Episode 454 - Healing for Every Heart in Adoption with Jodi Jackson Tucker & Lisa Qualls

“I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” -Jeremiah 29:11

 

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.

 

This week host Sandra Flach talks with adoptive mom Jodi Jackson Tucker and birth/adoptive mom Lisa Qualls. Jodi and Lisa, along with adult adoptee Betsy Kylstra, have co-authored the book new book Healing for Every Heart in Adoption—Redemptive Prayers and Strategies for Adoptive Parents, Adoptees, and Birth Parents.

 

Jodi Jackson Tucker leads Second Mothers, a community for foster and adoptive moms. She’s also the author of Second Mother—A Bible Study Experience for Foster and Adoptive Moms. 

 

Lisa Qualls is a birth mom, former foster youth, foster mom and adoptive mom. She is the coauthor of The Connected Parent: Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment and coauthor of Reclaim Compassion: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Overcoming Blocked Care with Neuroscience and Faith. 

 

Listen in today as these moms share their stories and discuss their new book for foster and adoptive parents.

 

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Links mentioned in this episode:

justicefororphansny.org

justicefororphansny.org/hope-community    

Email:  sandraflach@justicefororphansny.org

sandraflach.com

Hope For the FASD Journey Support Group

secondmothers.org

adoptionwise.org