Podcast Episodes

[E18] Transracial Adoption Pt 2 with Rhonda M. Roorda

Episode 18

As we continue our series on transracial adoption, we've got one of our favorite voices on the subject, Rhonda Mae Roorda!

Rhonda is a fund manager f…

5 years, 11 months ago

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[E17] Transracial Adoption Pt 1 with Ramya Gruneisen and Dr. Chris and Leslie Hamm

Episode 17

November is National Adoption Awareness Month (NAAM) -To read the history of NAAM, click here. 

For those most impacted by adoption - adoptees - the …

6 years ago

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[E16] Cultivate a Growth Mindset

Episode 16

Last week we talked about Chasing the Why - how to see the needs behind our kids' behavior and meet those needs in order to bring healing.

This episo…

6 years ago

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[E15] Chase The Why with Mo and Tona Ottinger

Episode 15

Lets face it…sometimes our kids' behavior is perplexing. 

We have no idea why they are doing what they are doing. We have no idea how to make them st…

6 years ago

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[E14] Talking to Your Kids About Sex (Pt 2) with Dr. Katherine Blackney

Episode 14

It's Part 2 of the conversation many of us dread. The sex talk, and for those of with kids who were adopted or are in foster care, the layers added i…

6 years ago

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[E13] Talking to Your Kids About Sex (Pt 1) with Dr. Katherine Blackney

Episode 13

It's the conversation many of us dread. For those of with kids who were adopted or are in foster care, the layers added into an already complicated c…

6 years ago

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[E12] The Power of Asking Why PART 2 with Tom and Dawn Jordi

Episode 12

Today we share the second half of our interview with Tom and Dawn Jordi, our ETC Parent Trainers in Johannesburg, South Africa! In this episode, Tom …

6 years, 1 month ago

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[E11] The Power of Asking Why with Tom and Dawn Jordi

Episode 11

Our first intercontinental guests come to us from Johannesburg, South Africa! Tom and Dawn Jordi  join us to talk about their family's adoption journ…

6 years, 1 month ago

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[E10] Exploring & Navigating Racial Trauma with LPC Britney Bryson

Episode 10

Britney Bryson is an LPC at the University of Memphis and at her private practice working with teens and young adults. Doing so in 2020 is no easy ta…

6 years, 1 month ago

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[E9] Catch it Low

Episode 9

Episode 9 features one of our best parenting tools! ETC's Parent Training Courses happen all over the globe and we thought it the perfect time to sha…

6 years, 1 month ago

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