Sometimes Love Isn"t Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast

You're in the thick of it - daily, overwhelming behaviors. You spend your "free" time worrying about when the next blow-up, aggression, destruction, self-mutilation, or worse will happen. You see family vacations, nice dinners with family or friends, or even a trip to the zoo as impossible - something that only the lucky parents get to enjoy. What if I told you that creating a vision, and not necessarily more intervention, is a necessary step to get your family out of the funk?  About your host,

If I'm so (fill in the blank - smart, experienced, resourceful, patient, etc.), why can't I connect with my child? We can feel so accomplished in so many areas of life… yet when it comes to our most challenging relationship, we can feel like such a failure. Let's discuss why, and WHAT to do about it! About your host, Angie Grandt - The Adoption Coach Angie Grandt is the Adoption Coach. She is also an early intervention speech therapist with extensive training and experience in trauma, attachment,

When we are facing constant behaviors - we tend to become quick to react. We might react with consequences, with "teaching," with reminders of "the rules." But what if our children's behaviors are driven by their tricky past, coming from a place of trauma? Would you respond the same as you are now?  If you child was crying, saying "I'm sad and scared," would respond with reminding them to "not cry." As parents -that's what we tend to do when our children act out - because the behaviors don't look

I know some don't want to hear this… but adoption is a traumatic event. If we as adoptive parents pretend like it's a beautiful gift that we give or child - we are fooling ourselves, and creating an environment that may give our kids the impression that they should not grieve, they should be grateful or happy. The truth is, adoption is a huge loss for our kids.  In this powerful episode, let's scratch the surface of trauma and attachment, and how as parents we can go from feeling confident, to

As my daughter was growing up, I felt pretty confident in my skills. I didn't second-guess myself that often, and I trusted my inner authority to do what was best for her. I would've referred to myself as a good mom. Once my son joined the picture - this all changed. I stopped seeing myself as a good mom, and instead felt like such a failure. I was trying everything I could imagine to try to help him, and build a bond, and it wasn't working. In this episode I'll share this journey, and what shifted

Our stories are such a powerful way to help others. I created this podcast to help you to not only shift your most important relationships, but also to help you see that you are not alone! Join me on this journey as I discuss how I went from feeling like a confident, successful parent to feeling like a failure of a mom, not able to connect and perhaps making things so much worse for my son and our relationship. It wasn't until I took full responsibility for my thoughts and feelings that I was able