On today’s episode, Melissa shares about how she uses the Enneagram in her personal life, as well as her professional life and how she has found it to be so helpful. She also talks about Blocked Care and Compassion Fatigue, which you can read more about in her new book, Reclaim Compassion. Melissa also gives us some great insight into Polyvagal Theory (I promise it’s not boring!) and how she uses the Safe and Sound Protocol to help families move into healing.

On today’s episode, Melissa shares her thoughts on grief and loss based on her own personal experiences and what she understands about loss. This episode is shorter as Melissa was fighting a cold, but she packs in some good things to think about when it comes to loss, our kids, and supporting those around us who are experiencing loss themselves. Listen to this short and sweet episode to get a better understanding of what loss is and how we can be more mindful of grief.

On today’s episode, Hannah tells us about Beachbody and how she has been able to make her daily exercise a habit that she rarely even thinks about. She shares about some of the hard things that she has been through in the past 8 years, including losing her mom and her son being diagnosed with cancer at just 5 months old. Hannah is an inspiration and has such encouraging things to say….enjoy!

On today’s episode, Melissa chats with you about ways that you can step into being a healthy support system to someone in your life who is either parenting kids who have experienced adversity, or IS a kid experiencing adversity. It only takes one adult in the life of a child to help them build resilience and that one adult could be you! Whether you are a parent, relative, teacher, coach, or Sunday School teacher, we all have kids in our lives who we can support and make a difference for.

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!

On today’s episode, Melissa gives a brief explanation of what Trust Based Relational Interventions are. She breaks down TBRI’s 3 principles for us (Connecting, Empowering and Correcting) and gives a few real-life examples of how to apply these principles in our everyday life. For a more in-depth look at TBRI, reach out to Melissa to arrange a training or parent coaching session. She can be reached at melissa@mendingfamilieswa.com

On today’s episode, Claire shares with us about her journey of surviving cancer and how she learned so much about herself during that process. She talks about the realization that she needed to truly slow down, ask for help with her son, and allow her body the space to heal. Claire gives us a brief run-down on Internal Family Systems and provides us with some great tips, resources and suggestions for our own healing that you won’t want to miss out on!

On today’s episode, Melissa shares her personal story of growing up in a chaotic, unpredictable home which led to her searching for something to fill what was missing. After noticing that she was repeating the same patterns from her childhood, she slowly started her journey towards healing. Without the difficulties she faced, she would not be where she is today. Listen in to learn more about what makes Melissa the person, parent, spouse, friend and supporter that she is today! If you have questions or would like to chat with Melissa about starting your own journey towards healing, email her at melissa@mendingfamilieswa.com

On today’s episode, Haley shares her heart about the difficulties of growing up under some tough circumstances, how she felt when she first met Jon (my husband), what it was like when Jon and I started having our own kids, and when she realized she had her own stuff she needed to work through. This conversation is very real, honest and raw. I think we all can take away something from what Haley shares, and she even has some great advice for those of you parenting kids who have experienced divorce, adoption, foster care, etc. Enjoy!