The Secure Start® Podcast

By Colby Pearce

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Episodes: 52

Description

In the same way that a secure base is the springboard for the growth of the child, knowledge of past endeavours and lessons learnt are the springboard for growth in current and future endeavours.

If we do not revisit the lessons of the past we are doomed to relearning them over and over again, with the result that we may never really achieve a greater potential.

In keeping with the idea we are encouraged to be the person we wished we knew when we were starting out, it is my vision for the podcast that it is a place where those who work in child protection and out-of-home care can access what is/was already known, spring-boarding them to even greater insights. 


Episode Date
Good Residential Child Care Starts With Understanding Pain, with Professor James Anglin
May 17, 2026
#49: Who Counts As A Trauma Survivor When No One Sees You, with Ruth Clare
May 11, 2026
#48: Making The Unbearable Bearable In Trauma-Informed Care, with Dr Laura Steckley
May 01, 2026
#47: What Children In Care Say Matters Most - Lisa Holmes
Apr 26, 2026
#46: Attachment In Supervision, with Dr Alex Rowell
Apr 20, 2026
#45: What If “Bad Behaviour” Is A Disability We Refuse To See, with William "Liam" Curran
Apr 12, 2026
#44: I am seen, so I am*, with Paul van Heeswijk
Mar 30, 2026
#43: Whose Truth Becomes A Child’s Story? Therapeutic Life Story Work, With Professor Richard Rose
Mar 21, 2026
#42: How Barbara Docker-Drysdale Built Therapeutic Skill In Care Teams - John Whitwell
Mar 15, 2026
#41: From Bambi To Boundaries: What Objects Reveal About Mind, Body, And Meaning, with Richard Rollinson
Mar 01, 2026
#40: Rethinking Harmful Sexual Behaviour In Kids, with Alan Jenkins
Feb 22, 2026
#39: Sri Lanka’s Care System: Progress, Gaps, And Hope - Nimali Kumari
Feb 14, 2026
#38: Why Emotional Reactions Are Data And How Organisations Can Turn Them Into Care, with Emma Higgs
Feb 07, 2026
#37: From Chaos To Calm: Routines, Relationships, And Real Change In Residential Care, Tom Ellison
Jan 31, 2026
#36: What If Behaviour Is Just Armour For Hurt? Vicki McKeown
Jan 25, 2026
#34: Making the conscious unconscious, with Peter Blake
Jan 18, 2026
#35: What If Children's Safeguarding Began With Love? Carla Keyte
Jan 11, 2026
Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Care - A Recap of 2025 on The Secure Start Podcast
Dec 31, 2025
#33 Care Leavers To Care Leaders - with Surja (Udayan Care Alumni)
Dec 24, 2025
#32 It Takes A Network, Not A Superhero - with Robbie Gilligan
Dec 14, 2025
#31 Truth First: Caring Beyond The System, with Louise Allen
Dec 03, 2025
#30 - John Turberville: How The Mulberry Bush Helps Children Relearn Trust Through Relationships
Dec 01, 2025
#29 From Trauma To Hope, with Dr Hayley Lugassy
Nov 09, 2025
#28 What If Child Protection Started Before Harm Happened, with Professor Julie Taylor
Nov 01, 2025
#27 Why Clear Primary Tasks And Brave Authority Transform Children’s Homes, with Tom Ellison
Oct 25, 2025
#26 How a Reflective, Respectful Approach Helped Families Choose Healthier Relationships, with Adriana Dias
Oct 11, 2025
#25 How supporting adults creates the safety children need to learn, belong, and heal, with Megan Corcoran
Oct 05, 2025
#24 Holding the Helpers, with Richard Cross
Sep 30, 2025
#23 Thirty-Five Placements and Counting: Why Some Kids Need a Different Option, with Bruce Henderson
Sep 08, 2025
#22 Reimagining Children's Homes: From Last Resort to Purposeful Healing, with Kevin Gallagher
Sep 06, 2025
#20 Challenging Last Resort Thinking: Why Some Children Thrive in Residential Care, with Dr Laura Steckley
Sep 02, 2025
#21 The Science of Prevention: How We Can End Child Maltreatment, with Benjamin Perks
Aug 28, 2025
#19 From Winnicott's Piano to Adolescent Minds: Peter Wilson's Journey
Aug 18, 2025
#18 Relentless Kindness: The Foundation of Therapeutic Care, with Adela Holmes
Aug 10, 2025
#17 The Hidden Strengths of Residential Care: Challenging the Status Quo with Dr Jenna Bollinger
Aug 05, 2025
#16 Building Hope: Lighthouse Foundation's Legacy of Love
Jul 24, 2025
#15 Unlocking Potential Through Love and Acceptance, with Patricia Sheridan
Jul 20, 2025
#14 Learning to Live with Yourself and Others: Insights from Therapeutic Residential Care, with Richard Rollinson
Jul 13, 2025
#13 Breaking the Cycle: How Investing in Children's Services Changes Lives, with Andrew Isaac
Jul 03, 2025
#12 From Orphanage to Therapeutic Community: Portugal's Residential Care Revolution
Jun 26, 2025
#11 Breaking Cycles: Healing Across Generations with Dr. Lisa Cherry
Jun 14, 2025
Exploring Attachment, Self-Worth, and Shame, with Colby Pearce
Jun 07, 2025
#10 Transforming Lives: Dr. Kiran Modi's Journey with Vulnerable Children in India
May 30, 2025
#9 Leadership Alignment: The Backbone of Therapeutic Practice, with Simon Benjamin
May 25, 2025
#8 Beyond Management: Why Culture Flows Downhill, with Lynne Peyton
May 22, 2025
#7 From Cotswold Community to Global Health: Healing Systems, with Graeme Kerridge
May 13, 2025
#6 Healing Through Relationship: A Lifetime in Therapeutic Care, with Adela Holmes
May 12, 2025
#5 Shame Containment Theory: A Revolutionary Approach, with Lisa Etherson
May 04, 2025
#4 Parental Navigation of the Digital Frontier, with Catherine Knibbs
Apr 21, 2025
#3 Navigating Trauma Through Reflective Practice, with Dr Nicola O'Sullivan
Apr 08, 2025
#2 Building Healing Environments for Traumatized Youth, with John Whitwell
Mar 18, 2025
#1 Reunifying 1,200 Children: The Connecting Families Story with Sally Rhodes
Mar 17, 2025