The Art of Trauma-Informed Care

KiwaniTalk is produced by memers of the Kiwanis Club of Dearborn, Michigan. Recently they asked me on to talk about my book, Garbage Bag...

In this episode of I Want To Know we welcome in author and survivor of the foster care system Shenandoah Chefalo. In her new book Garbage...

Plagued and embarrassed by her name, made worse by a nomadic childhood that made it impossible to build lasting relationships, Shenandoah...

In this radio-style podcast, Dr. Sutton interviews Shenandoah Chefalo about her life and her book, Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir. It’s...

In this radio-style podcast, Dr. Sutton interviews Shenandoah Chefalo about her life and her book, Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir. It’s...

his week host Lisa Germani looks at the foster care system and some different viewpoints for #fostercaremonth. WATCH NOW

An honest conversation about growing up in foster care and trying to learn forgiveness and healing along the way. Plus, what you can do...

Shenandoah found herself in foster care at age 13 after her mother never came home. She speaks of her experience, the trauma that many...

Do you ever feel like you're out of place? Hiding a secret about who you really are? well if so, this episode is for you. Shenandoah grew...

Kristen Beat speaks to Shenandoah Chefalo about her new book Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir and advocating for a better foster care...

Garbage Bag Suitcase: A MEMOIR (foster care awareness) with Shenandoah Chefalo Shenandoah's dreams for a stable childhood were shattered:...

Welcome! It has been brought to my attention recently that an amazing number of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated men and woman are...

Shenandoah Chefalo was abused and neglected as a child by her mother and step-father. At the age of 13, she was abandoned so she...

We all have small secrets. Shenandoah Chefalo had a big painful secret, that she only shared with her husband… after the wedding. Her new...

This evening we interview Shenandoah Chefalo (author of the recently published memoir “Garbage Bag Suitcase”) about a blog she recently...

I have attended several funerals during my lifetime. At one, when I was still in high school, I remember watching the mother of a friend...

For over twenty years, I said nothing. I hid my status as a foster care survivor from almost everyone I knew. The label “foster kid” had...

Earlier this week, President Obama commuted the sentences of 46 people who he said were serving sentences disproportionate to their...

Did you know that we have over 400,000 children in the foster care system each day in the United States? It's appalling and most States...

LESSONS FROM THE ROAD, A FOSTER CARE MEMOIR Garbage Bag Suitcase is my forthcoming memoir of my wholly dysfunctional journey through a...