A shalom-making, soul-shaping meditative podcast for scribblers (aka writers) + speakers, hosted by Andrea "Pastor Angie" Palmer. This podcast welcomes you to come home to rhythmic soul care rooted in the divine respite of shalom-making from the inside out. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohawkmomma/support
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Foster care is truly an unparalleled experience. This is our journey as a foster and adoptive family that has seen and experienced a lot! We want to share our joy and heartbreak with the world to inspire others to join in our mission of providing strength to the weakest among us. We are sharing our personal experiences as a foster and adoptive family and the stories that other brave souls are willing to generously share with us. Our goal is to help potential foster families take that next st ...
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This is a unique one off episode. It is a conversation with 3 other dads and authors who wrote their story of grief in the book The Last Hug. You can purchase the book Here
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Child Welfare from a Case worker and Therapist with Avni Panchal
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Avni Panchal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has her own private practice in the Bay Area. In addition to therapy services, she provides training to social workers in the field, teaches at San Francisco State University and is the Clinical Advisor for Kaya. She continues to facilitate dialogue circles on various topics in both the public a…
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Life After Trauma with Phillip Harter
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I have never told this story in public and I have not told everything that is here, probably ever. I have always felt a pulling to the children and families who are or have been involved in this system, or have suffered in the darkness of our world. I’m going to include a bio that is taken from the first chapter of my book. That first chapter is a …
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Supporting the Supporters with Nikki Hertzler
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Nikki Hertzler resides in northern Nevada. She and her husband have lived in several states before settling with their three children in Nevada. Nikki is an elementary teacher and as a speaker, she speaks on the importance of early childhood development as well as on foster care. Her family enjoys participating in their church ministries and being …
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Dr. Christopher Scott Wyatt is an autistic self-advocate and father of two neurodiverse daughters. He earned a doctorate while researching online education for students with autism spectrum disorders. His experiences living with physical and neurological differences shape his parenting. Wyatt consults with schools, businesses, and non-profit organi…
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Your Trauma is NOT My Trauma with Maccabee Griffin
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Imagine the stage is set, the lights are dimmed, and the audience is waiting with bated breath. This is where my journey began - in the theater. I spent over two decades honing my craft, perfecting my skills, and pouring my heart and soul into every performance. But in 2005, I knew it was time to step away from the spotlight and serve something gre…
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Andrea has worked with clients across the globe who are seeking a deep recalibration from a state of trauma response to a state of self-love, creativity, wholeness, and flow. Andrea has dedicated years training to become highly specialized and effective in artfully blending a mosaic of techniques from body movement, somatic release, integration, br…
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Walking Out of The Sex Trafficking Industry with Hannah Spanke
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Hannah is a passionate advocate for authentic happiness, and sustainable healthy relationships, starting with the one we have with ourselves. She is a Licensed Authentic Tantra Practitioner, Board Certified Clinical Sexologist, and Relationship & Life Coach specializing in helping individuals become their happiest selves through inner & outer work …
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Growing Through Unhealthy Adoption with Michelle McGough
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Michelle McGough is an adoptee and individual who survived the foster care system as an infant. After being placed with a family she endured constant abuse until she reached adulthood. Left with only the coping mechanisms she developed to survive, she entered the military followed by the private sector before working through the trauma. Once she go…
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I am a mom of 2 very different children – in regard to their biology, their needs, their attachment, their experiences. I have worked in the special education field for more than 2 decades intimately hearing, seeing, and feeling parents struggle to connect with their children who have developmental delays. https://linktr.ee/connectedparentswithangi…
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Zachary Daniel is a Midwest native. He comes to Foster Care: An Unparalleled Journey to discuss how his adoption experience shaped himself and his family. He graduated with a degree in Nuclear Medicine but eventually founded his own investment firm Digital Edge Wealth Management. He draws his energy from family and friends. Zach recently authored h…
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Heal Thrive Dream with Karen Robinson, LCSW
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Karen Robinson, MSW, ACSW, LCSW Trauma Recovery Expert I'm a licensed therapist with 24 years of clinical experience specializing in trauma recovery, anxiety, and depression. I provide holistic care to create transformation and healing for trauma survivors. https://www.Karenrobinson360.com https://www.healthrivedream.com/ Heal Thrive Dream Podcast …
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Foster Care to Prison to Redemption with Steven Snook
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I’m a former politico-turned stay-at-home mom. I married my college sweetheart and a week later began working for an actor-turned-Governator. After a few years, I put that life on hold to raise several amazing tiny people. I assumed stay-at-home mom life would prove easier than the fast pace and stress of the working world. Nope. But I wouldn’t tra…
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Advocating for Foster Youth with Shalamar Parrish
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David Ambroz is a national poverty and child welfare expert and advocate. President Obama recognized him as an American Champion of Change. He currently serves as the Head of Community Engagement (West) for Amazon, coordinating with non-profits and community leaders for social good. Previously he led Corporate Social Responsibility for Walt Disney …
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A Foster Care Journey with Darren and Theresa Carter
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Darren W Carter and Theresa Carter join us in this episode to talk about their lives, struggles, and joys through the lens of being foster parents. They are both strong parents and business owners located in Cleveland, Ohio. We talked all about bio kids, adopted kids, foster kids, and godchildren. We dove into tough questions about learning to guar…
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This is me Fiona Myles, born in the mid-60s. I’m married to the amazing Brian a gorgeous redhead. We have one daughter Georgie and a son Connor. Manchester has been our home for the past 18 years, a fabulous metropolis full of energy and history. I started writing and telling stories from a fairly young age. My Mum bought me a typewriter when I was…
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Understanding Attachment in Foster Care with Sarah Salisott
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Faith Finds Hope Through Adoption with Faith Ehiozuwa Rebroadcast
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From Foster Kid to a Helping Hero with Patty Waters
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Patty Waters enjoys bringing people, ideas, and inspiration together and hopes to form a dialogue that shares a unique perspective from an adopted teenager. Patty and her 3 siblings were adopted by the Waters family at the age of 13 and grew up in Austin, Texas. Patty and her siblings were in the foster care system for 5 years. She earned her Maste…
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A Memoir of Courage and Hope with Carmen Maria Navarro
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Carmen María is a stepmom of four, a biological mom of two, and a foster mom of a few children who she loves, sometimes at a distance. With her memoir, Fostering: A Memoir of Courage and Hope, she endeavors to bring awareness to the issues surrounding the foster care system and share her passion for protecting vulnerable youth. Fostering: A Memoir …
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TBI In Foster Care and Adoption with Dr Jen Blanchette
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I help brain injury survivors find the tools and support they need to LIVE again. I have over 10 years of training and experience in brain injury therapy and neuropsychological testing. My superpower is curiosity, out-of-the-box thinking, and a huge heart for people who are trying to rebuild their lives after an accident or illness. WEBSITE PODCAST…
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Kyle is a father of 6 kids through adoption and we dive into his story today. Foster Care: An Unparalleled Journey Find All Our Links Here https://linktr.ee/fostercarenation Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/RwiARsuuDHs Call the Voicemail Line 413-foster 3 (413) 367-8373 Foster Care 101 Free webinar with NO sales pitch! Support Our Mission https://www.buym…
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Dawn M. Barclay is an award-winning author who has spent a career working in different aspects of the travel industry. She started as an agent with her parents’ firms, Barclay Travel Ltd and Barclay International Group Short-Term Apartment Rentals, and then branched out into travel trade reporting with senior or contributing editor positions at Tra…
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Eileen Devine, LCSW lives in Portland, Oregon, and has over twenty years of clinical experience. She is also the mother of a teenager with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, a serious brain-based disability that has challenging behavioral symptoms. She believes that when we understand the way a child's brain works, we then understand the meaning behi…
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Stephanie Olson is a speaker, an author, and the Chief Executive Officer of The Set Me Free Project, a prevention education organization on human trafficking, social media safety, and healthy relationships. Stephanie has a mission to share that each person has an intrinsic value that cannot be changed. Her work on teaching resilience in life and le…
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Finding Help Thru Therapy and Coaching with Carlos Laack LMFT
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Carlos Laack is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of California. Mr. Laack provides psychotherapy specializing in anxiety, depression, travel mental health, and trauma. He has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from National University and has been practicing for more than ten years. Mr. Laack has personal experience wit…
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16-Minutes in Bali - Meditative Storytime with Mohawkmomma Soul
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Dear scribblers + speakers, We are closing out season nine with a visit to Bali in the story: "Grumpy Gecko" from the book, "The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales" by Dawn Casey and Anne Wilson (pages 46-55). As I take a sabbatical during September (Self-Care Awareness Month), this last episode will also serve as a bridge for the new season that will la…
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Ugandan Street Kid to Foster Dad with Peter Mutabazi
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I am Peter Mutabazi. And this is my story. As a child in Uganda, I grew up with shelter, food and clothing scarcity. But more than that, I grew up with safety scarcity. I feared for my life from a father who threatened me, and frequently called me “garbage” and “useless.” Parents are supposed to protect their children. When my father didn’t, I ran …
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The Foster Care Freakshow with Tess Scott
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Tess Scott is a bio-mom, foster mom, and an adoptive mom. You can check out her book and website below! Tess' book https://tessscott.com/ Foster Care: An Unparalleled Journey Find All Our Links Here https://linktr.ee/fostercarenation Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/RwiARsuuDHs Call the Voicemail Line 413-foster 3 (413) 367-8373 Foster Care 101 Free webin…
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A Lifetime of Overcoming with CJ Plain
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You can find CJ's Youtube channel here Foster Care: An Unparalleled Journey Find All Our Links Here https://linktr.ee/fostercarenation Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/RwiARsuuDHs Call the Voicemail Line 413-foster 3 (413) 367-8373 Foster Care 101 Free webinar with NO sales pitch! Support Our Mission https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fostercare https://patreon…
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An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom with Ed Hajim
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At the age of 3, Ed Hajim is kidnapped by his father, driven cross-country, and told his mother is dead. He presses his face against the car window, watches the miles pass and wonders where life will take him. Where you’d least expect. In a memoir filled with human drama, wisdom and timeless life lessons, ON THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED: An Unlikely Jour…
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10-Minute More Than Meditation, A Meditative Life
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Dear scribblers + speakers, The Embodied Question: Are you ready to expand how you notice + nurture + embody meditation in the day-to-day trenches + triumphs of your life? Embodiment CTA (Call to Abide): Take the Rest Assessment - Go from routine to ritual as you Notice + Nurture + Embody your cyclical rhythms. You'll receive your ritual-specific, …
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4-Minute Morning Five Ritual Week Four Finale
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Dear scribblers + speakers, Our Morning Five are part of what I call CARE Rituals. They are punctuation marks and without them, each day is like a run-on sentence. There is a better way for you to engage the day—your rituals, personally + collectively. 1) H2O Cocktail —Revitalize and re-hydrate first thing each day (yes, before tea, coffee, etc.). …
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I am just like many other people. Just like you perhaps? I had a childhood with plenty of trauma and dysfunction. I had PTSD into my 30s, the result of two alcoholic parents. I became a software engineer because it was so comforting to know that logic could work in part of my life, even though it never seemed to work in my chaotic life as a child. …
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How To Do Adoption Well with Spring Gray
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2-Minute Morning Five Ritual Week Three - You Are Already Free
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Dear scribblers + speakers, Our Morning Five are part of what I call CARE Rituals. They are punctuation marks and without them, each day is like a run-on sentence. There is a better way for you to engage the day—your rituals, personally + collectively. Watch the visual meditation on Spotify or YouTube. 1) H2O Cocktail —Revitalize and re-hydrate fir…
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Original source of the story: https://www.barrentoblessed.com Facebook Page Foster Care: An Unparalleled Journey Find All Our Links Here https://linktr.ee/fostercarenation Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/RwiARsuuDHs Call the Voicemail Line 413-foster 3 (413) 367-8373 Foster Care 101 Free webinar with NO sales pitch! Support Our Mission https://www.buymea…
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2-Minute Scripture Sanctum Meditation - Turning Ovah Tables (Matthew 21:12, 13)
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Dear scribblers + speakers, We follow a turning-ovah-table Messiah. Let's follow in His footsteps + turn ovah tables as beloved, devoted disciples of joy + justice. Watch the visual meditation on YouTube or Spotify. Read along: Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money…
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13-Minute Morning Five Ritual Week Two - Sleep, Connection, and Caffeine Check-in
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Dear scribblers + speakers, How are you being + doing so far, in this 30-day communion? Our Morning Five are part of what I call CARE Rituals. They are punctuation marks and without them, each day is like a run-on sentence. There is a better way for you to engage the day—your rituals, personally + collectively. 1) H2O Cocktail —Revitalize + re-hydr…
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8-Minute Full Moon Meditative Journaling - Buck Supermoon 2022
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Dear scribblers + speakers, Today, on Wednesday, July 13th, we skywatchers will have a chance to behold a view of the biggest supermoon of the year so far, the Buck Supermoon. So let's pause with a meditative ceremony to give thanks to the Most High and reap of this celestial beauty + witness. "There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of th…
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L.I.F.E. Adventures in Adoption with Anna Maria DiDio
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Anna Maria DiDio, MSW is an adoptive mother and was inspired to write her memoir, Love at the Border, An Adoption Adventure after her own family journey to Mexico. Now her L.I.F.E.* Adventures children’s books feature stories about adoption, foster care, stepchildren, and all blended families from the point of view of the child. Anna Maria hopes th…
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4-Minute TranquiliTEA Tending Meditation - Intentions in Your Day
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Dear scribblers + speakers, Oftentimes, getting stuff done means creating a to-do list. A list that can plunge the heart into overwhelm or avoidance. But there's a different story with this Intentions Journal as you create in-the-moment-pleasure + prepare for whatever is ahead. Beyond creating a to-do list, create history. Order the 30-Day Intentio…
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Adoptee and Adoptive Stories with ReGina Smithwick
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ReGina Smithwick was born in Harlem, NY, raised in Mount Vernon, NY, and Teaneck, NJ. She now resides in Winterville, NC with her three children. She is the founder of ReGina Smithwick Enterprises LLC, providing Certified Life Coaching. She is also the creator and producer of Let's Talk 1943. In addition, she is a Motivational Speaker and Author of…
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3-Minute Morning Five Ritual Week One - Not Static or Linear (Ancestral-infused)
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Dear scribblers + speakers, All July is dedicated to my ancestor, Great Great Ma Ella Ellis. She was born July 4, 1885. This 30-day communion honors her. Our Morning Five are part of what I call CARE Rituals. They are punctuation marks and without them, each day is like a run-on sentence. There is a better way for you to engage the day—your rituals…
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2-Minute Morning Five Ritual Week One - The 30-day Communion (Challenge)
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Dear scribblers + speakers, Our Morning Five are part of what I call CARE Rituals. They are punctuation marks—without them, each day is like a run-on sentence. There is a better way for you to engage the day—your rituals, personally + collectively. 1) H2O Cocktail —Revitalize and re-hydrate first thing each day (yes, before matcha or coffee). Put t…
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Dear scribblers + speakers, On the Hebrew calendar, during the New Moon, women have a special affinity with Rosh Chodesh ("Head of the Month")—the month being the feminine aspect of the Jewish calendar. We live our lives with the moon because we wish to harness the distinct qualities of lunar energy: its communion + creativity, its capacity for ren…
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Foster Parents Need Community Too with Marcy Pusey
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Marcy is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and Certified Trauma and Resilience Practitioner, speaker, Story Coach, and the best-selling author of books for adults and for children. She does her best writing on retreats with a nearby hot tub, in any castle, or within view of the sea. Over the last twenty years, Marcy has worked with children, adu…
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18-Minute Morning Five Ritual Invitation - The 30-day Communion (Challenge)
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Dear scribblers + speakers, All July is dedicated to my ancestor, Great Great Ma Ella Ellis. She was born July 4, 1885. This 30-day communion honors her. Our Morning Five are part of what I call CARE Rituals. They are punctuation marks and without them, each day is like a run-on sentence. There is a better way for you to engage the day—your rituals…
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