New Year Stewardship
A New Year Focus for Foster & Adoptive Parents: Stewardship The new year often comes with a lot of noise about fresh starts and big goals. But for foster and adoptive parents, January doesn’t always feel like a clean slate. It often feels like more of the same hard things. Court dates still loom.Behaviors don’t […]
Why Your Body Is Stuck in Survival Mode
Why Your Body Is Stuck in Survival Mode The Blood Sugar Spike That Had Nothing to Do with Food A mom I know recently wore a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) to see how her body responded to different foods. She expected the obvious results- higher blood sugar after pizza, maybe a spike after a sweet […]
5 Calming Strategies Every Foster and Adoptive Parent Needs in Their Back Pocket
5 Calming Strategies Every Foster and Adoptive Parent Needs in Their Back Pocket Your calm is contagious. I used to believe if I just found the perfect parenting strategy, I could keep everything (and everyone) regulated in our home. I had all the TBRI tools memorized, could quote brain science research in my sleep, and […]