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Stable Moments Podcast
by Rebecca Britt
The show where we discuss all things related to the foster care system and early childhood trauma. From foster parents, trauma experts, former foster kids and beyond, we’ll take a deep dive into the complexities of the foster care crisis in an effort to better understand how to fix it!
Episodes
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Why Kids With Trauma Try to Control Everything
For children who have experienced trauma, instability, foster care, disrupted attachment, or unpredictable caregivers, controlling their environment can become a way to create safety and predictability. What looks like bossiness, rigidity, defiance, or inflexibility may actually be rooted in a…
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The Blame Reflex in Foster & Adopted Children
Why do foster and adopted children so often assume everything is their fault? For children with developmental trauma, self-blame can become more than a thought—it can become a core belief. A parent is upset, a friend acts differently, someone reschedules, a teacher corrects them…and their brain...
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The Belonging Wound in Foster & Adopted Children
Why would a child reject the very connection they desperately need? In this episode of the Stable Moments Podcast, Rebecca Britt explores what she calls the Belonging Wound—a deep belief many children develop after experiencing abuse, neglect, foster care, adoption, or developmental trauma. When…
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Why Foster Kids Need Their Memories Honored | Trauma-Informed Mentoring
Heal Yourself Heal the World Course: https://stablemoments.com/heal Many children who have experienced foster care, adoption, abuse, neglect, or developmental trauma carry complicated relationships with their memories. Some memories are painful. Others are joyful but feel confusing because they…
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Becoming a Trauma-Responsive Mentor
What if mentorship isn’t about getting it right… but about staying responsive? In this episode of the Stable Moments Podcast, we explore what it really means to be trauma responsive in mentorship and why flexibility, curiosity, and connection matter more than perfect planning. Many mentors feel...
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The Power of Repair in Trauma-Informed Mentorship
Worried about saying the wrong thing to a child who has experienced trauma? You’re not alone. One of the biggest reasons people hesitate to become mentors or work with foster and adopted youth is the fear of messing up. But here’s the truth: you don’t have to be perfect to make a difference. In...
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Trauma-Informed Mentorship Activity: Build a Bridge for Foster Youth
Our Stable Moments color-coded activities may look simple on the surface, but they are intentionally designed to build specific life skills in kids who have experienced unstable beginnings. In this episode, I break down one of our most powerful activities: Build a Bridge. This trauma-informed...
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Helping Foster Youth Build a Sense of Self Through Mentorship
Many children who have experienced foster care, adoption, abuse, neglect, or abandonment haven’t had the opportunity to discover who they are or what they’re good at. Instead of exploring interests and strengths, they learned how to survive — often by giving the “right” answer rather than the…
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10 Trauma-Informed Mentorship Practices You Can Use in Every Session
Some of the most powerful moments in a Stable Moments session happen between the activities — in the greeting, the transition, and the quiet spaces where connection grows. 💜 In this episode, Rebecca shares 10 simple trauma-informed practices — called Mini Moments — that mentors can use to build...
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How Music Helps Foster Healing in Trauma-Informed Mentorship
🎵 Music + Mentorship = Magic 🎵 In this episode, we sit down with Crystal Luk-Worrall, a London-based music therapist and EMDR practitioner, to explore how music can support children in foster care and adoption through trauma-informed mentorship. Crystal shares why music matters, how it helps...
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Mandated Reporting & Foster Care
When I first became a mandated reporter, I thought it was simple: if a child disclosed abuse or neglect, I’d pick up the phone and call it in. But working with kids in foster care taught me that reporting isn’t always black and white. Sometimes disclosures are about survival, longing for home,...
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What is Trauma-Informed Mentorship?
Trauma-informed mentorship isn’t just a trendy phrase—it’s a powerful approach that meets kids from foster care and early adversity with empathy, consistency, and connection. In this episode, we break down what trauma-informed mentorship really means, why it matters for kids who’ve experienced...
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Real-Life Trauma-Informed Responses for Mentoring Kids in Foster Care
How do you respond when a child in foster care says, “Can I live with you?” Or when they lie, steal, or share something deeply personal? In this episode, we’re diving into real-life trauma-informed responses for the “sticky situations” that come up when working with kids who’ve experienced...
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The Foster Care Crisis and What We Can Do | Foster Care Awareness Month
At Stable Moments®, we make a bold claim: we are ending the foster care crisis — one mentor at a time. In this episode, I'm sharing an important presentation about the real roots of the foster care crisis and what it actually takes to end it. While systemic change is necessary, true…
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Co-Regulation Explained: Supporting Kids with Trauma & Emotional Dysregulation
Ever wonder why emotional regulation is so hard for kids with developmental trauma? Or how your energy might be the most powerful tool in helping them regulate? In this week’s episode, we’re diving deep into co-regulation—what it is, why it matters, and how mentors and caregivers can show up...
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Sparking Meaningful Conversations with Kids in Foster Care
In this episode, we dive into the power of Meaningful Moments Cards—a trauma-informed tool designed to help mentors build trust and foster essential life skills in children, especially those in foster care. 🌟 We explore the six core life skill categories these cards focus on: 💙 Emotional...
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Your Own Healing is Key to Trauma-Informed Service
In this episode, we dive into why your personal healing is the foundation of effective, trauma-informed care. From understanding the ripple effect of your own healing to breaking down barriers that hold you back, this episode will inspire and empower you to do the most important work of all—your...
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Building Life Skills for Kids Transitioning Out of Foster Care
Welcome to Stable Moments! In today's video, we're diving into essential life skills for young adults transitioning out of foster care. Our mentorship sessions are designed with trauma-informed, color-coded activities, but we understand the unique needs of youth preparing to enter adulthood. 🌟...
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Why Kids with Developmental Trauma Steal
Explore the complex reasons behind why children with developmental trauma steal and learn effective strategies to address and support their needs. Check out our trauma-informed mentorship model at www.stablemoments.com
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Big Ts and Little Ts - It's all trauma
In this episode, I'll be delving into the concepts of Big T and little t trauma in the realm of trauma, especially as they pertain to our work with kids in foster care. Join me as we explore how understanding these distinctions can better equip us as mentors to support these children. We'll start...
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Understanding ACES: Building Resilience through Mentorship
In this episode we dive into Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and their profound impact on human development. Join as we explore how ACES shape both physical and mental health outcomes throughout an individual's life, particularly in the context of foster care and adoption. In this episode…
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#76: 4 Ways Mentorship is Therapeutic for Children with Complex Trauma Needs
In this episode, we dive into the therapeutic power of mentorship for children with complex trauma. Explore 4 transformative ways mentors can heal trauma by showing up, demonstrating genuine interest, navigating relationships, and being positive role models. Discover the magic of mentorship in...
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#75: Dealing with Lying: Why Children with Complex Trauma Lie
In this episode we explore why children with complex trauma lie, and the Fact or Fiction activity we can use to support children who lie as a coping mechanism.
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#74: Become a Child Advocate with Joan Ulsher
In this episode, Joan Ulsher shares how her traumatic childhood led her to be a child advocate and shares her new book Misplaced Childhood empowering others to become child advocates. After foster care, Joan is returned home and subjected to more abuse. How can she be saved? Misplaced Childhood...
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#73: We Don't Fix Kids
Many parents, mentors, and program directors feel the need to fix the foster kids we serve. It’s natural, but we don’t fix here, so I’m going to dive into what we do do, and how we can support everyone while just being in the thick of it.
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#72 Replay: Navigating Sticky Situations
On this week's episode we dive into some sticky situations submitted by Stable Moments locations. Many people ask "how does the approach look in action?" Here are some practical trauma-informed responses listeners can use when they are faced with sticky situations.
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#71: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Life Hacks for Busy Families with Laura Hernandez
Up to 70% of children in #fostercare have #fetalalcoholspetrumdisorder, which is a condition caused by exposure to alcohol in the womb and can lead to physical, behavioral, and cognitive impairments. FASD is often underdiagnosed and many children with #FASD may be classified under other diagnoses...
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#70: Building Objectivity and Open Mindedness
In this episode I break down how to build objectivity and open mindedness so you can show up more for those you serve, whether it be children in foster care, their parents, your volunteers or just people in general.
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#69 Triggered Response Intervention WONDER™ Method
Use the WONDER Method to respond in a trauma-informed way when a child is triggered. Get a free WONDER Method download at www.stablemoments.com/wonder
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#68: Helping Kids Plan for the Future
Many foster children aren't able to think about the future. They wonder when their dad might get out of Jail or that there is no future for them, so this is how we can help.
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#67: Trauma Informed Holidays
Children in foster care may have only bad memories of the holidays. Maybe they remember it as a time where Santa always forgot their house. Maybe they remember their mom being stressed about not being able to afford Christmas. Perhaps they did have memorable Christmas but their special Christmas...
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#66 Structured BUT Flexible
Being both flexible and structured are big parts of the Stable Moments model…but wait, how can you be flexible AND structured? The truth is, kids, and most humans need a whole bunch of things…but we like to come up with blanket approaches - it’s easier for us. It’s actually the reason for our...
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#65 My Response to Hate Mail: We're all good enough
I got my first hate mail, attacking the Stable Moments model saying we're causing more trauma by allowing people who aren't credentialed to work with kids with complex trauma needs. In this episode, I read you the message and respond, letting you know we are all good enough to play an active role...
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#64: Healed People Heal People
In this episode, we talk about how to use your feelings as a guide to work on the things within yourself that need healing so you can show up fully for those you were created to serve! Take the ACES quiz here Get your Resilience Score here
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#63: Black Foster Youth Handbook with Angela Quijada-Banks
Ángela Quijada-Banks, (she/her) is an NAACP Image Awards Nominee and American Award-winning author of the Black Foster Youth Handbook. As a transformational speaker, she has touched thousands with her message to alchemize your pain to purpose and power. Through her holistic health coaching she...
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Becoming a CASA with Marla Higginbotham
Join us as we sit down with Marla Higginbotham to learn about the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program and how you can get involved in this important work. With CASA programs across the country, everyone can become a CASA. Marla has spent the last 20+ years working in the nonprofit...
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Garbage Bag Suitcase Part 2 with Shenandoah Chefalo
Shenandoah Chefalo is a graduate of Michigan State University, holding a Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science, a Certified Coach, and a member of the Foster Leaders Movement. She is a sought after speaker on topics surrounding youth in foster care and the...
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Garbage Bag Suitcase Part 1 with Shenandoah Chefalo
Shenandoah Chefalo is a graduate of Michigan State University, holding a Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science, a Certified Coach, and a member of the Foster Leaders Movement. She is a sought after speaker on topics surrounding youth in foster care and the...
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Everyone is doing their best
We work under the assumption that everyone is doing their very best. We know it's easy to point fingers at the foster system, the kids, the parents. If you believe that everyone is doing their best, it allows us to communicate with empathy instead of judgment.
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Parenting in a Pandemic with Beth Tyson
Beth Tyson, MA, is a psychotherapist, childhood grief and trauma expert, and a children's book author. She recently co-authored and released a new book - The Parenting Odyssey: Trials, Treasures, and Triumphs of Parenting in a Pandemic. The purpose of the book is to reduce isolation for those...
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Fostering Greatness with Leah Angel Daniel
In this episode, Leah shares how education helped her make it through years in foster care and how being ill-equipped to raise her brothers led her to start Fostering Greatness, Inc - an organization helping foster youth transition into healthy adulthood. Leah's strongest desire in life is to…
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How the Foster Care System is Wrecking Young Lives with Naomi Riley
In this episode I sit down with Naomi Riley to discuss how the Foster Care System, Family Courts, and Racial Activists Are Wrecking Young Lives. Naomi argues that our focus on reunification has built a system that is more accomidating of adults than protective of kids. Naomi Schaefer Riley is a...
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Strategic Prayer for Orphan Care with Jacqui Jackson
In this episode we sit down with Jacqui Jackson to discuss how we can use strategic prayer to alleviate suffering for children in foster care. Jacqui Jackson, M.Ed, is CEO of Ignite Hope, a former Foster Child, International Adoptee, and a mother to Adoptive and Biological children alike. She is…
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Building Brave Brains through P.A.C.E. with Jessica Sinarski
The P.A.C.E. framework teaches us to be playful, accepting, curious and empathetic. Jessica Sinarski is a highly sought-after therapist, author, and speaker. Extensive post-graduate training and 15+ years as a clinician and educator led her to create BraveBrains , a resource and training platform...
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A Practical Framework for Emotional Regualtion with Lauren Spigelmyer
Join us while we chat with the Founder of The Behavior Hub Lauren Spielmyer. She shares her four part framework to teaching emotional literacy and regulation that work well for children with complex trauma as it takes how the brain works into its approach. Over the past 10 years, she has helped...
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Regulated and Relational with Ginger Healy
Ginger sits down with us to discuss her work as a Social Worker, Adoptive Mom, Parenting Program Director and now co-host of the podcast from Attachment Trauma Network, Regulated and Relational. Check out the podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts and make sure to subscribe.
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Opioids and the Foster Care Crisis with Natalie Chavis Fisher
Join us while Natalie Chavis Fisher takes us into adoption court to show us how the opioid epidemic is impacting the foster care crisis. Natalie is a best-selling author, third-generation attorney and executive producer for the feature documentary Foster Care: Perfect Imperfection. She is a…
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Three Guiding Truths for Children With Trauma-Related Needs with Tiff Sudela-Junker
Tiffany Sudela-Junker is mother by adoption to two children with vastly different trauma-based special needs. With her own growth process as an example, Tif mentors and advocates for a “empathy + connection before correction” approach to parenting. Stressing EXTRA empathy, mindfulness, humor,...
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Discovering Your Story to be a Better Parent with Ce Eshelman
Join us as Ce Eshelman, LMFT walks us through how to discover what happened in our childhood and how that impacts how we show up to working with children today. Ce Eshelman, LMFT, is an attachment specialist, author, and founder of The Attach Place Center for Strengthening Relationships. With 27...
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Determined to be Dad with Steve Disselhorst
Steve always knew he wanted a family. Raised catholic he grew up thinking he was destined to marry a woman and have children. When he was confronted with his attraction to men and the eventual realization that he was gay, he gave up, that dream of having a family and chose the route of gay...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The show where we discuss all things related to the foster care system and early childhood trauma. From foster parents, trauma experts, former foster kids and beyond, we’ll take a deep dive into the complexities of the foster care crisis in an effort to better understand how to fix it!
HOSTED BY
Rebecca Britt
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