawnielle is a Marriage and Family Therapist trainee completing her master's degree, with years of experience walking alongside families, survivors and people starting over. She built Room to Repair as a room anyone can walk into: a place to bring what's broken, set it on the table and start the repair together. Because there's always room to repair.

She's also the founder of Good Sanctuary, a nonprofit for survivors of abuse.

MFT traineeFirst-generation graduateFounder, Good Sanctuary

If you need help now

You don't have to hold it alone.

Free, confidential support in the U.S., available right now.

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline24/7 call or textCall 988Text 988
National Domestic Violence Hotline24/7, call or text1-800-799-7233Text START to 88788
RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline24/71-800-656-4673
Childhelp Child Abuse Hotline24/7, for children and adults1-800-422-4453
Find a therapistLower-cost sessionsOpen Path Collective
EmergencyImmediate dangerCall 911

Room to Repair is for education and support only. It isn't therapy, counseling or crisis care, it doesn't replace working with a licensed professional, and listening, writing in or calling doesn't create a therapist–client relationship. Names and details in letters and calls are changed to protect privacy. The host is a Marriage and Family Therapist trainee.