Girl Lost (and Found): Kate Angelo's Journey From Foster Care to Bestselling Author

Kate Angelo shares her transformative journey from foster care to bestselling author, revealing how small interventions changed her life trajectory and shaped her mission to help others heal from trauma.• Experiencing stability when a friend's family took her in through an independent living program after facing placement in a group home• Developing survival mechanisms that protected her during childhood trauma but required adjustment in adult relationships• Navigating triggers from past trauma, including physical reactions to certain sounds and movements• Creating communication strategies with her husband to break toxic cycles and build understanding• Working through nonprofit ministry to strengthen marriages and prevent family breakdown• Using fiction writing to explore themes of trauma, healing and redemption through her book "Girl Lost"• Emphasizing that trauma doesn't define identity and healing is possible through understanding our true purposeFind Kate's book "Girl Lost" at major retailers and learn more about her nonprofit work at her website. Subscribe to Kate's newsletter to receive exclusive content including deleted scenes from her books.This is part two of Kate's powerful story on Behind the Curtain. Go back and listen to part one here:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401115/episodes/17808468Links 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/