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ADOPTION STRUGGLES AND SUPPORT | Adoption, Adoption Trauma, Adoptive Parents, Biblical Encouragement, Journaling, Parenting
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The Go-to Podcast for Struggling Adoptive Parents Who Need Support In Their Parenting Journey! **TOP 2% GLOBALLY RANKED PODCAST** ** TOP 50 CHRISTIAN PARENTING PODCAST** Did you finally realize your dream of having a family only to have your happily ever after turn into a nightmare? Are you constantly second-guessing your parenting, anxious about whether your child will make good choices and remain faithful? Have you neglected yourself to the point that it’s taken a personal toll on you? If ...
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Each episode will feature a conversation between host Rebecca Harvin and foster/adoptive caregivers or members of the community who support foster care and adoption.
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Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering
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Adopt Perspective is a podcast for anyone affected by adoption. We discuss the adoption experience from the perspectives of mothers, fathers, adopted people and their loved ones, so that we may learn and grow from the perspectives of others. Sharing personal stories and explore adoption topics including adoption loss, psychological impacts of adoption, forced adoption, inter-country adoption, searching, reunion, healing and many others. We interview adults affected by adoption as well as pra ...
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Stay current on JavaScript, Node, and Front-End development. Learn from experts in programming, careers, and technology every week. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/javascript-jabber--6102064/support.
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Our mission is to provide education, information and dialogue that will create a supportive environment empowering people to help cats in their community. *For transcripts of most shows, visit https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/podcast/.
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The podcast and community for globally minded disciples seeking God's justice, mercy and shalom throughout the world.
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Do you need assistance with your Agile adoption? Or would you like to share what worked or didn’t work during your adoption process in your own company? If so, we invite you to participate in the Agile Community Network. The ACN Podcast is recorded monthly at our live events. If you want to join that event, please visit acnpodcast.org to register. Help support the show by becoming an ACN supporting member or sponsor today!
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Each season, Secrets We Keep investigates a different Australian secret. Should I Spit? (Season 5): The origin story of the multibillion dollar consumer DNA industry. From police hoping to solve cold murder cases, to one of the most powerful churches in the world, everyone seems to want a piece of what makes you, you. Pray Harder (Season 4): investigative journalist Richard Baker uncovers the unbelievable and compelling true story of Australia’s oldest and most hard line Pentecostal Church, ...
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Join a trusted and insightful guide, former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to walk though one of the most vexed and consequential questions of our time. Are we witnessing the decline of western/liberal democracy? External threats to our democracies have not gone away - as Vladimir Putin has demonstrated in Ukraine, but we are now realising that the greatest threats to our democracies are not from without but from within.
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With more than one million downloads and listeners around the world, the Support is Sexy podcast features inspiring conversations with over 500 diverse women leaders around the world who share how they started, when they struggled and how support played a role in their success. Join host Elayne Fluker -- a top executive coach for high-performing women and author of the book, Get Over "I Got It" (HarperCollins) -- as she facilitates dynamic conversations that will support you along YOUR journ ...
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Are you thinking about adopting or fostering a child? Confused about all the options and wondering where to begin? Or are you an adoptive or foster parent or kinship caregiver trying to be the best parent possible to this precious child? This is the podcast for you! Every week, we interview leading experts for an hour, discussing the topics you care about in deciding whether to adopt/foster or how to be a better parent. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are the national ...
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Alex and Liza are back with their new podcast - The Ex Files.
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Machine Learning is growing in leaps and bounds both in capability and adoption. Listen to our experts discuss the ideas and fundamentals needed to succeed as a Machine Learning Engineer. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/adventures-in-machine-learning--6102041/support.
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Join us for Family Matters, a podcast dedicated to exploring the many facets of adoption, care experience, and parenting. In each episode, we dive into personal stories, expert insights, and real-life challenges that shape the journey of being parented and parenting. With guidance from our team of psychologists, we tackle pressing issues around identity, family history, and more. Whether you're an adoptive parent, care-experienced, or simply curious, tune in for meaningful conversations that ...
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Host Sandra Flach is a mom of 8 children, 5 through adoption—one kinship and 4 international. Her youngest 2 are teens diagnosed with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). With over 30 years of parenting experience and 20 plus years as an adoptive and kinship parent, she’s made mountains of mistakes and learned loads of lessons. She understands the difficult road of parenting children with trauma histories—and she is still in the trenches! The Adoption & Foster Care Journey is a podcast ...
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There are many ways to build your family. Fostering-to-adopt is not the easiest, but it's a beautiful and profoundly impactful thing to do. Join Rachel Fulginiti, a voice actor and two-time foster to adopt mom, as she shares her own story and the stories of others who have successfully navigated the foster care system and landed at adoption. We explore the complex journey, touching on subjects like welcoming newborns or older children into your home, resiliency through loss and heartbreak, t ...
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As two Peruvian adoptees who grew up in different parts of the country (USA), we come together to explore our identities. Follow our adoption journey through our brand Supay, as we repurpose our energy into creating art and music. We hope our thoughts provide new perspectives on your path of discovering yourself. __________ View our podcast on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2ZKkLEV Supay: https://lovesupay.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovesupay/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovesupay/
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Modern Family Matters is a podcast based out of the Pacific Northwest that discusses a variety of different topics that can impact the family unit, such as divorce, custody, estate planning, adoption, personal injury accidents, and bankruptcy. We believe that there is no such thing as "broken" family, and that true family can take on many different forms. Join our host, Steve Altishin, as he interviews attorneys and other industry professionals on all matters pertaining to the modern family.
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From babyhood to school age, through the teenage years and ultimately adulthood, Adoption: The Long View explores all aspects of the adoption journey with a variety of articulate and thought-provoking guests.
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Interested in fostering or adoption? Not sure where to start? Meet Barnardo's Fostering & Adoption here in NI. Your guide is Ness who looks after recruitment and is not a social worker. Let Ness introduce you to the wider team, to foster carers and adopters who are willing to share their experiences and give you (and Ness) insights into the world of fostering and adoption. What is it really like? What is 'Panel'? What kind of training can you expect? What sort of support will you get? Will y ...
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Welcome to "Real Fertility Talk," the podcast where we dive deep into the heartfelt and often complex journey to parenthood. Whether you’re facing infertility, exploring surrogacy, considering egg donation, or simply seeking guidance on your reproductive health, we’re here to support you every step of the way. Join us as we share real stories from people just like you—stories of struggle, hope, and resilience. We’ll feature expert interviews with doctors, counselors, and fertility specialist ...
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All students deserve access to a high-quality curriculum. In our EdVoices podcast series, we chat with educators about the availability, adoption, and use of high-quality, standards-aligned instructional materials and why they're so crucial for student learning.
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ADOPTION MATTERS: Real People, Real Life, Real Talk
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Welcome to ADOPTION MATTERS, a podcast with real people sharing real life stories and getting real about adoption from all three perspectives of the adoption triad. I'm Kim Noeth, one of your co-hosts, and a birth mother, along with Sharon Butler Obazee, an adoptee and Sally Ankerfelt, an adoptive parent. Together we explore difficult topics and share frank conversations guided by our commitment to truth-telling and truth-seeking. In each episode we discuss important issues using adoption at ...
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Muddy Paws and Hairballs is the no-fluff podcast for pet parents juggling chaos, cuddles, and the quest to live your best life—with your pets, not in spite of them. Host Amy Castro brings real talk, expert pet advice, behavior tips, and humor to help you lead with confidence, ditch the guilt, and raise healthy, happy pets without losing yourself in the process. This show is for the real ones—those knee-deep in fur, vet bills, and “what the heck did you just eat?!” moments. The ones holding i ...
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Welcome to The Foster Friendly Podcast. We’re bringing foster care closer to home by sharing stories from the front lines. We're talking with former foster youth, foster parents and others who are finding unique and powerful ways to dramatically improve the experiences and outcomes for kids in foster care. The Foster Friendly podcast is brought to you by America’s Kids Belong, a nonprofit that helps kids in foster care find belonging in both family and community.
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This is Infertility is a bi-weekly podcast where we fuse narrative storytelling with experience and science to give you a new perspective on what it’s really like to go through a family building journey. Each episode dives into the emotional, physical, and financial burdens carried by those who experience infertility on their path to parenthood. Be it IVF, IUI, egg freezing, surrogacy, adoption, etc., the path is never the same and it can be long, painful, and lonely. It’s our mission to giv ...
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Foster Care, Adoption, and Beyond: Untold Stories is an educational podcast centering on foster care, adoption, youth homelessness and related urban and social work topics. The host, Dr. Zayda Sorrell-Medina, is a professor, social scientist, and social work educator. She is also an advocate and member of the foster, adoption, and homeless youth community, which is also a population that she studies. FAB Untold Stories combines storytelling, expert interviews, and research to raise awareness ...
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Clarifying the path towards tokenization through connecting, educating, and identifying what is needed. The multi-disciplinary aspect of tokenization implies that representatives from various parts of society all need to engage, reflected in the foundation's participants and the support from multiple ministries, the industry, universities, and many other (international) institutions. 2Tokens is a public project financed in the context of the response of the European Union on the COVID-19 pan ...
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Smart Justice covers the pursuit of better outcomes on justice system issues, including incarceration, foster care, and juvenile justice. The podcast is produced by Restore Hope. Website: http://smartjustice.org Support: https://smartjustice.supercast.com
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"Digital Strategy Unlocked" is a show that helps CIOs and other business leaders take a step back, take a breath, and consider the broader perspective, to rethink how digital can transform businesses. In every episode, we provide cutting-edge insights from global Digital leaders to help increase IT product adoption and accelerate business outcomes.
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Breaking down early stage products and determining whether or not we should be early adopters Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zak-debrine/support
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Noa Pharaoh takes us through a life-changing experience as he goes on a search for his biological family after a 23andMe DNA test Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iadopted/support
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Welcome to Curiosity Weekly from Discovery, hosted by Dr. Samantha Yammine. Once a week, we’ll bring you the latest and greatest in scientific discoveries and break down the details so that you don’t need a PhD to understand it. From neuroscience to climate tech to AI and genetics, no subject is off-limits. Join Sam as she interviews expert guests and investigates the research guiding some of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs affecting our world today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com ...
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Building a family can be a complicated, messy, lonely, and sometimes heartbreaking process, but you don't have to navigate this challenging journey alone. Join the AllPaths Family Building community as we talk with people who are currently trying to grow their family, those whose family building journey has come to an end, and experts in the fertility and family building space. Together we'll: *Hear family stories, providing real-life perspectives that highlight the many different paths a fa ...
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🎙️ The Consultation is your go-to resource for navigating Texas family law. Whether you’re facing a divorce, a high-conflict custody battle, a complex property division, or Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement, it all begins with a consultation. Hosted by board-certified family law attorneys Christina Jimenez and Josh Floyd of The Jimenez Floyd Law Firm, this podcast breaks down critical topics, including: ✅ Contested child custody – parental alienation, relocation disputes, modificat ...
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In this adoption podcast, a group of adopters talk to each other about their experiences - from the first steps to post-adoption support. No one knew each other before the recording but within moments it will be like listening to old friends talk. They laugh together, they cry together. To find out more about adopting with the National Adoption Service, you can: Follow us @nas_cymru and @nationaladoptionservice Contact us adoptcymru.com
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Constellation Conversations: Adoption, Adoptee Voices, and Trauma-Informed Care
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Adoption is complex, and understanding its impact begins with centering adoptee voices. Join Sarah Harper, a trauma therapist and adoptee, and Brenda Chapel, an open-adoption adoptive parent, as they explore adoption’s nuances with guests from across the adoption constellation—including adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, and professionals. Together, they facilitate meaningful conversations that uncover adoption truths, promote trauma-informed care, and inspire a more compassionate an ...
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Welcome to Families for Children Adoption Pod , where amazing things happen.
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Driving adoption of innovative therapies to improve patients' lives... This is what most healthcare industry professionals are passionate about. And so are we! We are Fabienne Durat and Greg Servotte, two senior leaders in the medical device industry, and the hosts of The Leadership Consultation, a.k.a TLC. In each episode, we have an open conversation with a top leader from the healthcare industry to explore topics related to career development, leadership, and business strategy & innovatio ...
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Our goal is to present to our audience, a clear rendering of God's Word. Our intention is to understand the truth of the Bible as it was written, using the KJV Bible, the original Hebrew and Greek texts, and the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Our purpose is to help God's people understand the Bible. If you want to contact us, you can do so at [email protected]. If you want to support our podcast, PayPal me @DonnieKing77.
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PeerView Internal Medicine CME/CNE/CPE Video Podcast
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PeerView (PVI) is a leading provider of high-quality, innovative continuing education (CME/CE/CPE and MOC) for clinicians and their interprofessional teams. Combining evidence-based medicine and instructional expertise, PeerView activities improve the knowledge, skills, and strategies that support clinical performance and patient outcomes. PeerView makes its educational programming and expert-led presentations and symposia available through its network of popular podcast channels to support ...
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The Single Greatest Choice: For Single Women Exploring Solo Motherhood by Choice (SMBC), Fertility, and Having a Baby on Their Own Through Donor Conception or Adoption
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You always imagined becoming a mom someday, but what if someday doesn’t look the way you expected? Maybe you're considering solo motherhood, wondering if having a baby on your own is really possible. Maybe you know you want to be a mom, but the clock is ticking, you’re single and aren’t sure what to do next. Perhaps you’re already on the path: researching sperm donors, weighing IVF or adoption, or navigating pregnancy without a partner. Wherever you are in your journey, The Single Greatest C ...
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PeerView Family Medicine & General Practice CME/CNE/CPE Audio Podcast
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PeerView (PVI) is a leading provider of high-quality, innovative continuing education (CME/CE/CPE and MOC) for clinicians and their interprofessional teams. Combining evidence-based medicine and instructional expertise, PeerView activities improve the knowledge, skills, and strategies that support clinical performance and patient outcomes. PeerView makes its educational programming and expert-led presentations and symposia available through its network of popular podcast channels to support ...
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Let’s Talk FosterCare and Adoption Transracial| Domestic| FosterCare| Lifestyle| Motivation| Humor| Support ! Hosted by Barry Farmer. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/FCADTalk/support
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An interview series on the unholy mess of crypto User Experience and what can be done about it, NOW. Wanna support the Mess Adoption podcast? Gitcoin Grant: https://gitcoin.co/grants/644/mess-adoption?tab=description Join the Community here: https://t.me/messadoption Donate Crypto to: MessAdoption.eth
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186 – Manifestations of Unresolved Grief in Adopted Children: The Signs to Look For
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Unresolved grief isn’t always obvious: Grief in adopted children often goes unrecognized, especially in the early years. Challenging behaviors aren’t always just a phase, they can be signals of deeper emotional pain. Hi Neighbor, As adoptive parents, we strive to create safe and loving homes. Yet, sometimes, deeper emotional layers, like unresolved…
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Churchill Fellowship Report Part 1: Walking with Families - Introduction and Peer Support
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Hello and welcome to this first episode of Al's Churchill Fellowship. You can read the full report here. This episode draws on peer support specialists working directly with parents and carers living with children with challenging and aggressive behaviour. Focusing on Canada & the USA it considers different models of peer support including social m…
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Birding for Beginners in a Changing World
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Birdwatching has taken off as a hobby in recent years, and for good reason! Birds are vital members of our planet’s ecosystems and are major bioindicators when it comes to understanding how climate change is affecting different environments. Joining host Dr. Samantha Yammine today are two passionate birders who use science to understand bird behavi…
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What's It Like When Your Parents Decide to Foster
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you considering fostering but are concerned about how it impacts the kids already living in your home? Join us for a conversation with Michelle Snyder, a foster, adoptive, and bio mom, and her son, Ben, to hear their stories of fostering and how it impacted their family. They ar…
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Send us a text Welcome back to season two where we dive into the complicated reality of Mother's Day for foster and adoptive moms, exploring how joy and grief often coexist in our parenting journey. I share my personal struggles with balancing celebration, complicated emotions, and the mantra that helps me navigate it all: "two things can be true."…
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Colleen F. Kelley, MD, MPH - Progressing PrEP: Latest PrEP Advances to Prevent HIV Transmissions
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Milind Desai, MD, MBA, FACC, FAHA, FESC / Anjali Tiku Owens, MD - Achieving Next-Level HCM Care and Outcomes With Cardiac Myosin Inhibition: From Long-Term Clinical Evidence to Real-World Data
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Professor Melanie Davies - Seeing Beyond the Numbers in Type 2 Diabetes: Empowering Patients for Optimal Weight and Glycaemic Management
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Prof. Nick Fox - Exploring the Promise of Biomarkers and ATTs in Diagnosing and Treating Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease: Key Takeaways From AD/PD 2025 and AAN 2025
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For LGBTQ Catholics, a lot depends on the next pope
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On the eve of the conclave to elect a new pope, some of the biggest questions hanging in the air have to do with LGBTQ Catholics. Will the church continue the path of outreach charted by Pope Francis, softening its harsh positions? Will it allow LGBTQ Catholics to fully participate in the church? The Rev. James Martin, an American Jesuit priest, ha…
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Milind Desai, MD, MBA, FACC, FAHA, FESC / Anjali Tiku Owens, MD - Achieving Next-Level HCM Care and Outcomes With Cardiac Myosin Inhibition: From Long-Term Clinical Evidence to Real-World Data
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Colleen F. Kelley, MD, MPH - Progressing PrEP: Latest PrEP Advances to Prevent HIV Transmissions
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Professor Melanie Davies - Seeing Beyond the Numbers in Type 2 Diabetes: Empowering Patients for Optimal Weight and Glycaemic Management
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Prof. Nick Fox - Exploring the Promise of Biomarkers and ATTs in Diagnosing and Treating Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease: Key Takeaways From AD/PD 2025 and AAN 2025
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Episode 106: One Token at a Time: Investing in Renewable Energy
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In this episode of the 2Tokens Podcast, host Alex Bausch sits down with Meindert Jansberg, co-founder of EnergyBlocks (formerly Assetblocks), to explore how blockchain technology is being used to open up clean energy investments to a broader audience. EnergyBlocks offers tokenized green bonds that provide a 6.5% annual return, with a fully digital …
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Lauren D’s Journey: Our family is now complete to what WE define as complete
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In this episode, we speak with Lauren Delaney, a co-chair for AllPaths’ annual Footsteps for Family Building Walk. Lauren shares about the roads she and her husband Ryan travelled to build their family. Ryan faced significant health issues including two kidney transplants, so together Lauren and Ryan navigated fertility preservation, fertility trea…
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Wrestling with the Problem of Evil with Dr. Chris Palmer
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War. Famine. Poverty. Violence. Natural Disasters. Working in humanitarian spaces puts us up close and personal with some of the worst kinds of evil and suffering. In the face of it all, we follow a God who is both all good and all powerful. How do those two realities compute? It's a quandary that has been around a long time and we've invited South…
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Build Better, Fund Smarter Featuring Tim Crum, Fundraising and Operations Consultant
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"Our industry is full of people with big hearts — but running a shelter takes more than heart. It takes structure, strategy, and systems." This episode is sponsored-in-part by Maddie’s Fund. Whether you’re running a grassroots cat rescue or leading a multi-million-dollar shelter, the question remains the same: how do we keep the doors open and serv…
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This month we’re diving into the topic of risk. Are we too risk averse? And what does that really mean in the world of parenting, adoption and fostering, education, and social work. Join us as we explore how fear of risk and the consequences shapes decision-making, and what impact it has on the young people we’re trying to support. This conversatio…
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Trump's spending cuts are hitting communities of his supporters
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President Trump's rapid-fire spending cuts have affected communities all over the country–including strongholds of his supporters. One of them is Rising Sun, Maryland. The town had won two FEMA grants designed to mitigate the effects of catastrophic flooding. And though the area voted overwhelmingly to support Trump's re-election, his administratio…
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Episode 478 - Foster the Family with Jamie Finn
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"For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen." -Romans 11:36 Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you as you care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care. On this episode, host Sandra Flach kicks off Foster Care Awareness …
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Toxic Positivity and Divorce: Why It’s OK to Be Angry
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In this powerful episode of The Ex Files, Alex and Liza dive headfirst into the often-ignored emotional minefield of toxic positivity during separation and divorce. When everyone says “stay amicable” or “just be the bigger person,” what happens to the very real, very raw feelings of anger, grief, and betrayal? Together, they unpack how suppressing …
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Learning Through Laughter: Teaching Practical Skills To Kids Through Humor
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Send us a text Join us as we sit down with Author, Katie Kuperman, to discuss her new children's book, which aims at teaching kids how to cope with everyday struggles and difficult emotions through the power of humor and laughter. As a leading divorce firm in Portland, our attorneys provide guidance on custody, alimony, separation, estate planning,…
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Send us a text In this episode, we tackle 2 doctrines that are at the very foundation of the Christian experience. We discuss Redemption, what it is, how it happens, and the way we should understand it from the OT point of view into the NT. We spend a good deal of time on this and the topic of Substitution. This vital doctrine has come under attack…
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From Struggle to Storybook: The Journey Behind Cupcakes Everywhere
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Guest: Erin Sarris, Progyny Member Host: Dan Bulger, Progyny When Erin Sarris and her husband first visited a fertility clinic, they were hit with unexpected news: severe male factor infertility and an immediate recommendation to pursue IVF. What followed was a long, winding, and often painful journey filled with setbacks, from failed cycles to lo…
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Prelude to a conclave: understanding the selection process of a new pope
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Days before the beginning of the conclave to select the next pope, NPR's Scott Detrow is in Rome. He speaks with Sylvia Poggioli about the rituals and ceremonies involved in the upcoming election at the Vatican. We also hear from Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, about this moment for the Catholic Church, and what it's like being …
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Dear Maya, oooooft. It's been a busy few weeks, but I'm getting back on track. I've had to activate all my support systems recently, and I'm so grateful for everyone in my life. I know one day you'll have a wonderful set of friends and family who you can lean on in any situation. You are never alone in this world, and you are so loved!…
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Despite talk of peace, Ukraine is still under a barrage of deadly attacks
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Over the past few months, world leaders and diplomats have talked about grand plans for ending the war in Ukraine. But what about daily life there right now? For our reporter's notebook series, we'll get on the ground with NPR correspondent Joanna Kakissis, who's been living and working in Ukraine for almost the entire war. We'll hear how everyday …
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My Fertility Journey - From Loss to Love The Story That Built Me
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Send us a text In the introduction to 'Real Fertility Talk,' host Tauni Maya, a fertility coach, egg donor, and founder of Babies Made With Love, shares her personal and professional journey. She recounts her experiences with egg donation and the deeply emotional struggles she faced with infertility, including multiple miscarriages. Tani provides a…
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De-escalation in the Heat of the Moment - Weekend Wisdom
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: How do I respond in the moment when my child is melting down, including physical or verbal aggression? Resources: Practical Tips to Help Your Kids Manage Stress The Ideal Response: How to Maintain Connection When Correcting Your Child How to Maintain Connection When Your C…
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Podcast Conference Report - Adoption England (Moving Forwards) 2025
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Al was invited to attend the 2025 Adoption England Conference (Moving Forwards) in London. So, he off he went with his C30 tapes and trusty recorder and was able to grab a few interviews with attendees and contributors. The conversations cover a range of subjects; Early Permanence, the ASGSF, opportunities, adoptee voices, pre order disruption with…
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A legal architect of Guantanamo questions Trump's El Salvador plan
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The U.S. has sent people it has detained — people it calls terrorists — to a prison overseas — indefinitely. This is true in 2025, after the Trump administration deported at least 261 foreign nationals to a maximum security prison in El Salvador. And it was also true two decades ago, following the attacks of Sept. 11, after the U.S. government bega…
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Mentorship: The Power of Being a Big Brother or Sister
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Dennis DJ Quinn joins Rachel to share some seriously heartwarming wisdom from his years of mentoring through the Big Brother program. Right off the bat, he dives into the real deal about what it’s like to step into a kid’s life—not as a dad replacement, but as a big brother and a friend. He’s here to remind us that fostering connections can change …
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Replacing Create React App: Why Create TS Router App Is the Future of React Development - JSJ 675
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We’ve been diving into the evolving landscape of React app development and why tools like Create TS Router App (CTA) are stepping up to fill the gap left by the deprecation of Create React App (CRA). What we’ve learned is that SSR (server-side rendering) isn’t one-size-fits-all—e-commerce sites need it for SEO and performance, but internal tools an…
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Send us a text In this episode, we look at one of the characteristics of God that we can possess, and it is one that we all need to possess. The problem with this is that very few people desire to seek for it… so, what are we talking about? Patience… it is a godly virtue, but it is one thing we bypass in our prayer times. We do this because the Bib…
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Ford CEO does the math on Trump's auto tariffs
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Americans are rushing to car dealerships as they worry about what President Trump's tariffs will do to car prices in the coming months. New vehicle sales have been increasing steadily this year, and they jumped in March, according to market research firm Cox Automotive. That's the month when President Trump announced upcoming auto tariffs. Shoppers…
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Disability Benefits – What Every Carer Needs to Know
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In this episode, Emma talks to Sarah Fry and Helen Willis from the Belay Foundation about disability benefits – what they are, who’s eligible, and why so many families miss out. They also share practical advice on filling in the forms, how to evidence what daily life really looks like, and what support is available to help you through the process. …
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Trumps first 100 days have pushed the limits of presidential power to new levels
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President Trump is pushing the boundaries of executive power in nearly every area of policy. From his trade war, to immigration, to education, to the reductions in the federal workforce. Many of his actions are direct challenges to the Courts and to Congress. Those two branches of government are designed to act as checks on the president. Trump has…
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Exploring Non-Traditional Kinship Care and Embracing New Challenges with Chris and Kayla Habegger
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In this episode of the Foster Friendly Podcast, hosts Brian and Courtney engage with Kayla and Chris Habegger, a couple navigating the world of non-traditional kinship care. They discuss their journey into fostering, the importance of community awareness, and the dynamics of kinship care. The conversation highlights the emotional and practical aspe…
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The tasks that AI is able to perform has grown exponentially over the years but there are a few things AI still struggles with, like accurately mimicking scientific methodology. Dr. James Zou joins host Dr. Samantha Yammine today to discuss recent updates in AI’s ability to play the role of scientist. He is an associate professor of Biomedical Data…
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Have you thought about adopting a baby, but long for the experience of being pregnant, or want to control the intrauterine environment? Join us for this fascinating discussion about embryo donation/adoption with Dr. Craig Sweet with Embryo Donation International, Mark Mellinger with…
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Churchill Fellowship Report Part 2: Walking with Families - Interventions and Recommendations
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Hello and welcome to this second episode of Al's Churchill Fellowship. You can read the full report here. Developing the themes in Part 1 this podcast considers how parents and carers are supported by focused organisations. Rather than look at specific models of intervention, of which there are many, it considered how families interacted and access…
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S8E2 Expanding Your Family as a SMBC: Lauren Harris’s Journey to Three Kids
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Expanding your family as a single mother by choice isn’t always easy — but many solo moms desire more than one child, and today’s conversation is a beautiful example of how it can unfold. Lauren — a returning guest and seasoned SMBC — shares her journey from welcoming her first daughter to expanding her family with twins, all in just a few years. A…
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Trump uses government powers to target perceived enemies
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An NPR investigation has been following President Trump's efforts to retaliate against his perceived enemies since he returned to the Oval Office in January. NPR's Tom Dreisbach found that Trump's targets are already facing the consequences - including criminal investigations, attempted deportations, and firings. Trump has used government power to …
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One of the voices we hear from least often on Adopt Perspective is that of fathers who lost children to adoption. It’s a perspective that is vital but often left untold, and so we are deeply grateful whenever a father feels ready to step forward and share his experience. In this episode, we are joined by Bill Esman, who is the father of Tracy Shand…
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