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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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Virtual Foster Parent Resources with Foster Care Institute Founder Dr. John Degarmo
Dr. John Degarmo is the author of several foster care books, including the new book The Little Book of Foster Care Wisdom: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement for Foster Care Families, the best selling book...
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Giving 8 Children a Safe Place to Land with Tonja Tristan Johnson
In this episode we sit down with Tonja Tristan Johnson who has adopted 7 children and fostered countless more. Her and her husband moved from a smaller suburban house with two cars to a farm house and a 12 passenger...
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Exploring Your Inner Child with The Way of the Horse Founder Dina Shale
In this episode join Dina Shale as she shares how her child trauma history inpired her to find healing through horses, and ultimately open The Way of the Horse to serve others. She explains the benefits of equine...
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Racism and Adoption with Erica Shubin
Erica Shubin is a mom of 5 chidren, three biological and two children from Ethiopia. When her black son and daughter wanted to ask neighbors about picking up some odd jobs to make extra cash, Erica hesitated to let...
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The Road to Adoption through State's Custody with Bekah Bischoff
On this weeks episode we speak with Bekah Bischoff, who always knew she wanted to adopt a child, and that calling was confirmed by complications with her second birth where she had a full hysterectomy. Although it...
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Creating Policy in Child Welfare with Nancy Miller
In this episode I interview my aunt who is a social worker who works in Department of Children and Families as someone who maintains and creates policy. We dive into how policy works, what makes good policy and how...
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