Let's Talk: A Foster Adopt Minnesota Podcast

Let's Talk: A Foster Adopt Minnesota Podcast


Latest Episodes

Let’s Talk – Connections, Compassion and Culture
November 20, 2024

Join Rosilynn Morris as she shares her reflections on working as a Therapist in an organization that primarily served Native American children, teens, and adults. Discover how she learned to integrate

Let’s Talk – Safety and Empowerment Through Attachment
November 06, 2024

In this episode, we are joined by Ariana Krecklau, who is a therapist at Empower Counseling in Fargo, North Dakota, and who has experience working as a treatment foster care case manager. She will sha

Let’s Talk – Self Harm, How Do We Help?
October 23, 2024

In this episode, we will learn why self-harm, diagnoses, when they should stop, interventions and how understanding is the key. Guest Bruce OLeary shares how to be supportive without reinforcing the

Let’s Talk – From Wounds to Healing
October 09, 2024

If you have been brave enough to be a foster or adoptive parent, then you will agree that it comes with a cost. Yet many of us continue to put ourselves back into the battle zones willingly because th

Let’s Talk – Back-to-School Reset with Mya Zavaleta, Nature OT!
September 25, 2024

For many, back-to-school means sitting in a classroom for a majority of the day. Mya Zavaleta is checking in to see how the first few weeks of school are going! We will dive into the importance of g

Let’s Talk – The Experiences of Biological Children in Foster Families
September 11, 2024

Daniela Coats, Licensed Masters Social Worker, joins us from Texas to talk about her personal experiences growing up in a home that fostered and adopted as well as her work as a therapist and trainer

Let’s Talk – Past, Present, Future: Understanding the Laws Surrounding Intercountry Adoption
August 28, 2024

Greg Luce is back to share valuable information about intercountry adoption. Hear from Greg how Congress could fix a loophole that denies US citizenship to thousands of intercountry adopted people, wh

Let’s Talk – Finding the Joy in Connecting with Children
August 14, 2024

In this episode, Meg Flynn joins us to talk about ways to incorporate joy into our family lives. As a therapist and trainer for over twenty-five years, Meg has a vast array of knowledge and experience

Let’s Talk – Celebrate our 100th Episode with Well Over 100-years of Foster Care and Adoption Wisdom!
July 31, 2024

Thank you to our listeners for getting us to our 100th episode! Hear from FAM staff about how Lets Talk started and how we got to this point. Classic FAM presenters Deena McMahon, Rick Delaney, Charl

Let’s Talk – Decision Fatigue
July 17, 2024

Please join us as we talk about the frantic pace of todays families and the decision fatigue that can result. Well validate and normalize decision fatigue and identify ways we can keep ourselves an