New Hampshire Family NOW

On SEASON FINALE of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink reflect on 2024 highlights, lowlights, and hopes for the year to come. And later we welcome speaker, author, and executive coach Dr. Keith Edwards for a discussion about the science of gratitude and how, as a practice, gratitude can move us from a scarcity mindset to one of abundance. Support the show LISTEN on Spotify,...

On Episode 86 of the podcast, host Nathan Fink is joined by guest co-host Cindy Brenner , board member of the Foster Adoptive Resource Exchange (FARE) and past Lucy Fowlkes Breed Family Service Award winner, for an extended conversation about National Adoption Month, and how raising sets of siblings lead to open hearts and open minds.  Support the show LISTEN on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get...

On Episode 85 of the podcast co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink talk transition and the incredible pressures of the unknown. And later we welcome friend, father, and mentor Tony Hebert for a discussion about life after incarceration and what it means to embrace a whole new reality for an individual as well as the family.  Support the show LISTEN on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get yo...

On Episode 84 of the podcast, we welcome guest co-host Brandon Larouche , program owner at 603 Brix, a New Hampshire charity organization dedicated to building positive childhood experiences one LEGO® donation at time. And later we reprise an interview with Prevent Child Abuse America Chief Strategist Jennifer Jones , keynote at Children’s Trusts 12 Annual Strengthening Annual summit, about her co...

On Episode 83 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink discuss being the grounding factor in your children's lives and the joy (and pressure) it brings. And later we are joined by Maternal Mental Health Advocate Heather Martin , as well as TLC Family Resource Center Director of Family Support Services Alysse Lizotte and TLC Registered Nurse Karen Jameson for a conversatio...

On Episode 82 of the podcast, guest co-hosts Mandy Carter , Kinship Navigator & Community Resource Specialist at The River Center , joins Nathan Fink to discuss helping our children navigate the pitfalls of digital landscape. And we are joined by Executive Director of Able NH Louis Esposito , NAMI NH 's Director of Suicide Prevention Services Elaine de Mello , and Director of Teen Program...

On Episode 81 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink discuss Kinship Caregiver month and the amazing, sometime arduous, often complex nature of raising the children of others. And through the episode we are joined by real Granite State kinship caregivers, Kinship Navigators Alicia Angove and Diana Merrick, and we hear from Dr. Cassie Yackley, licensed psychologist, Director...

On Episode 80 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink talk about resilience and the small but significant ways we build it. And later Family Resource Center leaders Ardis Yahna and Gabrielle Flanders join us to discuss the 2024 Ride for Resilience and how access to family supports makes for stronger, safer, and more equitable communities.  Support the show LISTEN on Spotify,...

On Episode 79 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink talk about loss, family, and the process of grieving. And later filmmaker, bestselling author, and recipient of the 2023 New Hampshire Literary Award Thomas Tosi joins the show to discuss his forthcoming book The Curse of the Crummy Mummy and how reading helps ease tensions in times of transition.  Support the show LISTEN...

On Episode 78 of the podcast, father, author, and co-founded of North Light AI Andrew Mitchell guest co-hosts alongside Nathan Fink to discuss how billions of data points cycled through adversarial network can (re)create the experience of a human(ish) reality and what Artificial Intelligence might mean for us as individuals as well as families.  Support the show LISTEN on Spotify, Apple, or wherev...

On Episode 77 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink react first with their inner child and then nurture their way back to adulthood and positive and healthy relationships. And later entrepreneur, educator, curator Lionel Loveless , Seacoast Outright executive director Heidi Carrington Heath , and PCA America Chief Strategy Officer Jennifer Jones join the show to help us und...

On Episode 76 of the podcast, New Hampshire Children's Trust Director of Impact Becky Berk guest co-hosts alongside Nathan Fink , and together they explore the difference between “at-risk” populations and “vulnerable circumstance,” and how valuing families begins before challenges arise. And then, later, we play Messing with Becky one last time to celebrate the tremendous impact Becky Berk ha...

On Episode 75 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink talk about Father's Day, what it means to us, and together unpack generations of fatherly influence. And later veteran, father, and  Executive Director of Fathering Together , Cordan James Haveron   joins the show to discuss fatherhood as a learned behavior and how the choices we make builds self-esteem, supports bett...

On Episode 74 of the podcast, Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink talk travel, family, and identity, and then sort through some big feeling. And later Dr. Julie Bosak , Director of Population Health   at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center , joins the show to discuss perinatal health and all those small but significant steps that lead to a New Hampshire public health opportunity.  If you, or someo...

On Episode 73 of the podcast, guest co-host Susan Stearns , executive director of NAMI New Hampshire , joins Nathan Fink on the show to talk about mental health month and how both empathy and action combine to create an environment where recovery is possible. And later Melissa Wieters , NAMI NH staff member and volunteer director of This Is My Brave NH , as well performers Don McCullough, Liz Stel...

On Episode 72 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink discuss the meaning of public resources and how they can stabilize NH families and lead to a greater good for all Granite Staters. And later we feature two interviews from Prevent Child Abuse America's National Conference . Dr. Renée Branch Canady , CEO at Michigan Public Health Institute ,  joins us to talk about pub...

On Episode 71 of the Podcast Guest co-host and 82nd Governor of New Hampshire Christopher T. Sununu joins the show to reflect on raising a family in the Granite State and four-terms in office. And later, Prevent Child Abuse America Chief Strategy officer Jennifer Jones discusses April Child Abuse Prevention Month and how building a comprehensive and aligned ecosystem of Primary Prevention through...

On Episode 70 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink manage mixed emotions and discuss stress cleaning and what it communicates to our loved ones. And later we are joined by New Hampshire DHHS Community Wellness Administrator and Leader of the Choose Love Movement of New Hampshire Shannon Desilets joins us to talk heroic choices and the happiness quartet they bring.  Support...

On Episode 69 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink talk about the cost and availability of child care, and how working parents navigate disruptions to their daily schedule. And later we are joined by Senior Policy Analyst at New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute Nicole Heller , Executive Director of Early Learning New Hampshire Jackie Cowell, and Bureau Chief Jessie Davis...

On Episode 68 of the Podcast, Director of Child Family Services at Community Action Partnership of Stafford County and Black Lives Matter Seacoast Co-Founder Tanisha Johnson guest co-hosts a conversation about the power of empathy as a building block to belonging. And later award-winning business leader, entrepreneur, advocate, and speaker, Flo Nicolas joins the show to discuss identity, authentic...

On Episode 67 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink discuss black history month and the difference between being and seeming all year long.  And later thought-leader, author, and president of the Manchester Branch of the NAACP James McKim   joins the show to help us build toward a better, more inclusive community starting with those conversations about how we treat each oth...

On Episode 66 of the podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink talk family resilience, breeding hermit crabs in captivity, and then peel back the layers on how they rely (and maybe over-rely) on certain family strengths. And later Executive Director of Rochester Child Care Center Cora-Lynn Hoppe joins the show to discuss falling in love with her children, as well as being the parent t...

On the Season 4 Podcast Premiere , co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink attempt to define family on their own terms and then together discuss the superpowers that keep their families moving. And later University of Minnesota professor and founding director of the Children, Youth & Families Consortium, Dr. Marti Erickson joins the show to talk about the Mom Enough Podcast and the many...

On the Season 3 Finale of the podcast, co-hosts  Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink discuss parenting during the holly jolly holidays by expecting less from their children and taking the memory-making long game. And later executive director of NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action Joan Catherine Widmer joins the show to talk about our changing environment, what it means, and what Granite Stat...

On today’s podcast, co-hosts Jasmine Torres Allen and Nathan Fink look back at 2023 and revisit conversations with psychotherapist and author of The Anxiety Audit Lynn Lyons , Executive Director of Harvard Law School Online and Sharenthood Author Leah Plunkett , as well as Rob Dapice, Executive Director of New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority . And finally, Assistant Professor in Global Health...