This post was written by Dan Coley, Show Hope’s Senior Director of Programs. The first time I heard Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) taught and explained by Dr. Karyn Purvis, it was almost too much to process. I was overwhelmed by the flood of information and the strategies I needed to immediately incorporate into my family. […]
A message from Elizabeth Occhipinti, the Co-Founder and President of Miriam’s Heart in New Jersey, as well as mother to five children. Miriam’s Heart will be hosting the Empowered to Connect Simulcast for the third time in 2017. In my conversations with others, it is clear that most of us have stuff we need to work […]
We sent some questions about Empowered To Connect over to Amanda R. Hiles Howard, PhD, an assistant professor of psychology at Samford University. Her answers show why everyone can benefit from the teaching of this conference! Why is the Empowered To Connect conference for everyone, not just professionals? Matilda and her father are out shopping. They […]
If you participated in our first ever Empowered to Connect Simulcast in April 2015, we want to thank you for joining us and nearly 20,000 others across North, Central, and South America. By your presence it is clear that you are deeply committed to the children you are called to love and serve. This makes […]
Dan Coley (Show Hope’s Director of Programs) discusses three reasons why adoptive and foster parents should join the Empowered to Connect parenting simulcast on April 10-11, 2015. I have seen so many sides of the adoption journey. I’ve walked through the good and the hard. If I’ve learned one thing, it is the importance of […]
However your children come home to you, whether through birth or adoption, parenthood isn’t easy. It’s a blessing, it’s a privilege, and it’s hard. But you are not alone! There is an incredible community of parents out there who are loving Jesus, loving their kiddos, and sharing little bits of their lives with others. Some share through blogs, […]
