Adoption Wise

Have you ever known what you want to feel in your head, but your heart hasn't caught up? Or do you feel like the daily challenges of raising kids with complex trauma keep piling up in your heart, head, and body? Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises (or TRE®) is a simple yet innovative series of exercises that assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress, tension and trauma. Listen in as Christa Bevan, certified TRE® provider and trauma-informed yoga instructor, talk about the benefits of TRE® for adoptive families.

Christa Bevan is a dynamic self-care coach for other Radical Mothers as well as a certified TRE® (tension and trauma releasing exercises) provider and yoga instructor. She is also the host of The Radical Mother Village Podcast.  Her coaching practice helps to empower mothers on a journey of healing trauma and doing deeply transformational personal development work. Coming to this work out of necessity, she’s seen the incredible impact healing trauma can have in all directions of your family tree. As a natural teacher, Christa works to educate, support, and inspire people who are ready for radical change in their lives with methods that deliver results. She believes that self-love, compassion, and grace are the core elements of healing, and all start with a foundation of self-awareness.

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Have you ever known what you want to feel in your head, but your heart hasn't caught up? Or do you feel like the daily challenges of raising kids with complex trauma keep piling up in your heart, head, and body? Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises (or TRE®) is a simple yet innovative series of exercises that assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress, tension and trauma. Listen in as Christa Bevan, certified TRE® provider and trauma-informed yoga instructor, talk about the benefits of TRE® for adoptive families.

Christa Bevan is a dynamic self-care coach for other Radical Mothers as well as a certified TRE® (tension and trauma releasing exercises) provider and yoga instructor. She is also the host of The Radical Mother Village Podcast.  Her coaching practice helps to empower mothers on a journey of healing trauma and doing deeply transformational personal development work. Coming to this work out of necessity, she’s seen the incredible impact healing trauma can have in all directions of your family tree. As a natural teacher, Christa works to educate, support, and inspire people who are ready for radical change in their lives with methods that deliver results. She believes that self-love, compassion, and grace are the core elements of healing, and all start with a foundation of self-awareness.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

Relevant Links

Christa's Website

Freebie from Christa

Connect with Christa on Facebook

Connect with Christa on Instagram

Listen to Christa's podcast

Enneagram Panels Series

Mentor Moments give you a chance to join the conversation as we answer a listener question. These episodes guarantee we're providing the most helpful tools and resources for exactly where you are.

This week's question is:

How do I find the confidence to know what is best for my child?

Share your experience and advice in our private Facebook group or ask your own question for a future episode. Click here to join.

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The Enneagram and Adoption: Adoptive Mom Panels by Triad

Mentor Moments give you a chance to join the conversation as we answer a listener question. These episodes guarantee we're providing the most helpful tools and resources for exactly where you are.

This week's question is:

How do I find the confidence to know what is best for my child?

Share your experience and advice in our private Facebook group or ask your own question for a future episode. Click here to join.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

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The Enneagram and Adoption: Adoptive Mom Panels by Triad

Parenting children with histories of early adversity can be really hard on a marriage. Today Lisa is talking with Currey and JJ Blandford about how to intentionally stay connected in the midst of it all. Currey and JJ are adoptive parents, he is a pastor and she is a therapist. and they lend their knowledge to this conversation.

We talk about everything from finding a good therapist to creating small spaces of time to connect. We even talk about observing the Sabbath as a day of rest and connection.

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Episode #67 An Unexpected Open Adoption

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The Connected Parent

Parenting children with histories of early adversity can be really hard on a marriage. Today Lisa is talking with Currey and JJ Blandford about how to intentionally stay connected in the midst of it all. Currey and JJ are adoptive parents, he is a pastor and she is a therapist. and they lend their knowledge to this conversation.

We talk about everything from finding a good therapist to creating small spaces of time to connect. We even talk about observing the Sabbath as a day of rest and connection.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

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Episode #67 An Unexpected Open Adoption

6 Hours a Week to a Better Relationship

The Connected Parent

It can be hard to find time between fulfilling the basic needs of our kids (like feeding them) and correcting behaviors to actually have fun or connect with them. This week's guest, Chef Kibby, helps us kill two birds with one stone. He is a professional chef and culinary instructor with over 25 years in the food industry.  Additionally, he is a biological, foster, and adoptive dad who seeks to show other parents how to use the shared act of cooking and eating with their kiddos as a way to build deeper relationships, stronger attachments, and more resilient young people.

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It can be hard to find time between fulfilling the basic needs of our kids (like feeding them) and correcting behaviors to actually have fun or connect with them. This week's guest, Chef Kibby, helps us kill two birds with one stone. He is a professional chef and culinary instructor with over 25 years in the food industry.  Additionally, he is a biological, foster, and adoptive dad who seeks to show other parents how to use the shared act of cooking and eating with their kiddos as a way to build deeper relationships, stronger attachments, and more resilient young people.

Click here to download a transcript for this episode.

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Cookin with Kibby Website

As our teens get older, their dysmaturity may have us wondering what options they have after high school. A lot of parents wonder if the military is a good option. Your teen may even express interest in joining the military in the future. This week, we're joined by LTC (Ret) Colette Topfer. After 25 years of Army Service and now instructing high school Army JROTC, she brings insight and practical knowledge about if and how we should prepare our teens for military service.

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As our teens get older, their dysmaturity may have us wondering what options they have after high school. A lot of parents wonder if the military is a good option. Your teen may even express interest in joining the military in the future. This week, we're joined by LTC (Ret) Colette Topfer. After 25 years of Army Service and now instructing high school Army JROTC, she brings insight and practical knowledge about if and how we should prepare our teens for military service.

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