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Resilient Voices & Beyond — 146 episodes
Power With Purpose, Leadership With Heart
Aging Out Is Not a Graduation. It Is a Test of New Freedoms
After the Storm Is When the Flowers Bloom
Healing while curating dreams and breaking generational trauma.
It Can Be Done
" She believed she could, so she did ”
"Still waters run deep"
Your story is the message. Your story is your legacy
“Broken Systems, Funded Silence: Deconstructing the Nonprofit-Gov Pipeline” – Part 2
“Broken Systems, Funded Silence: Deconstructing the Nonprofit-Gov Pipeline” – Part 1
"Your direction is more important than your speed."
“Life is not what happens to you, but how you respond to it.”
“Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.” – Colossians 3:23 (NLT)
"Your Story Is Your Superpower—Own It, Share It, and Let It Open Doors for You."
“Live life to the fullest, excel despite challenges, and never let those who wish you harm dictate your path.”
“Love is the work.”
" It only takes one adult to make a difference."
"Hurt People Hurt People”
"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it"
"Don't Let Your Past Struggles Define Your Future"
"You Only Live Once, But If You Do It Right, Once Is Enough"
"Practice Makes Progress, Not Perfect"
“More stories = more connection and more connection = more healing.- Dr. Liz”
" The most dangerous phrase in the language is, 'We've always done it this way "
All Things Work Together
“Love Yourself, The Rest Will Fall Into Place”
"...But God"
"Be the Difference for a Child: The Joan E. Ulsher Story"
"My Story Matters Because I Matter. I Am Absolutely Enough."
"Never Lose Faith and You Will Make It Through"
Everything can be taken from a person except for one thing; the freedom to choose one’s attitude in any given situation
Be the Black Sheep but Not a Statistic
Until then… I just keep moving forward
God brings beauty from ashes.
“Ain't No 2 Days The Same”!
“The way I see it if you want the rainbow you have to put up with the rain”
"Lifting families through Hope, Money and Love."
" If you don't ask, the answer is always no."
Resilient Voices & Beyond Trailer
“Treat yo’self. Don’t cheat yo’self.”
"We all have a purpose to which we are called to; it’s up to you to answer it.”
“Keep Getting Into Good Trouble”
"My life is my Testimony”
On a journey of breaking generational trauma and healing
"Lead with Data, Follow with Passion."
Helping those who have lived experience from foster care go from surviving to thriving.
"Sharing Your Story Can Inspire Others to Enact Change."
"Building Capacity To Engage Youth"
"It's okay to be vulnerable and be loved and compassionate."
"The true character of society is revealed in how it treat its children."
"Invisible No More"
Go at it with joy in your heart!
"I want to be the person I needed when I was younger"
" Redefining Normal "
Recognize no such thing as impossible- Napoleon Hill
“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” - Dan Millman
"Whatever It Takes" (It shouldn’t be a privilege to have a village.)
“Our lives begin to end the moment we become silent about the things that matter” -MLK
NYTD Changed My Life Talk with Lived Experience Professionals
“ Surviving out of spite.”
"living my best life"
“ Radical times call for a Radical response “
“ The cycle ends with me “
“Your biggest mistake doesn't define you as a person!"
“ Stand For Justice “
“ Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your
“The unexamined life is not worth living”
"You only struggle because you’re ready to grow but aren’t willing to let go."
"It's inside-out work."
"Self reflection & coping are the keys"
My past doesn’t define me God refines me to his plan in my life”
“Empowering current and former foster youth to thrive “
" There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.”
"float like a butterfly sting like a bee"
“FIGHT FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU CARE ABOUT, BUT DO IT IN A WAY THAT WILL LEAD OTHERS TO JOIN ”
“Hope anchors the soul. Hebrews 6:19. “
"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes we have gone through to achieve that beauty"
“ Who's life did you touch and what difference did you make “
"The Child Who is Not Embraced by the Village Will Burn it Down to Feel its Warmth "
“The price of love is loss”
“The most committed wins“
“Note to self: Patience is a virtue that leads to a payoff“
" You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, you cannot have both“
"We will be really misled if we think we can change society without changing ourselves"
“Pulse Results into Purpose, The Proof is in the Print”
"You are the author of your story." -Lisa Nichols
" What you come from doesn’t have to dictate what you become “
"Why shoot the breeze about it...when you can be about it." Nasir Jones
" Preserving Families & Securing Futures “
"There is so much power in your voice “-Sylvia Livingston
" If not you then who and if not now then when“
TAY Talk Episode 3 | Obtaining Higher education & kinship |
" Find your comfort people and love them with everything you have “
TAY TALKS Ep. 2 | Sibling Separation & Mental Health |
TAY TALKS Ep. 1 | Foster Care to Homeless Pipeline |
"A good Christian makes a good citizen"
“ With grit, grace and gratitude” FosterStrong
“You Are Not Your Circumstances.”
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
“We are the change that we seek.”
“Be the change 🤍”
“How you finish is how you start”
“Be the change you wish to see in the world”
"If people laugh at your dream, good. Dream big." Part 2
"If people laugh at your dream, good. Dream big." Part 1
“We believe”
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood”
“Know the healing Power of Story and the destructive power of an unknown one.”
"Be great in the ordinary so that you are prepared for the extraordinary"
God's plans for you are bigger than your plans for yourself.
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest, until your good is your better and your better is your best."
“it is what it is”
“Not all storms are meant to disrupt your life. Some come to clear your path”
"There is an after this. There's life after the detour”
"Shake the Dirt of your past to reach your full potential."
"A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
“Every Tomorrow Is A Second Chance”
“Every Day Is An Interview”
“Inhale courage, exhale fear”
"Never allow life to just happen, you happen to life!
"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go, they merely determine where you start"
“Be who you needed when you were younger”
We envision a world where every person has the conditions they need to Heal, Develop, and Thrive.
"Seek to accomplish what others think is difficult to achieve"
“ self discipline is self love”
“Not a victim, but a Warrior”
"Life has no limitations, except the ones you make"
"Changing ourselves, creates change in others"
"It is time to align hope with action."
"BEATING THE ODDS"
"Providing supports and resources to alumni of the foster care system and underserved youth."
“Always remember that your Present situation is not your Final destination.” The best is yet to come.
“When you Foster Youth, You Foster Success!”
"Healing makes room for us to fight in the places where it's necessary and love in the places we long to."
"Without community there is no liberation"
“You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.”
“Education is around us every day, providing us with opportunity…Be wise enough to see it, take action.....
"All statistics have outliers"
“This too shall pass”
"I believe we are called to serve and once you accept the calling the purpose becomes clear."
“What you do is valid and crucial in times of need in life. Sometimes all it takes is you planting a seed in someone else's life even if you
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see."
"Empowering Youth & Unlocking Hidden Potential"
"Launching Youth To New Heights"
#FosterYouthVoices "Fighting to reform the child welfare system.