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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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Ambiguous Loss and Lifebooks with Beth Tyson
Beth joins us this week to talk about what ambiguous loss is, and how it impacts foster and adopted children and their families. We both discuss the role grief plays in being trauma informed, and how often we breeze...
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Loving Relentlessly after Foster Care with Tori Petersen
Tori shares her experience in foster care as a former foster youth, foster care advocate, & foster mom and how that fuels her ife’s passion to raise up & nurture her own family, as well as advocate for the...
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From Foster Care to Foster Mom and Social Worker with Kristine Pienkowski Part 2
Kristine joins us in part two this week to tell us how her time in foster care has allowed her to help foster and adoptive parents help children feel safe. Her story is that of true resilience as she shares how her...
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From Foster Care to Foster Mom and Social Worker with Kristine Pienkowski Part 1
Kristine joins us this week to tell us part one of her harrowing story about her childhood, her mom's suicide, entering foster care and eventually aging out of foster care. She shares what was helpful and what wasn't....
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Practical tools for when the work gets tough with Rebecca Hubbard
In this episode Rebecca Hubbard, LMFT gives us practical tools for when this work gets tough. She gives us suggested language to use, and sensory activities to encourage healing and regualtion. Whether you are a...
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Raising the Challenging Child with Karen Doyle Buckwalter Part 2
Karen Doyle Buckwalter joins us this week to finish our conversation about practical parenting interventions when our children are challenging. She also gives us a peek into her new book, Raising the Challenging...
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Raising the Challenging Child with Karen Doyle Buckwalter Part 1
Karen Doyle Buckwalter joins us this week, and next, in a two part episode to give us some practical parenting interventions when our children are challenging. She also gives us a peek into her new book, Raising the...
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Aging out of Foster Care with Pamela Bress
Too many kids age of foster care without a place to live, an education, a job, or even a drivers license. Pamela Bress, Founder of Ready for Life Brevard, shares her experience as an attorney fighting for basic needs...
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Only Black Girl: Supporting Transracial Adoptees
Rebekah was adopted at birth to a white family, in an all white community. She talks to us about how it felt to be the only black girl, how it impacted her ability to develop a sense of identity and how it didn't...
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