So before we talk about how to use storytelling as a tool for healing, I'd love for our listeners to hear from you about your heart for this work and kind of tell us your journey, why helping children make sense out of their story became such an important part of your life and your career.

Sure.

Thank you.

First of all, I'm so excited to be part of this with the world of parents that take care of children in need, whether foster parents or kinship parents or adoptive parents.

This is the reason that I shared my story was to really connect with these families and share with them the tools of reading, not just reading stories to children, It's for adults to read stories, right? So one of the things with reading stories to children is we use that to kind of teach them, right? And to guide them or help them.

And we'll talk more about this as we connect a safe place.

But it's also the same thing for adults.

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