THE MAMA’S WELL
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Jason Johnson on how foster care has shifted his view of God’s LOVE
Jason Johnson on how foster care has shifted his view of God’s LOVE
This changes everything… Author Jason Johnson on the foster adoptive journey
You’ve heard the saying “there are some things you can’t unsee”. Those can be good things that leave an indelible mark, or not so good… There’s no doubt that you can not unsee the plight of children in foster care once you’ve seen behind the curtain of the system.
The road to belonging
The human condition includes a healthy dose of longing to belong. This condition is magnified in the case of children from chaotic backgrounds. Trauma, abuse, neglect, and absence of biological connection can result in children going to extreme measures to find a place to fit in.
The freedom in realizing We can’t “fix” our children
Helping my child with school work can and has often left me feeling like a big fat failure! I am a teacher with plenty of experience teaching young children. I would even consider myself a really good teacher.
School work leaves me feeling like a failure (and I’m a teacher)
Helping my child with school work can and has often left me feeling like a big fat failure! I am a teacher with plenty of experience teaching young children. I would even consider myself a really good teacher.
Former Fortune 500 CEO, George Lindahl, finds life purpose in mentoring foster children
“The real joy in life is helping someone else” is the mantra of George Lindahl. He has experienced business and financial success to a degree that few ever achieve and now boils his definition of success down to that one simple statement.”
Sometimes I act like the child instead of the parent
Parenting can be a lot like a game of tag. We run around doing all the things that parents do and every once in a while, right in the middle of our interactions with our children, we find ourselves needing a place to breathe deep, collect our thoughts, and recognize our emotions.
The word every kid loves to hear
I’ve alway said my children are my teachers and the more I look for the ways they are teaching me, the more I notice them…I also notice that when there is something for me to learn or embrace I will begin to see it everywhere.
Choosing the hard stuff – with Real Life Foster Mom, Chelsea Floro
As foster parents we would need more than our 10 fingers and toes to count the number of times we’ve been asked, “How do you give them back?, “How do you not get attached?”
How understanding trauma is changing the Special Victims Unit, with Assistant D.A. Shanna Redwine
They are sometimes called “lightbulb moments”, epiphanies, “aaa-ha moments”. Those times when you learn, see, or experience something that forever changes the way you understand a person or situation.
A PLACE TO BE Heard.
From special podcast guests to continuing education training Mama’s Well provides access to the latest and greatest developments and time-tested methods for supporting the growth and development of foster and adoptive children. And at the core of Mama’s Well is a focus on the health and wellness of those providing the care. So welcome to Mama’s Well. Dig deep!!!