Parenting with Love, Joy, and Connection with Bryan Post

Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! Would you like to learn how to build a culture of joy, connection, and healing in your home? Join us for a conversation with Bryan Post, an adoptee and therapist specializing in child behavior, adoption trauma, and love-based parenting. He's the founder of Fear to Love LLC, Bondify.ai, and Leaf Wraparound, and the author of several books, including From Fear to Love. In this episode, we discuss: Bryan's journey as an adoptee and how that shaped his work with families today. What do we need to know about trauma, its impacts on the kids, and how it shows up day to day? Why might we as parents be tempted to misinterpret those behaviors and expressions as defiance, manipulation, or disrespect? When a child is melting down, shutting down, or pushing adults away, what’s actually happening in their brain and nervous system? In a very real-life parenting moment — like a slammed door, eye rolls, a screaming match, a refusal to comply — what does the shift from fear-based reactions to love-based responses actually look like? Can you share two or three concrete strategies parents can start practicing immediately that reflect that mindset shift? Could you give us an example of words or scripts a parent might use in that moment? How can a parent calm themselves first when their child’s behavior is triggering them? What might a “culture of love and joy” actually look like inside a home — especially one that has experienced a lot of chaos? What are some of the small, daily practices that build trust over time? What does growth look like in a trauma-impacted home? One or two examples of how-to or where to capture JOY in the moments when we are feeling challenged about when or where healing may happen. Resources: Learn more about Bryan Post Introduction to Attachment - Online Parent Education course Raising Kids for a Lifelong Parent/Child Bond - Podcast Support the show Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by . We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building

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Parenting with Love, Joy, and Connection with Bryan Post is an episode from Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care by Creating a Family.

This episode is 63:55 long.

This episode was published on Mar 18, 2026.

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