Two Trauma Mamas

Emotional understanding and regulation are what we need to show up and perform our best. Lauren helps parents, teachers and admins reduce stress while guiding children to emotional regulation. As a result, kiddos can learn and adults can get back to enjoying what they love.  Lauren is the founder of The Behavior Hub and she thrives on building brain and research-based, child-driven trainings and courses with the whole child in mind and we had the honor of sitting down with Lauren to discuss tips and strategies around emotional regulation for our kiddos. Follow Lauren on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thebehaviorhub/ , on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thebehaviorhub/, Website https://www.thebehaviorhub.com/.  Are you interested in our monthly coaching program for foster and adoptive families?  CLICK HERE for more information.

Parenting children is a challenge!  Defiance, tantrums, and ever-changing emotions can make even the best parent scratch their head.  Patterns of behavior are deeply engrained into our cell memories.  How do we move beyond those cell memories and out of the fear-based state of stress?  Jill Urbane, a Social Worker and Parent coach has been working with parents for twenty-plus years as a home visitor and today we are sitting down with Jill to discuss parenting tips and strategies.  Join us for this important conversation about decoding and demystifying behavioral challenges with your children.  Follow Jill on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thementormom/ , on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheMentorMom/, Website https://www.thementormomblog.com/, 

How can you deal with trauma and learn to process difficult emotions, set clear boundaries and communicate effectively in your relationships?  Petyah James, Somatic Therapist and Coach joins us for a special conversation about how we can heal from the effects of trauma.  She shares how you can free your inner child from past traumas, move through pain and awaken your own healing resources and inner wisdom.  - Follow Petyah on Instagram @the.wisebody.coach, on Facebook @PetyahJames, Website https://www.petyahjames.com/, FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/689122404808193

Adoption is hard and messy!  It always strikes Gaile and I as it doesn't matter which state or country you live in…trauma for our adopted kids is the same!!We recently had an opportunity to sit down with Josh Peck.  Josh and his husband Laurence are dads to two girls. Josh is a life and career coach, helping exhausted working parents find fulfilling new careers when they've hit the wall of midlife. Josh was so much fun and has this calm energy about him, we hope you will have as much fun listening to this episode as we did speaking with Josh.Do you have a suggestion for a future episode of Two Trauma Mamas?  We want to hear from you!  CLICK HERE to leave us a message.You can find Josh:Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/yourbestlifeuk/Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/yourbeslifeuk/Website:  https://yourbestlifeuk.com/Find Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twotraumamamas/Website:  https://twotraumamamas.com/Community:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ttmpodcastcommunitySubscribe on Apple Podcasts, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram!

Do you have an autoimmune disease? Are you going through life trying your best to ignore your symptoms are doing just enough to mask your symptoms? Or maybe you're ignoring the signs altogether? What about your kiddos, especially if they came for foster care or adoption? Chances are their guts are a mess.Autoimmune disease happens when the body's natural defense system can't tell the difference between your own cells and foreign cells, causing the body to mistakenly attack normal cells. Today, we are talking with Thirmanda Zavala. Thirmanda is the founder of Health Coaching With Thirmanda Zavala and the host of the A Woman Worth Healing Podcast. She is also both a Functional Medicine Certified and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach. She is a mother of two, a wife, healing from her own autoimmune diseases, and a Women's Autoimmune Coach. She's a lover of nature and natural healing and passionate about utilizing the gifts nature has provided for us.Thirmanda encourages women with autoimmune diseases to step outside the conventional medicine box to activate their natural healing abilities. She provides a safe, healing space for these women to go from merely surviving & getting by to a place where they are thriving & living the life they want.There was literally so much information that we are bringing Thirmanda back for a deep dive around the brain-gut connection.What questions do you have about autoimmune disease or the brain-gut connection?  If you have a question you would like answered LIVE, send an email to admin@twotraumamamas.com.You can find Thirmanda:  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/awomanworthhealing/Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/thirmanda.zavala/ Podcast:  https://anchor.fm/thirmanda-zavalaFind Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twotraumamamas/Website:  https://twotraumamamas.com/Community:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ttmpodcastcommunitySubscribe on Apple Podcasts, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram!

You know you need help but have no idea where to start looking, your babysitters have been hit or miss, and you are struggling to find someone who understands your kids and your needs as a mom.If this sounds like you, we may have a solution for you...Dr Sarah Naadimpalli will take you through all the steps of finding, hiring and maintaining a professional relationship with a nanny or babysitter extraordinaire.Dr. Sarah Nadimpalli is a nurse, researcher, and mom.  She found herself struggling with finding the right childcare set-ups for her family.  Knowing the challenges she encountered, she soon started researching and consulting with numerous nanny industry experts to assist parents and nannies to take the right steps throughout the nanny search, hire, and onboarding process.  It was through this that, her course,  The Same Team ,  was created.Dr. Nadimpalli's course takes parents from BURNT OUT to THRIVE through teaching them the right way to find and work with amazing in-home caregivers!The swift, simple (only about 1.5 hour!) course covers 4 main content areas and ACTION steps:A Basic Framework for Parents and Nannies to Work Together(Nanny Industry Standards + Parents Wishes/Needs + A Nanny's Practice)Fostering the Best Parent-Nanny Relationship(Communication between Parents + Nannies 101; Tips and video scenarios of tricky nanny-parent interactions)Critical Nanny Search, Hire, and Onboarding Steps(Onboard a Nanny – Checklist / Work Agreement items)Mini-training: An Average Parent's Wish List / NeedsAction Steps: Parents will outline their Wish List / Needs; Nannies will outline their Nanny Practice, BOTH parents and nannies come together and go through the Same Team Checklist (aka work agreement), and BOTH parents and nannies take the short Same Team Quiz to get on the same page and earn a Same Team Badge!You can find Dr Nadimpalli:  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/same.team.childcareFacebook:  www.facebook.com/groups/same.team.childcareWebsite:   www.sameteamchildcare.com/winFind Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twotraumamamas/Website:  https://twotraumamamas.com/Community:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ttmpodcastcommunity

Adoption is a personal journey for every family...there is no one way.  Maybe you couldn't conceive on your own or maybe you just felt called to foster or adopt children.  Wherever you are on your journey...know you are right where you are supposed to be.Gaile has a master's degree in special education and 25 years of experience in the field.  Currently,  she is the executive director for Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina, the voice of Foster, Adoptive and Kinships parents in NC.  Gaile takes us on her family's journey to becoming an adoptive family and medically fragile foster home.  So much gold in this episode, make sure to grab your notebook!  You can find Gaile:  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/advctmom/ and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gaileosborneFind Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twotraumamamas/Website:  https://twotraumamamas.com/Community:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ttmpodcastcommunity

When do you know it is time to search for your biological family?  How do you search for your adoptive family?  What if they don't want to meet me?  What if they do want to meet me?  How do you fill the void as an adoptee?Mary Herbert is a domestic infant adoptee, wife, and mother to her four favorite people. She's dedicated her professional life to advocating for adoptees on their journeys. Her years-long struggle of reconnecting with he biological family taught her what's most important: family.Mary takes us on a raw and emotional journey of self-discovery as she discovers and finds her biological parents and siblings.  This is definitely an episode that you won't want to miss!You can find Mary:  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/becauseadoption/ Website:  https://becauseadoption.com/Find Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twotraumamamas/Website:  https://twotraumamamas.com/Community:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ttmpodcastcommunity

In today's BONUS EPISODE, we are talking about navigating the holiday season and all the expectations that come from your kids and family.Gaile and I love this time of year but this does not mean it is necessarily an easy time for our kiddos!Gaile and Dena THREE Yes's for this holiday season...Gaile:  Less is more, keep a schedule and create a tradition.Dena:  Making memories, pick your battles, and low and slowGaile and Dena THREE No's for this holiday season...Gaile:  Don't overdue gift-giving,  a free for all schedule,  and lack of sleep.Dena:  Don't get sucked into the business of the holiday season,  avoid power struggles - compromise instead,  electronics are not always the best babysitter.This will be an episode you'll want to come back to time and time again. Join Two Trauma Mamas -The Podcast Community :https://www.facebook.com/groups/ttmpodcastcommunity

Hey there!  Welcome to the Two Trauma Mama Podcast!  We started this podcast because while we still have hard days, we are nowhere close to where we started.  We are here to laugh with you, cry with you and support and encourage you while inspiring you to rediscover who you are and fill up your tanks. Join Gaile and Dena weekly on Fridays beginning December 10th, as we take down the filters and do a deep dive around life as an adoptive family with other trauma mamas, adoption, and trauma experts.Our entire lives have been changed because of our adoption journey. We are on a mission to show adoptive families how to dance a new way with their adoptive children.  We learned to laugh and love again and so can you!Follow us @twotraumamamas on Facebook and Instagram for daily sparks of inspiration.Subscribe to Two Trauma Mamas and share the show with someone who needs to hear it.