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Mending Families
by Melissa Pemberton
Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a mix of trauma aware interviews, parenting sessions tips for those caring for kids from adversity, and stories from people just like you as they share their beautiful messy moments. Melissa hopes that when you listen each week, you will feel encouraged, inspired and take a little something away to help you and your family move from broken to mended.
Episodes
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89. Healing and growth while breaking patterns with Kelsea Koenreich
TW: The topic of conversation can be hard for some to hear. Kelsea shares her personal story which includes neglect, drugs/alcohol, rape, and suicidal ideations. In this conversation, Kelsea Koenreich shares about the importance of self-care, healing, and personal growth, while sharing her...
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88. Yoga and Mindful Meditation with Kelly Smith
In this conversation, Kelly shares her personal experiences with the changing seasons and the benefits of incorporating short meditation practices into her daily routine. She also explored the physical and neurological benefits of meditation, its relation to spirituality, and the importance of...
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87. Mindful Monday - Body Scan Meditation
On today’s episode, Melissa brings you a Mindful Monday with a guided meditation to help guide you through a body scan as you notice the sensations in your body, both as individual parts, and as a whole. Enjoy! A big THANK YOU to our new sponsor, West Plains Roasters! If you have not stopped by...
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86. Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Trauma simplified with Lauren Auer
In this conversation, Lauren discusses her professional background, focusing on her work with trauma-informed practices. She explores various aspects of trauma, including compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, and the challenges of parenting children who have experienced trauma. The discussion...
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85. Mindful Monday - Letting go of stress
Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a mix of trauma aware interviews, parenting tips for those caring for kids from adversity, and stories from people just like you as they share their beautiful messy moments. Melissa hopes that when you…
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84. Pivots and Parenting a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder with Michael Pereira
On today’s episode, Michael discusses his experience as a parent of a child with autism, sharing insights on diagnosis, therapy, education, and daily challenges. He explored various strategies for supporting children with autism, including diet modifications, behavioral therapies, and educational...
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83. Mindful Mondays - Connect with nature and meditate
On today’s episode, Melissa brings you a Mindful Monday all about connection with nature through breathwork, mindfulness, and being outside. With Earth day just around the corner on April 22 (I was wrong in the episode…whoops!), now is the perfect time to reconnect with nature. Take a quick 5...
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82. Insights on Self-Care and Support during the Adoption Journey with Nicole Barlow
In this episode, Nicole shares about her journey into foster care and adoption, and her experiences as a foster parent and foster parent trainer. She also discussed the importance of self-care and trauma-informed practices for foster and adoptive parents, with Nicole emphasizing the need for...
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81. Mindful Mondays - Grounding Breath guided meditation
On today’s episode, Melissa brings you a Mindful Monday all about grounding ourselves for just a few moments. In the spirit of grounding ourselves, today’s guided meditation is called “Grounding Breath”. Find a comfy, quiet place and 7 minutes while Melissa guides you through a grounding breath...
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80. Supporting teens with ADHD and Neurodiversity with Kelly Biltz
In today’s episode, Kelly, a life coach for teens with ADHD, talks about ways to help teenagers boost their confidence and deals with common challenges they face, such as managing emotions, time, and schoolwork. She discusses how ADHD can be managed through diagnosis, medication, and other…
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79. Mindful Monday - A loving kindness guided meditation
On today’s episode, Melissa brings you a new monthly series, Mindful Mondays. Because it is the month of love, today’s guided mindful meditation is called “Loving Kindness”. Find a comfy, quiet place and 10 minutes while Melissa guides you through a loving kindness exercise. Where to find Mending...
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78.Self-compassion and embodiment to reclaim our compassion as caregivers with Robyn Gutierrez
TW - Today we talk about abusive relationships and domestic violence so please know that if you are in a DV situation or know someone who is, there is help. Go to www.thehotline.org or call 1-800-799-7233 Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a...
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77. Using Reiki as a tool for healing trauma with Angela Masciulli
In today’s episode, Angela talks about what brought her to find Reiki and energy healing and shares with the audience how she uses these tools to help others find healing. Angela opens up about her trauma history and how she continues to do her healing. She gives us some good insight into Reiki…
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76. Finding Safety: Exploring Polyvagal Theory and the Safe and Sound Protocol
On today’s episode, Melissa talks about the Polyvagal Theory and the Safe and Sound Protocol. She goes through a brief overview of each and gives you a quick glimpse of what it looks like to participate in the Safe and Sound Protocol. If you are someone who struggles with anxiety, worry, or is...
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75. Trauma aware approaches to sleep issues with your kids with Allison Ezell
On today’s episode, Allison shared about her journey into sleep consulting and the services she offers to families dealing with sleep issues. She talks about understanding sleep pressure and sleep onset associations as a crucial part of addressing sleep issues in children. Allison believes...
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74. Mental health struggles with our kids and how to advocate well with Erin Peterson
On today’s episode, Erin opens up about mental health struggles within her immediate family and how this came to a head this past year. Erin’s three boys all have their diagnosis and with their permission, Erin shares some of the hard and good about raising her three boys. Listen in as Erin gives...
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73. Mondays with Melissa - Life and business updates
Today Melissa gives us an update on what's been happening in her life and business over the past month. With hard changes that are still good, Mending Families is ever-evolving to ensure you all get the most support in the best ways possible! A big THANK YOU to our new sponsor, West Plains...
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72. Connection, Nutrition, and helping our kids overcome eating challenges with Madison Tyler
On today’s episode, Madison first talks about her foster and adoption journey and how she and her husband grew their family this way. She then shares her heart about helping families struggling with nutrition with their kids who have come from hard. Madison is an adoptive mom herself and she not...
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71. Mondays with Melissa - Let's talk about power and control
On today’s episode, Melissa shares three tips to help our kids feel like they have some control over what goes on in their daily lives. We often see behaviors escalate when our kids feel like they have no power or control. Instead of getting frustrated, let’s take an approach of sharing power and...
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70. Eating disorders, generational trauma and using creativity to heal with Tracey Yokas
In today’s episode, Tracey shares with us how creativity and using art helped her on her journey of healing. She also opens up about the hard parts of her story that led to her writing her first book with the hopes of inspiring others. Grief and loss, along with mental health conditions, are...
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REPLAY - #1 - Haley Pemberton
Welcome to the summer series top 8 most listened to episodes of this past year! This was a special one for me as I had the privilege of interviewing my oldest daughter, Haley. Her original episode was #7 and is still as good as when it first aired! On today’s episode, Haley shares her heart about...
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REPLAY - #2 - Robyn Gobbel
Welcome to the summer series top 8 most listened-to episodes of this past year! This episode was originally #28 and one of my favorites as we discussed the book I recommend the most, Parenting Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors, which you can now purchase anywhere books are sold! On today’s…
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REPLAY - #3 - Claire Collins-Thompson
Welcome to the summer series top 8 most listened-to episodes this past year! Today we will hear Claire share her encouraging story of surviving cancer which was originally episode #9. On today’s episode, Claire shares with us about her journey of surviving cancer and how she learned so much about...
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REPLAY - #4 - Melissa Corkum
Welcome to the summer series top 8 most listened to episodes of this past year! This week we get to hear from Melissa Corkum again as she shares about Blocked Care and the Safe and Sound Protocol. I am happy to tell you that since this episode originally aired (it was episode #15), I have gone...
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REPLAY - #5 - What is TBRI?
Welcome to the summer series top 8 most listened to epsidoes of this past year! This episode is the only "Mondays with Melissa" to make it into the top 8 and it is an important one! On today’s episode, Melissa gives a brief explanation of what Trust Based Relational Interventions are. She breaks...
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REPLAY - #6 - Hannah McLeod
Welcome to the summer series top 8 most listened-to episodes of this past year! Today we will get to hear Hannah McLeod's inspiring story again as she was originally episode #13. On today’s episode, Hannah tells us about Beachbody and how she has been able to make her daily exercise a habit that...
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REPLAY - #7 - Steve Lympus
Welcome to the summer series top 8 most listened-to episodes of this past year! This week we will hear #7 in our countdown with Steve Lympus who was episode 50 back in early 2024. On today’s episode, Melissa and Steve talk about trauma informed parenting, where we can be more trauma aware, and…
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REPLAY - #8 - Jon Pemberton
Welcome to the summer series top 8 most listened-to episodes of this past year! Let's start with #8, my interview with my husband, Jon Pemberton, which was the first episode of the podcast! On today’s episode, Jon shares his feelings about becoming a dad “overnight” when he married Melissa. His...
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69. Stretch therapy, fascial stretching, and healing our bodies with Becky Kukucka
On today’s episode, Becky shares about her journey to sobriety and how she has found her way to stretch therapy. She explains Fascial Stretching and how she has been able to use this strategy as a way to help others find healing and chronic pain relief. Finally, Becky gives us some simple…
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68. Mondays with Melissa and Summer Survival Tips
On today’s episode, Melissa gives you 5 tips to survive the summer months with your kids at home. With summer just beginning, this episode is sure to give you some good things to consider when planning for the next few months. If you have any tips you’d like to share, feel free to shoot Melissa a...
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67. Child advocacy and fostering teens with Mara Shorr
On today’s episode, Mara shares about being a child advocate and how that led her and her husband to being a kinship care provider for a teenage girl. We talk briefly about group homes and the “wish list” Mara has for the future of group homes. She gives us good things to think about when it…
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66. Sneak peek of parenting course, Mend, Heal, Grow
On today’s episode, Melissa peels back the curtains of her online course and let’s you experience one of the lessons. She created Mend, Heal, Grow when she realized that she could reach more families with the work she does by offering it online and not just in person! This course offers the…
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65. Potty training tips and tricks
On today’s episode, Melissa shares her thoughts and a few tips on potty training. It may seem like this is something that is pretty cut and dry, but Melissa gives us a few things to consider when starting (or restarting) potty training our toddlers, preschoolers and early elementary aged kiddos.…
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64. Somatic Experiencing and how it can help with healing with Jake White
On today’s episode, Jake shares about what brought him to becoming a Somatic Experiencing and how he uses this approach to help his clients find healing and space for healing. He gives us some practical things to consider and also some strategies that you can do today to help bring your nervous...
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63. Mondays with Melissa and her daughters
On today’s episode, Melissa starts by interviewing her 12 year old daughter about her thoughts on Mother’s Day. Melissa then interviews her teenage daughter to hear from her perspective what it was like growing up with some fear based discipline before TBRI came into the mix. She has some good...
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62. Best mom ideas, teaching our kids and foster care with Autumn McKay
On today’s episode, Autumn talks about how she went from being a teacher in the school system to being a stay at home mom to now being a published author. Autumn and her husband are also foster parents and we chat briefly about what they have learned during their time as family parents. This is a...
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61. Answering questions about toddlers, tantrums and more!
On today’s episode, Melissa answers a listener's question about toddlers and how to handle their tantrums. Melissa helps us reframe how to look at tantrums and meet our kids where they are at while also meeting the need behind the tantrum. Not parenting a toddler? That’s okay! We all have kids in...
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60. Mondays with Melissa - Panic attacks and parenting fails
On today’s episode, Melissa shares about a recent panic attack that she experienced and how she has learned to get through them on her own. Melissa also believes in authenticity and so she gives the audience a sneak peek into the daily lives in the Pemberton household and how we all can learn…
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59. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, the school system, and finding support with Sandra Flach
On today’s episode, Sandra shares about her own experiences with FASD and how she came to the place she is now, which is speaking and advocating for those affected by FASD. We talk about the school systems and ways to support our kids in the educational setting. Finally, Sandra gives us a better...
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58. REPLAY - Overcoming, healing, and connecting with your parents with Haley Pemberton
I had Haley as a teen and we have been through so many ups and downs, but are on the side of healing past hurts, as well as our relationship. It’s been so fun watching her grow and see her follow in my footsteps as a social worker. Haley has her Bachelors in Social Work and works for a local...
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57. Growing through grief with Mary Anne Ruddis
On today’s episode, Mary Anne shares about the ways that cancer has affected her family and what helped her make it through. She shares about not healing from grief but from growing through grief. Mary Anne also talks about how grief is not always related to death. This is a heavy conversation…
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56. Answering questions about family chores
On today’s episode, Melissa answers a listener's question about chores. She talks about how much is too much, thoughts on allowance, and what age should chores start. Chores can be hard and cause disagreements in the home, so listen in to see if you can pick up some suggestions to make it easier…
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55. Happy Birthday Mending Families Podcast!!
On today’s episode, Jon Pemberton guest-hosts the podcast as the tables are turned on Melissa. He interviews her on all things podcasting and what she has learned over the past year. Jon is one of the funniest people, so you won’t want to miss this one! For FULL SHOW NOTES, go to...
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54. Thoughts on child welfare, adoption, trauma informed systems, and termination of parental rights
On today’s episode, Melissa shares how she got to the place of leaving her job in Child Welfare to start Mending Families. She also gives her thoughts on a few topics that came up in her conversation with Matt Anderson in last week's episode. Melissa believes that in order to do better, we have…
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53. The Child Welfare system and learning through proximity with Matt Anderson
On today’s episode, Matt shares about his journey from running a foster care agency to leaving with no plan in the Fall of 2022. We talk about values fatigue, learning through relationships, and reflecting on how choices we make can effect an entire family system. Matt shares specific situations...
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52. How do we help our kids regulate their bodies?
On today’s episode, Melissa answers listener questions about how to co-regulate with their child. This is a common question and can be a hard one to answer because it is so specific to each child, so Melissa gives you several tools to try out with your kids! Sometimes parenting is trial and error...
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51. Mondays with Melissa - Sneak peak at Let's Grow Membership!
On today’s episode, Melissa gives you a sneak peek of the monthly membership, Let’s Grow, and you can listen in on one of the monthly trainings! Each month, for a small fee, you can join a live monthly training, peer support and so many giveaways and freebies! If you are interested in learning...
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50. Seeing trauma everywhere and making space for LGBTQ+ kids with Steve Lympus
On today’s episode, Melissa and Steve talk about trauma informed parenting, where we can be more trauma aware, and how you start to see trauma everywhere once you start to experience growth. Steve also shared ways that we can make more space for queer kids that he believes can help them feel seen...
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49. Better understanding loss and the grief that follows
On today’s episode, Melissa shares her thoughts on the conversation she had with Leslie on last week's episode. She expands on what we might think of as loss and gives tangible ideas on how we can help our kids process loss, but also how we can process our own losses as well. This episode is not...
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48. Childhood cancer and coping with grief with Leslie Woodfill
On today’s episode, Leslie shares with us about what the Childhood Cancer Coalition is and how they support families touched by childhood cancer. She breaks down the different ways that they offer support and give us ideas on how we can come alongside the organization to help them continue to…
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Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a mix of trauma aware interviews, parenting sessions tips for those caring for kids from adversity, and stories from people just like you as they share their beautiful messy moments. Melissa hopes that when you listen each week, you will feel encouraged, inspired and take a little something away to help you and your family move from broken to mended.
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