Choices

To close out Season 1, we took the Choices mic on the road. This bonus episode was recorded live at Connect Night, an evening for foster and adoptive parents, where families brought their most pressing questions straight to Maggie Dunn. She answers what she'd tell a child grieving a bio parent they never met, how to know when a therapist is actually a good fit, the one key to connecting with...

You can do everything right to build attachment and still watch it quietly come undone. In this final part, Maggie and Karemmy name the three things that sneak in and tear down the connection you're working so hard to build. In Episode 6 of Choices, they call them cheap imitations for intimacy: the enabling acquaintance who has no skin in the game but plenty of opinions, pornography as a lone...

You can't force a child to attach to you. But you can build the kind of safe, steady relationship where attachment becomes possible, and you can guard it from the things that quietly work against it. In Episode 5 of Choices, Maggie and Karemmy continue unpacking the pillars of attachment repair: the difference between can't and won't, setting boundary stones around the relationships...

When a child has experienced trauma, structure can help them feel safe. But structure and control are not the same thing. In Episode 4 of Choices , Maggie and Karemmy begin unpacking the pillars of attachment repair, starting with the difference between healthy structure and unhealthy rigidity. They talk about felt safety, power struggles, trauma-informed parenting, and the moments when a parent’s...

In Episode 3 of Choices, Nicole Mitchell’s story begins in survival mode: instability, addiction, foster care, abuse, and years of believing there was no good life available to her. But her story does not end there. Nicole shares how healing began one step at a time, through faith, community, and people who helped her believe she was loved, valuable, and not broken. Her journey is a powerful remin...

In Episode 2 of Choices , Karemmy and Maggie unpack two foundational words for understanding children who have experienced severe trauma: trauma and attachment. Together, they talk about what trauma is, how it can shape a person’s identity and relationships, and why attachment matters so deeply in the healing process. They also speak honestly about one of the hardest tensions for caregivers: creat...

In the first episode of Choices , hosts Maggie Dunn and Karemmy Schinzing introduce the heart behind the podcast and the work of House of Providence. Together, they begin unpacking what it means to hold trauma and truth in the same conversation. This episode explores why trauma matters, why choices still matter, and why healing begins with both compassion and responsibility. Maggie and Karemmy dis...

Welcome to Choices , a podcast from House of Providence where trauma and truth collide. In this trailer, you will be introduced to the heart behind the podcast and the honest conversations to come around trauma, foster care, family, healing, faith, and hope. New episodes coming soon.