RAD Talk with Tracey

RAD Talk with Tracey

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RAD Talk with Tracey episodes

  • RAD PARENTS AND RESPITE: HOW THE "BLEEP" DO I GET A BREAK?

    Do you ever find yourself saying, "I need a break" but you have no idea how to make that happen? In fact, it actually feels impossible? As a RAD parent, I know this feels hard. REALLY hard. But hard doesn't mean impossible. In this episode, you will learn how to take a break and create moments of respite for yourself. You'll learn that not only is taking a break possible, it's necessary. And you'll learn how to start healing. Tracey outlines her 7 step respite process and guides you through each step. It's time to put the focus back on you. Let's get started.

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    Tracey's support and coaching programs:

    www.radtalkwithtracey.com/support

    Navigating RAD 2021 Conference:

    www.radadvocates.org

    21 min
  • MONICA'S STORY (PART 2)

    Welcome to part two of Monica's story. In this episode, she talks about her organization called RAD Sibs, a place for siblings to come together.

    29 min
  • MONICA'S STORY (PART 1)

    Meet Monica Badgley, RAD mom and Founder of RAD Sibs. In this episode, part one, Monica talks about taking in her sister's three daughters who have RAD. She didn't know it at the time and just thought she was doing the right thing. In part two, Monica talks about her organization called RAD Sibs; what it is and where it's headed.

    1 hr 16 min
  • ATTACHMENT HEALING CENTER
    Dr. Michele Coleman is a kind and gentle soul who is an adoptive mom, a RAD mom, and the Founder of the Attachment Healing Center in New Mexico. Another great resource and support for RAD parents, their Rad children, and their families! According to Dr. Coleman, RAD can be healed and she and her team do just that. Listen to her personal story, her approach to RAD, and learn how you can get support. And if you're a RAD mom or dad, you don't want to miss her warm, encouraging words of wisdom just for you near the end of our interview.
    50 min
  • The RADish Ranch
    Learn about Karen Poitras and The RADish Ranch. Another fantastic resource for the RAD community. Karen created the RADish Ranch after working extensively with families and children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). Karen talks about how she gained her professional experience working with and learning from Nancy Thomas at "Healing Hearts Family Bonding Camps", attachment summer camps for children and families with RAD. Karen knows and believes that children with RAD can heal. She has seen it. Karen created The RADish Ranch in order to continue to provide a place for RAD families to heal. For more information, visit www.theradishranch.org.
    53 min
  • SECOND CHANCE ADOPTIONS (PART 2)
    This is part two of my interview with Ann Lamphere. Today, Ann talks about her program called " The Second Chance Adoption Program". This program helps families who have adopted a child and are struggling. Ann helps these families and their children find a new family that is a much better fit. The program has a 95% to 97% success rate and as a result, is a positive outcome for the child and the families. Ann also wrote a book about her experience called, "My Adoption Life: Living With A Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) Child". If you'd like to get in contact with Ann, visit www.radtalkwithtracey.com or the RAD Talk With Tracey Facebook page for links.
    1 hr
  • SECOND CHANCE ADOPTIONS (PART 1)
    Ann Lamphere's story is one full of twists and turns. She was the first single adoptive parent in the state of Utah with the Children's Services Society in the 1970s. Ann thought she was adopting a little boy from India but a girl showed up. The minute she saw the girl's photo, she thought to herself, "there's trouble there". She was right. And the young girl was already on the plane to the US and to Ann. In part one of this podcast interview, Ann shares her story about raising her adoptive daughter with RAD, her second adoption, and everything in between. Her daughter and son-in-law are currently incarcerated for murder. In part two of our interview, Ann talks about her program called " The Second Chance Adoption Program". This program helps families who have adopted a child and are struggling. Ann helps these children find a new family that is a much better fit. The program is extremely successful and the result is a positive outcome for the child and the families. Ann also wrote a book about her experience called, "My Adoption Life: Living With A Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) Child".
    44 min
  • FULL CATASTROPHE PARENTING
    Writer. Advocate. Mentor. Trauma survivor. Chris Prange Morgan is an adoptive RAD mom and amputee. She talks about her experience raising a child with reactive attachment disorder, including how her state of mind led to a serious accident and injury. Chris became a trauma survivor herself and shares about the first time she felt peace. It was watching the sunset from her hospital bed. She also has unique insight regarding trauma and is able to relate her injury to how children with RAD must feel. Chris has been featured in The Huffington Post, Psychology Today, The Today Show and more. Today, she openly shares her experiences, insight, and how she perseveres.
    57 min
  • YOU'LL BE FINE
    Carrie O'Toole adopted her son from Vietnam not knowing he had Reactive Attachment Disorder. She shares her personal story including how she knew "something" was wrong and how she reached out for help. But everyone involved told her, "just get him home and you'll all be fine". Carrie also defines the exact day that everything changed for her and watched her son become part of another family. She is a RAD mom, author and and became a coach after living through her experience.
    53 min
  • CONVERSATION WITH A COUNSELOR
    Dwayne Orser shares his unique and honest perspective about growing up in an alcoholic family, his own trauma and trauma work, and becoming a counselor. Dwayne provides a look into his childhood thoughts, feelings and experiences. He also offers validation, support, and hope for RAD parents with a comforting message at the end of the interview.
    49 min

About RAD Talk with Tracey

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Raising a child or children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (“RAD”) is scary, exhausting, and life altering. Join Tracey Poffenroth Prato, an adoptive mom of two children with RAD, as she interviews…

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