Trauma-Informed Parenting

Have you brought a child home through foster care or adoption? Or are you just beginning the foster/adopt journey and want to make sure kiddos feel welcome in your home? Then this episode is for you!

Continuing our theme of “home” for the month of June - Kathleen and Kristin share ten tips on how your adopted/foster kiddos can feel welcome in your home. The Whole House Adoption/Foster Care support group added their two cents as well and those suggestions were read on air as well! Grab a cup of coffee and join these lovely ladies!

When you are designing your home/apartment, what do you start with first? Color? Furniture? Style? Join Kathleen and special guest, Tessa Allen, Kathleen's sister-in-law, as they talk about design mistakes (Kathleen's blue couch), figuring out what works, choosing colors and used furniture finds. Tessa shares some of her design background, including her job as a junior designer for U.S. Embassies! Grab a cup of coffee and join these lovely ladies!

Lori and Kathleen talk about Healthy Summer living with a capital letter syndrome. Whether you’re an adult with a capital letter syndrome or have a child with one, summer means change. There are some healthy ways to cope with the changes summer brings.

Keep a Schedule

The Power of Habit

S.A.F.E.- Sensory-motor, Appropriate, Fun, and Easy

Kids need to feel safe to enjoy learning and play.

“The brain needs safety and involvement for positive learning experiences. If little children are not motivated to learn, check how safe they feel.” - James M. Healy, Ph.D., author, and educator

Grab a cup of coffee and join these ladies as they share tips and personal stories!

Have ever helped someone through the door who has a crutch? Or made provisions for a child in a wheelchair? What about kiddos who have a capital letter syndrome such as SPD, FAS, ADD, ADHD,or who are on the spectrum. When you see these kiddos who don't have the ability to self-regulate, do you make accomodations for them? Or do you silently judge them for misbehaving or think their parent need to step up their game. Maybe you have a kiddo with a capital letter syndrome and you just wish people could treat him/her like a human. Grab a cup of coffee and join Kathleen and Lori for this special episode - Kids with Captial Letter Syndromes are people too!

Have ever helped someone through the door who has a crutch? Or made provisions for a child in a wheelchair? What about kiddos who have a capital letter syndrome such as SPD, FAS, ADD, ADHD,or who are on the spectrum. When you see these kiddos who don't have the ability to self-regulate, do you make accomodations for them? Or do you silently judge them for misbehaving or think their parent need to step up their game. Maybe you have a kiddo with a capital letter syndrome and you just wish people could treat him/her like a human. Grab a cup of coffee and join Kathleen and Lori for this special episode - Kids with Captial Letter Syndromes are people too!

Have you had an abortion and never told anyone? Have you been suffering the shame and guilt of being a post abortive woman? Then this is for you. Special guest Ashley Sigrest joins Kathleen to talk about her journey from abortion to the road to healing. Grab a cup of coffee, some tissues and join these two for this much-needed discussion.

Adopted/Foster kiddos aren’t valuable because of what we’ve done for them or even despite what they’ve been through. They’ve valuable. Period. No qualifiers.

They aren’t broken. They don’t need to be fixed. They need to be loved, like any child. They need to be guided, disciplined, protected, and provided for like any other child.

Their needs and feelings are just as important and valid as an adult’s. Now. Even as kids. Little voices aren’t any less important, and their feelings aren’t any less real. Our de-humanizing is subconscious. How do we fight this tendency? We talk about it. Replace it with the truth. Grab a cup of coffee and join Kristin Peters and Kathleen as they hash it out.

Adopted/Foster kiddos aren’t valuable because of what we’ve done for them or even despite what they’ve been through. They’ve valuable. Period. No qualifiers.

They aren’t broken. They don’t need to be fixed. They need to be loved, like any child. They need to be guided, disciplined, protected, and provided for like any other child.

Their needs and feelings are just as important and valid as an adult’s. Now. Even as kids. Little voices aren’t any less important, and their feelings aren’t any less real. Our de-humanizing is subconscious. How do we fight this tendency? We talk about it. Replace it with the truth. Grab a cup of coffee and join Kristin Peters and Kathleen as they hash it out.

Ever wonder what adoption is really like? Do you want to know what adoptive Moms think about adoption? Join Kathleen and special guest Kylie Gray, adoptive mother of three, as they share stories, thoughts and a few moments they wanted to give up. Grab a cup of coffee and join these lovely ladies!

Ever wonder what adoption is really like? Do you want to know what adoptive Moms think about adoption? Join Kathleen and special guest Kylie Gray, adoptive mother of three, as they share stories, thoughts and a few moments they wanted to give up. Grab a cup of coffee and join these lovely ladies!