In today's episode, Kelli connects with Speaker and Author Kim de Blecourt.

Kim is an award-winning author, international speaker and executive director of Nourished Hearts, a non-profit serving orphaned and vulnerable children in Ukraine.

Her books include:

• “I Call You Mine: Embracing God’s Gift of Adoption” (New Hope Publishers, 2018) 
• “Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother’s Courage, a Race to Freedom” (FaithWords, 2012).

Kim is passionate about her relationship with God, caring for the fatherless, and encouraging the Church to do the same.

Besides writing, she loves to read, walk around her neighborhood, and sing on the worship team.

Today Kelli talks with fellow adoptive mom, Alex Fitten.

Alex is the host of The Adoptive Mom Podcast which is a space to help women feel connected, empowered, and encouraged to stand in the fire for kids from hard places.

She and her husband Bryan get to raise three littles who are all less than a year and a half apart in age and have the privilege of walking alongside their teenager as he navigates his own adoption story.

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In today's episode, Kelli is chatting with friend & adoptive mom Lauren Huss about their family's journey bringing home "Team Huss". 

They have 7 children ranging in age from 7-20: 6 adopted, 1 biological. 2 young girls, 5 grown boys. All of them became part of Team Huss through cool, God-sized stories. They’ve learned that following Jesus is always an adventure & have picked up some incredible lessons that Lauren shares inside the episode. 

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Today Kelli talks with fellow adoptive mom, Jenna McKnight.

As an adoptive mother of a child with reactive attachment disorder, Jenna was all too familiar with the complicated emotions associated with adoption. Redeemed through prayer and fellowship, Jenna and her husband were inspired to share their message of hope with other adoptive parents through their community, Love Radically.

She lives on a farm in Central Florida with her husband and five children—and is deeply passionate about helping other adoptive parents dealing with trauma know they are not alone.

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In this episode, Kelli is talking with Bryan Post. Together they discuss the way that our adoptive children react to stress, fear & overwhelm. 

Bryan is the founder of The Post Institute and is widely renowned as one of America’s foremost child behavior experts. For more than 15 years, Bryan has provided support to parents who feel as though they have been pushed to the limit. With a movement-leading approach to consider the unique effects of family dynamics and stress on children’s emotions and behaviors, Bryan has helped countless families positively transform their relationships.

In this episode, Kelli is chatting with Jennifer Phillips.

Jennifer is the author of 30 Days of Hope for Adoptive Parents and knows how to harness the power of hope and connection to uplift fellow adoptive parents. As the mother of four, including a daughter, adopted from China, she went viral for a blog post that documented her struggle and eventual revelation about power struggles between parents and children.

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In this episode, Kelli chats with Tara Counterman all about the importance of self - care through motherhood.

While Tara is not an adoptive mom herself she offers an extremely important perspective for anyone in the throes of their motherhood journey. As an entrepreneur mom with two toddlers, she learned quickly that she can't pour from an empty cup. Now she is passionate about helping moms get into a state of mind, implement structures and make sustainable changes to show up powerfully in motherhood AND for themselves. 

In this episode, Kelli chats with Megan Nilsen about her leap of faith.

Megan and her husband adopted their two youngest from Ethiopia in 2011 to complete their family of six. Megan believes adoption is the best, hardest thing they have ever done. It broke open all she thought she knew about life and love and allowed God to usher her into a deeper spiritual journey -- one she wouldn't trade for the world.

In this episode, Kelli chats with Jamie Fredericks about her adoption journey and her personal 'cloud of shame'.

Jamie is a Southern California native. She and her husband Mike adopted twins from Ethiopia in June of 2016 and rounded out their beautiful family to a hearty seven. Jamie is an adoption coach dedicated to helping mamas who are struggling post adoption to connect, attach and bond to their adopted child(ren).

In this episode, Kelli interview Jenny Marrs.

Jenny started her adoption process in 2011. Shortly after legally adopting her daughter, the Republic of the Congo put a hold on exit permits making them unable to bring home their adopted daughter for two years.