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Michelle Batten explores the connection between early attachments to caregivers and resultant behaviors in later life. Learn how healthy relationships can ignite the healing powers of the brain and restore what was once lost. Discover the power of simple things in transforming the brain from places of distress to places of wholeness.

Michelle Batten shares insights on how to connect with those who experience anxiety from trauma and family dysfunction. Her tips are simple and something we all can do. They won't solve every problem, but they do open doors to the heart, allowing relationships to build through trust and understanding.

Interview with Briana LeClaire, Director of City Light Women and Children's Shelter. Learn tools to know how to better assist and inspire women who are trying to make better life choices.

Matt Shaughnessy was abandoned at birth, raised in the foster system, endured a failed adoption, bounced from home to home, juvenile detention facilities, and wilderness camps until he exited the foster system at 18. Matt's life story is distressing, but with his faith in God, a belief in something better, and pivotal relationships that inspired him, Matt was able to triumph and thrives today with his beautiful wife, Dawnelle, by his side, and their four children. We all have something to learn from Matt's story.

Matt Shaughnessy was abandoned as an infant, raised in the foster system, endured a failed adoption, bounced from home to home, juvenile detention facilities, and wilderness camps until he exited the foster system at 18. Matt's life story is distressing, but with his faith in God, a belief in something better, and pivotal relationships that inspired him, Matt was able to triumph and thrives today with his beautiful wife, Dawnelle, by his side, and their four children. We all have something to learn from Matt's story.