Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a mix of trauma aware interviews, parenting tips for those caring for kids from adversity, and stories from people just like you as they share their beautiful messy moments. Melissa hopes that when you listen each week, you will feel encouraged, inspired and take a little something away to help you and your family move from broken to mended.

Danielle and I live in the same community and I am so blessed to call her one of my closest friends. Originally from the East Coast, Danielle now calls the pacific northwest her home. She is a single mom to three beautiful kids, owns Touchstone Real Estate, as well as several other local businesses with her family, is a podcaster, foster parent, and involved in her community. Danielle is inspiring and has so much wisdom to share.

On today’s episode, Danielle shares with us how she knows when to say yes which ultimately led her to becoming a foster parent. She gives us some positive things to think about when it comes to foster care and also tells us how she is able to balance all that she has going on, while still staying present for her kids. Danielle even has words of wisdom for those who are not parenting currently but are part of someone's support system. This episode is truly for everyone!

To find out more about Danielle, she is on Instagram @spokanelifestyle, Facebook @touchstonere, or you can listen to her podcast, Agents Unfiltered, HERE. You can also check out her website Spokane Lifestyle

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Making Sense of Your Worth is an 8-week class offered by Mending Families. This program is designed for any individual desiring to obtain positive self-worth or secure attachment. For more information on this course, you can email Mending Families at melissa@mendingfamilieswa.com

Trust Based Relational Interventions is an approach to parenting that focuses on connecting, empowering and correcting while looking at the whole child and not just the behavior. Mending Families offers TBRI ® classes, or you can find more information at Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development

Danielle has found Healing Key Way helpful with her own personal healing. This system incorporates ancient knowledge of energy-based and spirit-based healing. To learn more about the history of Healing Key Way, check out History of Healing Key Way, William Phipps, Karen Kuenning

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