matt (00:01.166) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. We are here with a good friend of ours named Heather. We're gonna get to Heather in just a minute, but before we do, we've got an episode sponsor today. And so they say looking for a fun, creative way to bring people together. Two Sisters' Studio brings the party, the paint party to you. We offered guided Painting experiences for businesses, corporate events, team building,

speaker (00:00) interviewed a lot of counselors in the community and a lot of them were very unsure about working trauma cases and working with The Bridge. Yeah. They people are very nervous about working trauma consistently. And also the concept of court testimony. the word court's not brought up in most of our schooling. Yeah. So we don't go to school to be to be a court. We go to school to help people. yeah and we don't We're not really explain it's not really explained to

Speaker (00:00.792) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Guys, it is great to be back in the studio. Took a took a couple months off of recording, had shoulder surgery, did all the things, and so I'm super excited to come to you from my new podcast studio that we've gotten set up. And so I'm super excited for that. but we've got a couple of really great guests. We're doing a Three part series on The Bridge which is a child adv

Matt Darrah (00:01.183) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Guys, we are launching a three-part series on The Bridge today. And so I've got some some ladies that are here that are gonna share kind of the heartbeat behind The Bridge and how it all works and all those things. but before we get to that, our episode sponsor this week is Kindred Construction. And so they say if you've got a stone-coated steel roof, Kindred would l

Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection and community. And I'm super excited to have Dinalynn come on the podcast. We're recording in in Podapalooza and so it's pretty awesome. However, most of our my interviews are long form over an hour, that kind of thing. And so we're going to have to dive deep and quick. But I think you've got some really great stuff for us. So can you kind of give us a little bit of a broad of what you do, who you are, wha

Matt (00:02.968) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Today we have Robyn McTague on our show today. Robyn thanks for joining me. Robyn (00:14.072) Thanks for inviting me. Matt (00:15.534) Absolutely. So kind of set the stage for us. I know that you said that you grew up in foster care, right? Or you were in foster care. Robyn (00:25.058) I was, I grew up in a very dysfunctional family and my dad was an alcoholic, sexual abuse

Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Today we are recording on Podapalooza and so my episodes don't get to go as long and as deep as what we normally do. so it's gonna be a quick time, but Mo, thank you so much for coming on the podcast today and opening up and sharing your story. Thank you so much, Matt. It is an absolute. Pleasure to be here as we were discussing before before we record. Yeah, so so tell us a little bit abou

Matt (00:02.83) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection and community. I am recording in Podapalooza and most of my episodes are long form interviews. These are shorter forms and so we won't be able to get as deep as we normally do. But Dale, Dale Young is a coach for business entrepreneurs, for Christian entrepreneurs. So tell us a little bit about you, Dale. Dale (00:32.456) gosh, that would take way too long. you know, we'll start out with on

Matt (00:02.542) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection and community. We're here at Pada Palooza and I've said this, but our episodes are pretty, short. My episodes are normally kind of a long form, but we're gonna get to some really great information from Christine. So thank you for joining us and Christine, thanks for coming on our show today. Christine (00:26.988) Thank you for having me. I'm delighted to be here. Matt (00:29.836) Yeah, so

Matt (00:02.766) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Today we've got Vivianne Israel on and she has got some unique stuff to talk to us about. So Vivianne, tell us just a little bit about you. Vivianne (00:17.774) Okay. Well, I'm a retired registered care nurse did critical care of 27 years and then emergency response. I've also had businesses. I'm published author of nonfiction in the past and the award winning things and no

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Matt Darrah (00:00) Podcast Disclaimer The information shared in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Although a licensed therapist may be participating in this discussion, no therapist-client relationship is being formed by listening to this podcast. If you are experiencing a mental health concern, please seek help from a qualified, licensed mental h

Matt Darrah (00:00) Podcast Disclaimer The information shared in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Although a licensed therapist may be participating in this discussion, no therapist-client relationship is being formed by listening to this podcast. If you are experiencing a mental health concern, please seek help from a qualified, licensed mental h

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