Mending Families

Mar 03 2025 90 ep. 34 mins 2
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Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a mix of trauma aware interviews, parenting sessions tips for those caring for kids from adversity, and stories from people just like you as they share their beautiful messy moments. Melissa hopes that when you listen each week, you will feel encouraged, inspired and take a little something away to help you and your family move from broken to mended.

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81. Mindful Mondays - Grounding Breath guided meditation

Mar 03 2025 7 mins  
On today’s episode, Melissa brings you a Mindful Monday all about grounding ourselves for just a few moments. In the spirit of grounding ourselves, today’s guided meditation is called “Grounding Breath”. Find a comfy, quiet place and 7 minutes while Melissa guides you through a grounding breath exercise. A big THANK YOU to our new sponsor, ⁠West Plains Roasters⁠! If you

80. Supporting teens with ADHD and Neurodiversity with Kelly Biltz

Feb 17 2025 52 mins  
In today’s episode, Kelly, a life coach for teens with ADHD, talks about ways to help teenagers boost their confidence and deals with common challenges they face, such as managing emotions, time, and schoolwork. She discusses how ADHD can be managed through diagnosis, medication, and other methods, highlighting the need for a supportive lifestyle that includes good sleep, nutriti

79. Mindful Monday - A loving kindness guided meditation

Feb 03 2025 10 mins  
On today’s episode, Melissa brings you a new monthly series, Mindful Mondays. Because it is the month of love, today’s guided mindful meditation is called “Loving Kindness”. Find a comfy, quiet place and 10 minutes while Melissa guides you through a loving kindness exercise.Where to find Mending Families:Instagram -@mendingfamilieswaTikTok -@mendingfamilieswaFacebook -@mend

78.Self-compassion and embodiment to reclaim our compassion as caregivers with Robyn Gutierrez

Dec 09 2024 53 mins  
TW - Today we talk about abusive relationships and domestic violence so please know that if you are in a DV situation or know someone who is, there is help. Go to www.thehotline.org or call 1-800-799-7233 Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a mix of trauma aware interviews, parenting tips for those caring for kids from adversity

77. Using Reiki as a tool for healing trauma with Angela Masciulli

Nov 25 2024 45 mins  
In today’s episode, Angela talks about what brought her to find Reiki and energy healing and shares with the audience how she uses these tools to help others find healing. Angela opens up about her trauma history and how she continues to do her healing. She gives us some good insight into Reiki and helps direct the audience to find more tools for their journey. Angela Masciulli i

76. Finding Safety: Exploring Polyvagal Theory and the Safe and Sound Protocol

Nov 11 2024 21 mins  
On today’s episode, Melissa talks about the Polyvagal Theory and the Safe and Sound Protocol. She goes through a brief overview of each and gives you a quick glimpse of what it looks like to participate in the Safe and Sound Protocol. If you are someone who struggles with anxiety, worry, or is healing from trauma, secondary trauma, or compassion fatigue, the SSP might be for you!

75. Trauma aware approaches to sleep issues with your kids with Allison Ezell

Oct 28 2024 59 mins  
On today’s episode, Allison shared about her journey into sleep consulting and the services she offers to families dealing with sleep issues. She talks about understanding sleep pressure and sleep onset associations as a crucial part of addressing sleep issues in children. Allison believes trauma-informed approaches are essential, as typical sleep training methods may not be effe

74. Mental health struggles with our kids and how to advocate well with Erin Peterson

Oct 14 2024 42 mins  
On today’s episode, Erin opens up about mental health struggles within her immediate family and how this came to a head this past year. Erin’s three boys all have their diagnosis and with their permission, Erin shares some of the hard and good about raising her three boys. Listen in as Erin gives us good things to consider, including encouragement for those of us on similar jou

73. Mondays with Melissa - Life and business updates

Sep 30 2024 12 mins  
Today Melissa gives us an update on what's been happening in her life and business over the past month. With hard changes that are still good, Mending Families is ever-evolving to ensure you all get the most support in the best ways possible! A big THANK YOU to our new sponsor, ⁠West Plains Roasters⁠! If you have not stopped by to see them, pop in 7 days a week and get yoursel

72. Connection, Nutrition, and helping our kids overcome eating challenges with Madison Tyler

Sep 16 2024 50 mins  
On today’s episode, Madison first talks about her foster and adoption journey and how she and her husband grew their family this way. She then shares her heart about helping families struggling with nutrition with their kids who have come from hard. Madison is an adoptive mom herself and she not only shares from her expertise, but also from her own experiences. Madison has been a