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Shenandoah Chefalo
Nov 10, 20161 min read
The Giving Back Podcast - PART 1
No one comes into foster care because of a pleasant situation. Shenandoah Chefalo is the author of Garbage Bag Suitcase, a memoir of...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Sep 26, 20163 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...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Sep 11, 20161 min read
James Miller Lifeology Podcast
We all have experienced many difficult things in our lives. Often we allow an event or our environment to define who we are. When this...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 30, 20164 min read
Comfort in Chaos: Understanding Trauma Brain
I make no bones about it, as a foster child, I don’t think I was an easy person to get along with and I certainly wasn’t trying to make...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 18, 20161 min read
KiwaniTalk -Dearborn, MI
KiwaniTalk is produced by memers of the Kiwanis Club of Dearborn, Michigan. Recently they asked me on to talk about my book, Garbage Bag...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 17, 20161 min read
I Want To Know (Podcast)
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...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Aug 12, 20161 min read
Changing The Lives of Foster Children
Plagued and embarrassed by her name, made worse by a nomadic childhood that made it impossible to build lasting relationships, Shenandoah...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Jul 31, 20161 min read
The Changing Behavior Network-Part 2
In this radio-style podcast, Dr. Sutton interviews Shenandoah Chefalo about her life and her book, Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir. It’s...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Jul 24, 20161 min read
The Changing Behavior Network-Part 1
In this radio-style podcast, Dr. Sutton interviews Shenandoah Chefalo about her life and her book, Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir. It’s...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Jun 27, 20161 min read
Street Beat: Foster Care
his week host Lisa Germani looks at the foster care system and some different viewpoints for #fostercaremonth. WATCH NOW
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Jun 23, 20161 min read
We Choose Respect ParentCast (Podcast)
An honest conversation about growing up in foster care and trying to learn forgiveness and healing along the way. Plus, what you can do...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Jun 22, 20161 min read
Journey for Truth (Podcast)
Shenandoah found herself in foster care at age 13 after her mother never came home. She speaks of her experience, the trauma that many...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
May 30, 20161 min read
The Rags to Niches Podcast
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...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
May 20, 20164 min read
Reaching the Fourth "R": Schools and Classrooms Make the Difference
I am very excited to bring you my first guest blog. In full disclosure, I met Cathy Anther-Fialon, at a webcast on a seminar regarding...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
May 11, 20161 min read
Fox 47 Lansing
Kristen Beat speaks to Shenandoah Chefalo about her new book Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir and advocating for a better foster care...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
May 2, 20161 min read
Residential Schools: A Promising Alternative
In her book, Garbage Bag Suitcase, former foster youth Shenandoah Chefalo describes her childhood of abuse, followed by three years in...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Apr 27, 20161 min read
Bringing Inspiration to Earth (BITE) Podcast
Garbage Bag Suitcase: A MEMOIR (foster care awareness) with Shenandoah Chefalo Shenandoah's dreams for a stable childhood were shattered:...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Apr 18, 20161 min read
Journey of Hope with Rodney Mathers (Podcast)
Welcome! It has been brought to my attention recently that an amazing number of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated men and woman are...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Apr 13, 20163 min read
Healing Trauma: One Grocery Store Line at a Time
There’s a women standing in front of me at the grocery store. I can see her fidgeting, shifting her weight back and forth. She glances my...
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Shenandoah Chefalo
Apr 7, 20161 min read
The Mimi Georges Show-The Broken Foster Care System
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...
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