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Featured ep 299 Jamie Finn

Foster Care and Faith: Supporting Foster Families in Your Community | Ep. 299

May is National Foster Care Month! For todayโ€™s episode, weโ€™ve invited author Jamie Finn to help us discover how faith and foster care are deeply connected. Jamie Finn opens up about the surprising realities that reshaped her family’s mission. You’llโ€ฆ

Featured Ep 272 Parenting adopted kids

Parenting Adopted Children: Building Connection After Trauma | Ep. 272

Welcome back to our usual podcast rhythm, listeners! November is National Adoption Month, and many Connected Families listeners have grown their families through adoption and foster care. Adoption often brings unique parenting challenges that prompt families to seek creative, compassionateโ€ฆ

Featured Infertility Julie Fowler

Navigating Infertility & Loss: A Conversation with Julie Fowler | Ep. 228

Julie Fowler, speaker and bible curriculum writer, joins us for a meaningful conversation about her journey of infertility and the resources she’s created for other couples coping with infertility and loss. Julie shares how scripture helped her in her griefโ€ฆ

SM adoptee leah sutterlin Ep 204

Being an Adoptee: What Itโ€™s Like to Grow Up Adopted | Ep. 204

Today we chat with Leah Sutterlin, an adoptee, adoptive mom, and adoption advocate, about being an adoptee. Leah shares how early separation affected her later relationships and attachment style and discusses the identity struggles she experienced growing up. She alsoโ€ฆ

SM Ep 157

A Parenting Framework for Adoption and Fostering? Yes! | Ep.157

Listen in as Lynn Beckett, Chad Hayenga, and Stacy unpack a grace-filled lens for navigating parenting and discipline in adoptive and foster care families. These creative and compassionate ideas can benefit any parent! When families grow through adoption or fosterโ€ฆ

SM Ep 155

Blocked Care: Rekindle Compassion in Your Heart | Ep. 155

In todayโ€™s episode on blocked care, Stacy talks with author Melissa Corkum about her book Reclaim Compassion. โ€œBlocked care (also known as compassion fatigue) is when a parent becomes emotionally unavailable following repeated rejected attempts to support their child. Theโ€ฆ

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่บซ็‚บ็ˆถๆฏ๏ผŒไฝ ๆƒณๅฟ…ๅฐๅญฉๅญ็„กไผ‘ๆญข็š„่ฆๆฑ‚ๆœ‰ๆ‰€ไบ†่งฃใ€‚ ็”ฑๆ–ผ็จฎ็จฎๅŽŸๅ› ๏ผŒ้€™ไบ›่ฆๆฑ‚ๅพ€ๅพ€็‰นๅˆฅ้‡ๅฐๅชฝๅชฝใ€‚ ็•ถไฝ ็นž้Žไธ€็พคๅฅณไบบ๏ผŒไฝ ๅพˆๅฏ่ƒฝๆœƒๅœจ้€™็พคไบบไธญๆ‰พๅˆฐ่‡ณๅฐ‘ไธ€ไฝ็ฒพ็–ฒๅŠ›็ซญ็š„ๅชฝๅชฝใ€‚ ๅญฉๅญๆฏๅคฉ็š„ๅ•้กŒใ€้œ€ๆฑ‚ๅ’Œ่ซ‹ๆฑ‚ๆ•ธ้‡ไน‹ๅคš๏ผŒๅฏ่ƒฝๆœƒ่ฎ“็ˆถๆฏ่ฎŠๅพ—ๅฎŒๅ…จไธ็Ÿฅๆ‰€ๆŽชใ€‚ ่€Œไธ”๏ผŒไฝœ็‚บ็ฒพ็–ฒๅŠ›็ซญ็š„ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ๅฐๅญฉๅญ่ชชไบ†ๅพˆๅคšๆฌกโ€œไธโ€ใ€‚ ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผŒไฝ ่ƒฝๅ’Œๆˆ‘ไธ€่ตท็Žฉๅ—Ž๏ผŒๆฑ‚ๆฑ‚ไฝ ๏ผŸ โ€” ๅฐไธ่ตท๏ผŒๆˆ‘้œ€่ฆๅšๆ™š้ฃฏไบ†ใ€‚ ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผŒไฝ ่ƒฝ้–‹่ปŠ้€ๆˆ‘ๅŽปไธŠๅญธๅ—Ž๏ผŸ โ€” ๅฐไธ่ตท๏ผŒๆˆ‘ไปŠๅคฉ็œŸ็š„ๅพˆๅฟ™ใ€‚ ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผŒไฝ ่ƒฝๅนซๆˆ‘ๆ‹ฟๅ‰ชๅˆ€ๅ—Ž๏ผŸ โ€”็‚บไป€้บผไฝ ่‡ชๅทฑไธ่ƒฝๆ‹ฟ๏ผŸ ไฝ ็Ÿฅ้“ๆ”พๅœจๅ“ช่ฃก็š„ใ€‚ ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผŒไฝ ่ƒฝๅนซๆˆ‘ๆ‰“ๆŽƒๆˆฟ้–“ๅ—Ž๏ผŸ โ€”ไฝ ็Ÿฅ้“้€™ๆ˜ฏไฝ ็š„่ฒฌไปปใ€‚ ๆˆ‘็Ÿฅ้“ไฝ ๅšๅพ—ๅˆฐใ€‚ ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผŒไฝ ่ƒฝ้™ชๆˆ‘่บบๅœจๅบŠไธŠ็›ดๅˆฐๆˆ‘็ก่‘—ๅ—Ž๏ผŸ โ€”ๅ“ฆ๏ผŒๅฏถ่ฒ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๅพˆๆจ‚ๆ„๏ผŒไฝ†ๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘็œŸ็š„้œ€่ฆๅŽปๆ‰“ๆŽƒๅปšๆˆฟใ€‚ ไฝœ็‚บไธ€ๅ€‹็ฒพ็–ฒๅŠ›็ซญ็š„ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผŒไฝ ๅฏ่ƒฝ้€ฃๆฏๅคฉๅฐๅญฉๅญๅซ่“„ๅœฐๆˆ–ๆ˜Ž็ขบๅœฐ่ชชโ€œไธโ€็š„ๆฌกๆ•ธ้ƒฝๆ•ธไธๆธ…ใ€‚ ่ชชโ€œๅฅฝโ€ๅฐๅญฉๅญๆœ‰ไป€้บผๅฝฑ้Ÿฟ 2015 ๅนด็ง‹ๅคฉ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๅƒๅŠ ไบ†็”ฑโ€œ่ต‹่ƒฝ่ฏ็ตโ€ๆฉŸๆง‹ (Empowered to Connect) ็š„ๅ„ช็ง€ไบบๅ“ก็‚บ้ ˜้คŠๆˆ–ๅฏ„้คŠๅ…’็ซฅ็š„็ˆถๆฏ่ˆ‰่พฆ็š„ๆœƒ่ญฐใ€‚ ็•ถๆˆ‘่ฝๅˆฐใ€Œๅœจๅฌฐๅ…’ๅ‡บ็”ŸๅพŒ็š„็ฌฌไธ€ๅนด๏ผŒไป–ๅ€‘ๆœƒ่ฝๅˆฐโ€œๅฅฝโ€ๅ่ฌๆฌกใ€็š„้€™ๅ€‹ไบ‹ๅฏฆๆ™‚๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๆทฑๆ„Ÿ่™งๆฌ ใ€‚ โ€œๅฅฝ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๆœƒ้คตไฝ ใ€‚โ€ โ€œๅฅฝ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๆœƒๆŠฑ่‘—ไฝ ใ€‚โ€ โ€œๅฅฝ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๆœƒ็ตฆไฝ ๆ›ๅฐฟๅธƒใ€‚โ€ โ€œๅฅฝ๏ผŒๆˆ‘ๆœƒ็…ง้กงไฝ ใ€‚โ€ ็•ถไป–ๅ€‘ๅ“ญๆณฃๆ™‚๏ผŒ็ˆถๆฏๆˆ–็…ง้กง่€…ไปฅๆปฟ่ถณไป–ๅ€‘็š„้œ€่ฆไพ†ๅ›žๆ‡‰ใ€‚ ๅฅฝ๏ผŒๅฅฝ๏ผŒๅฅฝใ€‚ ไธ€ๅ€‹ๆบซๆš–ใ€ๅ‘ต่ญทๅญฉๅญ็š„ๆˆๅนดไบบ็š„้€™็จฎๅ›žๆ‡‰๏ผŒ่ฎ“ๅญฉๅญ็Ÿฅ้“ไป–ๅ€‘่ขซ่ฝๅˆฐใ€่ขซ็œ‹ๅˆฐใ€่ขซ้‡่ฆ–ใ€่ขซๆ„›ใ€‚ ่€Œไธ”๏ผŒๆœ€้‡่ฆ็š„ๆ˜ฏ๏ผŒ่ฎ“ๅญฉๅญ็Ÿฅ้“ไป–ๅ€‘ๆœ‰็™ผ่จ€ๆฌŠ๏ผŒไป–ๅ€‘ๅฏไปฅๅฝฑ้Ÿฟ่‡ชๅทฑ็š„่™•ๅขƒใ€‚ ้€™็จฎ่ช็‚บๆˆ‘ๅ€‘ๅฏไปฅ้ ่‘—่‡ชๅทฑ็š„ๅŠชๅŠ›ๅ–ๅพ—ๆˆๅŠŸๆˆ–้”ๅˆฐ็›ฎๆจ™็š„ไฟกๅฟต๏ผŒๅœจๅฟƒ็†ๅญธไธญ็จฑ็‚บ่‡ชๆˆ‘ๆ•ˆ่ƒฝ๏ผŒ้€™ๅฐๅญฉๅญ็š„็™ผๅฑ•ไธๅฏๆˆ–็ผบใ€‚ ้‚ฃๆฌกๆœƒ่ญฐๆ”น่ฎŠไบ†ๆˆ‘็š„ไธ€ๅˆ‡ ๆˆ‘ๅƒๅŠ ไบ†้€™ๆฌกๆœƒ่ญฐ๏ผŒๆ˜ฏๅ› ็‚บๆˆ‘็š„ๅฎถๅบญๆ˜ฏ้€้Žๅพž่กฃ็ดขๆฏ”ไบž้ ˜้คŠๅญฉๅญ็š„ๆ–นๅผ็ต„ๆˆ็š„ใ€‚ๆˆ‘็พๅนดๅไบ”ๆญฒๅ’Œๅๅ…ญๆญฒ็š„ๅญฉๅญๅœจๅฌฐๅ…’ๆ™‚ๆœŸ๏ผŒไธฆๆฒ’ๆœ‰ๅพ—ๅˆฐๆˆ‘ไธๆ–ทๅœฐใ€ไปคไป–ๅ€‘ๆ”พๅฟƒๅœฐ่ชชโ€œๅฅฝโ€ใ€‚ๅ„˜็ฎกๆˆ‘็Ÿฅ้“ๅญธ่ก“ไธŠๆ‰€่ฌ‚็š„็™‚็™’ๆ€งๆ•™้คŠ๏ผŒไฝ†ๆ˜ฏ้€™ๅป่ˆ‡ๆˆ‘็š„็พๅฏฆ็”Ÿๆดปๅคง็›ธ่ฟณๅบญใ€‚ๆˆ‘็™ผ็พ่‡ชๅทฑ่ชชโ€œไธโ€็š„ๆฌกๆ•ธ้ ้ ๅคš้Žๆˆ‘ๅฐ‹ๆฑ‚่ชชโ€œๅฅฝโ€ ็š„ๆฌกๆ•ธใ€‚โ€ฆ