Book Therapy with Kim Patton: Encouraging Foster and Adoptive Families One Book at a Time

Season 4 Episode 85: Laughter Makes Us Brave: Calm the H*ck Down by Melanie Dale Melanie Dale's Website: Melanie Dale | Author, Screenwriter, Lover of Good Stories and Great Friends 3 Mindsets for Raising Babies to Adults 1. Don’t Worry 2. Don’t Freak Out 3. Don’t Doubt Yourself Girl of Lore Released in April: Girl of Lore - Melanie Dale This is the end of Season 4! We will be taking a break u...

Season 4 Episode 84: Love Does Not Conquer All by Peter Mutabazi PART TWO 3 Trauma-based pain points our kids may struggle with 1. They live in survival mode 2. Their normal is our abnormal and vice versa 3. They act out because they trust us and feel safe Peter's website: ⁠Peter Mutabazi | Foster Dad Flipper⁠ Shop books, affirmation stickers, and more: ⁠Peter Mutabazi | Shop & Support | &...

Season 4 Episode 83: What They Meant for Evil, God Meant for Good Now I am Known by Peter Mutabazi PART ONE 3 Trauma-based pain points our kids may struggle with 1. They live in survival mode 2. Their normal is our abnormal and vice versa 3. They act out because they trust us and feel safe Peter's website: Peter Mutabazi | Foster Dad Flipper Shop books, affirmation stickers, and more: Peter Mu...

Season 4 Episode 82: Enough Grace to Go Around Sand Between Your Toes by Anna Kettle PART TWO 3 Ways God is our rest 1. He is not in a hurry 2. He gives us his presence 3. He answers our prayers Anna's Website: ⁠Welcome — Anna Kettle⁠ ⁠UK-based monthly infertility and loss support⁠: ⁠SPACE — Anna Kettle⁠ Free resources: FREE Gifts — Anna Kettle ~ If you enjoy this podcast, leave an honest revi...

Season 4 Episode 81 God's Not in a Hurry: Sand Between Your Toes by Anna Kettle PART ONE 3 Ways God is our rest 1. He is not in a hurry 2. He gives us his presence 3. He answers our prayers Anna's Website: Welcome — Anna Kettle ⁠UK-based monthly infertility and loss support⁠: SPACE — Anna Kettle Free Resources: FREE Gifts — Anna Kettle ~ If you enjoy this podcast, leave an honest review on...

Season 4 Episode 80 How encouraging is it that our tears are prayers? Or that there really isn't a wrong way to talk to God? In this episode, join Jenn and Kim as they get real about prayer, praying scripture, and accepting God's leading in our lives. 3 Ways to Pray scripture in your home 1. Practice of praying scripture 2. Types of prayer 3. Praying by topic Jenn's Website: https://em...

Season 4 Episode 79 Finding Hope When All Seems LostWhat is it like to spend your teen years in the foster care system? Unfortunately, Tori knows the suffering all too well. In this episode, Kim talks about how Tori was perceived: 1. As a bad kid 2. As a liar 3. As selfish Somehow, through God's grace, Tori is now a powerful advocate and beacon of light and hope. God has used her suffering for...

Season 4 Episode 78 Filling the World's Empty Spaces: A Little Goes a Long Way by Rachael Adams Rachael's calm and soothing voice and her relatability make this episode a gentle reminder that what we do in the everyday, mundane moments makes a difference. Join Kim and Rachael as they discuss how: 1. Our little encounters with people matter 2. Our service to others matters 3. Our efforts ma...

Season 4 Episode 77 PART TWO Tonya hid her abortion secrets for decades. When God called her to attend counseling, she had to overcome years of pain to get to the root of her suffering. Join Kim and Tonya as they talk about how her 20 years in the military, her beautiful family, and how her current success could not hide the pain that was trying to come up for air. Her redemptive story will leave...

Season 4 Episode 76 PART ONE Tonya hid her abortion secrets for decades. When God called her to attend counseling, she had to overcome years of pain to get to the root of her suffering. Join Kim and Tonya as they talk about how her 20 years in the military, her beautiful family, and how her current success could not hide the pain that was trying to come up for air. Her redemptive story will leave...

Season 4 Episode 75: Elizabeth's job is to help Christian mamas work through anger and rage, turning their homes into the peace and calming atmosphere they desperately want. Join Kim and Elizabeth as they speak about how to adjust expectations, clearly communicate needs, and work through hard moments by re-defining the situation. This episode is full of practical tips you can use as you raise kids...

Season 4 Episode 74: Join Kim and Joël as they talk about working through how anger affects our daily lives. Website: Joël Malm ~ If you enjoy this podcast, leave an honest review on Spotify or Apple. We value your feedback! Text this episode to a foster or adoptive family to encourage them as they care for vulnerable youth. Foster Mama Journal is here! More details on IG ⁠⁠@Fostermamafriend⁠⁠ and...

Season 4 Episode 73: Where is your home when you have family on two different continents? What about when someone is dying and you can't be by their side? Our hearts are often stretched. Our kids in the foster care system know what it is like to be away from home, and struggle to call a new place their home. Join Kate and Kim as they talk about: 1. Forgiveness after a broken home experience 2....

Season 4 Episode 72: The Gap and the Gain has a weird title but a message that will change the way you work, love your family and foster youth, and think about your identity. Join Kim Patton and her big brother Joe Carrel as they talk about the wisdom oozing out of this book. They cover how to: 1. Measure success backward 2. Focus on what you have 3. Live in the present This episode is part two of...

Season 4 Episode 71: The Gap and the Gain has a weird title but a message that will change the way you work, love your family and foster youth, and think about your identity. Join Kim Patton and her big brother Joe Carrel as they talk about the wisdom oozing out of this book. They cover how to: 1. Measure success backward 2. Focus on what you have 3. Live in the present This episode is part one of...

Season 4 Episode 70: Jamie C. Finn is a voice in foster care and adoption advocacy, and is a bright light to follow. Join Kim as she works through the powerful memoir Foster the Family and be encouraged that: 1. Fear doesn't win 2. We are on mission as a family 3. God uses our efforts Jamie C. Finn online Foster Care merch: Goods and Better Jamie on IG: Instagram ~ If you enjoy this podcast, l...

Season 3 Episode 69: We are not superwomen, but we kind of are. Join Charity Gibson and Kim as they talk about how we can find true peace and pride in our busy lives as working mamas. We don't have to fight guilt and shame, but we can live in the freedom of using our unique gifts daily at home, and at work. Charity's website: ⁠⁠https://charitygibson.com/⁠⁠ Sign up for her email list for a...

Season 3 Episode 68: We all know what it feels like to be pulled in 1,000 directions. How do we keep a solid foundation in our identity when so many external factors try to define us? Join Charity Gibson and Kim as they talk about motherhood, homemaking, career aspirations, and cultivating a nurturing home environment for everyone. This is PART ONE of my conversation with Charity, and next episode...

Season 3 Episode 67: How do we bring up hard conversations with preteens? What if we could go through a compelling story with them to teach about trauma, sexual abuse, secrets, the horrors of trafficking, and community? It's not easy, but Carrie Watts is here to help. Crisis of Faith by Carrie Watts is a novel written for teen girls, meant to use the gospel and a compelling narrative to teach...

Season 3 Episode 66: Some kids are just a little bit different than everyone else. Instead of comparing them to others, what if we paid attention to what they might teach us? Different by Sally Clarkson and her son Nathan gives us a chance to see life through a different lens. Sally Clarkson's website: https://sallyclarkson.com/ Nathan Clarkson's website: https://nathanclarkson.squarespace...

Season 3 Episode 65: Pregnant at 16 years old, Leah found herself in a place of total confusion, panic and sadness. She was frustrated with her boyfriend and not sure what to do. Fast forward 20 years later; Leah has a powerful story of placing her daughter for adoption, as well as going on to parent five beautiful kids with her husband. Leah and Kim talk about therapy, self-blaming and shame vers...

Season 3 Episode 64:  The Mother-Daughter relationship is easily one of the most complex relationship webs in this life. We love each other, hurt each other, and often know one other so well that navigating conversations and keeping the peace sometimes feels unreachable. Blythe, Helen and Kim enjoy a vulnerable conversation about the hardest parts of this relationship and how we can show the gospe...

Season 3 Episode 63:  How do you let go of a victim mentality when were a victim of a hate crime? How do you forgive the attackers? Kim highlights the story of Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson who climbs out of valley after valley. She fights against the belief that we have to succumb to seeing life through the eyes of a victim. Her story is INCREDIBLE and I want you to see it for yourself. Visit her webs...

Season 3 Episode 62:  We are all exiles, tired travelers who are fighting the urge to run away from our hard situations. Join Kim and Amy Lively as they figure out how to separate facts from feelings, have hard conversations with friends, and live boldly in the upside-down kingdom! Amy's Website: ⁠ https://amylively.com/ Free Resources from Amy! https://amylively.com/cafe/ Biology of Courage with...

Season 3 Episode 61:  Sometimes we forget that life is war. In motherhood, it can sometimes feel like the daily battle is overshadowing any good we are fighting to accomplish. Join Kim and Victoria Riollano as they talk about trying our best not to please others (like teenagers!) before God, and what to do when we are annoyed and frustrated. Victoria's Website: www.victoryspeaks.org Beautiful blog...