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Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
06/28/25
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Question: A listener wrote in asking about encopresis and enuresis. These tips are for handling bedwetting or soiling accidents once your child is successfully potty trained.
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Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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Building Rhythms of Self-Care Into Our Parenting with Nicole Barlow
June 25, 2025
•53m
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How do you define self-care? Are you establishing a routine of self-care that supports you to meet your kid's needs? Nicole Barlow joins the podcast to discuss how we think about self-care, why it's crucial, and how to create rhythms of self-care in our homes. She is a certified wellness coach, TBRI® Practitioner, and parent trainer for foster and adoptive parents.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Re-define self-care
- Why is self-care crucial for parents and caregivers?
- Why do so many of us resist or neglect self-care?
- What are some of the benefits of a well-rounded approach to self-care that might move the needle for someone who says, “I’m too busy...” or “Self-care is selfish, etc.”
- What are some of the indicators we might identify in our lives that say we should focus on our wellbeing more intently?
- Framing a holistic approach to self-care:
- Physical wellness
- Emotional & Mental wellness
- Physical wellness
- Spiritual wellness
- Where does one start if we’ve never established regular self-care routines?
- How can we build from that starting place into overall rhythms of self-care?
- Where do practices like meal planning, budgeting, and home management fit into the picture?
- What about socialization, building a support network, engaging in respite, etc.?
- What do you recommend to parents and caregivers who look up one day and find themselves isolated or without a solid support network?
- Where do they start building or re-building that for themselves?
- Practical advice to start and maintain a self-care routine
- Walk every day
- Boost the benefit by walking with a friend
- Boost the benefit by engaging in quiet time, self-reflection, prayer, etc.
- Engage in strength training
- Building muscle aids the body in processing stress
- Eat whole foods
- Nourishing your body aids in regulating and processing stress
- Walk every day
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Next Episode
Common Special Needs in International Adoption
July 2, 2025
•61m
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Are you considering international adoption? If so, this interview will help you decide which special needs are a good fit for your family. We'll talk with Dr. Dana Johnson, MD, PhD. He is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dr. Johnson founded the International Adoption Clinic at the University of Minnesota. He is a dad and granddad by birth and adoption.
In this episode, we discuss:
- International adoption has become overwhelmingly a special needs adoption program from all countries. Prospective adoptive parents are required to fill out a form stating what special needs they will accept.
- Most common special needs. What are they and how involved is the post-adoption care?
- Cerebral Palsy
- Heart issues
- Craniofacial
- Cleft lip/palate
- Developmental Special Needs
- Autism
- Down syndrome
- Developmental Delays
- Hepatitis B and C
- HIV
- Orthopedic special needs
- Clubfoot
- Limb or digit deficiencies
- Albinism
- Hearing loss
- Vision Loss
- Urogenital
- Kidney abnormalities
- Urethra issues
- Bladder issues
- Imperforate anus
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Emotional/Trauma
- Older kids
- Sexual Abuse
- Prenatal Exposure
- How can adoptive parents support and advocate for children discriminated against due to physical, cognitive, and other disabilities?
- What type of special needs do you see from the major placing countries?
- India
- Colombia
- Bulgaria
- Ukraine
- South Korea
- Haiti
- African countries
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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