Welcome to Fostering Change! Today marks the final installment of our special episodes for National Foster Care Awareness Month. We hope you've enjoyed the series—and, more importantly, learned something meaningful from each conversation. As always, we encourage you to share your thoughts in the comments and pass these episodes along to others.
In today’s episode, we welcome back one of Rob’s favorite guests: Charell Star, who first joined us in Season 5. Charell gained national attention when she was featured in Humans of New York (link below), and she returns to discuss her powerful new book, Trash Bag Tales and Other Stories from an Accidentally Happy Life. The book offers readers a raw, heartfelt, and often humorous look at what it means to claim the joyful life you deserve.
Charell is also the featured subject in the award-winning documentary Feeling Wanted, which chronicles her time in foster care and is now used as a training resource by child welfare organizations around the world.
We absolutely loved this episode—and we’ve already invited Charell back for Season 7!
📚 Want to read Charell’s book?
Find it at your favorite bookstore or purchase it on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Trash-Bag-Tales-Stories-Accidentally/dp/B0F24H8DXS
📲 Connect with Charell:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charellstar/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charellstar/
Read her “Humans of New York” story:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CUK7yfSrFT3/?hl=en
🎧 One more episode of Season 6 drops next week! After that, we’ll take a short break and share some “Best Of” episodes before returning with Season 7 this fall.
💌 Got thoughts or guest suggestions? Email us at: info@comfortcases.org
Thank you for being a GOOD HUMAN. 💙
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