Episode 226: Supporting Workers in the Foster Care Community (w/ Brian Gazdziak)
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by The Forgotten Initiative
4d ago
Many agency workers who serve the foster care community choose this path out of a passion for helping others. But transitioning into this challenging career can often be a very overwhelming experience. Even when workers are doing their best, they can start to feel like they’re not doing enough and that they don’t have a support system to fall back on in their times of need. Brian Gazdziak is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker as well as a foster and adoptive dad. He has spent years providing specialized mental health therapy to help people, such as those in the foster care community, cope with ..read more
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Episode 225: Becoming an Emotional Safety Net For Your Child (w/ Michelle Nietert)
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by The Forgotten Initiative
1w ago
No matter the season of parenting you’re in, there’s one thing every parent needs to prioritize—mental health. Not just your child’s, but your own, too. It’s easy to look at the behavioral or emotional struggles our children are exhibiting and start thinking of ways to “fix” them. What’s harder is looking inward and asking ourselves what steps we can take to nurture our mental health so we can show up for our kids in the best way.  Joining me today is Michelle Nietert, an author, a speaker, and the Clinical Director/Founder of Community Counseling Associates. She’s also a follower of Chri ..read more
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Episode 224: From Adoptee to Adoptive Mom (w/ Cami Haussler)
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by The Forgotten Initiative
2w ago
Katie Faris knew that motherhood wasn’t always going to be smooth sailing, but she was more than ready to deal with temper tantrums and dirty diapers. What she wasn’t prepared for was receiving the news that three of her children had been diagnosed with a serious medical condition.  Katie’s story is deeply touching to me. She’s a pastor’s wife and a writer who has shared her journey with others through books like God is Still Good: Gospel Hope and Comfort for the Unexpected Sorrows of Motherhood and He Will Be Enough: How God Takes You by the Hand Through Your Hardest Days ..read more
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Episode 223: When Motherhood Involves Unexpected Challenges (w/ Katie Faris)
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by The Forgotten Initiative
3w ago
Katie Faris knew that motherhood wasn’t always going to be smooth sailing, but she was more than ready to deal with temper tantrums and dirty diapers. What she wasn’t prepared for was receiving the news that three of her children had been diagnosed with a serious medical condition.  Katie’s story is deeply touching to me. She’s a pastor’s wife and a writer who has shared her journey with others through books like God is Still Good: Gospel Hope and Comfort for the Unexpected Sorrows of Motherhood and He Will Be Enough: How God Takes You by the Hand Through Your Hardest Days.  Woven th ..read more
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Episode 222: Learning How to Give and Receive Care (w/ Randall Nichols)
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by The Forgotten Initiative
1M ago
Has God ever led you somewhere that you were previously scared to go? Are you currently facing a situation where God is inviting you to entrust your fear and concerns to Him? That’s what happened for Randall Nichols, co-founder of ECHO Family Care Partners and an adoptive parent. Through his work at ECHO, Randall is working to resource churches and businesses to meet the needs of orphaned and vulnerable children and families through foster care, adoption, and wrap-around support. In this episode, Randall shares the powerful story of connection that introduced their family to special needs adop ..read more
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Episode 220: Finding Treasures in the Darkness (w/ Katherine Wolf)
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by The Forgotten Initiative
1M ago
How do we navigate painful circumstances in life? How do we walk with others who are experiencing the most challenging circumstances? How do we respond when life doesn’t turn out the way we expected it to? Katherine Wolf is a stroke survivor, disability advocate, and author who leverages her redemptive story to encourage those with broken bodies, brains, and hearts. Katherine works along with her husband, Jay, to resource people who experience disabilities through Hope Heals Camp and Mend Coffee. They have co-authored two best-selling books Hope Heals and Suffer Strong. Katherin ..read more
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Episode 219: The Pain of Entering Foster Care (w/ DREION)
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by The Forgotten Initiative
1M ago
DREION is a husband, father, electrifying singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and performing artist originally from Omaha, Nebraska. He experienced the foster care system as a child at the age of seven, and his story is one of trauma, tragedy, and triumph that the world needs to hear. Today, DREION uses his music to inspire and shed light on this underserved community through powerful storytelling and intentional experiences. In this episode, you’ll hear DREION openly share his painful experience of entering foster care, why he holds a passion to advocate for foster care reform, the hope he ..read more
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Episode 218: Deeper Than Sunday (w/ Desiree Jacobs)
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by The Forgotten Initiative
2M ago
I am so excited to bring you something a little bit different today. Grace Church of San Diego is letting us feature an episode of their podcast, Deeper Than Sunday, which featured one of our TFI Advocates, Desiree Jacobs. What a great conversation you are about to hear on how the church can step in and love the foster care community and ultimately see lives transformed for the glory of God. In this episode, you’ll hear about secondary trauma, how to link arms with those in the foster care community, the difference between being inconvenienced versus overextended, and so much mo ..read more
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Episode 217: We Need Dads (w/ Joey Eells)
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by The Forgotten Initiative
2M ago
Fatherhood. What comes to mind for you when you see that word? For some of us, our fathers did their best. They weren’t perfect but they were present and tried to the best of their ability to fill the father role well. For others of us, fatherhood brings up a whole host of confusing and painful emotions. Either our fathers weren’t present or, if they were, their presence caused pain and trauma. Joey Eells has always had a passion for fatherhood. When he became a foster and then an adoptive and biological parent, he sought to step into that role in a way that would point his children toward the ..read more
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Episode 216: Beyond Our Control (w/ Michael & Lauren McAfee)
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by The Forgotten Initiative
2M ago
It can be so hard to let go of control, can't it? We make plans, we set goals, and we want the outcome to be firmly in our grasp. But it’s not always that simple, and God often invites us to release the outcomes to Him. My guests today experienced this when they decided to start a family and experienced a seven-year delay before it would eventually occur via adoption. I have the honor of being joined by Michael & Lauren McAfee. Lauren is the founder of Stand for Life and is the Ministry Director at Hobby Lobby Ministry Investments. Michael is the founder and president of Inspire Experience ..read more
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