Walking on eggshells in your post-adoption home? Learn five practical tools to shift from surviving the storm to standing firm—including collaborative problem solving, soft boundaries, and Scripture-grounded regulation.Are you utterly exhausted from walking on eggshells in your own home, paralyzed by the fear that even a simple request might trigger an explosion? When parenting through the complex realities of adoption, standard behavioral advice often misses the mark, leaving you feeling isolated and stuck in a heartbreaking survival mode. Instead of hopelessly trying to control the raging storm around you, the secret to steadying your family's ship actually begins with learning how to securely anchor yourself. Discover a framework of five practical, faith-grounded moves—from setting safety-first boundaries to applying a softer approach to conflict—that will help you confidently step out of the daily minefield. Read on to explore how choosing faith over fear and making even imperfect progress can transform your household dynamic, allowing you to finally plant your feet on solid ground.

🎧 Listen to episode - Apple🎧 Listen to episode - SpotifyHave you ever wondered how a tiny seed, when planted in the right environment, receives nurturing care, and is given time to grow, can blossom into a beautiful plant? This natural process mirrors the journey many adoptive families embark upon. In the garden of family life, each member is both a gardener and a budding plant, contributing to and benefiting from the nurturing environment of the family. But as with any garden, there are obstacles along the way.

🎧 Listen to episode - Apple🎧 Listen to episode - SpotifyAre you frustrated & feeling defeated because your adopted daughter won’t let you teach her anything? Or your son always insists he already knows whatever you’re about to tell him?Today’s topic is:Fostering a positive learning environment for adoptive moms with severely attachment-challenged children or teens.As moms we want to teach, train & influence our child/children for good.  We know that attachment challenges affect learning and behavior in children and teens. This can create a looming gap between all we’d otherwise be able to teach our children and what they’ll actually be receptive to. 

🎧 Listen to episode - Apple🎧 Listen to episode - SpotifyIn this introductory episode of my new series about what I’m describing as “planting seeds” in our adoptive families, I want to go over some of the obstacles you may face as an adoptive mom: obstacles to planting the good seeds, seeds of love, seeds of learning, and seeds of growth. You’ve probably seen and heard me say over and over again to keep learning, keep growing, and keep loving” and that’s as much an encouragement I want to give to you as it is a reminder and encouragement to myself. I wanted to dedicate this series of episodes to these three topics. So as we get into this series, I decided to first talk about the seven obstacles to planting good seeds in this introductory episode.

🎧 Listen to episode - Apple🎧 Listen to episode - Spotify“BECAUSE I CANNN…!!”I vividly remember those words coming from my teenage daughter as I questioned her about her motivation for something she had done. Not the words of someone who is open to a reflective dialog or reasoned conversation. And that was that.