Ranked #1
Episode 66: Traditional Parenting Vs. Trauma-Informed Parenting: Pursuing Connection with Your Child
Episode 66: Traditional Parenting Vs. Trauma-Informed Parenting: Pursuing Connection with Your Child
Parenting is not for the faint of heart. Understanding how to best love, teach, and correct our children is something we... Read more
25 Feb 2019
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42mins
Ranked #2
Episode 33: Foster Care Basics: Everything from How To Be a Foster Parent to Staying Organized
Episode 33: Foster Care Basics: Everything from How To Be a Foster Parent to Staying Organized
Aurie Good is a pastor’s wife and homeschooling mother of five children, two biological, one adopted from foster care an... Read more
28 Aug 2017
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38mins
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Episode 41: The Benefits of Growing Up in a Fostering Family
Episode 41: The Benefits of Growing Up in a Fostering Family
People considering foster care often worry about how their biological children will be affected by having other children... Read more
1 Jan 2018
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22mins
Ranked #4
Episode 31: What Adoptees Wish We Knew
Episode 31: What Adoptees Wish We Knew
Lynne Ellis-Gray knows what it feels like to wonder about biological parents. Adopted as a baby, her parents did the “ri... Read more
31 Jul 2017
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39mins
Ranked #5
Episode 56: Single Foster Parenting – Real Strategies from Real Moms
Episode 56: Single Foster Parenting – Real Strategies from Real Moms
Foster parenting can be challenging even with a spouse, but that doesn’t mean a single person can’t or shouldn’t follow ... Read more
27 Aug 2018
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58mins
Ranked #6
Episode 82: Navigating Court: Understanding Your Role as a Foster Parent
Episode 82: Navigating Court: Understanding Your Role as a Foster Parent
Our guest, Tony Whitley, is no stranger to foster care. Once a child in foster care, now a foster parent and TFI Advocat... Read more
18 Nov 2019
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41mins
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Episode 78: Honest Questions about Foster Care and Adoption and Answers You Need To Hear
Episode 78: Honest Questions about Foster Care and Adoption and Answers You Need To Hear
Whether you’re just thinking about foster care or adoption and want to know what it’s really like or you’re in it and yo... Read more
23 Sep 2019
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Ranked #8
Episode 86: Life in Foster Care: What It’s Really Like
Episode 86: Life in Foster Care: What It’s Really Like
In terms of foster care, Tori has experienced it all. Entering the system at age four; reuniting with her mom; seeing th... Read more
13 Jan 2020
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41mins
Ranked #9
Episode 51: Going into Foster Care as a Teen: One Woman’s Story of Testifying for her Family’s Safety
Episode 51: Going into Foster Care as a Teen: One Woman’s Story of Testifying for her Family’s Safety
Angel Ambrose’s home life became so unsafe when she was a teen that she testified against her mother in order to protect... Read more
18 Jun 2018
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34mins
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Episode 75: The Surprising Thing About Foster Care
Episode 75: The Surprising Thing About Foster Care
When Kristy Sutton and her husband, Zach, became foster parents, they realized that life would never be the same. After ... Read more
12 Aug 2019
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44mins
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Episode 83: Messy Redemption: A Story of Healing from a Child in Foster Care, now Adoptive Mom
Episode 83: Messy Redemption: A Story of Healing from a Child in Foster Care, now Adoptive Mom
A story of tragedy and hope, Mandy’s voice as a child who grew up in foster care is one we need to hear. Her earliest ye... Read more
2 Dec 2019
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33mins
Ranked #12
Episode 44: Reframing Foster Care: Finding Hope in the Struggle
Episode 44: Reframing Foster Care: Finding Hope in the Struggle
Jason Johnson shares highlights from his new book, Reframing Foster Care: Filtering Your Foster Parenting Journey Throug... Read more
12 Feb 2018
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40mins
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Episode 63: Lessons Learned from Growing Up in a Fostering Family
Episode 63: Lessons Learned from Growing Up in a Fostering Family
Can you imagine being the oldest of 5 biological children and having over 50 therapeutic foster siblings throughout your... Read more
14 Jan 2019
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29mins
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ENCORE: Reframing Foster Care: Finding Hope in the Struggle
ENCORE: Reframing Foster Care: Finding Hope in the Struggle
Join us for this Encore Episode to hear Jason Johnson share highlights from his new book, Reframing Foster Care: Filteri... Read more
7 May 2018
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41mins
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Episode 73: The Birth Parent Perspective: What It’s Like Having Your Child Taken From You
Episode 73: The Birth Parent Perspective: What It’s Like Having Your Child Taken From You
Ashley found herself caught in addiction after being first exposed to narcotic pain killers at the hospital. Because of ... Read more
3 Jun 2019
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31mins
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Episode 64: My Parents are Foster Parents: Honest Reflections from Teens in a Fostering Family
Episode 64: My Parents are Foster Parents: Honest Reflections from Teens in a Fostering Family
Teenagers, Brayden and Bristol, along with their mom, Selena Whitley, speak honestly to the joys and struggles of being ... Read more
28 Jan 2019
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41mins
Ranked #17
Episode 85: Good Grief: Navigating Loss in Foster Care
Episode 85: Good Grief: Navigating Loss in Foster Care
Foster care begins with loss—a family broken, unable to be together. This reality weighs on biological parents who long ... Read more
30 Dec 2019
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45mins
Ranked #18
Episode 45: Strategies for Making Your Marriage a Safe Haven
Episode 45: Strategies for Making Your Marriage a Safe Haven
Beth Guckenberger and her husband Todd have been married more than 25 years and, between biological, foster, and adopted... Read more
26 Feb 2018
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35mins
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Episode 32: A Conviction to Help Kids in Care
Episode 32: A Conviction to Help Kids in Care
Jamie Grace is a Grammy nominated, Dove award-winning contemporary Christian/Christian rap musician who has big dreams a... Read more
14 Aug 2017
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45mins
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Episode 81: When Trauma and Puberty Meet: How to Help Your Child
Episode 81: When Trauma and Puberty Meet: How to Help Your Child
Puberty. It’s a time you may be dreading as a parent or caregiver, or maybe you’re currently walking this road with your... Read more
4 Nov 2019
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37mins