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"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." -Galatians 2:20
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
Throughout the month of June, weâre focusing on dads! To kick us off, this week host Sandra Flach talks with Joshua Legg. Joshua is passionate about helping men grow in Christ and seeing marriages healed. He understands the complexities of families parenting children with special needs and is well versed in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disordersâboth professionally and as a brother of an adopted sibling with FAS.
Joshua pursues his passion for dads and families as a pastor, and through discipleship mentoring, and coaching. He and his wife Heather offer marriage intensives, drawing from their own journey and walking beside couples as they heal.
Listen in as Joshua offers encouragement and hope to foster and adoptive parentsâespecially dads.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
joshualeggcoaching.com
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"Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." 1 Corinthians 13:7
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this weekâs episode host Sandra Flach talks with Todd and Kristin Evans about their new book, How to Build a Thriving Marriage as You Care for Children with Disabilities.
Listen in as the Evansâs share how the chronic stress of raising their children with disabilities affected their marriage and how they went from barely surviving to thriving.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
disabilityparenting.com
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"But he said to me, âMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.â Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content, with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this weekâs episode host Sandra Flach talks with Jennifer Kritner, Vice President of Retail and Company Culture at Unclaimed Baggage. She also serves as the director of Unclaimed Baggageâs charitable foundation, Reclaimed For Good. Jennifer is passionate about the companyâs purpose âto redeem the lost, unclaimed and rejectedâfor the glory of God.â She and her husband, Patrick, are also passionate about foster care and adoption and regularly welcome children into their home.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
@unclaimedbag
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"In You, LORD my God, I put my trust.â -Psalm 25:1
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this weekâs episode host Sandra Flach talks with adoptive mom, Dr. Melody Aguayo. Dr Aguayo is a parent consultant for overwhelmed parents who are looking for support and solutions to navigate their parenting journey. She has a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy and a PhD in Psychology. Melody is also professionally trained in Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), but it is her own journey as a parent that has been her greatest teacher.
Listen in as Sandra and Melody discuss who to keep showing up for our kids even when our cup is empty.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
RealChild.net
Facebook: Real Child Consulting LLC
Instagram: Real Child Consulting
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âHer children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: Many women have done excellently, but YOU surpass them all.â -Proverbs 31:28-29
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this weekâs episode host Sandra Flach shares a Motherâs Day message of encouragement for foster and adoptive moms. Motherâs Day can be triggering for our kids and hard for moms on many levels.
Listen in as Sandra acknowledges the messiness of second motherhood, offers encouragement, and prays for listeners as you navigate your unique parenting journey.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
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"Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lordâs people." -Ephesians 6:13-18
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this weekâs episode host Sandra Flach shares her experience as an adoptive parent of a child with an FASD within the public school system. Once a homeschool parent, she ventured into the world of public education and often found herself educating the educators about her son's specific needs.
Listen in as Sandra talks about the frustrations of navigating the resources and systems in place for special needs children, and what she learned as a fierce advocate for her son and his needs.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Email: [email protected]
SandraFlach.com
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"Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of oneâs youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!" -Psalm 127:3-5a
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with returning guest and resident expert, Dr. Jerrod Brown. Dr. Brown is a professor, trainer, researcher, consultant with multiple years of experience in teaching at the college level. He is the founder and CEO of the American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies. Jerrod has provided consultation services to caregivers, professionals, and organizations on the topics of autism spectrum disorder, fetal alcohol disorder, confabulation, suggestibility, trauma, another life adversitiesâincluding alexithymia, executive dysfunction, criminal recidivism, traumatic brain injury, and youth fire setting. Dr. Brown has completed 4 separate masterâs degree programs handhelds graduate certificates in neuroscience and the law, neuropsychology, autism, other health disabilities, and TBI. In 2021, Jerod completed his post-doctoral certificate in leadership and organizational strategy and a professional certificate in forensic psychology. In 2023, he competed a diabetes care and education certificate. And, currently he is pursuing his 5th masterâs degree in applied clinical nutrition. Jerrod has conducted hundreds of workshops and webinars, published several articles, book chapters and recently co-edited the book, Forensic Mental HealthâA Source Guide for Professionals. Dr. Brown has been quoted in various magazine & newspaper articles and is regularly featured on national & international podcastsâlike this one. Heâs also a foster parent.
Listen in as Sandra and Dr. Brown discuss the importance of the first 1,000 days of life and how prenatal and early childhood trauma impacts the brain and body.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
https://renewretreat.org/
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"We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy name.May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you." -Psalm 33:20-22
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with Debbie Raymond, an adoptive mom and co-leader of the Hope for the FASD Journey Support Community. Debbieâs passion lies in being an FASD and brain-based-difference educator, parent advocate, and in supporting other families with individuals prenatally exposed to alcohol, and neurodiversity. She is a trained facilitator of the FASCETS neurobehavioral model, facilitates an adult support group for individuals with an FASD, and is a moderator in Jeff Nobelâs international FASD caregiver group.
Listen in as Sandra and Debbie discuss why education and support are crucial aspects of parenting children who were prenatally exposed to alcohol.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
justicefororphansny.org
justicefororphansny.org/hope-community
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
https://renewretreat.org/
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"Cast all your anxieties on Him because He cares for you." 1 Peter 5:7
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with foster mom and author, Autumn McKay. Autumn is an author and early childhood educator. She has written a series of early childhood educational books along with a Gratitude Journal for moms. Autumn and her husband are parents to 3 kids and are also foster parents.
Listen in as Sandra and Autumn discuss lessons theyâve learned on their parenting journeys.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
sandraflach.com
justicefororphansny.org
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
https://renewretreat.org/
BestMomIdeas.com
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"Now all glory to God,who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think." Ephisians 3:20
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with returning guest, Jessica Hurlbut. Jessica is a wife, pastor, writer, podcaster, and mom of fiveâtwo autistic, two adopted, and one typical teen boy. She and her husband, Greg, are lead pastors of New Testament Church in Upstate New York. Jessica and her husband also host a weekly podcast, Full Spectrum Parent, the only faith-based autism parenting podcast. And her first book, Unlimited Motherhood: Overcome 12 Limits That Overwhelm & Conflict Our Hearts has just hit the shelves!
Listen in as Jessica shares how she navigates her parenting journey and her faith.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
sandraflach.com
justicefororphansny.org
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
https://renewretreat.org/
https://www.jessicahurlbut.com/
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"Donât you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Canât you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?" Romans 2:4
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with returning guest, Dr. Jerrod Brown, PhD.
Listen in as Dr. Brown unpacks how prenatal and childhood trauma affect attachment and the importance of Attachment-Informed Parenting.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
sandraflach.com
justicefororphansny.org
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
https://renewretreat.org/
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"For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.â Ephesians 3:16-17
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with Laura Bedard. Laura and her husband are parents of an adopted son with FASD. Sheâs part of the FASD United Family Navigator team and author of the childrenâs books, My Adopted Feelings and My FASD Feelings.
Listen in as Laura shares her familyâs adoption story, how she began her FASD journey, and why sheâs passionate about helping other families navigate FASD.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
sandraflach.com
justicefororphansny.org
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
https://renewretreat.org/
https://fasdunited.org/family-navigator/
My FASD Feelings book
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âA father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in familiesâŠâ Psalm 68:5-6
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with adoptive mom, Kelly Henderson. A special educator by profession, Kelly is a former public school teacher of students with emotional and behavioral disorders, and has worked in national and federal special education policy and research settings. Kellyâs family is formed in part through foster care and adoption. Her teen and young adult children have a range of learning, behavioral, medical and cognitive disabilities.
Kelly is also Executive Director of Formed Families Forward, a Virginia based nonprofit dedicated to supporting foster, kinship, and adoptive families of children and youth with disabilities and other special needs, including FASD.
Listen in as Sandra and Kelly discuss serving and supporting families well.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
sandraflach.com
justicefororphansny.org
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
https://renewretreat.org/
https://formedfamiliesforward.org/
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"From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God. He said: In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry." Jonah 2:1-2
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with adoptive mom, Pam Willis. After fostering for six years, Pam and her husband Gary adopted a sibling set of seven children through foster care.
Listen in as Pam shares her incredible second chance adoption story.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
sandraflach.com
justicefororphansny.org
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
Pam Willis @second.chance.7
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âOr do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.â 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach talks with Dr. Jerrod Brown about what foster and adoptive parents need to know about Gut-Brain Health Axis Dysfunction.
Listen in as Dr. Brown unpacks this vitally important topic.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
sandraflach.com
justicefororphansny.org
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
Email Dr. Jerrod Brown
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âWe give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, rememberingâbefore our God & Fatherâyour works of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.â Thessalonians 1:2-3
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach shares a message about the trials and challenges of parenting children with trauma and prenatal exposure to alcohol and other drugs.
Listen in as Sandra encourages caregivers to plug in to Jesus for the power they need to navigate the journey.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
sandraflach.com
justicefororphansny.org
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
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âBut Mosesâ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it, while Aaron & Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So, his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.â Exodus 17:12
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach speaks with adoptive mom and FASD Family Navigator, Kristen Eriksen.
Kristen is mom to teenage twins with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Sheâs also a Family Navigator with FASD United and works with familyâs in Massachusetts through massFAS.
Listen in to Sandra and Kristenâs conversation and be encouraged for your parenting journey.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
sandraflach.com
justicefororphansny.org
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
massFAS.org
https://fasdunited.org/family-navigator/
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âTherefore, encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.â Thessalonians 5:11
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach speaks with FASD mentor and coach, Laurie Anderson. Laurie shares from her years of experience as a Big Sister and now guardian of a young woman with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
As Laurie advocated for her daughter she committed herself to learning all she could about FASD. Today, sheâs a sought after mentor and coach and an asset to the FASD community.
Listen in as Laurie shares her story and encourages our listeners.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
sandraflach.com
justicefororphansny.org
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
fasdsuccess.com
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âReligion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.â James 1:27
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach speaks with adoptive mom and orphan advocate, Sindy Ost. Sindy and her husband are parents of 6 adopted daughters. She is also the leader of many Facebook adoption support groups and Seas the Connectionâa foundation providing respite retreats for adoptive and foster moms.
Listen in as Sindy shares her familyâs adoption story and offers encouragement to moms.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
sandraflach.com
justicefororphansny.org
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
https://seastheconnection.org/
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âLove is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad about injustice, but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.â 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journeyâa podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode host Sandra Flach speaks with adoptive mom and childrenâs book author, Anna Maria Di Dio.
Anna Maria is mom of two adult daughtersâone adopted from Mexico. She is the author of "Love at the BorderâAn Adoption Adventure" and three childrenâs books.
Listen in as Anna Maria shares her familyâs adoption journey and the challenges and victories they faced along the way.
Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it on your social media.
Links mentioned in this episode:
sandraflach.com
justicefororphansny.org
Focus on the Family FASD Resource
amdidio.com
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