What to Expect While Fostering and Adopting

By Christine Marie

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The Go-to Podcast for Christian Women Who Want to Grow Their Family through Foster Care or Adoption:   Do you struggle with constant overwhelm or have way more questions than answers while navigating the foster care system? Are you feeling like you’re losing yourself while trying to help your foster child or heal your adopted children? Do you feel completely ill-equipped with the needs of the kiddos in your home or that you took on more than you should have? What if there was a way that you could navigate the complexities of the foster care system, gain powerful insights into the adoption journey and find more peace and less chaos while balancing it all? Hi new friend, I’m Christine Marie, Christian Biblical Mindset coach, Mom of 4- Adoptive Mom of 2 and previous foster parent of 77 children. I can’t wait to share with you everything I have learned in my 10 year journey as a Foster Mom… and now adoptive mom.   On this podcast, we are going to cover- -How to grow your family through foster care and adoption while fully trusting in Gods’ plan, timing and provision. -How to navigate a complicated foster care system without losing yourself or your mind in the process. -How to balance the needs of your birth children, foster kiddos and adoptive children. -How to balance your marriage, family, career and mental health. -How I found my own personal healing through all the brokenness. I am thankful you are here and can’t wait to get started.   So, go grab your cup of coffee, make sure to reheat it and let’s jump in! XO, Christine   Connect with me personally in our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fostercareandadoptionforchristianwomen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cortisol_coach Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thechristinemarieofficial Email: cmhartmann@fulhart.org

Episode Date
Jen Lilley and Dr. John DeGarmo | Called to Foster — The Honest Guide to Foster Care and Adoption
May 22, 2026
The Heart Work of Foster Care: Adoption, Birth Family Relationships, and Trusting God Through your Fostering Journey
Feb 19, 2026
Adopting a Child with High Needs: Mental Health, Medications, and Trusting God Through the Unknown with Donna Kirkwood
Feb 11, 2026
When Your Adoptive Child Walks Away: Trusting God When You’ve Done All You Can
Sep 25, 2025
The Truth About Open Adoption: A Birth Mom’s Story of Loss, Love, and Reform with Sydney Curtin
Aug 02, 2025
How to Navigate College Admissions & Scholarships for Foster and Adoptive Children
Jun 20, 2025
Helping Adoptive Families Heal: A Conversation with April Ficklin, TBRI® Practitioner
Jun 16, 2025
Adoptee to Adoptive Mom: Rebecca Del Pozo’s Powerful Adoption Story
Jun 15, 2025
Inside Foster Care: Mental Health, Trauma-Informed Parenting & Real Solutions with Dr. John DeGarmo
May 13, 2025
You Left the 99 to Save the 1: Devin Schubert’s Story of Fatherhood, Foster Care, Adoption, Trauma & Redemption
Apr 20, 2025
Behind the Scenes of Foster Care: DJ Noble on Faith, Family & Embracing the Journey
Apr 19, 2025
Trauma-Informed Parenting & TBRI: Foster Care & Adoption with Nicole Barlow
Apr 09, 2025
From Trauma to Triumph: A Journey through Foster Care, Adoption, Abuse & Redemption with Joseph Pedroza
Mar 15, 2025
What to Expect in Private Adoption: James McLamb’s Story of Faith & Family
Mar 12, 2025
Adoption & Foster Care: An Inspiring Journey to Creating our Forever Family with Steve Wormer
Feb 24, 2025
How to Overcome Fear as a Foster Parent in your Foster Care and Adoption Journey
Feb 15, 2025
Breaking the Cycle: A Foster Child’s Journey to Success After Aging Out of Foster Care
Feb 01, 2025
Leveraging Brain Science to Heal Trauma in your Foster & Adoptive children: Featuring Dr. Caroline Leaf
Nov 05, 2024
5 things every foster parent needs to know while on their foster care or adoption journey.
Oct 22, 2024
Making a difference in the lives of foster children: Interview with Ray Higdon - Foster Care Impactor
Oct 07, 2024
Adopting a Child: Adoption through the Foster care system.
Oct 03, 2024
Lessons learned as a Foster and Adoptive Parent: The Journey from Judgment to Grace
Jul 22, 2024
Trusting God while you're waiting: Adopting through the foster care system
Jul 18, 2024
Leaning on Jesus: Struggling through emotional overwhelm and anxiety as a foster and adoptive parent
Jul 05, 2024
Attachment Disorders in Foster and Adoptive Children Part 2 of 2: Parenting Children with Attachment Disorders
May 03, 2024
Attachment Disorders in Foster and Adoptive Chilldren - Part 1 of 2
Mar 26, 2024
Mental Health and Medication Decisions in Foster Care
Feb 16, 2024
Foster parents don't have enough support: What to do about it and how to not make the same mistakes I did as a foster parent.
Jan 27, 2024
Understanding and Overcoming Self-Sabotaging Behaviors in Foster Children
Jan 25, 2024
Difficult Foster parenting lessons: Losing my personal identity, how I reclaimed it and practical tips for you on your journey.
Jan 17, 2024
Getting paid to be a foster parent: Do people take in foster children for the money?
Jan 04, 2024
Building bonds with your foster children: Foster parent attachment strategies
Dec 06, 2023
Christmas with your foster children: A foster parenting guide to celebrating with less overwhelm, more organization and resources for gifts
Nov 29, 2023
Ready for Adoption but unsure which adoptive path to take: 3 different ways you can adopt a child and grow your family.
Nov 25, 2023
Foster Parenting Questions: What to do when you don’t get along with a caseworker and how to plan for success in the future
Nov 21, 2023
Say Goodbye to the overwhelming Holiday season: Top 5 tips for Foster and adoptive parents to help you prepare for the holidays with less stress and more connection.
Nov 16, 2023
Navigating the foster care journey with our daughter: From Foster child to our adoptive child
Nov 09, 2023
Allegations of Abuse and Neglect as a foster parent: how to prepare and what to do if this happens to you
Oct 11, 2023
An unbelievably true story: He was diagnosed with non-verbal autism, labeled as feral and then he began to speak.
Oct 07, 2023
Overwhelmed with choosing the right foster care placements: Top tips on choosing the best age and number of placements for you as a foster parent.
Sep 20, 2023
Getting really clear on your goals and vision as a foster parent with the goal of adoptive through foster care.
Sep 06, 2023
Understanding Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Assessments
Sep 01, 2023
Let’s talk about Mental Health! Strategies for a Foster or Adoptive parent with Anxiety or ADHD
Aug 16, 2023
Top 5 things no one told me but you need to know as a foster parent
Aug 10, 2023
Reactive Attachment Disorder in Foster and Adopted children
Aug 06, 2023
Where it all began, how I became a foster parent and then an adoptive mom of 2.
Aug 05, 2023
Podcast Trailer: What to expect while fostering and adopting
Aug 04, 2023