Fostering Voices Podcast

We know misery loves company - so join us as we talk about some of the challenges we have been facing in the parenting front lately. Let us commiserate together, but also encourage one another - cause we are all in this together!

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

2:16 - Talking About The B-Word....Balance

6:09 - The Current Season of Life

10:38 - The One Device-Related Rule

26:09 - Reasons For Serving

31:39 - Good Word Of The Day!!!

Links:

Sun Valley Community Church on YouTube

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You

The Good Word Of The Day

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13

Elf (2003)

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Cindy Branton is a teacher, mom, wife, church worker, Jesus lover, friend, sister, daughter, bunny-owner, sugar inhaler, and now Author. She shares her new book 'Words to Jesus: Children's Litanies to Pray as a Family' with us in this episode. This is an incredible resource to have to help you and your family to draw nearer to God's truths and goodness, in a way that is simple enough for your kids! This would make an amazing gift as the holiday season is upon us!

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

3:13 - Welcome Cindy!!

9:01 - Cindy's Book – Words To Jesus

12:41 - More About The Book

17:27 - Good Word Of The Day!!

20:14 - Focusing On Health

Links:

The Book!

https://smile.amazon.com/Words-Jesus-Childrens-Litanies-Family/dp/B09B4VWGBS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35XP2W3PYV52W&keywords=words+to+jesus+cindy+branton&qid=1638555259&sprefix=words+to+Jes%2Caps%2C196&sr=8-1

Young Adults Group at Sun Valley

https://www.sunvalleycc.com/young-adults?gclid=Cj0KCQiAnaeNBhCUARIsABEee8WUiFpWDMp6i2SHtPI7IbLHwrhbpZqI1VfsyBXP28eg95rqhTsInsIaAs5BEALw_wcB

Connect with Cindy on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/cindy_branton_writes/

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In this episode, we share some simple tips that have been helping us to be more successful in the Watson household of 9. From making the bed to doing the cross crawl, we think you will be encouraged to do little things that will make a big impact. Our kids have already been experiencing some bigs wins at school because of these exercises!

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

3:30 - Thank you to our Sponsors!!

4:15 - The Importance of Habits

4:44 - Exercising Every Day

7:11 - Compound Effect

10:39 - At Dinner Talk About Kindness

16:12 - Cross Crawl

21:10 - Tapping

30:04 - Good Word Of The Day!!

Links

Showit United

Naval Officer we talked about who tells you why you should make your bed.

Compound Effect one of our top 10 books! Read this and feel motivated to keep making small decisions that lead to big results.

At Dinner Talk About Kindness!

Cross Crawl This is the new exercise we have been doing at home, and it has already helped out kids to connect the right and left sides of their brains, and has helped them to focus better!

Tapping is a powerful exercise you and your kids can do to relieve stress and sync the 2 hemispheres of your brain.

Power of High Five Ed Mylett and Mel Robbins talk about the power of the High Five! Another great thing you can do with your kids!

Thanks to our Sponsors

Showit

Bek and Kev

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Join us for a great interview with Rayetta Sanchez, the Department of Child Safety's Community Liaison. She shares all the ways that we can all be involved in helping kids in foster care here in Arizona. We also discuss the big initiative they are working on right now called The Giving Tree. If you are a business, church, organization, or even a very generous person, you can get involved to make a big impact on many of Arizona's kids.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

9:00 - Welcome Rayetta Sanchez!!

12:16 - What Are Some Ways We Can Help Kids?

16:36 - Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents

18:07 DCS's Giving Tree Program

21:20 - Get In Touch With Rayetta and DCS

22:07 - Supporting DCS

28:32 - Good Word Of The Day!!

34:00 - Thank Yous and Skinny Vanilla Lattes!

Links

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World

by Kenneth Wilgus

Get in touch with Rayetta Sanchez - [email protected]

You can email her to get more info, to help out, or to get your FREE Arizona State Parks pass (if you are a current foster family!)

To find a DCS office near you, go here!

Visit Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents to join, connect with other families, and receive free bikes and shoes as a foster and adoptive family, and so much more!

Good Word Of The Day

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:18

Thanks to our Sponsors

Showit

Bek and Kev

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Fostering Voices on Instagram

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This episode touches upon staying up on your mental, spiritual, and physical health - especially when things don't go as planned! But set backs don't need to be that serious if you can get back on track as soon as possible!

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:24 - Lesson Of The Day

6:50 - "Sometimes You Just Can't Trust Your Toots" - Chris Watson

7:04 - Trusting Yourself to Not Overanalyze

9:56 - Best Laid Plans

12:54 - Good Word Of The Day!!

18:36 - Episode Wrap-up

Links

Good Word of the Day Isaiah 26:3

Fostering Voice on IG

Sponsors

Showit

Bek and Kev

This episode touches upon staying up on your mental, spiritual, and physical health - especially when things don't go as planned! But set backs don't need to be that serious if you can get back on track as soon as possible!

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:24 - Lesson Of The Day

6:50 - "Sometimes You Just Can't Trust Your Toots" - Chris Watson

7:04 - Trusting Yourself to Not Overanalyze

9:56 - Best Laid Plans

12:54 - Good Word Of The Day!!

18:36 - Episode Wrap-up

Links

Good Word of the Day Isaiah 26:3

Fostering Voice on IG

Sponsors

Showit

Bek and Kev

This episode features an interview with Kate Somerville, the founder of Kate Somerville Skin Health Experts, and Maggie Lin, co-founder of Foster Nation. These two powerful women have overcome hard beginnings and started their own companies, all in the name of being able to help others. Especially foster youth. We hope you are inspired by this interview as much as we were!

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

7:46 - Welcome Kate and Maggie!

8:50 - Kate's Background

12:34 - Maggie's Background

16:00 - The Vulnerability Hangover

19:54 - Foster Nation x Kate Sommerville Skin Care

22:58 - Guardian Angels

27:50 - More on the Kate Sommerville and Foster Nation Collaboration

32:48 - Ways To Support Foster Nation

37:58 - Giving Back As A Mentor

40:48 - Learn About Kate's Company

42:04 - Good Word Of The Day!!

46:24 - Reminder to Focus on Health!

50:26 - Thank You For Listening Please Check Out The Show Notes!

Links

https://www.katesomerville.com/us/en/

https://www.fosternation.org

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kate-somerville-skincare-announces-partnership-130000036.html

https://www.instagram.com/fosteringvoices/

Episode 122 features an interview with Ryan Moore, director of Community Partnerships at Ohana. Ohana is an organization here in Arizona that creates safe, faith-based and loving family environments for foster youth and adults with special needs. They strive to create dignified environments through love and family.

Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome to our guest, Ryan Moore!

1:29 - Ryan's 2-minute....no, 5-minute(!) Bio

4:45 - How Ryan and His Wife Met

6:19 - What is Ohana and What Do They Do?

14:45 - What Are Some Ways To Support Ohana?

17:57 - What Has Been Ryan's Biggest Surprise in The Foster Care Community?

22:44 - Donations and Sponsors

24:08 - Good Word Of The Day!!

27:08 - Thank You For Listening And Please Check Out Ohanaaz

Let's Connect!

Ohana AZ

Fostering Voices on Instagram

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AND we would LOVE it if you would SUBSCRIBE and leave us a review on iTunes! This helps others to find our podcast so we can share these voices from the foster care and adoption community with more people!

If you want to see how to leave a review, check out this handy little video!

Episode 122 features an interview with Ryan Moore, director of Community Partnerships at Ohana. Ohana is an organization here in Arizona that creates safe, faith-based and loving family environments for foster youth and adults with special needs. They strive to create dignified environments through love and family.

Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome to our guest, Ryan Moore!

1:29 - Ryan's 2-minute....no, 5-minute(!) Bio

4:45 - How Ryan and His Wife Met

6:19 - What is Ohana and What Do They Do?

14:45 - What Are Some Ways To Support Ohana?

17:57 - What Has Been Ryan's Biggest Surprise in The Foster Care Community?

22:44 - Donations and Sponsors

24:08 - Good Word Of The Day!!

27:08 - Thank You For Listening And Please Check Out Ohanaaz

Let's Connect!

Ohana AZ

Fostering Voices on Instagram

You can also email us!

AND we would LOVE it if you would SUBSCRIBE and leave us a review on iTunes! This helps others to find our podcast so we can share these voices from the foster care and adoption community with more people!

If you want to see how to leave a review, check out this handy little video!

Episode 122 features an interview with Ryan Moore, director of Community Partnerships at Ohana. Ohana is an organization here in Arizona that creates safe, faith-based and loving family environments for foster youth and adults with special needs. They strive to create dignified environments through love and family.

Chapters:

0:00 - Welcome to our guest, Ryan Moore!

1:29 - Ryan's 2-minute....no, 5-minute(!) Bio

4:45 - How Ryan and His Wife Met

6:19 - What is Ohana and What Do They Do?

14:45 - What Are Some Ways To Support Ohana?

17:57 - What Has Been Ryan's Biggest Surprise in The Foster Care Community?

22:44 - Donations and Sponsors

24:08 - Good Word Of The Day!!

27:08 - Thank You For Listening And Please Check Out Ohanaaz

Let's Connect!

Ohana AZ

Fostering Voices on Instagram

You can also email us!

AND we would LOVE it if you would SUBSCRIBE and leave us a review on iTunes! This helps others to find our podcast so we can share these voices from the foster care and adoption community with more people!

If you want to see how to leave a review, check out this handy little video!