Podcast Episodes

[E240] Your Summer Survival Guide

Episode 240

Summer is here, and Jesse and Tona are keeping it real: they love summer, and it also asks a lot of them. In this episode, they sit down (virtually, …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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[E239] Replay Let's Talk About Lying with Robyn Gobbel

Episode 239

Why do kids lie, even when the truth would have been easier? This week, we’re replaying an oldie but a goodie: Let's Talk About Lying with Robyn Gobb…

5 months ago

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[E238] Replay Understanding the Brain, Body, Behavior Connection with Mona Delahooke

Episode 238

Catch the replay! Mona is a Pediatric Psychologist and the author of Beyond Behaviors, among several other books. If you've ever read Beyond Behavior…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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[E237] When You’re New to Supporting a Foster or Adoptive Family

Episode 237

Episode 237 is live! ️

If someone you love is in the middle of a new placement (whether that's a newborn, a toddler, or a teenager), this one is for …

5 months, 4 weeks ago

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[E236] When You're New to Walking Together as Adoptive/Foster Parents

Episode 236

Community can feel different when your parenting journey looks different. Sometimes your circle shifts. Sometimes it shrinks. And sometimes it stretc…

6 months, 1 week ago

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[E235] When You’re New to Parenting through Adoption & Foster Care

Episode 235

In this episode Becca, Jesse, and Tona walk us through what it looked like for them at the beginning of their parenting journey. Starting foster care…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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[E234] When Protection Becomes a Prison: Breaking Down the Wall Between Us with Sherry Varughese

Episode 234

Let’s talk about the “Wall Between Us”, the invisible, protective bricks we build from past hurt that quietly block connection with the people we lov…

7 months, 1 week ago

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[E233] Why the Best Teachers Lead with Connection with Marti Smith & Amie Huggins

Episode 233

What if connection is one of the most powerful tools in the classroom?

In this episode, Marti Smith and Amie Huggins join us to share about their new…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

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[E232] When You're Tired Of Trying with Melissa Corkum

Episode 232

Does your nervous system feel like it’s been in survival mode for a long time?

This episode is for you.

We sat down in person with Melissa Corkum to …

8 months, 1 week ago

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[E231] When You're Tired in Your Heart with Dr. Archandria Owens

Episode 231

On this next part of our mini-series “When You’re Tired”, we reflect on being emotionally tired. It is the quiet exhaustion that comes from caring de…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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