Carrie O’Toole, M.A. is an Attachment-Based Intervention Specialist, Board Certified Christian Life Coach, Certified Crisis Responder, and founder of Carrie O’Toole Ministries. Carrie uses her coaching, writing, speaking, podcasting, and documentary film to help others overcome issues related to attachment, trauma, and grief. The O’Toole family adopted a child from a Vietnamese orphanage at the age of 3 ½.  Even with state-mandated training on attachment, and a previous adoption, Carrie admits they were totally unprepared to raise a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). After 8 years of therapy, special education, prayer, surgeries, and hospitalization, they made the heart-wrenching decision to place their son with a family from their church. Carrie is the author of Relinquished: When Love Means Letting Go, and producer of the documentary film Forfeiting Sanity.

carrieotoole.com

Caitlyn is a foster and adoptive mom who has a heart for seeing communities mobilized and equipped to serve vulnerable people. She is passionate about advocating for and supporting children and families in the foster care system.

Caitlyn has been married to her best friend for five years and enjoys traveling, trying new restaurants, and spending time outdoors. Her love for adventure and exploration is matched only by her desire to make a difference through her work as a foster and adoptive parent.

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Allison Ezelle of Dwell Sleep Pediatrics is a certified sleep specialist. She is a biological, foster and adoptive mother who humbly admits that the reason that she started this journey was because she recognized an issue with her child's sleep and couldn't find the answers within her medical community. This sent her on a a quest that has given her an incredible amount of wisdom for her journey (and now ours)! Listen in as she shares some GREAT information on the number one talked about topic.....SLEEP!

Website: https://www.dwellpediatricsleep.com/

Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/dwellpediatricsleep/

Mischelle Saunders-Gottsch

is the CEO/Founder of Altered Stories Ministry and Podcast Host of the Altered Stories Show. She is a wife to Mark, mother to her adult daughter, Tawny, Gigi to Bentley Rose, aunt, friend, speaker, ministry and

business leader and is passionate

about helping women to share

their God stories to help women overcome their struggles.

Alteredstories.org

With this beautifully illustrated set of series, author Holly Marlow leads you and your child into a world of deeper understanding of their story. With easy to digest words and scenarios, we see how deeply loved the child is, the support system around them, and why safety issues can bring a child into care. You will see not only the support around the child, but the birth family as well, and the wisdom needed from social workers and even the court to keep the child safe. Holly does all of this important work, while struggling with daily pain from fibromyalgia. Join us from the UK in this wonderful conversation! Learn more about Holly and

https://hollymarlow.com/

Josie Anderson, is first a believer, and also a wife, foster mother, nurse practitioner, and marketing manager. She was first introduced to foster care as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) and family nurse practitioner before becoming a foster parent with her husband, Brooks. She is the face behind Foster The Valley, an online community designed to educate on topics such as child development, foster care, and the importance of faith.

https://www.instagram.com/fosterthevalley/