Welcome to Bold Life - Out Loud. One women’s journey about living outside the normalcy box, and the people doing life with me. Here’s to living an authentic, messy life and sharing truth of real-life lessons instead of the constant perfection feed. Join me on this adventure as a I share with you; being a child abuse survivor, wife, mom, foster care advocate, the adoption process and so much more.
Hey Everyone this week on Bold Life-Out Loud I’m introducing you to my sister in law Laura. Laura is married to my brother Danny. Today we're talking about what it has looked like to marry into our family and the obstacles of trauma, relationships, and rebuilding a family foundation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
Hey Everyone this week on Bold Life-Out Loud I’m giving you a little update on our foster journey. Today I’m sharing with you what life has looked like over the last few months after saying yes to the twins and where we as a family are at in the right now of this journey. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
This week on Bold Life-Out Loud you're getting to know Veah aka Nevaeh. She is our baby girl that is full of sass. Her heart is so big and beautiful but her teen spirit lord help me. We're going to dig into what our mother daughter relationship looks like, foster care, how COVID has messed with her teen life and so much more. Today lets hear that parenting isn't built on perfection, there's always room for growth and that foster care is not only hard for you the parents but for your kids to. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
Hey Everyone this week on Bold Life-Out Loud I’m sharing with you the importance of speaking truth and all things mental health. We live in a world that feeds off perfection, yet this year has brought a continual feed of let downs and ever changing feels. So today were digging a little deeper on my mental health journey and the people I’m doing life with. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
Hey you guys. Welcome to episode 7 of Bold Life-Out Loud Podcast. Today were playing catch up. Its been a while since I’ve done a podcast. The reality is every week I have wanted to sit down and do one but sometimes when you’re in the middle of the YES its truly hard to put into worlds exactly what your feeling. So today I want to share with you just what we’ve been walking through from saying yes to the twins to Dominik's adoption and ADOPTION AWARENESS MONTH --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
Hey Everyone on this Bonus Episode of Bold Life-Out Loud I'm continuing to talk to my Insta tribe mamas Kaley & Ashlynn from #twoattachedpodcast. We had so much to say on our first episode together we really wanted to keep the party going and share more about laying down the lies of comparison in our every day. Make sure to check them out on IG and your favorite podcast platform @twoattachedpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
Hey Everyone this week on Bold Life-Out Loud I’m talking to some of my Insta tribe mamas Kaley & Ashlynn from #twoattachedpodcast. Were digging a little deeper about all things life. Marriage, sex, relationships, foster care and so much more. Today's episode is about speaking truth, being vulnerable and having real life conversations about what women can do together when we lay the lies of comparison down. Make sure to check them out on IG and your favorite podcast platform @twoattachedpodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
Hey Everyone this week on Bold Life-Out Loud I’m introducing you to my other half Jason. We met in the emergency room, our first date was at a strip club together and a few months later we were married and expecting our second child. People look at us know and say they want what we have but rewind a few years ago and you might be singing another tune. Our marriage was failing apart, we both were struggling, and we realized things needed to change. Today were talking about past hurts, healing and celebrating 16 years together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
Hey Everyone this week on Bold Life-Out Loud were talking all things foster care. Over the last 5 years we have said yes to over 27 kids from general foster care, adoption, and respite care. Our family has seen a lot and been through a lot. I’ve volunteered for programs like Royal Family Kids and now have a nonprofit myself…..Geronimo Project. I’m trying to change the conversation about what foster care really looks like for families saying yes with hopes to better equip and educate the community. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
Hey Everyone today on this bonus episode of Bold Life – Out Loud I’m talking to Little Man aka Dominik. If you’ve followed our foster journey on @geronimo_project you have watched him grow up over the last few years and now hear the voice behind those pictures. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
Hey Everyone September is National Suicide Prevention Month and today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Nearly 800,000 people die by suicide in the world each year, which is roughly one death every 40 seconds. Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death in the world for those aged 15-24. Today on Bold Life – Out Loud were going to talk about the night I decided to take my life and how a random stranger changed my plans. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
Hey Everyone can you believe it’s the first week of September already. If you follow me on Instagram you know that our life got a little crazy this week. Today on Bold Life – Out Loud were going to talk about foster care and give you a real in the moment breakdown about our crazy yes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
Hey Everyone today on this bonus episode of Bold Life – Out Loud I’m talking about the recent women’s getaway aka the mom weekend, friendships and the importance of knowing you are not for everyone. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
Hey Everyone today on Bold Life – Out Loud get to know me better and why I’m saying yes to sharing my story with you and how I hope my bold, authentic, messy life will help you embrace yours and live your truth out loud. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-vandusen/message
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