3,000 Good Things

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The 3,000 Good Things podcast shares short stories that highlight the GOOD things happening with Child Welfare front line staff throughout the state of Ohio. Each episode will leave you feeling inspired and more equipped to engage with families in a meaningful and transformational way! PACT, Practice in Action Together, is Ohio's Shared Practice Model dedicated to Elevate Healing and Build Relationships. You can learn more about PACT here: https://www.pcsao.org/programs-events/pact/

  1. -2 dias

    I've Seen Him Change: Kris and Amanda on Recovery, Radical Honesty, and Healing as Father and Daughter

    Amanda is 15-years-old and she has seen more than most adults have. In this episode, she and her dad Kris sit down together for their first podcast to share what recovery, foster care, hurricanes, evictions, and a family friend's kitchen table have taught them. Kris talks about the peer support worker who took him by the arm, looked him in the eye, and told him the only way through was radical honesty. Amanda talks about writing in a journal that never judges her, what she wishes adults understood about how children actually experience the foster system, and the way she has watched her father change more than she has heard him talk about it. Learn more about the Public Children Services Association of Ohio and the work Mike & Ashley are doing at https://www.pcsao.org. Kris and Amanda gave us their full permission to share their story in this format.

    I've Seen Him Change: Kris and Amanda on Recovery, Radical Honesty, and Healing as Father and Daughter

  2. 20/08

    This Will All Be Good: Jamie and Ben on Saying Yes to Kinship in the Middle of Everything Else

    Jamie was 42, pregnant with her fifth child, newly married to Ben, and parenting four older kids from her first marriage. Then the call came about her one month old niece. In this episode, Jamie and Ben share what it took to say yes together, why they never regretted it even when the moment felt overwhelming, and how their older kids modeled love in a way that made kinship care feel natural. They talk about the car ride when they told their niece about her birth mother, her simple answer that she has two moms, and Ben's phrase for the support system every kinship family needs. Build your hive. Learn more about the Public Children Services Association of Ohio and the work Mike & Ashley are doing at https://www.pcsao.org. Jamie and Ben gave us their full permission to share their story in this format.

    This Will All Be Good: Jamie and Ben on Saying Yes to Kinship in the Middle of Everything Else

  3. 7/08

    Invited to the Table: Fawn and Laurel on the New Role Reshaping Peer Work in Ohio

    When Laurel first met Fawn, she noticed that Fawn listened. Not at her, but with her. That single detail is what makes this systems disruptors episode land. Fawn Gadel, the director of Ohio Start, and Laurel Ridenour, its brand new Family Peer Mentor Technical Assistance Consultant, sit down to talk about what it took to build a state level position dedicated to peer work. They talk about livable wages, benefits, career ladders, and the difference between saying lived experience matters and putting it in the budget. Their message is simple. Systems change when someone makes a position, not just a speech. Learn more about the Public Children Services Association of Ohio and the work Mike & Ashley are doing at https://www.pcsao.org. Laurel and Fawn gave us their full permission to share their story in this format.

    Invited to the Table: Fawn and Laurel on the New Role Reshaping Peer Work in Ohio

  4. 23/07

    I'm Here to Learn and Grow: Onita on Stepping into Advocacy and Making the Best of a Life She Didn't Choose (Part 2)

    A year after submitting a poem and painting to a national journal, Onita found herself keynoting a conference of hundreds of professionals. In part two of our conversation, she talks about saying yes despite the imposter syndrome, stepping into a classroom as a college professor, and the fictional daughter she wrote for Paul Lawrence Dunbar as a way to honor two writers who came before her. She closes on hope, two of her three children pursuing what they love, her new grandbaby, Skylah's recent gifted identification, and what she wants her family to carry when she is gone. Learn more about the Public Children Services Association of Ohio and the work Mike & Ashley are doing at https://www.pcsao.org. Onita gave us their full permission to share their story in this format.

    I'm Here to Learn and Grow: Onita on Stepping into Advocacy and Making the Best of a Life She Didn't Choose (Part 2)

  5. 16/07

    We're Adjusting: Onita on Kinship Caregiving, Invisible Grief, and Art as Language (Part 1)

    When Onita took in her granddaughter Skylah nearly two and a half years ago, they were two people who barely knew each other. What they have built since is not a rescue story. It is an adjustment story. In part one of this two-part conversation, Onita talks about the invisible grief that kinship caregivers carry, the decisions to chase and not chase the people we love, and how creativity became the language she and Skylah use to understand each other. They write poems together. They paint together. Their art was part of an exhibit at K-12 & Tejas back in May-June. This is what quiet, daily healing looks like. Learn more about the Public Children Services Association of Ohio and the work Mike & Ashley are doing at https://www.pcsao.org. Onita gave us their full permission to share their story in this format.

    We're Adjusting: Onita on Kinship Caregiving, Invisible Grief, and Art as Language (Part 1)

  6. 9/07

    We're Just Like Sisters Now: Tammy and Tessa on the Court Day That Broke Their Hearts and Built Their Family

    Tammy and Frank thought they were about to adopt the two little girls they had raised since infancy. Tessa walked into court that same day to bring her granddaughters home. Both women were blindsided. Both were grieving. And what could have ended in silence became one of the most unlikely sisterhoods you will ever hear about. In this episode, Tammy and Tessa share the story of a Bob Evans coffee meeting that changed everything, how the girls now have a mom, a mommy, and a mimi, and why they believe families and foster parents should be building relationships from day one. Learn more about the Public Children Services Association of Ohio and the work Mike & Ashley are doing at https://www.pcsao.org. Tammy and Tessa gave us their full permission to share their story in this format.

    We're Just Like Sisters Now: Tammy and Tessa on the Court Day That Broke Their Hearts and Built Their Family

  7. 26/06

    This Will Be the Last Time: Jessica and Kayden on Rebuilding a Mother-Son Bond After Addiction

    When Kayden was 13, he stood outside a church and told his mom this would be the last time. Nine years later, he's a 23-year-old homeowner and mail carrier, and Jessica is a family peer mentor pouring everything she learned back into her community. In this honest conversation, the two share what it took to rebuild their relationship after years of addiction, prison, and living apart, including the grandma who held space for them both, the husband who refused to give up, and the daily work of hard conversations, healthy boundaries, and showing up again and again. Learn more about the Public Children Services Association of Ohio and the work Mike & Ashley are doing at https://www.pcsao.org. Jessica and Keyden gave us their full permission to share their story in this format.

    This Will Be the Last Time: Jessica and Kayden on Rebuilding a Mother-Son Bond After Addiction

  8. 28/05

    I Always Knew the Mom She Could Be: Teri and Haley on Recovery, Hope, and Healing a Mother-Daughter Bond

    Teri was a young mom battling addiction. Haley was the daughter who never stopped believing in her. In this tender conversation with Ashley, the two share what it took to break the cycle, not just from substances, but from old patterns of silence, blame, and false hope. They talk honestly about the hard years, the power of boundaries, and the day-to-day work of learning to communicate as mother and adult daughter. Now, with a master's degree, a career helping others recover, and mother-daughter trips on the calendar, their story is proof that relationships can heal, not just people. Learn more about the Public Children Services Association of Ohio and the work Mike & Ashley are doing at https://www.pcsao.org. Teri and Haley gave us their full permission to share their story in this format.

    I Always Knew the Mom She Could Be: Teri and Haley on Recovery, Hope, and Healing a Mother-Daughter Bond
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The 3,000 Good Things podcast shares short stories that highlight the GOOD things happening with Child Welfare front line staff throughout the state of Ohio. Each episode will leave you feeling inspired and more equipped to engage with families in a meaningful and transformational way! PACT, Practice in Action Together, is Ohio's Shared Practice Model dedicated to Elevate Healing and Build Relationships. You can learn more about PACT here: https://www.pcsao.org/programs-events/pact/

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  • Autoria
    Good Things Podcast
  • Anos em atividade
    2026
  • Episódios
    42
  • Classificação
    Para todos
  • Copyright
    © Good Things Podcast
  • Site do programa
    3,000 Good Things