Jun 27, 2022
In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with one of Joey’s friends, 19yo Cheyanne Alsop. Like Joey, Cheyanne was adopted, her adoptive parents later got divorced, and she struggled with mental health issues throughout her adolescence. Cheyanne’s harrowing childhood would leave most people completely paralyzed emotionally. But because of her willingness to get help and to work on her own emotional toolbox, Cheyanne has graduated high school, she’s got a job, and she’s on her healing path. Her story gives us all hope for our struggling kids, and she and Joey give some great advice to teens and parents at the end of the episode.
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Cheyanne's contact info: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheyanne_autumn1618
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Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao
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TIME STAMPS:
0:30 A little update with Joey
3:17 Cheyanne’s infancy and first relinquishment at age 3
4:42 Cheyanne’s childhood trauma with her grandparents
11:15 Moving to her aunt’s in foster care system
13:45 Getting matched with Cheyanne’s adoptive parents
16:55 Cheyanne and Joey talk about adoption trauma
22:20 Adoptive parents’ divorce created more pain and caused first hospitalization
25:00 Cutting and self-harm, Cheyanne’s rock bottom
27:58 Cheyanne and Joey’s advice to teens considering going to residential treatment programs
29:25 DBT - Dialectial Behavior Therapy, working hard in treatment
34:37 Things that have helped Cheyanne survive
36:38 How Cheyanne’s steered clear of the addiction route
41:23 Cheyanne’s plans for the future
44:13 Cheyanne’s advice for adoptive & foster parents
46:25 Cheyanne’s advice for teens
47:30 What Joey admires about Cheyanne
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