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Adoption's Profound Impact, Even When Adopted at Birth with Marianne
Marianne tells of her story of being an adoptee and how it shaped her childhood and early adulthood. She tells us that even though she was adopted at birth to extremely loving parents, that she still felt like she...
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The Journey of a Birth Mom with Ashley Mitchell
We, as a society, talk about adoption, adoption, adoption and often focus on the child's life after adoption, but what about the birth mom? Listen to Ashley Mitchell discuss her journey through an unwanted pregnancy...
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Trauma Informed Holidays
This week, as we prepare for Thanksgiving, we discuss how holidays can trigger foster and adopted children. Join us as we explore how not to impose our ideas, customs and traditions on others and instead choose to...
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Challenging Anti-Reunification Culture and Ensuring Representation with Lauren Flynn
Lauren Flynn from www.fosteradoptivemom.com joins us to wrap up our conversation from last week. This part of the conversation focuses on challenging anti-reunification culture and ensuring representation for...
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Fostering and Adopting Medically Fragile Children with Lauren Flynn
This week Lauren Flynn from the blog www.fosteradoptivemom.com joins us to talk about fostering and adopting medically fragile children. She walks us through her journey and gives us her real perspective on how we...
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Fostering as a Single Parent with Jenn Thatcher
In this week's episode Jenn Thatcher joins us to discuss how she chose to foster as a single parent. She shares her journey of fostering over eight children and eventually the decision to close her doors. Follow Jen...
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Navigating Sticky Situations with Rebecca Britt
On this week's episode we dive into some sticky situations submitted by Stable Moments locations. Many people ask "how does the approach look in action?" Here are some practical trauma informed responses listeners can...
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Breaking Down the Different Types of Adoption with Jennifer Fairfax, Esq.
Jennifer Fairfax, Esq. gives us the low down on all the different types of adoption, the difference between open and closed adoptions and why adoptive parents choose which path.Jennifer's life has intersected with the...
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Healing Trauma through Media and Play with Darren Fink
In this week's episode Darren Fink from Transfiguring Adoption tells us about his own adoption journey of four children and how their family uses magical creatures and play to address sensory, attachment, emotional...
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Reflection and Clarity of Vision with Rebecca Britt
In this episode I take some time to reflect on what we’ve learned in the first 35 episodes and reposition ourselves with a new vision for the podcast.Listen in while I talk about a new vision to build an army of...
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The Stuff Nobody Talks About with Marcy Tocker
In this episode Marcy gives her real and raw experience of being a foster parent. She breaks down the trials and triumphs to give us a look behind the curtain as a foster parent. Marcy is a liscensed clinical...
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Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools with Dr. Melissa Sadin
This week Dr. Melissa Sadin joins us to talk about the role of school in the foster care crisis and how creating trauma informed schools is really the first step to ending the foster care crisis. She gives us the...
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