Ep 04: Complex needs adoption with John

We've hit our 8th episode and it's time to wrap up the season! Kathryn shares the learnings of our past conversations and touches on the future of the podcast.

Developing a tapestry of supports as a single adopter is an imperative part of the journey. When adopting a child, or in Tess' case, two children, it's has been essential to have a support network to turn to. A community of friends, family, and professionals who understand your unique situation is crucial. In this episode, we'll hear from Tess who will share her experiences of building a community and how it helped them navigate the adoption journey.

In today's episode we will be delving into a vulnerable topic that many adoptees face: finding their voice. It's no secret that adoption can come with a plethora of both joys complexities, one of which is navigating the notion of one's identity. Today, we have the privilege of hearing from Nina, who will be sharing her personal story of how she found her voice as an adoptee and the obstacles she faced along the way. Join us as we embark on this insightful and important discussion.

Maintaining your mental health post-placement remains to be an immense topic amongst adoptive, kin and customary care families. Not only do many families share their experiences with post-adoption depression, but ongoing pressures, stress and burn out of meeting the needs of children who come from trauma. In today’s episode, we hear from a parent and her journey into finding mental health after adopting a sibling group of five and how a seemingly small act of self-care, can in turn be a giant step towards balance and purpose.

Today we will be hearing from John, and his journey with adopting and parenting children with significant disabilities and mental health needs. Listen in as he shares his experiences, life lessons and insight into his day to day life.

Today we will be hearing from Jenn who will be sharing her experiences with AFCCA. For those of you who may not be aware of this term AFCCA refers to Aggression towards Family/Caregivers in Childhood and Adolescence. This is a very difficult subject to speak about and so often parents and caregivers share they feel shame, stigma and isolation when they do seek out help.

Today we will be hearing from Tania and diving deep into the importance of creating meaningful, tangible cultural learning experiences for white families and their non-white children in pursuit of developing a healthy sense self-identity that is crucial to one personal growth.

We are so very excited for the official launch of the Stronger Together Podcast! For our first official episode, we wanted to do something a little different, and give you all a little glimpse of behind the scenes. So much of what we do in here in the marketing and communications department happens out of the public view, and we thought what a better way to launch this new program, than to share a little more about who we are - to share our own stories not only to help give you insight into our own lives and connection to the adoption, kinship and customary care communities, but also share our vested interest and intent behind the content that we create. To be a part of our podcast email: [email protected] To submit a blog: https//www.adopt4life.com/share-your-story