Episode 166: Glimmers of Hope After Hardship (w/ John Gibson)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
TW: As part of John’s story and experience, you will hear specific descriptions and terms related to adult themes, including both physical and sexual child abuse, trafficking, and suicide. We do encourage discernment in your decision to listen or with whom you share this episode with.
I met John Gibson briefly at the Replanted Conference where he shared his story for the very first time. John is a former competition team member of Valko Brazilian Jiu-Juitsu in Chicago, IL. But at the age of just five years old, he was declared a ward of the state. After 11 homes and 2 group homes, John aged out of the foster care system. Through therapy, mentors, and lots of time, John is able to look back at everything he went through with positivity and hopefulness.
I am so grateful to John for his willingness to be open about his life experience, as well as his journey towards healing. Foster care is often a community filled with both hurt and hope, and John’s story is an honest testament to that reality. I hope his story provides valuable perspective for your own foster care journey!
Show Notes: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/john-gibson-166/
Get 10% off BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/tfi
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Before we jump into today's episode, I'd like to provide a trigger warning. As part of John's story and |
| 0:05.8 | experience, you will hear specific descriptions and terms related to adult themes, including both |
| 0:11.5 | physical and sexual child abuse, trafficking, and suicide. So we encourage discernment in your |
| 0:18.4 | decision to listen or with whom you share this one with. |
| 0:23.9 | Sharing the stories of the foster care community. This is The Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:29.2 | But I remember in that moment, as scary as this is, right? This is a very loving memory for me |
| 0:35.0 | because it's my sister missing bear hugging me and |
| 0:38.8 | sheltering and holding me and I don't remember the belt hitting she protected me |
| 0:43.2 | hey it's jamie cave welcome back to the forgotten podcast where we are highlighting the stories |
| 0:53.2 | of the people of foster |
| 0:55.0 | care. With every episode, our goal is to help you better understand the foster care community. |
| 1:00.7 | We want to bring you hope and encouragement in your journey and help you support the agency |
| 1:05.6 | workers, foster parents, vulnerable adults, and children in foster care right where you live. If you want to learn more |
| 1:13.3 | about TFI, catch up on past episodes, read engaging articles, or partner with us on mission with a |
| 1:20.2 | gift of any amount, head over to the forgotteninitiative.org. We are in this together. Thank you for listening and engaging with us. |
| 1:30.9 | We love having you as part of our family. Okay, it is time. Let's do this. |
| 1:42.8 | John, I don't know if you remember, but we ran into each other at Replanted Conference. |
| 1:48.4 | You were getting ready to speak. |
| 1:51.1 | We were back in that speaker room. |
| 1:55.0 | And you were preparing yourself for your message. |
| 1:59.6 | And I did not know at that time that you had never shared |
| 2:04.6 | your story in that depth before and to go on a stage to an audience of hundreds and hundreds of people. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Forgotten Initiative, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Forgotten Initiative and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.