Flexible Fatherhood

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Flexible Fatherhood

Josh Ballard

9 episodes

4 days ago

Welcome to the family! Join us as we talk about all things parenting and foster care from the heart of a foster dad. My goal is that you will feel supported, connected and encouraged along each of your individual journeys as we walk through life together striving to make the next generation of families better than we are.

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Episodes (9/9)

Flexible Fatherhood

Reunification - How to Prepare

Reunification can be tough... Especially when you've had a placement for a few years that has truly grown to be a part of your family... Join Dan and Josh as they talk through their feelings and emotions that go along with reunification and how they are preparing.

Socials: https://linktr.ee/flexiblefatherhood

Foster Dad Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/289683406359137/

2 years ago

44 minutes 39 seconds

Flexible Fatherhood

2023 Vision

Walk through what 2023 will look like for Flexible Fatherhood and what to expect as a part of the community. Dan and Josh talk through what's been going on in their lives over the last year, give us a vision for 2023 and remind us what Flexible Fatherhood is all about. If you're not a part of our community of foster dads yet, consider joining us on Facebook at the link below to be a part of our private community group. Foster care isn't easy alone, let's help each other as we go. Socials: https://linktr.ee/flexiblefatherhood Foster Dad Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/289683406359137/

2 years ago

33 minutes 25 seconds

Flexible Fatherhood

6. Regulation and Self Care

Join us as we discuss the importance of regulating yourself and practicing self care while in the thick of Foster Care. It can be very difficult to calm yourself down in a tough situation or focus on yourself when all you do is provide for others. Listen in today as we share some strategies that will help you with these two areas of your life.

Socials: https://linktr.ee/flexiblefatherhood

Foster Dad Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/289683406359137/

3 years ago

36 minutes 7 seconds

Flexible Fatherhood

5. Difficult Behaviors

Join us today as Dan and Josh walk through difficult behaviors and some strategies to help YOU handle those moments. We know dealing with difficult behaviors at any level is hard and we hope this will give you some new strategies to try. Make sure you check out our two videos linked below by Karyn Purvis as she walks through Aggression and the IDEAL Approach. Also, don't forget we are reading "The Connected Child" together if you'd like to join us.

Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/flexiblefatherhood

Book: "The Connected Child" by Karyn Purvis

IDEAL Response: https://youtu.be/761xx61-q1c

Aggressive Behavior: https://youtu.be/4WkAdJZqDlo

3 years ago

41 minutes 4 seconds

Flexible Fatherhood

4. What's Going On

Join Dan and Josh as we go over our four pillars of Acceptance, Love, Sacrifice and Service, give some updates in our Foster Care journey and talk about a GREAT book that we will be reading together as we ask you to join along.

Book: The Connected Child, by Karyn Purvis

As always, we ask that you connect with us by going to our link tree below and following along on Social Media.

Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/flexiblefatherhood

3 years ago

47 minutes 54 seconds

Flexible Fatherhood

3. Let's Talk 2022

Dan and Josh talk through mental health, 2022 Growth and the 4 new pillars of Flexible Fatherhood. Join us here and also join us on our social media where you can find us and join us for future podcasts where your questions can be answered. We hope you enjoy today's show and can't wait to connect with you.

3 years ago

31 minutes 12 seconds

Flexible Fatherhood

2. What is Foster Care

Episode 2 of our Introduction Series. Josh and Dan go through what Foster Care is, how they got involved in it and they give us some statistics and hard truths about their experience so far. We talk about the licensing process, what it's like being licensed through a Foster Care Agency and talk about the first calls we received as newly licensed dads. If you haven't yet, go check us out on our socials and Subscribe to our new YouTube Channel linked below. Also for your Foster Dads out there, be sure to join our closed Facebook Group linked below as well. See you there! Flexible Fatherhood Links: https://linktr.ee/flexiblefatherhood

3 years ago

33 minutes 33 seconds

Flexible Fatherhood

1. The Importance of Community

Welcome to Episode 1 of our Introduction Series! Learn about the importance of community as it pertains to Foster Dads and how YOU can benefit from being apart of the Flexible Fatherhood Community. We're so excited to have you here and can't wait to connect with you. Flexible Fatherhood Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/flexiblefatherhood Intro/Outro: Whatdafunk by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/

3 years ago

27 minutes 14 seconds

Flexible Fatherhood

Introduction

Welcome in to Flexible Fatherhood! This is the beginning of our Introduction Series that gives an overview on expectations and how to get connected with us and best utilize our resources. Our main hub will be our WEBSITE where you can find links to everything. Go on over there and click that Facebook Icon that will take your to our Facebook page. I'd love it if you would drop in there and give us an intro about yourself and let us know your involvement with Foster Care.

4 years ago

6 minutes 20 seconds