I’m currently on the roller-coaster ride of single parenting an adopted teenage son. Join me each week as I share my lived experience by starting with a confession, in the hopes of normalizing the complex issues that often come with parenting an adopted child.

Foster Parent Well is the go-to podcast for foster and adoptive parents who are navigating the complexities of parenting children with trauma while trying to stay sane in the process. Hosted by Nicole T Barlow, a foster and adoptive mom of six, parent trainer, and wellness coach, this podcast is where faith, resilience, and practical strategies come together. If you're feeling burnt out, overwhelmed, or just plain exhausted from the daily realities of foster care and adoption—you're not alon ...

Join Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (Supervisor) Tracey Turner as she shares insights, tips and strategies for families. Her specialty is working with RAD (reactive attachment disorder) and complex trauma along with PTSD.

#ReactiveAttachmentsPodcast I started this podcast as a companion to the #RAD caregiver support group. Caregivers struggling to be believed, wrestling with regret and the many complexities of attachment. Putting the truth, pain and remorse in context, with the goal of expanding the conversations about our strained lives, marriages, careers, reputations, and sanity. Let’s dive in to these topics together! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reactiveattachments/support

This discussion focuses on healing modalities for trauma as well as personal stories of parenting kids with early childhood trauma: foster care, adoption, divorce, domestic violence in the home, and more. Our nonprofit, Trauma Drama University, provides education, resources, and support to parents raising kids exhibiting trauma behaviors. Hosted by our founder, Gina Heumann.

A true story about adopting a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). Listen to the unabridged award-winning audiobook here.

Raising a child or children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (“RAD”) is scary, exhausting, and life altering. Join Tracey Poffenroth Prato, an adoptive mom of two children with RAD, as she interviews other RAD parents and experts in the field including adoption. Listen to the very real and raw experiences of these families and access the best resources and support. If you’re a parent or adoptive parent raising a child or children with RAD, a friend or family member of someone who is, an exp ...

Join Michael Harris, a Licensed Psychologist and FASD Speaker, as he discusses Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, a complicated, special needs disability that results from prenatal alcohol exposure. With insight from Michael being a psychologist (since 1997) and a foster parent (since 2012), you can learn FASD basics as well as advanced concepts without the jargon or the judging, plus plenty of practical FASD tips & tools, news, and interviews with other FASD experts. It's FASD support wheneve ...

Medicine is often portrayed in entertainment with questionable accuracy. These women in medicine break it down for you; from the rare diagnosis, to the downright weird, they cover it all. With some drinks and laughs sprinkled in, they take you on a lively tour of medicine in media. If you have ever questioned how healthcare is portrayed in your favorite television show, Tik tok reel, song or movie, or just need a few laughs, tune in to “Medical Media Mixer”, The Perfect Cocktail.

Many adoptive, foster, stepmoms, and grandmothers are suffering in silence. No one in the world of adoption is giving them the tools for recovery. No one is teaching them how to handle adoptee pushback and rejection. No one is wrapping arms around them and praying when all they can do is cry. When moms realize the unknown depth of their child’s trauma, a common reaction is self-doubt. If she doesn’t know what happened, how can she find words to help her child process it? It’s terrifying, lik ...