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Episode 157: Learning to Celebrate Reunification (w/ Amanda Irby)

Foster care is full of confusing, and often conflicting, emotions. How do we handle those emotions? How do we prepare ourselves for hard transitions? And how do we champion reunification as often as we can?…

Jami KaebOctober 10, 2022

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Episode 156: Breaking the Cycle of Trauma (w/ DJ Johnson)

When we talk about breaking the cycle of trauma, there is no clearer example of this than in the life of DeAntwann “DJ” Johnson. DJ experienced a traumatic childhood, and as a result of his…

Jami KaebSeptember 26, 2022

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Let’s Stop Talking and Do Something

Our words are powerful indicators of our hearts. And they hold power to impact others beyond what we might realize. They can bring encouragement or devastation, depending on how you use them.

Jami KaebJuly 25, 2022

The Forgotten Podcast

Episode 140: Family Matters: Changing the Story for Teens in Foster Care

With 20,000 teens aging out of the foster care system each year and many of them unprepared to navigate adult life, this is a real crisis. The need for families who are passionate about teen…

Jami KaebMarch 7, 2022

The Forgotten Podcast

Episode 139: Cultivating Identity, Healing From Trauma, & the Bravery of Telling Your Story

In today’s episode, Tina graciously shares her story with us, how her adoptive parents gently helped her navigate her past, advice for foster and adoptive parents, and more. Tina is an incredible woman, and I…

Jami KaebFebruary 21, 2022

The Forgotten Podcast

Episode 112: The Messy Middle: Believing Hurt and Hope Can Coexist

To kick off Season 10, meet Toni Collier. Toni experienced a lot of brokenness in her home life growing up and is now the Co-Lead Pastor of Hillsong Atlanta and the Founder of Broken Crayons…

Jami KaebJanuary 25, 2021

The Forgotten Podcast

Episode 111: When You’ve Tried Everything in Parenting: Taking a Leap of Faith

Parenting is hard work, and sometimes we wish there was a perfect formula we could use to make it easier. We seek parenting hacks and different tips to help streamline our lives, and while some…

Jami KaebJanuary 11, 2021

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Episode 109: God’s Heart for Families in Crisis and Your Role

My guest, Vermon Pierre, understands foster care because not only does he live it as a foster parent, but he is leading his church and community to think about foster care through the lens of…

Jami KaebDecember 14, 2020

The Forgotten Podcast

Episode 108: Working Together as Foster Parents, Biological Parents, and Agency Workers

Working together towards a common goal can both be extremely rewarding and incredibly challenging! Like my husband said recently about parenting, "We are imperfect humans, raising imperfect humans; why are we surprised when it doesn't…

Jami KaebNovember 30, 2020

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Foster Care Has Changed How We Parent

You can’t enter the world of foster care and not be changed by it. It affects so many areas of everyday life, including how you parent. Being foster parents, we quickly realized we would need…

Cherith CraftNovember 19, 2020

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Episode 157: Learning to Celebrate Reunification (w/ Amanda Irby)

Episode 156: Breaking the Cycle of Trauma (w/ DJ Johnson)

Let’s Stop Talking and Do Something

Episode 140: Family Matters: Changing the Story for Teens in Foster Care

Episode 139: Cultivating Identity, Healing From Trauma, & the Bravery of Telling Your Story

Episode 112: The Messy Middle: Believing Hurt and Hope Can Coexist

Episode 111: When You’ve Tried Everything in Parenting: Taking a Leap of Faith

Episode 109: God’s Heart for Families in Crisis and Your Role

Episode 108: Working Together as Foster Parents, Biological Parents, and Agency Workers

Foster Care Has Changed How We Parent

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