We explore the complexities of foster care and adoption and the emotional toll trauma takes on families, emphasizing the importance of candid conversations about these challenges. Anna Bernacki shares her personal journey through adoption and how faith has guided her family. • The importance of discussing difficult topics within foster care  • Differences between crisis hospitalization and residential treatment  • Navigating shame and guilt in parenting from hard places  • The role of faith in coping with challenges  • How to support other family members when one child is absent  • Encouragement for parents feeling overwhelmed or isolated  If you know somebody that is facing similar challenges, would you send them this episode?  <a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2319348/open_sms">I'd love to hear from you! Send me a text!</a>Connect with me on Instagram: @Fosterparentwell @nicoletbarlow <a href='https://www.instagram.com/nicoletbarlow/'>https://www.instagram.com/nicoletbarlow/</a> Website: <a href='https://nicoletbarlow.com/'>https://nicoletbarlow.com/</a>

We explore the complexities of foster care and adoption and the emotional toll trauma takes on families, emphasizing the importance of candid conversations about these challenges. Anna Bernacki shares her personal journey through adoption and how faith has guided her family. • The importance of discussing difficult topics within foster care • Differences between crisis hospitalization and residential treatment • Navigating shame and guilt in parenting from hard places • The role of faith in coping with challenges • How to support other family members when one child is absent • Encouragement for parents feeling overwhelmed or isolated If you know somebody that is facing similar challenges, would you send them this episode? I'd love to hear from you! Send me a text! Connect with me on Instagram: @Fosterparentwell @nicoletbarlow https://www.instagram.com/nicoletbarlow/ Website: https://nicoletbarlow.com/

We explore the complexities of foster care and adoption and the emotional toll trauma takes on families, emphasizing the importance of candid conversations about these challenges. Anna Bernacki shares her personal journey through adoption and how faith has guided her family. • The importance of discussing difficult topics within foster care&nbsp; • Differences between crisis hospitalization and residential treatment&nbsp; • Navigating shame and guilt in parenting from hard places&nbsp; • The role of faith in coping with challenges&nbsp; • How to support other family members when one child is absent&nbsp; • Encouragement for parents feeling overwhelmed or isolated&nbsp; If you know somebody that is facing similar challenges, would you send them this episode?&nbsp; <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2319348/open_sms" rel="noopener noreferrer">I'd love to hear from you! Send me a text!</a>Connect with me on Instagram: @Fosterparentwell @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>

When We Aren't Enough- Navigating Out of Home Care with Anna Bernacki

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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