On SEASON FINALE of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink reflect on 2024 highlights, lowlights, and hopes for the year to come. And later we welcome speaker, author, and executive coach Dr. Keith Edwards for a discussion about the science of gratitude and how, as a practice, gratitude can move us from a scarcity mindset to one of abundance.

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On Episode 86 of the podcast, host Nathan Fink is joined by guest co-host Cindy Brenner, board member of the Foster Adoptive Resource Exchange (FARE) and past Lucy Fowlkes Breed Family Service Award winner, for an extended conversation about National Adoption Month, and how raising sets of siblings lead to open hearts and open minds. 

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On Episode 85 of the podcast co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink talk transition and the incredible pressures of the unknown. And later we welcome friend, father, and mentor Tony Hebert for a discussion about life after incarceration and what it means to embrace a whole new reality for an individual as well as the family. 

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On Episode 84 of the podcast, we welcome guest co-host Brandon Larouche, program owner at 603 Brix, a New Hampshire charity organization dedicated to building positive childhood experiences one LEGO® donation at time. And later we reprise an interview with Prevent Child Abuse America Chief Strategist Jennifer Jones, keynote at Children’s Trusts 12 Annual Strengthening Annual summit, about her co-authored Theory of Change for Primary Prevention in the US and how we can center families in the of building stronger communities. 

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On Episode 83 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink discuss being the grounding factor in your children's lives and the joy (and pressure) it brings. And later we are joined by Maternal Mental Health Advocate Heather Martin, as well as TLC Family Resource Center Director of Family Support Services Alysse Lizotte and TLC Registered Nurse Karen Jameson for a conversation about Maternal Mental Health and supportive perinatal resources 

If you, or someone you know, may be in need of Maternal Mental Health, talk or text 1-833-TLC-MAMA.

Also, the national 988 Lifeline Centers are available for phone, text, and chat by dialing 988 or via https://988lifeline.org/chat/.

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On Episode 82 of the podcast, guest co-hosts Mandy Carter, Kinship Navigator & Community Resource Specialist at The River Center, joins Nathan Fink to discuss helping our children navigate the pitfalls of digital landscape. And we are joined by Executive Director of Able NH Louis Esposito, NAMI NH's Director of Suicide Prevention Services Elaine de Mello, and Director of Teen Programs at the Grapevine Family & Community Resource Center Jacqueline Roland for conversation about cyberbullying, as well as the skills and supports that create safe environments for our youths. 

If you, or someone you care about, is experiencing a crisis, please call/text the NH Rapid Response Access Point at 1-833-710-6477 or chat www.NH988.com.

Also, the national 988 Lifeline Centers are available for phone, text, and chat by dialing 988 or via https://988lifeline.org/chat/.

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On Episode 81 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink discuss Kinship Caregiver month and the amazing, sometime arduous, often complex nature of raising the children of others. And through the episode we are joined by real Granite State kinship caregivers, Kinship Navigators Alicia Angove and Diana Merrick, and we hear from Dr. Cassie Yackley, licensed psychologist, Director of the Center for Trauma Responsive Practice Change and the NH Child-Parent Psychotherapy Provider Network

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On Episode 80 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink talk about resilience and the small but significant ways we build it. And later Family Resource Center leaders Ardis Yahna and Gabrielle Flanders join us to discuss the 2024 Ride for Resilience and how access to family supports makes for stronger, safer, and more equitable communities. 

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On Episode 79 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink talk about loss, family, and the process of grieving. And later filmmaker, bestselling author, and recipient of the 2023 New Hampshire Literary Award Thomas Tosi joins the show to discuss his forthcoming book The Curse of the Crummy Mummy and how reading helps ease tensions in times of transition. 

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On Episode 78 of the podcast, father, author, and co-founded of North Light AI Andrew Mitchell guest co-hosts alongside Nathan Fink to discuss how billions of data points cycled through adversarial network can (re)create the experience of a human(ish) reality and what Artificial Intelligence might mean for us as individuals as well as families. 

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