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Fostering Voices Podcast — 244 episodes
Episode 231: High Risk: What Weed is Doing to Young Brains
Episode 230: A Grown Up Love Story: Adoption after Later Stages
Episode 229: ENOLA: You're Not Alone
Episode 228: Empowering Vulnerable Youth in Uncertain Times - Estefana Johnson
Episode 227: Finding Strength in Our Shared Stories
Episode 226: Crisis Intersection: Policing with Compassion
Episode 225: Navigating Connection in Out-of-Home Placement
Episode 224: Focus In, Freak Out Less
Episode 223: The Unofficial 2025 Recap - Vehon Version
Episode 222: Trauma Parenting Will Expose Your Scars
Episode 221: November's Presidential Executive Order: Fostering the Future
Episode 220: The Role Trauma and Stress Play in Disease
Episode 219: When Grandparents Become Parents
Episode 218: Supporting Young Adults with Addiction
Episode 217: The Impact of Marijuana on the Adolescent Brain
Episode 216: The Impact of Substance Use on the Infant Brain
Episode 215: Empowering Children with Learning Disabilities
Episode 214: Keep Goaling!
Episode 213: The Housing Crisis' Impact on Youth
Episode 212: Setting Realistic Expectations
Episode 211: Discovering Opportunity in Unmet Expectations
Episode 210: Missing Children - Who's Looking?
Episode 209: What to do in a Mental Health Emergency
Episode 208: The Child Catcher
Episode 207: What is Happening with Our Teens
Episode 206: Top 5 Tips for Parenting
Episode 205: Fighting for Change
Episode 204: The Road to an Autism Diagnosis
Episode 203: Finding Joy in Everyday Spaces
Episode 202: Pediatric Feeding Disorder: When Food Becomes the Enemy
Episode 201: Connecting with Friends: Chris and Jihae Watson
Episode 199: Good Boundaries in Love
Episode 200: Know the Risk: Sex Trafficking
Episode 198: New Year - New You?
Episode 197: Championing Community Change
Episode 196: Community Impact: Jenny's Story
Episode 195: Community Impact: Joseph's Story
Episode 194: Refugee and International Foster Care in Arizona
Episdoe 193: Real Talk: Public Challenges with Invisible Disabilities
Episode 192: Now What? How to Support Your LGBTQ Youth
Episode 191: Fostered for Greatness
Episode 190: Real Talk: Group Homes in Arizona
Episode 189: Learning & Growing Together - On Location @ FC Training Day
Episode 188: How Art Helps Build Resilience
Episode 187: Behavior Interventions that Work for Us
Episode 186: Vacation Planning & Tips - Vehon Style
Episode 185: Consider Yourself a Mandated Supporter
Episode 184: The Link Between Foster Care and Social Disparities
Episode 183: A Single Mom's FosterAdopt Journey
Episode 182: Life-Changing Connections in Foster Care
Episode 181: It's OK to Say, "I'm Not OK."
Episode 180: How Caregiver Stress Impacts Our Bodies
Episode 179: What is Critical Memory Integration and How Can it Help?
Episode 178: Learning and Growing Together - On Location at Foster Cooperative Training Day: Part 2
Episode 177: Learning and Growing Together - On Location at Foster Cooperative Training Day: Part 1
Episode 176: All You Need is Love (Not!)
Episode 175: I Want to Foster! Now What?
Episode 174: Moms Get Real
Episode 173: Kids' Perspective on Foster Care and Adoption
Episode 172: Foster Care Land Between: Planning Your Future in the Unknown
Episode 171: Laughing all the Way: Vehon Christmas Traditions
Episode 170: A Look Into Tribal Foster Care
Episode 169: Talking Adoption with an Adoption Attorney
Episode 168: Mental Health: Where do I go from Here?
Episode 167: Trauma's Impact on Marriage
Episode 166: Journey to Becoming a Foster Parent
Episode 165: Celebrating 10 Years of Impact
Episode 164: All Things School - When you Need an Advocate
Episode 163: All Things School - IEP /504
Episode 162: An Adoptee's Story - The Blessing; the Heartbreak
Episode 161: Real Talk - Self Care with Matthew Blades
Episode 160: Real Talk - Parents of Foster Care
Episode 159: The Way Home - How Kids Return to Their Families with Judge Colleen McNally
Episode 158: Recovery - Why Does it Work?
Episode 157: Real Talk: Substances (Mark's Story)
Episode 156: Fighting the Fear of Stigma in Foster Care and Adoption
Episode 155: Real Talk, Connecting When Connection is Hard
Episode 154: A Look Into Aging Out of Foster Care
Episode 153: Finding Connection, Finding Your People
Episode 152: Interracial Adoption and Finding Your Identity
Episode 151: Meet the Vehons
Episode 150: Goodbye from Chris and Jihae
Episode 149: Interview with an Incredible Single Foster Mama
Episode 148: Positive Imprints and Taking a Chance on Foster Kids
Episode 147: Interviewing your host, Jihae Watson
Episode 146: Interviewing your host, Chris Watson
Episode 145: Strokes, Bio Families, and Other Highs and Lows as a Family of 9
Episode 144: Football, Faith, and Purpose
Episode 143: Talk to Your Kids
Episode 142: Why You Shouldn't Follow TikTok Trends
Episode 141: Finding Health in Habits and Relationships with Bekah Tinter
Episode 140: More Harmony in your Life: Interview with Author Grant Botma
Episode 139: Communicating AND Connecting, With Your Kids and Others
Episode 138: Improve Your Spiritual Health
Episode 137: For The Control Freaks
Episode 136: How to Survive Your Winter Season
Episode 136: How to Survive Your Winter Season
Episode 135: Legacy and Inheritance
Episode 134: Helping Kids with Their Thoughts - Interview with a Child Psychologist
Episode 134: Helping Kids with Their Thoughts - Interview with a Child Psychologist
Episode 134: Helping Kids with Their Thoughts - Interview with a Child Psychologist
Episode 133: Marriage Advice for Newlyweds and Beyond
Episode 132: Talking About Fitness with Queen Dee Fitness
Episode 131 - Accountability and Achievement in 2022
Episode 131 - Accountability and Achievement in 2022
Episode 130: 2021 Year-End Book Review
Episode 129: 3 Simple Tips to Activate Your Health, with NP Becky Goodson
Episode 128: Parenting Struggles Pt 1 of 100…
Episode 128: Parenting Struggles Pt 1 of 100…
Episode 128: Parenting Struggles Pt 1 of 100…
Episode 127: Interview with Author Cindy Branton
Episode 126: Simple Habits to Help You Focus and Be Successful!
Episode 125: Interview with DCS Community Liaison Rayetta Sanchez
Episode 124: Stay Persistent With Your Health
Episode 124: Stay Persistent With Your Health
Episode 123: Interview with Kate Somerville and Foster Nation
Episode 122: Ohana - A Place for Foster Youth and Adults with Special Needs
Episode 122: Ohana - A Place for Foster Youth and Adults with Special Needs
Episode 122: Ohana - A Place for Foster Youth and Adults with Special Needs
Episode 121: Welcome to Season 8
Episode 121: Welcome to Season 8
Episode 120: Interview with Foster Dad Flipper - Peter Mutabazi
Episode 119: Walking with Birth Moms through Foster Care Initiatives
Episode 119: Walking with Birth Moms through Foster Care Initiatives
Episode 118: World Changing Attitude
Episode 117: Interview with CEO of Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Episode 116: Protecting Your Family From Tech with Some Tech
Episode 116: Protecting Your Family From Tech with Some Tech
Episode 115: Parenting Fails
Episode 114: Do it Even if You Don't Feel Like it.
Episode 113: Interview with Jason Johnson
Episode 112: Small Decisions Lead to Big Wins
Episode 111: A Year as a Family of Nine
Episode 111: A Year as a Family of Nine
Episode 110: Interview With Julie Lythcott-Haims on Parenting and Becoming
Episode 109: Upstream Leadership in Your Family and Foster Care
Episode 108: Interview with Arizona Supreme Court Justice - James Beene
Episode 108: Interview with Arizona Supreme Court Justice - James Beene
Episode 107: Not Defined By Trauma and Abuse
Episode 106: Foster Care According to our 8 and 10 year Olds
Episode 105: Empathy for Foster Kids
Episode 104: How to Build Community in Your Neighborhood
Episode 103: How to Run a Big Household Efficiently
Episode 102: Race and Judgement in Foster Care and Adoption
Episode 101: Surviving the Longest Summer as Family of 9!
Episode 101: Surviving the Longest Summer as Family of 9!
Episode 100: Wendy's Lookbook on Growing Up in Foster Care
Episode 99: How to Start and Maintain a Podcast
Episode 98: Anxiety is Normal
Episode 97: Marriage Advice from a Clinical Psychologist
Episode 96: Highs and Low of Fostering
Episode 95: Loss and Feelings in Foster Care and Adoption
Episode 94: Get Licensed for Foster Care, Now!
Episode 93: The Art of Gift Giving
Episode 93: The Art of Gift Giving
Episode 92: Safe House for Foster and Adoptive Families
Episode 92: Safe House for Foster and Adoptive Families
Episode 91: Interview with a Foster Sibling Pt 2
Episode 91: Interview with a Foster Sibling Pt 2
Episode 90: Feeding Our Minds With Good Books
Episode 90: Feeding Our Minds With Good Books
Episode 89: Interview with Adoptive Family and Author!
Episode 88: Success and Hope
Episode 87: Part 2 of Interview with Former Foster Youth
Episode 86: Interview with Former Foster Youth, Gaelin Elmore
Episode 85: Interview with Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents
Episode 84: In-State Adoption Story
Episode 83: Foster Care Investigation
Episode 83: Foster Care Investigation
Episode 82: Interview with Jacob's Hope
Episode 81: Holiday Recap From Our Family Of Nine
Episode 80: Goodbye 2019, Chris' 30s, and What Ifs
Episode 78: Navigating the Holidays with a lot of Kids!
Episode 77: Adoption and Thanksgiving
Episode 76: Building Hope at the Foster Arizona Gala
Episode 75: Fostering Love in North Carolina
Episode 75: Fostering Love in North Carolina
Episode 74: Readers Are Leaders
Episode 73: 1 Year Anniversary of Our Full House
Episode 72: Just Take The Next Step
Episode 71: Grief, Reunification, and Walking Alongside Bio Families
Episode 71: Grief, Reunification, and Walking Alongside Bio Families
Episode 70: Court and Foster Care
Episode 69: Edge Effect in Marriage and Foster Care
Episode 68: Grace, Friendship, Infertility, and Foster Care
Episode 67: Mindset of a Detective when Fostering
Episode 66: To Know and Love Your Foster Kids
Episode 65: Connecting With Your Children Pt. 1
Episode 64: Will Fostering Damage My Bio Children?
Episode 64: Will Fostering Damage My Bio Children?
Episode 63: Encouragement for Foster Families
Episode 62: Interview with Robert Watson
Episode 61: How To Rest Between Foster Placements
Episode 60: Garbage bag suitcases
Episode 59: Recruiting, Developing, and Sustaining Foster Families
Episode 58: Family Day vs Gotcha Day
Episode 57: Interview with Foster Mom of a Flamboyance of 6
Episode 56: Behind Every Behavior There Is A Need
Episode 55: How to Lead From the Future
Episode 54: Transitioning A Sweet Foster Baby To Their Next Home
Episode 53: Interview With The Best GAL
Episode 52: Are Your Kids Abusing Drugs?
Episode 51: Real FAQs By/For New Foster Parents
Episode 50: Fostering a Growth Mindset
Episode 49: Interview with a Foster Sibling
The Crisis Boys Are In
Get Back on the Same Page as Your Spouse
Grace for Teens and the Unknown
Episode 44: How to Have Better Symbiotic Relationships
Episode 43: Tax Info for Foster and Adoptive Families
Episode 42: Change of Heart
Episode 41: Goals to be Mindful and Cognizant
Episode 39: Detecting Developmental Delays Part 2
Episode 38: Detecting Developmental Delays
Episode 37: Interview With The Best DCS Worker
Episode 36: 3 Tips for Newbie Foster Parents
Episode 35: In the Market for Redemption
Episode 34: Trying to Raise Adults
Episode 33: Interview with a Pragmatic Foster Mom
Episode 32: Traveling With, or Without, Your Foster Child
Episode 31: Porn, Sex, Yeah, We Just Went There
Episode 30: Raising Kids Who Are Kind, Compassionate, Forgiving
Episode 29: A Lesson in Courage and Strength
Episode 28: 3 Life Hacks for a Peaceful Home
Episode 27: Interview with Saint Donise
Episode 26: How and Why We Love the Way That We Love
Episode 25: Rilie Norton, the Sweetest Foster Mom
Episode 24:Surviving the Early Years
Episode 23: The Girl With the Clean Socks
Episode 22: Feeling 22 With 22 Year Old Parker Pearson
Episode 21: Lion, Witch, Wardrobe
Episode 20: Happy Father's Day
Episode 19: Eccentric Love
Episode 18: 5 Simple Tips To A Simply Amazing Marriage
Episode 17: How Movies Move Us
Episode 16: The Marc of a Great Dad
Episode 15: Ode To Our Mamas
Episode 14: Facts and Figures of Foster Care
Episode 13: Advocate For The Needy
Episode 12: Most iFAQ
Episode 11: Pocketful of Prayer
Episode 10: Interview with the Best Licensing Worker
Episode 9: The Cost vs Benefit of Fostering, Adopting, and Being Saved
Episode 8: The Advantages of Being Happy