Adoption Wise

You're trying to get your child out the door for school and he has a meltdown. What do you do now? Do you push harder? Do you back off?

In this episode, Jessica Sinarski teaches us about P.A.C.E. and how to use Playfulness, Acceptance Curiosity, and Empathy to help get your child's upstairs (thinking) brain back online. This is a practical and helpful conversation.

We also talk about her brand new book, Riley the Brave Makes it to School. It's a fantastic story for kids and adults about how to tackle the morning challenges that can make mornings challenging for many families.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

Relevant Links

Brave Brains Website

Connect with Jessica on Instagram

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Riley the Brave Makes It to School: A Story With Tips and Tricks for Tough Transitions* by Jessica Sinarski

Riley the Brave: The Little Cub with Big Feelings* by Jessica Sinarski

#107: Helping Children Understand Their Big Feelings with author, Jessica Sinarski

#66: Can Neurofeedback Help Your Adopted Child? (with Sarah Jordan)

Overcoming Blocked Care for Dads: An Interactive Workshop

The Village

*This is an affiliate link

You're trying to get your child out the door for school and he has a meltdown. What do you do now? Do you push harder? Do you back off?

In this episode, Jessica Sinarski teaches us about P.A.C.E. and how to use Playfulness, Acceptance Curiosity, and Empathy to help get your child's upstairs (thinking) brain back online. This is a practical and helpful conversation.

We also talk about her brand new book, Riley the Brave Makes it to School. It's a fantastic story for kids and adults about how to tackle the morning challenges that can make mornings challenging for many families.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

Relevant Links

Brave Brains Website

Connect with Jessica on Instagram

Connect with Jessica on Facebook

Connect with Jessica on Twitter

Riley the Brave Makes It to School: A Story With Tips and Tricks for Tough Transitions* by Jessica Sinarski

Riley the Brave: The Little Cub with Big Feelings* by Jessica Sinarski

#107: Helping Children Understand Their Big Feelings with author, Jessica Sinarski

#66: Can Neurofeedback Help Your Adopted Child? (with Sarah Jordan)

Overcoming Blocked Care for Dads: An Interactive Workshop

The Village

*This is an affiliate link

Clutter in our lives can exacerbate behaviors related to ADHD, trauma, and sensory processing disorder. The start of the school year brings extra stuff to manage including lunches, school forms, sports equipment, etc. Wendy Zanders, aka Your Declutter Coach, is a Professional Organizer who had undiagnosed ADD as a child and now helps special needs families get organized by helping them identify what has created the disorder in their lives, and by helping them create systems so they can get back in control of their possessions and homes. Listen in as Wendy encourages you while bringing you simple tips you can use right now to decrease the clutter in your life.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

Relevant Links

Connect with Wendy on Facebook 

Connect with Wendy on Instagram 

Wendy's YouTube Channel

Overcoming Blocked Care for Dads Workshop

Clutter in our lives can exacerbate behaviors related to ADHD, trauma, and sensory processing disorder. The start of the school year brings extra stuff to manage including lunches, school forms, sports equipment, etc. Wendy Zanders, aka Your Declutter Coach, is a Professional Organizer who had undiagnosed ADD as a child and now helps special needs families get organized by helping them identify what has created the disorder in their lives, and by helping them create systems so they can get back in control of their possessions and homes. Listen in as Wendy encourages you while bringing you simple tips you can use right now to decrease the clutter in your life.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

Relevant Links

Connect with Wendy on Facebook 

Connect with Wendy on Instagram 

Wendy's YouTube Channel

Overcoming Blocked Care for Dads Workshop

The podcast is on summer vacation for the month of July.

We invite you to join us in our free Facebook community and to scroll back to past episodes you may have missed.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

Top 5 Most Popular Episodes

#87: The Impact of Prenatal Trauma on Children with Stacey Gagnon

#61: A Transracial Adoptee’s Thoughts on Growing Up Black in a White Family

#40: Parenting Kids with FASDs and Invisible Disabilities Successfully with Eileen Devine

#94: Resetting the Nervous System for Felt Safety

#88: The Connected Parent by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Lisa Qualls

The podcast is on summer vacation for the month of July.

We invite you to join us in our free Facebook community and to scroll back to past episodes you may have missed.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

Top 5 Most Popular Episodes

#87: The Impact of Prenatal Trauma on Children with Stacey Gagnon

#61: A Transracial Adoptee’s Thoughts on Growing Up Black in a White Family

#40: Parenting Kids with FASDs and Invisible Disabilities Successfully with Eileen Devine

#94: Resetting the Nervous System for Felt Safety

#88: The Connected Parent by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Lisa Qualls

Dad Connection: Join us this month as we hear from foster and adoptive dads.

Ryan and his wife Kayla have 6 children. They spent 10 years as foster parents and learned many of the things they share with families, churches, and schools just being a family. He is the co-founder of One Big Happy Home and is considered an expert on childhood trauma and its impacts. Listen in as Ryan shares about how God brought them to adoption and his journey from traditional parenting to connected parenting.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

Relevant Links

One Big Happy Home Website

Connect with Ryan on Facebook

Connect with Ryan on Instagram

Dad's Mentoring Group

The Connected Child* by Karyn Purvis

The Connected Parent* by Lisa Qualls and Karyn Purvis

How Children Raise Parents* by Dan Allender

#87: The Impact of Prenatal Trauma on Children with Stacey Gagnon

*This is an affiliate link

Dad Connection: Join us this month as we hear from foster and adoptive dads.

Ryan and his wife Kayla have 6 children. They spent 10 years as foster parents and learned many of the things they share with families, churches, and schools just being a family. He is the co-founder of One Big Happy Home and is considered an expert on childhood trauma and its impacts. Listen in as Ryan shares about how God brought them to adoption and his journey from traditional parenting to connected parenting.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

Relevant Links

One Big Happy Home Website

Connect with Ryan on Facebook

Connect with Ryan on Instagram

Dad's Mentoring Group

The Connected Child* by Karyn Purvis

The Connected Parent* by Lisa Qualls and Karyn Purvis

How Children Raise Parents* by Dan Allender

#87: The Impact of Prenatal Trauma on Children with Stacey Gagnon

*This is an affiliate link

Dad Connection: Join us this month as we hear from foster and adoptive dads.

For the past twenty years, Peter Mutabazi has worked for several global nonprofits as well as local charity organizations that promote wellness and development of children. He is a surviving street kid, foster dad, single father, entrepreneur, and founder of Now I Am Known, a grassroots coalition focused on adoption and foster care.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

Relevant Links

Connect with Peter on IG

Connect with Peter on FB

Connect with Peter on YouTube

Know I Am Known Website

Dad Connection: Join us this month as we hear from foster and adoptive dads.

For the past twenty years, Peter Mutabazi has worked for several global nonprofits as well as local charity organizations that promote wellness and development of children. He is a surviving street kid, foster dad, single father, entrepreneur, and founder of Now I Am Known, a grassroots coalition focused on adoption and foster care.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

Relevant Links

Connect with Peter on IG

Connect with Peter on FB

Connect with Peter on YouTube

Know I Am Known Website