070 Are You Ready for Adoption? Exploring Honest Truths and Transformational Insights with Angie Grandt

Send us Fan MailListen to this episode, "Are You Ready for Adoption? Exploring Honest Truths and Transformational Insights with Angie Grandt"as The Adoption Coach, Angie Grandt joins Dori Durbin.Is adoption right for your family? What unique challenges might you encounter with an adopted child? This week’s expert guest Angie Grandt, adoptive and bio mom plus former foster parent, explains why all adopted kids experience some form of disruption and trauma—even newborns. Learn how to interpret children’s behaviors, support biological kids' feelings, and transform your own sense of overwhelm. Angie shares her coaching model to help parents  build skills for family stability during tough adoption transitions. If adoption is on your radar, tune in to this conversation for honest truths.Unique Trauma for Adopted Infants Disrupted Attachment in Womb & Early LifeTesting Behaviors & Emotional DynamicsImpact on Biological ChildrenMindset Coaching Envisioning an Adoption Book for ChildrenGiving Children Words for Big FeelingsReassuring Biological ChildrenRecognizing the Need for CoachingThe Coaching Process OverviewMore About Angie:Angie is an adoptive and bio mom, former foster mom, adoption coach, speech therapist, and has worked in the autism field for 2+ decades.  She knows firsthand that raising children who are difficult to connect with, and who often display challenging behaviors, takes a huge toll on parents.  This can often lead to shame, anxiety, depression, isolation, and a growing loss of hope.  This doesn't have to be the story. She coaches adoptive parents through worry, frustration and resentment to create hope and joy through lasting connections.!Follow Angie:https://www.facebook.com/groups/connectedparentswithangie/https://www.instagram.com/connectedparentswithangie/https://linktr.ee/connectedparentswithangie Did you love this episode? Discover more here:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-good-parenting/id1667186115More about Dori Durbin:Dori Durbin is a Christian wife, mom, author, illustrator, and a kids’ book coach who after experiencing a life-changing illness, quickly switched gears to follow her dream. She creates kids’ books to provide a fun and safe passageway for kids and parents to dig deeper and experience empowered lives. Dori also coaches non-fiction authors, professionals, and aspiring authors to “kid-size” their content into informational and engaging kids’ books! Find out more here:  https://doridurbin.com/Buy Dori's Kids' Books:https://www.amazon.com/stores/Dori-Durbin/author/B087BFC2KZThinking about writing a kids' book?  Book a Chat with Dori:https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/dori/passionsconvLeave Me a Voice Mail:https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/330792/3/7kw9b6uaamr0cs6tIntro for TDP (version 2)