The Sadie Green Story.

E18. The Foster Family

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2550305/fan_mail/new] Safety can be a roof, a routine, and a full refrigerator, and yet feel like you are still holding your breath. One can learn that being “easy” is the price of peace. The story turns toward personal ways that trauma can show up: hiding food, staying invisible, expecting blame, and chasing acceptance outside the home through risk, rebellion, and whatever makes you feel less alone. Then comes a raw look at boundaries, control disguised as care, and why privacy can be survival for an abuse survivor.  Thanks for listening. Feel free to subscribe and share with others. You can also email us at < sadiegreenstory@gmail.com or send a voice message from any particular episode on our website http://SadieStory.Buzzsprout.com Special Thanks to our supporters, who have made this podcast possible. * Lucy Mathews Heegaard: Audio Engineer  * with music via Epidemic Sound * Terry Gydesen: Photographer * Polly Kellogg * Kate Tillotson * Dawn Charbonneau * Jacob Wyatt * Molly Tillotson * Julian Bowers * Wendy Horowitz * Maggie Kazel * Pat Farrell * Lynette Tabert * Laura Jensen * People's Farm Collective * Deborah Copperud of "Spock Talk" podcast

E17. Secret Out and Foster home

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2550305/fan_mail/new] Together, we talk about how early trauma shapes memory, safety, and identity, and why a child can learn to survive by guarding the biggest family rule: Never, never tell!   In this episode, a favorite staffer sits beside her on a porch and listens while Sadie says out loud what she has shielded from sight for years. Rita offers a line that changes everything: "You now have choices." That sentence becomes the first crack in shame, the first step toward foster care, and the first realization that she will be leaving people and a place that she has learned to love. Thanks for listening. Feel free to subscribe and share with others. You can also email us at or send a voice message from any particular episode on our website, http://SadieStory.Buzzsprout.com. Special Thanks to our supporters, who have made this podcast possible. * Lucy Mathews Heegaard: Audio Engineer  * with music via Epidemic Sound * Terry Gydesen: Photographer * Polly Kellogg * Kate Tillotson * Dawn Charbonneau * Jacob Wyatt * Molly Tillotson * Julian Bowers * Wendy Horowitz * Maggie Kazel * Pat Farrell * Lynette Tabert * Laura Jensen * People's Farm Collective * Deborah Copperud of "Spock Talk" podcast

E16. Home Visits and Food

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2550305/fan_mail/new] We follow Sadie’s memories of how fear and disassociation can erase days, even as the record still claims everything went “great.” We connect the dots between childhood trauma, secrecy, and a lifelong struggle with food, trust, and self-protection. Sadie shows how school, books, and a supportive summer program helped her build an independent self. Thank you for listening, and feel free to share. You can also email us at < sadiegreenstory@gmail.com or send a voice message from any particular episode on our website http://SadieStory.Buzzsprout.com Special Thanks to our supporters, who have made this podcast possible. * Lucy Mathews Heegaard: Audio Engineer  * with music via Epidemic Sound * Terry Gydesen: Photographer * Polly Kellogg * Kate Tillotson * Dawn Charbonneau * Jacob Wyatt * Molly Tillotson * Julian Bowers * Wendy Horowitz * Maggie Kazel * Pat Farrell * Lynette Tabert * Laura Jensen * People's Farm Collective * Deborah Copperud of "Spock Talk" podcast

E15. More Psych Ward

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2550305/fan_mail/new] We return to Station 64 as Sadie remembers the joys of a locked psychiatric ward, where clothes, movies, and music become a lifeline.  Outside the hospital walls, on the University of Minnesota campus, protest, freedom, and the first Earth Day swirl like a living promise. In staff notes, Sadie is “blossoming," yet a call from her mother triggers a home visit. We unpack why survivors keep abuse secret, how shame and fear of being labeled “bad” keep us silent, and what it takes to start building a new self-image. Thanks for listening. Feel free to subscribe and share with others. You can also email us at < sadiegreenstory@gmail.com or send a voice message from any particular episode on our website http://SadieStory.Buzzsprout.com Special Thanks to our supporters, who have made this podcast possible. * Lucy Mathews Heegaard: Audio Engineer  * with music via Epidemic Sound * Terry Gydesen: Photographer * Polly Kellogg * Kate Tillotson * Dawn Charbonneau * Jacob Wyatt * Molly Tillotson * Julian Bowers * Wendy Horowitz * Maggie Kazel * Pat Farrell * Lynette Tabert * Laura Jensen * People's Farm Collective * Deborah Copperud of "Spock Talk" podcast

E14. More Docs and Psych Ward

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2550305/fan_mail/new] Pam and Sadie dig into hospital records written when Sadie was 14, reading what doctors and psychiatrists recorded and what they only hinted at. Medical notes describe red scaly skin and scratched extremities. Psyche notes flag learned isolation rather than psychosis. They describe a small, quiet girl who avoids eye contact and seems on the verge of tears. They ask what the body can reveal about exposure, neglect, and the system’s impulse to give adults the benefit of the doubt.  If this story moves you, follow and share with a friend. Thanks for listening! You can also email us at < sadiegreenstory@gmail.com or send a voice message from any particular episode on our website http://SadieStory.Buzzsprout.com Special Thanks to our supporters, who have made this podcast possible. * Lucy Mathews Heegaard: Audio Engineer  * with music via Epidemic Sound * Terry Gydesen: Photographer * Polly Kellogg * Kate Tillotson * Dawn Charbonneau * Jacob Wyatt * Molly Tillotson * Julian Bowers * Wendy Horowitz * Maggie Kazel * Pat Farrell * Lynette Tabert * Laura Jensen * People's Farm Collective * Deborah Copperud of "Spock Talk" podcast