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Are you thinking about adopting or fostering a child? Confused about all the options and wondering where to begin? Or are you an adoptive or foster parent or kinship caregiver trying to be the best parent possible to this precious child? This is the podcast for you! Every week, we interview leading experts for an hour, discussing the topics you care about in deciding whether to adopt/foster or how to be a better parent. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are the national ...
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Helping caring parents and professional to find their LEAD in the relationship dance with troubled children and youth, laying the foundations for healing and development Our approach is based on developmental science, which puts relationships and emotional well-being at the heart of raising and supporting our children and youth. Our passion is in supporting other parents and professionals to explore the underlying causes of their children’s / students behaviours and mental health challenges, ...
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Welcome Home, a show for parents anywhere, everywhere. A podcast series that aims to explore the heartful interaction between parents and their children, Home hopes to aid fathers and mothers as they navigate the realities of raising our future leaders. Home doesn't have all the answers, but gain insights from teachers, lectures and experts in the field of psychology that'll help you in your parenting journey. So what are waiting for, come back home. For more information, visit: https://lead ...
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Curated conversations that dig deep into the ancient rituals and modern research we can all use to build lives we love living. Each week, Sakara Life founders, Whitney & Danielle, sit down with today's top physicists, mystics, chefs, healers, and CEOs, to explore the areas of life where science and spirituality coexist and thoughts turn into real, live things. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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***Make Life Happen*** Effectively tackle the issues and opportunities of your life by listening to professionals, authors, success stories and psychologists on a broad range of topics. What ever life is bringing to you now, we discuss in depth. Are you marrying, raising children, divorcing, seeking romance, groping for money? Perhaps you are stuck and feeling depressed, anxious, angry. Feeling overweight, needing to stop smoking or beginning to exercise. Or perhaps angles toward success is ...
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Jon R Anderson has helped thousands of couples through his books, workshops, courses, and counseling. He and his guests discuss what works and what doesn't work when it comes to relating with each other.
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I was just asked to take on a Spanish-speaking teen with a baby. Do you have any resources to address fostering a teenager with a language barrier, as well as supporting her in developing adult skills and independence? She comes with a complicated history involving immigra…
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A new MP3 sermon from Bible Believers Fellowship is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: July 17, 2024 Current Events Update Subtitle: Current Events Speaker: Gregory A. Miller Broadcaster: Bible Believers Fellowship Event: Current Events Date: 7/18/2024 Bible: Proverbs 11:17; Psalm 122:6 Length: 19 min.…
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A new MP3 sermon from Christian Family Reformation is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Episode 34: How Relational Discipleship Can Revive Our Churches and Families Subtitle: Family Discipleship Podcast Speaker: Christian Horstmann Broadcaster: Christian Family Reformation Event: Podcast Date: 7/18/2024 Length: 31 min.…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. What do teachers understand about adoption? What are the misperceptions? We talk with two researchers on this topic: Dr. Hal Grotevant, the Rudd Family Foundation Chair in Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Dr. Abbie Goldberg, a Professor of Psychology and cu…
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One of Danielle and Whitney’s most foundational conversations on the podcast to date, today we’re re-sharing our conversation with Dr. Mark Hyman on why food really is medicine. Together, they explore how our dietary choices can heal, prevent chronic diseases, and boost overall health. Dr. Hyman shares: The surprising connection between food and ch…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: We have applied to adopt a baby. We’re more or less being told that if we don’t agree to an open adoption, we’ll never get chosen by a birth mom. But, I really don’t want an open adoption. I think kids need just one mom and dad and opening up our family to others will just…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you have a child who acts out at school? Do you struggle with how to work with the school to help your child? If so, don't miss today's interview with Sarah Naish, the CEO and Founder of the Centre of Excellence in Child Trauma and the author of many books on foster parenting, in…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: We are planning to adopt our third child. We have reason to believe that my husband’s parents will oppose this idea. Do you have any advice on how to approach them? Resources: Transitioning Your Child to Your Home Winning Over Reluctant Extended Family to Your Adoption Pla…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us for this discussion with Dr. Gretchen Sisson, the author of Relinquished, the Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood. In this episode, we cover: Book focuses on private adoptions between 2000-2020. Not on parents where parental rights were terminated b…
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Today we’re sharing an encore of one of our favorite episodes featuring the incredible Dr. Robynne Chutkan. Dr. Chutkan takes us on a journey into the magical world of the microbiome to discover how the tiny bacteria in our gut play a massive role in our health and well-being. Robynne shares: Why gut health is crucial for digestion, immunity, and m…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Prior to Russia invading Ukraine, it was possible to adopt from Ukraine. In fact, depending on the year, it was one of the top 10 placing countries to the US. However, the government of Ukraine has said that intercountry adoption will not fully resume while martial law is in place. …
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join this interview with Dr. JaeRan Kim, an adoption researcher who also blogs at Harlow's Monkey. In this episode, we cover: Research: Intercountry adoptees with adoption disruption and displacement histories – Adoptee perspectives Korean adoptees as parents Adoptees who adopt Tran…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Summer break is just around the corner for families of school-aged children – whether you are ready or not. You may already be planning your annual vacation, buying pool passes, and buying tickets online for local venues to enjoy together as a family. However, you may also dread you…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join this inspiring discussion with two former foster youths who talk about their time in foster care and how that experience shaped them. Lanitta was a pregnant and parenting teen growing up in the North Carolina foster care system. In May of 2022, she joined the 2% population of f…
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Today Danielle and Whitney sit down with trauma healing expert Dr. Christian Gonzalez to understand how we can all start to become more embodied, move through stored trauma, and ultimately live a more vibrant life in connection with our true selves. Dr. Gonzalez shares: Why so many of us feel disconnected to ourselves in our 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s Ho…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. A Lifebook is the story of how your child came to be yours and the story of his life before he came to you. Adoption is only one aspect of your child, and at some point, his life merges into your life. However, he had a life before he came to your family, and his Lifebook tells this…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you considering adopting internationally. If so, you really should listen to this interview with the great Dr. Dana Johnson, MD, PhD. He is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dr. Johnson founded the Internation…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: We’re 5 years in trying to conceive and I’m TIRED. I have an opportunity to adopt an unborn baby girl. My question is, does it get any easier dealing with the infertility, the failure, the empty feeling? Does your heart stop breaking every month when you know you’re not pr…
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Today Danielle and Whitney sit down with pediatric nourishment expert Dr. Mona Amin to talk in-depth about one of their most frequently asked question: how can we help our kids become mindful eaters? Dr. Amin shares: Her personal birth trauma and how it fuels her mission Mind/body parenting: raising children with healthy relationships to food and t…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us to talk with Cam Lee Small about his new book, The Adoptee's Journey: From Loss and Trauma to Healing and Empowerment. In this episode, we talk about: You wrote this book for Christian adoptees. Why that specific audience? Adoptees have been objectified, scrutinized, and inf…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: Hello! I’ve been listening to the podcast for a little while now as I consider my desire to adopt. I’ve had many models around me who adopted their children, and although the process is difficult, I have a desire to provide a home to children in need. It seems like now ado…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you want to help your adopted or foster child work through the big issues they may face in life? Join our discussion of the seven core issues with Allison Davis Maxon, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She is the co-author of Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency, …
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you in infertility treatment but possibly considering adoption? Dawn outlines what couples may be considering, which indicates they are ready to consider adoption. Resources: Parenting After Infertility Types of Adoption Affording Adoption This podcast is produced by www.Creatin…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us to talk with Dr. Kimberly McKee about her book, Adoption Fantasies: The Fetishization of Asian Adoptees from Girlhood to Womanhood. In this episode, we cover: This book explores how Asian women and girls, specifically Asian adoptees in the US, negotiate the sensationalism an…
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