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April 17, 2023

Creating Positive Attachments with The Attachment Nerd

This week's episode is with Eli Harwood, The Attachment Nerd! We talk about everything from trauma, connection, security, fire alarms, and this heroic journey we are on as parents/caregivers of children with special needs. It's a fun conversation and we …

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April 11, 2023

HAPPY 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY...THANK YOU!!!!

We can't believe we made it...1 YEAR!! This episode is simply a love letter to our listeners, a thank you, and a setting expectations for our year ahead!!! We love to hear from you. Send emails to ForOurSpecialKids@gmail.com ...

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April 3, 2023

Hearing Voices, Clearing a Room, and Energy with my friend, Kristen O…

Jen's is on holiday this week in the Alps so we wanted to share with you a quick look into one of her best friendships with Kristen O'meara. Yes, they talk about this stuff on any given day. It's just …

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March 27, 2023

A Look Into Family Parenting with Steven Forth - Live Zoom

In November, we hosted our first Community Zoom with Steven Forth, the behavior dude. It was an incredible hour with such great teaching moments. And today, I’m sharing it with you.

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March 20, 2023

The Power of Words and Intention with Jolena Long

In today's episode Jolena gives us great advice on how best to parent our spiritually awakened kids. We hear her set boundaries with spirit and she demonstrates how we can model this for our kids. She gives us a great …

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March 13, 2023

What's It Like? with Haley

This week we highlight a series we haven't done in a while...What's It Like. Haley joins us today to talk opening and honestly about her life with osteogenesis imperfecta or brittle bones disease. She bravely covers everything from discrimination, lessons …

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March 6, 2023

Reclaim Your Life with Annette Moreau

Annette Moreau, of Annette Moreau Coaching, has taken her life's journey with her two medically complex sons and used it to create a transformative program for women to reclaim their life, their joy, their passion, and their control. Enjoy!

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Feb. 27, 2023

Raising Spiritual Children with Maren

Take a moment with Maren and Jen to better understand how to proactively raise spiritual children. You'll learn tangible tools to work with your child's energy and specific language to use when they wake up at night from their dreams, …

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Feb. 19, 2023

Forever Boy with Kate Swenson and Her Journey with Autism

Today’s interview is with Kate Swenson, author of Forever Boy. A mother’s memoir of Autism and Finding Joy. In this episode, we talk about: - Hitting that emotional and physical bottom, - Grief and unpacking our emotions, - Why we …

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Feb. 12, 2023

A Mother's Love with Deborah Lapkin

Jen interviews her neighbor, Deborah Lapkin, in this week's episode. Deborah gave birth to Haley almost 40 years ago. They did not know at the time of her delivery that Haley had Osteogenesis Imperfecta or Brittle Bone Disease. In this …

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Feb. 5, 2023

Mindfulness and Transformer Action Figures with Kristen O'Meara

Can you have a spiritual, mindful practice when playing for hours on end with transformers? Kristen can! How do we take our every day and make it more connected? How can we take the perceived mundane and make it magical? …

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Jan. 30, 2023

Meet Amazing: Tiffany Goodchild and her Kourageous Karter

We are excited to add another episode to the Meet Amazing series of For Our Special Kids. Today, Jen talks with Tiffany Goodchild about her incredible son Karter. This is a raw look into the real life of a beautiful …

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Jan. 23, 2023

Spiritual Parenting with Alora

This fun and spirited conversation with Jen and Alora covers lots of ground so get ready to laugh and learn about spiritual parenting.

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Jan. 16, 2023

Processing from Grief into Love with Alexis McGlynn

In today’s episode, Alexis McGlynn and I give you a sneak peek into our future intentional and intuitive parenting course. We discuss the surprise and shock of having a child that didn’t initially meet our expectations and h...

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Jan. 9, 2023

Square Peg Foundation with Joell Dunlap

Joell Dunlap introduces us to her non-profit organization called Square Peg Foundation. But, Joell also shares her life lessons, from having a son at 16, embracing her “judgey self” as she says , and her absolute adoration of...

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Jan. 2, 2023

A New Year to Celebrate and Pause

In this episode, Jen shares more of her and Teal's journey. Just as for Our Special Kids was being launched, Denise Correll interviewed Jen for her and Samantha Fey's podcast, Enlightened Empaths in 2022. So, we thought it ...

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Dec. 26, 2022

A Christmas Thank You

Jen gives you a little piece of her heart's gratitude tonight on this quiet Christmas night. May you know you are valued. May you know you are special and important. May you know that you are loved. Merry Christmas to …

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Dec. 19, 2022

Back to Astrology Basics with Jenifer Edwards

In this episode, we are joined by Jenifer Edwards to go back to the basics of astrology. Jen talks about the moon and what we should be doing when the moon waxes and wanes. (A quick little trick for remembering …

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Dec. 12, 2022

Announcing Our 1st Community Zoom with Behavior Dude

Steven Forth joins Jen again to introduce another aspect of ABA, Self Monitoring! He covers some simple techniques on how to reinforce our child's behavior. Whether you create a series of goals or just start incorporating a c...

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Dec. 5, 2022

Can Online Speech Therapy Work with Lenora Edwards

Finding solutions to our every day problems has been a mission lately with For Our Special Kids. So, looking into online therapy to save travel time and also stress on Teal is looking like a really good option. In this …

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Nov. 28, 2022

Mama Systems with Laura Hernandez

This Amazing Mom of 10 children just happens to also run a company called Mama Systems where she helps mamas create and implement strategies and systems to help them create more space and peace in their homes. In this episode …

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Nov. 21, 2022

Gratitude with Teal's Dad: Alex

As we approach Thanksgiving, I wanted to spend a little time talking with Teal's dad, Alex, about gratitude. This journey we are on can be challenging. And pausing for a moment to remember what we have to be thankful for …

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Nov. 14, 2022

A Journey Into Being with Christine Ramos, RN

In this episode, Christine and I discuss her amazing book, A Journey Into Being. She is thoughtful and passionate about how we can positively impact our children from pre-conception through our pregnancy and far after. You can connect with Christine …

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Nov. 7, 2022

Applied Behavior Analysis with the Behavior Dude, Steven Forth, M.Ed.…

Ever wonder how you influence your child's behavior? Are you tired of reacting rather than responding? Do you know the difference between positive and negative reinforcement...I thought I did! Listen to Steven Forth talk about ABA and be prepared to …

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