385: What if you found healing through saving abandoned dogs?

When a woman is brought to her knees by unimaginable grief, she finds her way forward by transforming her pain into a sanctuary for forgotten dogs.

Today’s episode featured Tamara Corbitt. If you’d like to reach out to Tamara, you can email her at tamara.corbitt@yahoo.com. You can find her and her rescue, Travieso Dog Sanctuary on Facebook and Instagram @Traviesodogsanctuary

To see dogs available for adoption or to donate, please visit the website for Travieso Dog Sanctuary at traviesodogsanctuary.com.

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock

Content/Trigger Warnings: Child loss, Fatal car accident, Grief and traumatic bereavement, Parental abuse (physical and emotional), Substance use as coping, Animal illness and death (parvo, puppy loss), Rescue of abused/abandoned animals, Family estrangement, Descriptions of emotional distress and trauma processing, explicit language

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Intro Music: “Sleep Paralysis” - Scott Velasquez
Music Bed: Uncertain Outcomes

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