About this episode

Walt and Joel discuss the ongoing challenges and lessons learned from foster care and the importance of parental healing in supporting adopted children.

When a child is adopted from foster care, the story doesn’t end , it gets more real. Walt and Joel explore trauma, expectations, “doing the work,” and why parents must heal themselves to truly help a hurting child. #FosterCare #TraumaHealing #DoingTheWork

People in this episode

Host: Walt Thiessen

Guest: Joel

Topics covered

• foster care
• trauma
• healing
• parenting
• self-improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Foster Care, Trauma Healing, Doing The Work

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