We help adoptive families find healing for the present and hope for the future.
Family Counseling, Parent Workshops, and Podcast for families with adopted children.
✵ Training parents
✵ caring for children
✵ building our community
Raising an adopted child isn’t meant to be done alone.
Because of the complex and difficult nature of adoption, your family is on a more complicated journey than others.
When you adopted your child, you envisioned a bright, joyful future for your family. Now, you may be finding that you and your child need someone to guide you through this.
It’s a lot to navigate on your own. But with the right support, every adoptive family (yes, even yours) can find renewed joy at home.
We help adoptive families find renewed joy.
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Understand Your Child
Adoption deeply affects the way your child connects to you. We'll help you understand their experience and build a better relationship with them.
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Create A Safe Space
By understanding your child, you'll be able to create a safe space where the whole family trusts each other and works as a team.
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Parent With Clarity
Nontraditional parenting isn't meant to be done alone. Get the community, support, and resources you need to thrive.
I've been there, too.
And I know there's hope.
As an adoptive parent, I’ve experienced the same struggles you’re facing. Don’t give up now! There is hope for every family - no matter how tense, chaotic, or hopeless it might feel right now.
I’ve seen both sides of adoption. For the past 25 years, I’ve raised a family of five children, three of them adopted.
And I have years of professional experience advocating for families in the child welfare system. During that time, I learned that the system leaves families on their own to figure it all out. But you don’t have to figure this out alone.
You just need someone to show you the way.
- Jeanette Nafziger, Founder
Here’s how you can get the support you need:
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Start by listening to the Living With Joy Renewed podcast, where I share stories and lessons from my own family journey. You’ll find encouragement, hope, and practical tips in short 15-minute episodes.
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Start setting new goals and reconnecting as a family. We’ll meet twice per month with whichever members of your family you want to come to each session.
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Together, we’ll learn to set aside expectations and set goals as a family. Once you’re all “on the same team,” your family will be more resilient and connected than ever before.
Community. Coaching. Training.
We won’t let financial barriers hold you back from the support you need.
Contact us to find out how to get sponsored by your agency or our donor community.
01Podcast
✵ Whether you're a brand new parent or you've been at it for a while, the Living With Joy Renewed Podcast will give you the clarity and community you've been wanting.
✵Learn the foundations of adoptive parenting.
✵ Be encouraged by stories from my own journey as an adoptive parent.
FREE
02 Family Counseling
✵ When was the last time you felt like your whole family was on the same team? Family Counseling is a safe space where each member of your family can feel heard and understood.
✵ We'll meet twice per month with whichever members of the family you want to join each session.
03 Parent Workshops
✵ We host in-person workshops designed to support adoptive parents with practical tools and community.
✵ Sessions cover topics like behavior patterns, behavior modification, parent wellness, advocacy, and understanding the adoptive brain.
✵ Each workshop includes breakout groups, Q&A time, and space to connect with other adoptive families.
Lead your family into a new story.
You adopted your child because you love them and want to help them grow up into a resilient, independent, healthy adult. All you want is to create a healthy, empowering, joyful home for your child.
But because of the complex and difficult nature of adoption, your family is on a more complicated journey than others. You don’t have the support, education, or resources you need to understand your child and create the joyful home you want.
You’ve been left on your own to figure out:
How to connect to your child.
How to help them connect with their new siblings.
How to keep them connected to their cultural identity.
How to create a safe environment where your child can heal from the trauma of adoption.
It’s a lot to navigate on your own.
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As an adoptive parent, I’ve experienced the same struggles you’re facing. Don’t give up now! There is hope for every family - no matter how tense, chaotic, or hopeless it might feel right now.
I’ve seen both sides of adoption. For the past 25 years, I’ve raised a family of five children, three of them adopted. And I have years of professional experience advocating for families in the child welfare system.
You don’t have to figure this out alone. You just need someone to show you the way.
At Joy Renewed, we help adoptive families find healing for the present and hope for the future through my free podcast, Family Counseling, and Parent Coaching.
So listen to the podcast or sign up for coaching today and take the first step to finding renewed joy at home and becoming the family you all want to be.
Get 3 FREE private podcast episodes.
Sign up to get access to a 3-part audio training where you’ll learn about:
Understanding (and responding to) your child’s triggers
Becoming aware of your own triggers
How to become part of your child’s healing process
