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Chelsey De Groot

Chelsey De Groot

Chelsey De Groot is an Instructor in Family Violence at Lethbridge Polytechnic, Founder of Roots & Rise Coaching and Consulting, and author of I Shouldn't Have to Play the Victim.

Aug 17, 2026

5:10
Can you get more into like real quick, the specifics of that? Cause this is crazy.
5:14
Okay.
5:14
So a little bit of a backstory with that judge.
5:17
She was a judge that I had in like 2018.
5:19
And she was the only judge that recognized the power over dynamics in the courtroom that day.
5:24
Um, and I, really appreciated her.
5:26
So then fast forward a couple of years, I ended up managing the drug treatment court.

8 MINS LATER

13:27
Life keeps seriously.
16:07
But I want to show the scary part where you're like, you know what, I'm putting this out there and what that did inside of you and outside of you.
16:15
Okay.
16:16
There was like small moments of this.
16:18
So it was like a slow buildup, I guess.
16:20
I never wanted to blend professional and personal lives.
16:24
Like, and I was very intertwined, right? I've been fighting this domestic violence.
16:27
I mean, it's a 10 year court battle.

8 MINS LATER

24:17
Like this is out for everyone to hear and to see.

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