Podcast Episodes

[E250] Don't Let Your Marriage Get the Leftovers with Dr. Genee Francis

Episode 250

Foster and adoptive parenting asks a lot of a marriage, and too often the marriage gets whatever is left at the end of the day. Licensed therapist Dr…

5 hours ago

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[E249] Showing Up Whole to Persevere In Hard Work With Amanda Purvis

Episode 249

After two decades in child welfare and trauma work, Amanda Purvis has a hard-won answer to how people stay in this work: put down the role of the hea…

1 week, 6 days ago

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[E248] The Attachment Style Quietly Shaping Your Faith with Melinda Cathey

Episode 248

What if the trust we struggle to give, to God, to people, even to ourselves, traces back to how our earliest needs were met? Counselor, author, and t…

4 weeks ago

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[E247] Understanding FASD: The Diagnosis 90% of Doctors Miss with Sandra Flach

Episode 247

FASD specialist and adoptive mom Sandra Flach joins Jesse to break down fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: what it actually is, why it hides behind beh…

1 month, 1 week ago

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[E246] You're Not the Hero of Their Story, & That's the Point: A Conversation about Open Adoption with Annie Iverson

Episode 246

What does open adoption actually mean, and what happens when fear gets in the way of staying connected? Annie Iverson, adoptive mom of four and creat…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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[E245] The Science and Heart of Bedtime with Allison Ezell

Episode 245

If bedtime in your house feels like a nightly negotiation, or you're the one lying in the dark at 2 a.m. wondering why nothing seems to work, this co…

2 months, 1 week ago

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[E244] Redefining the Parent Report Card with Nicole Barlow

Episode 244

What if the parent report card you've been grading yourself on this whole time was never actually yours to fill out?

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

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[E243] The Risk of Winning

Episode 243

Ever notice how a bedtime standoff, a backtalk moment, or a flat-out refusal can turn into you against your kid? Jesse sits down with Mo & Tona Ottin…

3 months ago

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[E242] Torn From the Root: Rhonda Roorda on Honoring the Voice Within

Episode 242

Some books change the way we see. Rhonda Roorda's In Their Own Voices did that for countless adoptive families, including our own here at ETC. In thi…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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[E241] The Consequences of Consequences

Episode 241

You said it would be the last warning. You meant it this time. And somehow you are standing in the hallway with your voice raised, wondering how you …

4 months ago

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