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A Place to Anchor: Parenting, Trauma and the Power of Connection with Debbie Simmons
Matt Darrah (00:01.304) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. I'm excited to have Debbie on with us today with AnchorPoint, but before we get to her, Sundy Sharp with AMC Mortgage here in Amarillo is a residential mortgage provider and she specializes in first-time home buyers to help them start their journey towards generational wealth. She's a local lender, but is licensed to write mortgages for the whole state of Texas. They


Building Bridges: Supporting Aged-Out Foster Youth With Casey Corbin
Matt Darrah (00:01.326) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. I'm excited to have Casey on as our guest today. We'll get to Casey here in just a minute. But before we do, real quick, if you've got a teen heading towards college, I want you to check out College Solutions, LLC, and Amarillo, and their lead college funding pro, Angie Grimm. College Solutions helps families navigate the college admissions and financial aid maze. ha


From Resident to Board President: The Impact of Amarillo Children’s Home
Matt Darrah (00:01) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Guys, we've got some folks here from Amarillo Children's Home to talk to us about the work that they do. But before we get to that, today's episode is made possible by Amarillo National Bank. We were incredibly grateful for their generosity and partnership. Amarillo National Bank recently awarded us a significant grant that's helping us to provide more placement packages


Creating a Culture of Care: Foster Care, Adoption, and the Church with Jason Johnson
Matt Darrah (00:01) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. I've got an exciting guest on today, Jason Johnson. We'll get to Jason just here in a minute. But this episode of All Things Foster is brought to you by Power Within Chiropractic in Amarillo, where your body's natural healing and wellness are the priority. Led by Dr. Robin Ure, who brings over 20 years of experience helping families feel better and live healthier. Power


Empowerment Through Adversity: Aretha Boomer's Journey
Matt Darrah (00:01.341) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. I'm excited to have Aretha on with us today to talk about her experiences. But before we do, I want to pause and recognize a partner who has truly walked with us, the High Plains Christian Ministry Foundation. For the last three years, they've believed in POCN and their generosity has been a major reason why we've been able to grow and serve more families than ever b


When Family Steps In: A Kinship Care Journey of Love and Commitment With Ashley Terry
Matt Darrah (00:01.694) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. I'm really excited. I've got Ash here with us in the studio and I'm excited to talk to him about their story. before we get to that, Ash is actually our episode sponsor today. Falcon Ridge is owned by Ashley Terry, today's guest, and they provide managed IT services for businesses and nonprofits right here in our community, including us at Panhandle Orphan Care Netwo


Loving Them Well, Even When It's Hard: Emily Bell's Foster Care Story
Matt Darrah (00:01.39) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Guys, I'm super excited to have Emily on with us today, but before we get into her story, I wanna thank you to our episode sponsor. If you've got a teen heading toward college, I want you to check out College Solutions, LLC in Amarillo, and their lead college funding pro, Angie Graham. College Solutions helps families navigate the college admissions and financial aid


Creating Space for Healing: Inside Boys Ranch with Chaplain Mike Wilhelm
Matt Darrah (00:00.155) This is high tech. I don't know about all that but anyways, let's get started. Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. I'm super excited today to have Mike Wilhelm with us with Boys Ranch and we'll get to you Mike here in just a minute. But before we do, this episode of All Things Foster is sponsored by Short and Vlosich Family Dental. At Short and Vlosich Family Dental, they believe great dental care is a


A Voice for Every Child: Inside Amarillo Area CASA with Jarah Mendoza
Matthew Darrah (00:01.987) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Today we have Jarah with us from the Amarillo CASA, and I'm super excited to talk to her. But before we get to that, our episode sponsor today is The ER on Soncy. Your number one choice in emergency room is the ER on Soncy. It's a local, freestanding emergency room located off I-40 on the northwest corner of Soncy and Legend. We're open 24 hours a day, seven days


Hearts OpenL Denise Kendrick on Fostering, Adopting, and Building Embrace Texas
Matthew Darrah (00:01.368) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Thanks for tuning in today. We've got an exciting guest on that we're gonna talk to, but before we do that, we have a quick sponsor. If you've got a teen heading towards college, I want you to check out College Solutions LLC in Amarillo and their lead college funding pro, Angie Graham. College Solutions helps families navigate the college admissions and financial


Using Integrated Attachment Theory to Heal your Relationship with Bryan Power
Matthew Darrah (00:01.56) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Today we have Brian Power on and he's going to talk to us about attachment styles, the integrated attachment theory, and I'm really excited about it. Before we get to that, today's episode of All Things Foster is sponsored by Amarillo National Bank. We are incredibly grateful for their generous support through a major grant that allows us to continue. to provide pl


Honest Adoption: Ethical Practice, Connection, and Hope with Donna Pope
Matthew Darrah (00:01.344) Right. Okay. Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Thank you for joining us today. Grab your coffee and let's dive in. Before we get to Donna, who's our guest today, our episode this week of All Things Foster is sponsored by Amarillo National Bank. We are incredibly grateful for Amarillo National Bank's generous support through a major grant that allows POCN to continue providing placement packages to


Parenting with a Purpose: Lessons from Loving 15 Kids
Speaker 2 (00:01.09) But how do say your last name? it Eileen Noise? Noise, And like toys, toys, toys. Excellent. All right. Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Today, I'm super excited to have Eileen Noyes on to share with us. She reached out and I was super interested in the things that she does and has to say. But before we get into that, I do want to thank our episode sponsor, Golden Creation Coffee is a small batch roast


The Power of Hope and Healing: Ruth Dunlap and the Mission of Sister-Bear Foundation
Matthew Darrah (00:01) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Guys, I'm super excited to have ⁓ some ladies on from Sister Bear. We'll get to that in just a minute. ⁓ But first, this episode is sponsored by Matthew Poole of Modern Woodman. Serving the high and rolling plains of Texas, Matthew Poole is more than a financial representative. He's a committed community member who believes in helping people plan for life's journey. W


Healing Trauma: How Parents Can Help Kids from Hard Places Find Hope and Wholeness
Matthew Darrah (00:01) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. I'm super excited today to have John Moore on with us. We'll get into John here in just a little bit. But our episode sponsor this week is Brian Moore State Farm. And he says that his purpose is to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected, and realize their dreams. We make it our business to help you care for... to help you take care


Now I Am Known: How One Man Turned Pain into Purpose with Peter Mutabazi
Matthew Darrah (00:01) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Guys, I am super, super excited today. We're gonna have Peter Mutabazi on. He is the Foster Dad Flipper. If you follow things on social media, we'll get to him in just a second. But before we do, our episode sponsor today is Andcore Services. At Andcore Services, we offer vital administrative support to business owners, which affords them peace of mind, and contribut


Healing Through Relationships: Dr. Erin Hambrick on Childhood Trauma and Resilience
Matthew Darrah (00:01) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. The episode title for today is Healing Through Relationships, Dr. Erin Hambrick on childhood trauma and resilience. Before we get to that, our episode sponsor this week is Blueprint Fitness Lab. We provide personalized nutrition coaching for those who are ready, willing, and able to reach their health and fitness goals. We cut out the noise and help you find what work


Foster Care with Deidra Avendesora
Matthew Darrah (00:00.0) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Guys, thank you so much for tuning in today. We've got a great guest coming on today to tell her story of foster care and adoption. But before we get to that, I want to thank our episode sponsor, ETC Business Services. ETC Bookkeeping is a private company created in 2007 to provide bookkeeping. Matthew Darrah (00:28.398) payroll and tax services to help small busine


The 7 Pillars of Resilience with Dr. Kate Lund
Matthew Darrah (00:00.0) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. We are so thankful to have Dr. Lund here on the podcast with us. We'll get to her in just a minute. But before we do, today's episode is sponsored by The Stretching Place. Foster parents and caregivers give so much of themselves every single day. But who's taking care of you? At The Stretching Place, we believe taking care of others starts with taking care of yourse


Why Foster Care: Stories from A World for Children
Matthew Darrah (00:00.0) Hello and welcome to All Things Foster, a place for coffee, connection, and community. Grab your coffee and hopefully sit in a nice easy chair. And we're just going to have a conversation with some famous ladies with A World for Children. We'll get to them in a minute. This episode is sponsored by Ennis Inspections. Because when it comes to your home, what you don't know can't hurt you. Matthew Darrah (00:28.28) Whether you're buying, selling, or just
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