The foundations you build before welcoming foster children into your home will determine whether you merely survive or truly thrive in this challenging calling. Drawing from both professional expertise and personal experience, this episode walks you through four essential preparations every prospective foster parent needs to prioritize. How are you preparing your foundation? Your investment in these four areas will determine not just your longevity as a foster parent but your effectiveness in creating a home where healing can truly happen.6 Week Wellness Challenge: <a href='https://www.fasterwaycoach.com/home-gate?aid=nicolebarlow'>https://www.fasterwaycoach.com/home-gate?aid=nicolebarlow</a>$50 Discount code: MAY50Weekly Newsletter: https://nicoletbarlow.myflodesk.com/fosterparentwellnewsletter Connect with me on Instagram: @nicoletbarlow <a href='https://www.instagram.com/nicoletbarlow/'>https://www.instagram.com/nicoletbarlow/</a> Website: <a href='https://nicoletbarlow.com/'>https://nicoletbarlow.com/</a>

The foundations you build before welcoming foster children into your home will determine whether you merely survive or truly thrive in this challenging calling. Drawing from both professional expertise and personal experience, this episode walks you through four essential preparations every prospective foster parent needs to prioritize. How are you preparing your foundation? Your investment in these four areas will determine not just your longevity as a foster parent but your effectiveness in creating a home where healing can truly happen. 6 Week Wellness Challenge: https://www.fasterwaycoach.com/home-gate?aid=nicolebarlow $50 Discount code: MAY50 Weekly Newsletter: https://nicoletbarlow.myflodesk.com/fosterparentwellnewsletter Connect with me on Instagram: @nicoletbarlow https://www.instagram.com/nicoletbarlow/ Website: https://nicoletbarlow.com/

The foundations you build before welcoming foster children into your home will determine whether you merely survive or truly thrive in this challenging calling. Drawing from both professional expertise and personal experience, this episode walks you through four essential preparations every prospective foster parent needs to prioritize. How are you preparing your foundation? Your investment in these four areas will determine not just your longevity as a foster parent but your effectiveness in creating a home where healing can truly happen.6 Week Wellness Challenge:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fasterwaycoach.com/home-gate?aid=nicolebarlow" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.fasterwaycoach.com/home-gate?aid=nicolebarlow</a>$50 Discount code: MAY50Weekly Newsletter: https://nicoletbarlow.myflodesk.com/fosterparentwellnewsletter&nbsp;Connect with me on Instagram: @nicoletbarlow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nicoletbarlow/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/nicoletbarlow/</a> Website: <a href="https://nicoletbarlow.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://nicoletbarlow.com/</a>

Foundations for the Foster Care Journey

Foster Parent Well is the go-to podcast for foster and adoptive parents who are navigating the complexities of parenting children with trauma while trying to stay sane in the process. Hosted by Nicole T Barlow, a foster and adoptive mom of six, parent trainer, and wellness coach, this podcast is where faith, resilience, and practical strategies come together. &nbsp; If you're feeling burnt out, overwhelmed, or just plain exhausted from the daily realities of foster care and adoption—you're not alone. Here, we have real conversations about the hard stuff: attachment struggles, secondary trauma, parenting beyond behaviors, and the deep emotional weight of loving kids from hard places. But we also talk about you—your health, your nervous system, your faith, and the small, sustainable ways you can care for yourself so you can keep showing up for your kids. &nbsp; Expect practical tips, faith-based encouragement, expert insights, and zero sugarcoating—just real, honest talk about what it takes to foster well, adopt well, and most importantly, stay well in the process. &nbsp; Because parenting kids with trauma is a marathon, not a sprint—and you were never meant to run it alone. &nbsp; 🎧 Subscribe now and let’s do this together!&nbsp;

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Foster Parent Well is the go-to podcast for foster and adoptive parents who are navigating the complexities of parenting children with trauma while trying to stay sane in the process. Hosted by Nicole T Barlow, a foster and adoptive mom of six, parent trainer, and wellness coach, this podcast is where faith, resilience, and practical strategies come together.   If you're feeling burnt out, overwhelmed, or just plain exhausted from the daily realities of foster care and adoption—you're not alone. Here, we have real conversations about the hard stuff: attachment struggles, secondary trauma, parenting beyond behaviors, and the deep emotional weight of loving kids from hard places. But we also talk about you—your health, your nervous system, your faith, and the small, sustainable ways you can care for yourself so you can keep showing up for your kids.   Expect practical tips, faith-based encouragement, expert insights, and zero sugarcoating—just real, honest talk about what it takes to foster well, adopt well, and most importantly, stay well in the process.   Because parenting kids with trauma is a marathon, not a sprint—and you were never meant to run it alone.   🎧 Subscribe now and let’s do this together! 

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