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Chefalo's for Crossnore: A Journey to Mt. Kilimanjaro
Six years ago, our family gave up Christmas! That's right, we gave it all up: no tress, no decorations, no fancy ham dinner and...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Jul 10, 20182 min read


Does Adoption Leave a Scar?
I try really hard on this blog to bring you thoughts and ideas that you might not have heard before. I try to speak not only from my...
Anne Heffron
May 28, 20185 min read


Burning Coals of Emotional Abuse: Minimizing, Invalidating & Gas Lighting
Since the release of Garbage Bag Suitcase, I have had some interesting human encounters. I have traveled around the country and even into...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Oct 1, 20174 min read


LIAR, LIAR - Looking Beyond the Lie
Lying is a topic that I have been meaning to cover on this blog for sometime, but frankly every time I sit down to write it, I get...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Sep 3, 20173 min read


Incarceration, Homelessness & Addiction: The Foster Care Problem
I was recently asked to be on the Incarcerate US podcast that is hosted by Dante Nottingham, an inmate who has been locked up since the...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 2, 20171 min read


Self Help: More Than Just A Book
I have written before about how I was a self-help book addict. I read every book I could find, re-reading several of them and even going...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Mar 30, 20174 min read


A Nation Triggered: Using Powerful Questions to Coach Ourselves in Bi-Partisanship
A NATION TRIGGERED Using Powerful Questions to Coach Ourselves to Bi-Partisanship It’s official: in the United States we have a new...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Feb 1, 20173 min read


Who Gets The Life Raft: The Difficult Relationships of Foster Youth
Writing for this blog is sometimes problematic for me. I try to be as transparent as possible and talk about the things that are truly...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Dec 8, 20162 min read


Can Living Alone Heal Trauma? A Year to Find out
I have never really been good at relationships. Intimacy scares me, and trust is something that is earned. When I travel now, speaking...

Shenandoah Chefalo
Sep 26, 20163 min read
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