Graceful Truth Unscripted
Hey Y’all. My name is Dana and I’m your host of the Graceful Truth Unscripted podcast. This is a safe place. We’re here to speak truth in the most graceful way possible about experiences we’ve had through the adoption and foster care system along with parenting special needs children. We don’t sugar coat anything here. These are all real people telling their stories.Our goal is to be the voice for those who can’t speak. We are here to share stories, and share our realities. We are also here to make sure that we effectively change legislation and laws. It’s time to come together and become one voice for these children.So join us as we embark on this journey together!
Episodes
Deputy Andy Lahera was serving at a Graduation doing traffic control when his life changed in the blink of an eye. Deputy Lahera was involved in an accident that left him with a TBI. What the family didn’t know at the time was that Deputy Lahera and their family would be let down by someone who should have been there every step of the way.
Deputy Lahera stated working for the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office in 2009. ...
On today's episode, our 1st of 2022, we are celebrating and remembering Aliyah who's mom took her life 9 years ago today. If you've been a listener, you'll remember back in 2020 when Bonnie, her grandmother, came on and talked about that painful time. Today we speak with her Aunt, Sarah as she recalls that day and we discuss the various red flags, lack of DCF findings, and possibly the worst part...
Cory and JoJo Rankin marriage coaches for entrepreneurs, foster parents and parents of kids!
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Roman Roberts grew up in foster homes which were, as he calls it, “less than ideal” encountering various types of abuse causing him to join the military to find family, and led him on a journey as an interrogator, deploying multiple times and supporting various special operation teams. But the trauma from foster care and the military took its toll as he transitioned and led to him...
Trigger Alert!
Today we are talking about Mental Health statistics overall and within the Foster Care/Adoptive community. Many different items are discussed in this episode so listener discretion is advised.
I gathered my numbers from this website https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics
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We have some updates and also some exciting shows coming your way.
Sorry it took so long for us to be "back" but we re and we can't wait to share what we have coming up!!!
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Roman is a 1st generation immigrant from Ukraine. He arrived in US with 6 other family members to a 2 bedroom apartment. Roman interned with the Secret Service and held a top secret government clearance.
He was forced to become a self taught digital marketer as a result of the 2008 recession, and fell in love with it. Roman has 11 years of experience leading digital teams in senior leadership roles on over 6...
Marie is a Life Coach, Registered Therapist, and Clinical Hypnotherapist for Women who feel stuck, lost, and anxious, who are at a crossroads in their life, and want to rediscover who they are and reignite their purpose and passion but don’t know where to start.
She's been around the block a few times; having worked in high powered demanding corporate positions, endured a long term toxic relationship, cu...
We're back and Dana is updating you on all that happened over our break, and what's to come in 2021!
Read the article mentioned here: http://www.citruscountylife.com/pdf/Foster-to-Adoption-Article-FW2021.pdf
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Levin walked away from an opportunity to run a billion dollar business, to hitchhike around the world to find happiness and inner peace. He studied in a seminary five years and left one day before becoming a Rabbi and he has lived as a Monk in a monastery for 10 years. As Director of Business Development, he grew Hay House from $3,000,000 a year in sales to $100,000,000 a year in revenue.
Levin is rare blend...
Laura and her husband Tony live in the Dallas area where they raise their 10 children, 7 who are biological and 3 who are adopted out of foster care.
Laura is also the founder of Mama systems. Mama Systems exists to help mamas bring peace and order to their homes through proven customized systems.
Today Laura wants to share her story and encourage you to continue reaching out to Foster Children, if ...
It didn't seem right to share this just as a post or a Live Video because the journey to this specific diagnosis was a long road. I am relieved and still processing this information.
Please feel free to message or e-mail us (information below) if you have experience with Tourette's.
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Today I want to talk about what we have witnessed with my son being Black. I'm sharing the story and some things I believe we can do to help our children and our community. I'm a White Momma to a Black Son and I'm scared.
Please reach out to the show if you have any insight you can provide. I am happy to chat, have you on the show, or share you tips.
We need to love one another. We...
Join Dana as she shares a story about a case opened up on her and her husband through the Department of Children and Families for simply asking for help on Facebook for suggestions on how to help her child.
She will talk about how the report came about, who it came from, what happened, and how she felt about this. She will also talk about how it feels on the side of an adoptive parent, asking for help, and b...
Today I sit down with two of my friends as they ask me questions about fostering and adopting and specifically about our story. It was awesome!
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Today I sit down and talk about being the mother of a child who has behavior problems in School. It's not an easy thing to talk about with others, in fact it's rather embarrassing however, we tackle hard things on this show.
I also discuss what our most recent order of distance learning for the remainder of the year means for our family. It's not easy. It won't be easy. Check in with y...
Today I sit down with one of my friends who tells the story of her Granddaughter who died at the hands of her Mother. This episode is graphic in nature so listener discretion is advised.
If you need help or have any questions please reach out to the show and we would be happy to help.
Notes from the show:
National Child Abuse Hotline - 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453
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Today I'm sharing with you all the information that was in M's Case Plan. Straight from the documents. We go through the history and what lead up to a shelter order being issued.
While this episode does not contain any cursing, it does contain some hard subjects (drugs, suicide, neglect, etc) so please note that prior to listening.
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Today I got to sit down and speak with my Dance Teacher about what she encountered with my children while teaching them as well as just an overall discussion on how great Dance is for children who are mentally hurting or need some help in their auditory processing, confidence building, and many other things.
Music and Dance come together and help our children in ways no one else can!
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Join Dana as she introduces you to how they went from being an adoption approved family to a non-relative placement family.
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