Stable Moments Podcast

In this episode I interview my aunt who is a social worker who works in Department of Children and Families as someone who maintains and creates policy. 
We dive into how policy works, what makes good policy and how children's and family's lives are better because of policy work. 

In this episode I break down what post adoption services are, my mistakes, lessons learned and top pieces of advice from my experience.

In this episode I sit down with one of my most favorite people, my husband, who also was a police officer in Atlanta for 10 years who answered many 911 child welfare calls. He gives us a bit of a ride-along, while he shares how cops interact with child protective services and the courts to make sure children are safe. 

I thought it was time we all had a mental health check due to these crazy times, then I realized foster families are always adjusting to a new normal. Kate Neligan is an equine-partnered life/career coach, writer, speaker, and healer who is devoted to the human-animal bond.

In this episode we focus on how to stay grounded, permission to live for ourselves and finding the opportunity in tough situations.

Follow Kate:

Website: https://www.consciousrockstar.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kateneliganequinecoach/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KateNeliganEquineCoach/

Facebook Group for Equine Professionals: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671582702877050/ 

LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateneligan/ 

There is nothing more common among foster children than the feeling of having no choices and feeling like you've lost all control over your life. This feeling was magnified for Tony when he was put in a mental institution while in foster care.

Even if there aren't many choices, humans want to feel like they have some say over their care, their future, their life. Listen to Tony's story of how he overcame the foster care system and is a peer counselor for other foster youth today.

Follow Tony

IG: @tony_da_realest
Facebook: Anthony Turner
Twitter: Tony Da Realest
Website: https://anthony-turner.com/

On today's episode Paula tells us about her time in foster care, how being called a "foster kid" caused her to be bullied and the pain she went through being accused of her mother's murder.

Paula now trains foster parents on how they can make a difference in the lives of the foster kids they invite into their home. Paula was in 6 placements that didn't have much of an impact at all, and her 7th placement made all the difference in the world. She shares the small but such important details of parenting that Bonnie and Larry gave her to become the self sufficient, successful woman she is today.

Paula's Website
Paula's Book

This week we discuss the impact Corona Virus is having on foster youth and how we can help.

Foster youth who are attending colleges have no place to go now that they are shut down and no campus jobs to work at.

Foster homes are less likely to open their homes in a pandemic.

Social worker no longer need to put eye's on kids on their caseload and child abuse and neglect cases are skyrocketing in isolation.

We can help. Go to www.togetherwerise.org to join the fight. 

Hey Y'all. The world is in a crazy place with this pandemic. This is me coming to you real and raw about the state of the world today, what you can do as a foster or adoptive parent or as someone who serves these families. 

This week I chat with Shannon who was a victim of growing up abused by her mom's boyfriends. She dives into what it was like to be a victim of abuse and witness domestic violence in her home. 

Shannon shares what the saving grace was for her and what helped her develop into the stable adult she is today. We also talk about how her brother faired different and wasn't able to recover much from his abuse and neglect. 

Shannon gives our audience a look into how a child in an unstable environment wishes someone would have asked her directly about what was going on at home. She wanted to be seen, someone to notice and tell her it was not okay. 

If you want to share your childhood trauma story with Shannon, you can email her at childhood [email protected]