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The Empowered Parent Podcast is a practical, insight-driven resource for parents and caregivers who want to raise resilient kids and lead with confidence in the midst of real-world challenges. Hosted by Chris Turner, Ryan, and Kayla North, the podcast blends neuroscience, psychology, faith, and lived experience to translate complex research into clear, usable strategies for everyday family life. Each episode offers both encouragement and actionable tools. Trusted by listeners across the globe, The Empowered Parent Podcast equips adults to show up with clarity, compassion, and courage, even when parenting feels overwhelming.
Episodes
Dec 24, 2018
Dec 24, 2018
31 min
In our final episode of 2018, Chris, Kayla, and Ryan again share their thoughts on how to make Christmas Day a success. This time, they discuss practicing outside of the moment when it comes to receiving gifts and traveling for the holidays.
One Big Happy Home
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Music: "Home" by Moses Uvere
Engineered and Produced by Dallas Stacy
Executive Producer: Ryan North
Dec 20, 2018
Dec 20, 2018
28 min
In this episode, Chris, Kayla, and Ryan share their thoughts on how to make Christmas Day a success. They discuss practicing outside of the moment when it comes to food and extended family. They offer practical tips on how to handle foods your kids don’t usually eat as well as interacting with relatives they don’t know.
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Music: "Home" by Moses Uvere
Engineered and Produced by Dallas Stacy
Executive Producer: Ryan North
Dec 16, 2018
Dec 16, 2018
24 min
In this final of three episodes with Pam Parish, she, Ryan, Kayla, and Chris talk about Pam's books, including how and why she began writing them.
Resources Mentioned in the Episode
- Pam Parish
- Connections Homes
- The Gift: Unwrapping God's Design for Foster Care & Adoption
- Ready or Not: 30-Day Discovery for Families Growing Through Foster Care and Adoption
- Ready or Not for Battle-Weary Parents
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Music: "Home" by Moses Uvere
Engineered and Produced by Dallas Stacy
Executive Producer: Ryan North
Nov 25, 2018
Nov 25, 2018
29 min
In this second of three episodes with Pam Parish, she, Ryan, Kayla, and Chris discuss how Connections Home was founded, its mission, and why everyone deserves someone.
Resources Mentioned in the Episode
- Pam Parish
- Connections Homes
- The Gift: Unwrapping God's Design for Foster Care & Adoption
- Ready or Not: 30-Day Discovery for Families Growing Through Foster Care and Adoption
- Ready or Not for Battle-Weary Parents
One Big Happy Home
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Music: "Home" by Moses Uvere
Engineered and Produced by Dallas Stacy
Executive Producer: Ryan North
Oct 27, 2018
Oct 27, 2018
29 min
Ryan, Kayla, and Chris sit down for a conversation with Pam Parish. Pam and her husband Steve adopted seven of their eight daughters through the foster care system. They saw a real need for those who are close to aging out of the foster care system or have already done so. This need, plus that of older children and young adults who are in poverty and homeless, led to their founding of Connections Homes. In addition, Pam has written three devotional books for foster and adoptive parents.
In this first of three episodes, the gang talks with Pam about how she and Steve got involved with foster care and adoption.
Resources Mentioned in the Episode
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The Gift: Unwrapping God's Design for Foster Care & Adoption
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Ready or Not: 30-Day Discovery for Families Growing Through Foster Care and Adoption
One Big Happy Home
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Music: "Home" by Moses Uvere
Engineered and Produced by Dallas Stacy
Executive Producer: Ryan North
Oct 12, 2018
Oct 12, 2018
26 min
Chris, Ryan, and Kayla welcome their long-time friend Cindy Lee to talk about her session for Tapestry Conference 2018. Cindy shares the background of the Making Sense of Your Worth curriculum, how it came to be, and how encouraging the early sessions using it have been. Given the tough times we inevitably encounter as parents of kids from hard times, it's so important for us to have a healthy perspective of our own self-worth, so we can help our children to heal.
Resources Mentioned in the Episode
- Tapestry Conference 2018
- The HALO Project
10% Conference Discount Code: EMPOWEREDPARENT
One Big Happy Home
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Music: "Home" by Moses Uvere
Engineered and Produced by Dallas Stacy
Executive Producer: Ryan North
Oct 5, 2018
Oct 5, 2018
25 min
Jayne Schooler joins Ryan, Kayla, and Chris to give an overview of their Questions to Consider About Self (Soul) Care workshop she and her husband David are conducting on Friday, October 19 at the 2018 Tapestry Conference.
Resources Mentioned in the Episode
10% Conference Discount Code: EMPOWEREDPARENT
One Big Happy Home
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Music: "Home" by Moses Uvere
Engineered and Produced by Dallas Stacy
Executive Producer: Ryan North
Sep 12, 2018
Sep 12, 2018
33 min
Chris, Ryan, and Kayla are excited about Tapestry Conference 2018, and you should be, too! They talk about the speaker lineup, featuring Jayne Schooler, and including Cindy Lee, Andrew & Angela Holland, and many more. Ryan and Kayla also share some of the changes in the ministry over the past few months leading up to this year's conference.
Resources Mentioned in the Episode
- Tapestry Conference 2018
- Jayne and David Schooler
- Tapestry Conference 2018 Sponsors
- Wounded Children, Healing Homes
10% Conference Discount Code: EMPOWEREDPARENT
One Big Happy Home
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Music: "Home" by Moses Uvere
Engineered and Produced by Dallas Stacy
Executive Producer: Ryan North
Sep 3, 2018
Sep 3, 2018
24 min
Chris, Ryan, and Kayla talk about how being an empathetic listener to our children's stories can help with their healing, and why it's important for us to tell our own stories to others to help in our own healing. For when we learn how to help heal ourselves, we can help our children in their own healing.
Resources Mentioned in the Episode
Dan Siegel explains adult attachment styles
Anatomy of the Soul - Curt Thompson
One Big Happy Home
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Music: "Home" by Moses Uvere
Engineered and Produced by Dallas Stacy
Executive Producer: Ryan North
Aug 21, 2018
Aug 21, 2018
19 min
Some of our kids have big emotions. Chris talks with Ryan and Kayla about how we deal with drama when the emotions go from big to bigger to biggest.
Resources Mentioned in the Episode
Harry Chapin - The Cat's in the Cradle
One Big Happy Home
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Music: "Home" by Moses Uvere
Engineered and Produced by Dallas Stacy
Executive Producer: Ryan North