Unsettled: From Hard Places
Welcome to Unsettled: A Storytelling Project from DePaul. At DePaul Community Resources, we believe stories have the power to inform, inspire, unite, and make change. Join us for our second step in the storytelling project journey—Unsettled: From Hard Places. Listen as we dive deep into trauma and attachment, meet parents who are caring for kids from hard places, and explore how communities can do more to support those who need it. Unsettled is hosted and produced by Alison Wickline-Burns.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2023
6. "I have hope..."
In this episode, hear how a family works together to make healing happen.
5. "Don't give up on them..."
In this episode, hear how two sisters overcame challenges to find compassion and care with their forever family.
4. "This is your house..."
This episode explores how a foster/adoptive parent has spent years supporting kids from different hard places.
3. "Terrifyingly beautiful..."
This episode explores how a family navigated trauma and attachment challenges after an international adoption.
2. Understanding Attachment
Often, trauma and attachment are used interchangeably, but they are different. This episode explains attachment in general, as well as attachment patterns that are healthy and unhealthy. Can attachme…
1. Let's Talk Trauma
In this episode, host Alison Wickline-Burns is joined by multiple trained professionals to discuss trauma and explore its effects. This episode looks at how trauma is defined, how it can show up in o…
Trailer: Introducing Unsettled: From Hard Places
Join DePaul Community Resources for our second installment in the Unsettled podcast series…Unsettled: From Hard Places. Listen as we dive deep into trauma and attachment, meet parents who are caring …
4. Aging Out: What’s Wrong, What’s Needed, and What’s Next
In this final episode, host Alison Wickline is joined by people involved in Virginia’s child welfare system in various ways. Join them as they dive deeper into the child welfare system, into foster c…
3. Aging Out: Chelséa
Chelséa was 17 years old when she entered the foster care system. She entered the system after her mom was given about a month to improve their living situation and did not. For the next few years Ch…
2. Aging Out: Elias
It was 2011. Elias and his family were living in Tanzania, Africa. In a moment, a split-second, their world was turned upside down. Elias’ father was tragically killed by a close family friend. A few…
1. Aging Out: Cat
Cat entered the foster care system in 2017 when she was 16 years old. She has lived in group homes, behavioral health centers, in an ex-boyfriend’s house, even in the hospital for a few days. She str…
Introducing Unsettled: Aging Out
Unsettled: Aging Out follows the stories of three former foster youth who experienced aging out of the foster care system in different ways. Tune in to this multi-part podcast from DePaul Community R…