The Parenting Different Podcast is the go-to show for adoptive parents who want to raise children who feel seen, heard, and truly valued. Hosted by Anna Bernacki, Director of Community at Parenting Different, this podcast blends expert insight with real lived experience from adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive families.
The Parenting Different Podcast is the go-to show for adoptive parents who want to raise children who feel seen, heard, and truly valued. Hosted by Anna Bernacki, Director of Community at Parenting Different, this podcast blends expert insight with real lived experience from adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive families.
In this episode of the Parenting Different podcast, host Anna Bernacki sits down with April Ficklin, Director of Family Support Services at Flourishing Families of South Carolina. April shares her deeply personal story of adopting siblings through foster care, the unexpected challenges that came with parenting children from hard places, and the transformation that happened when she discovered trust-based relational intervention (TBRI). From sleepless nights and feeling alone to finding hope, new tools, and a supportive community, April’s journey offers practical wisdom and encouragement for adoptive parents navigating trauma, attachment, and the long game of building trust. Join the Parenting Different newsletter here: https://www.parentingdifferent.com/free