S. Giliotti

It is time for all of us to grow, expand and feel the metamorphosis that we call go through as a result of successfully navigating and negotiating the toughest times and the narcissists in our lives. Divorce, death, breakups, rejection in any form, mean people and narcissists are all just a small part of the hard knocks of life that we all experience. Maybe even more toxic than the external debris flying at us constantly is our own internal “head trash”. As humans, none of us are immune. We all have to deal with it all. In this podcast, we are talking to people who have successfully ...

Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge - until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents - but they quickly realize the dark truth.

Midwife Patience Murphy has a gift: a talent for escorting mothers through the challenges of bringing children into the world. Working in the hardscrabble conditions of Appalachia during the Depression, Patience takes the jobs that no one else wants, helping those most in need - and least likely to pay. She knows a successful midwifery practice must be built on a foundation of openness and trust - but the secrets Patience is keeping are far too intimate and fragile for her to ever let anyone in.