Mike Berry leads today's KTT to share some thoughts about how we can help our kids process grief and loss in a healthy way. Keys to help your children process grief and loss Permission Granted For ourselves For our children Authenticity Allowed Create space for open and honest conversations Don't over-spiritualize/moralize kid's big emotions and [...]
The foster and adoption journey can bring up many feelings of grief and loss for our children. We also may be dealing with our own grief and loss and wondering just how we can continue to cope with all of it. If you are looking for some encouragement today, be sure to check out this [...]
We were thrilled to have therapist Ruth Graham join us again, for our Live Q and A. We've done this before and it was so great that we asked our members to ask her anything again! We covered questions about holiday triggers, dealing with extended family members who don't honor boundaries, overcoming irrational fears, drug [...]
Join us this month for "A Journey of Motherhood." For many foster and adoptive families, Mother's Day doesn't always feel like a celebration. It often actually brings up feelings of loss and grief for all those involved. On this month's special Mother's Day Backstage Pass, join Kristin Berry as she interviews her friend, Lisa [...]
Ever feel like you are just barely making it through the day? Yeah, we've been there too! Maybe what started out as an exciting journey has met the reality of raising children who come from trauma and hard, hard places. So many special needs, the daily rages, school issues, exhaustion, frustration, anger...and before you know [...]
Our second Masterclass is one you do not want to miss! We are incredibly blessed to welcome our good friend, the wonderful Deborah Gray, to share her detailed training on Nurturing Attachments. This, almost two hour, intensive training helps parents to understand what is behind the behaviors of children who've endured trauma. Gray introduces many [...]
Do you find yourself asking how you will survive another holiday season with your kids from hard places? We know that the holidays can bring up feelings of loss and grief for all of us, parents and kids alike. Thats why we asked therapist Ruth Graham to join us this month, for our Live Q and [...]
Feeling stuck, angry, or hopeless? Tired of trying to "fix" your kids? Is your marriage struggling and your children pushing you to the edge? Are you thinking, "I didn't get us into this" and "What happened to the life I imagined?" You might be an adoptive dad, and you are not alone! On this month's [...]
How do we get through the anger we sometimes feel on this journey of foster and adoptive parenting? Anger at our children, anger towards birth parents, anger towards the foster-care system, anger about all the years of hardship and pain... Anger can eat us up and consume us. How can we process the anger and [...]