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.

On today’s episode, Melissa shares her personal experiences and advice on one of the topics that she and Cassie discussed during the previous episode…foster parenting. If you are considering foster care, or even if you are already in a foster home, this episode is for you as Melissa shares 3 things to consider. She also gives some great resources, as well as online and in-person options for yoga that she forgot to mention in the last episode. As always, if you would like to have more conversation with her, she would love for you to reach out!

Topics Melissa mentions:

If you live in the Spokane area, consider volunteering for Spokane Angels or Embrace Washington to get a better understanding of what foster care looks like from the perspective of the foster parents.

The Connected Child by Karyn Purvis can be purchased HERE

The Connected Parent by Karyn Pruvis and Lisa Qualls can be purchased HERE

Listen to the TBRI podcast HERE

YouTube has great options for you to try out Yoga right from the comfort of your own home. Here are two of Cassie’s favorites… Yoga with Adriene and Cosmic Kids Yoga.

Cassie also enjoys going to The Union in Spokane and says that Annie is her favorite instructor!

If you are familiar with the West Plains area of Spokane, here is a new Wholeness Center coming to Cheney in the near future that will be offering allll the yoga! Check out The Wellness Vault to find out when they open and check out their different class offerings.

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