Former Foster Care Youth Turned Bestseller: Kate Angelo's Story of Resilience

In part one, Kate Angelo shares her extraordinary journey from a chaotic childhood with exotic pets, parental kidnappings, and neglect to finding purpose after aging out of foster care.• Former foster youth who became a bestselling author and now runs a nonprofit for strengthening marriages and families• Grew up in extreme chaos with exotic pets including a lion, bobcat, and monkey while experiencing neglect• Experienced trauma including witnessing her stepfather's murder and her grandmother's suicide• Was "parentified" at age 12, driving and working to support younger siblings while her mother was absent• Made the difficult choice to enter foster care as a teenager when given the opportunity• Struggled with abandonment when her mother took her siblings back to Texas but left her alone in foster care• Uses her experiences to help others develop healthy relationship skills through her writing and nonprofit workThis is part one of Kate's powerful story on Behind the Curtain, with part two coming in the next episode.Links to Kate Angelo's Book Forsaken:https://kateangelo.com/forsaken/Pre-Order Girl Lost Here:https://kateangelo.com/girl-lost/We know that foster care and adoption present unique challenges for your marriage, so we created this Same Page Checklist as a conversation starter for you and your spouse. You can download it for free on our website at https://www.havenretreatsinc.org/couples-free-resources-1. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram:Haven Retreats- https://www.instagram.com/haven.retreats/?hl=enBehind the Curtain Podcast- https://www.instagram.com/behind.the.curtain_pod/