Host Sandra Flach is a mom of 8 children, 5 through adoption—one kinship and 4 international. Her youngest 2 are teens diagnosed with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). With over 30 years of parenting experience and 20 plus years as an adoptive and kinship parent, she’s made mountains of mistakes and learned loads of lessons. She understands the difficult road of parenting children with trauma histories—and she is still in the trenches! The Adoption & Foster Care Journey is a podcast to encourage, educate, and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care, and kinship care. We aim to support adoptive and foster families by sharing encouraging real-life stories and equipping them with modern-day research and parenting techniques.
Episodes
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
“Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.” James 1:27
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
We kick off National Adoption Month with a conversation with Dr. Rick Morton of Lifeline Children Services. Rick is an adoptive dad of 3 special needs children from Ukraine and author of the book Orphanology: Awakening to Gospel-centered Adoption and Orphan Care. He also hosts the Defender Podcast with Lifeline’s President, Herbie Newell.
Listen in as Sandra and Dr. Rick Morton share about their adoption journeys.
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Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
“The LORD is my Shepherd;
I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.”
Psalm 23:1-3
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this week’s episode, get caught up with host Sandra Flach as she shares about slowing down. Are you feeling hurried, frazzled or worried? Then this episode is for you.
Listen in as Sandra shares about the importance of being still through Scripture, nature, Sabbath, and solitude.
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Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
“He will rescue the poor when they cry to Him, He will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them. He feels pity for the way and the needy, and He will save them from oppression and from violence.” Psalm 72:12-14
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this week’s episode, host Sandra Flach welcomes back Dr. Jerrod Brown PhD.
Listen in as Dr. Brown unpacks the impact of Childhood Poverty on the health and well-being of children.
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Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
“Come close to God and He will come close to you.” James 4:9a
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this week’s episode, host Sandra Flach speaks with Susan TeBos. Susan is a mom of 3 through adoption and the author of We’ve Been There: True Stories, Surprising Insights and Aha Moments for Adopted Teens.
Listen in as Susan shares about her interviews with 34 adoptees and the insight both adoptees and adoptive parents can gain from their stories.
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Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul…” Psalm 23:1-3
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this week’s episode, host Sandra Flach speaks with Nate Sheets. Nate is an FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) behavior consultant and parent coach with 15 years experience working with neurodivergent people of all ages and their families.
Listen in as Sandra and Nate discuss his new book, Essential FASD Supports—Understanding & Supporting People with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
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Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
“Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this week’s episode, host Sandra Flach speaks with adoptive mom, Mindi Schrock. Mindi is a mom of four kids, two through adoption—both with disabilities. Her mission is to encourage and empower moms with empathy, humor, and permission to rest.
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Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
"Finally, brothers & sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you." 2 Corinthians 13:11
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this final FASD Awareness Month episode host Sandra Flach speaks with Eileen Devine, LCSW, founder of Brain First Parenting and the Resilience Room Community. She is also an adoptive mom of a daughter who lives with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder FASD.
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Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." Proverbs 17:17
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this FASD Awareness Month episode host Sandra Flach is joined by two amazing FASD advocate moms—Natalie Vecchione and Debbie Raymond.
Pour a cup of your favorite beverage and pull a chair up to the table as these three adoptive moms discuss the FASD parenting journey. Together, Sandra, Natalie and Debbie have a combined sixty-plus years of experience parenting children with trauma and prenatal exposure to alcohol.
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Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this FASD Awareness Month episode host Sandra Flach talks with FASD self-advocate, Emily Hargrove. Emily was adopted as a baby and diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) at age one.
Today Emily is a wife, mom, and has a Bachelor's in Psychology and Counseling and a minor in Christian Ministries (B.S.), holds a Master’s of Philosophy in Psychology (M.Phil.), and presently, is a Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (Ph.D.) candidate with a dissertation focus on FASD and spiritual development. She and her husband are youth pastors at their church in Kentucky.
Listen in as Sandra talks with Emily about her life experience with FAS and how she navigates every day life as a wife and mom with the invisible disability.
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Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
“But as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit; and genuine love.” 2 Corinthians 6:4-6
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this FASD Awareness Month episode host Sandra Flach talks with Lynn Alsup. Lynn holds a Master of Social Work degree and a certification in Spiritual Direction, she’s a Certified Facilitator of the FASCETS Neurobehavioral Model and the FASCETS program director. Lynn’s powerful book Tinderbox—One Family’s Story of Adoption, Neurodiversity, and Fierce Love just released.
Listen in as Sandra talks with Lynn about her journey parenting children with FASD and her new book.
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