Podcast Episodes

Navigating the Emotional Rollercoaster of Foster Care

Season 2 Episode 6

Maryanne shares her compelling journey as a foster parent navigating the complex and often tumultuous world of foster care. She emphasizes the emotional rollercoaster that comes with fostering, highl…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

Empowering Foster Families: Brittany Viebrock on Support and Community

Season 2 Episode 5

Brittany Viebrock, the Program Success Manager at Austin Angels, joins Rachel Fulginiti to discuss the vital support system for families and youth navigating the foster care system. The mission of Au…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Power of Kinship: How Naika Became a Foster Mom

Season 2 Episode 4

The heartfelt discussion between Naika Andre and Rachel Fulginiti delves deeply into Naika's profound journey as a foster mom, focusing on her experiences caring for her godson amidst challenging fam…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Adoption, Sobriety and Resilience: a conversation with Beth Dubber

Season 2 Episode 3

In this episode, we welcome Beth Dubber, a busy still photographer and an adoptee who later became a foster-to-adopt mom. Beth shares her multifaceted story, including her experiences with IVF, adopt…

Published on 11 months ago

Young, Queer and Suddenly Dad: Billie Oh's Unexpected Foster to Adopt Journey

Season 2 Episode 2

I found my way to Billie Oh via a beautiful article in the Huffington Post about their experience with Single Foster Dad Adoption.

Billie began the foster journey with no intention of adopting, but l…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

Using Your Sphere of Influence with actress Jen Lilley

Season 2 Episode 1

Days of Our Lives and Hallmark Channel star Jen Lilley is a foster-to-adopt mom and philanthropist who donates tons of her time, money and energy to championing the cause of foster youth. In this epi…

Published on 1 year ago

Quick Season 1 Update

Season 1 Episode 10

Just a quick message of thanks and gratitude for supporting the show and an update on what's next.

We're currently working on a Season 2. I am also finishing up an offering that I hope to have out in…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Unconditional Love: A teacher adopts her student

Season 1 Episode 9

I couldn't think of a better way to close out Season One than by sharing Stacey and Demi's unique story. It begins when Stacey was a new teacher in her first job. Demi was a pre-teen with a challengi…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Safe Surrenders, Inspiration, Resilience and Commitment

Season 1 Episode 8

This is a very special episode because it features our first nanny, Morgan, who we met when she first arrived in LA from the East Coast. Morgan found out about foster care and foster-to-adopt through…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Transracial adoption & co-parenting through divorce

Season 1 Episode 7

This episode tells the story of Amy and Tiger, two creatives who "met old" and wanted to start a family. With money constraints, they found their way to foster-to-adopt, and after an arduous fosterin…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago