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“Why can’t we connect?” It’s a question many foster and adoptive parents, like myself, have asked about attempting to build a relationship with a child God has placed into our homes. What is it that keeps them from being open and receptive to your care? Could you sum it up in one word? You may choose words like trauma, detachment, defiance, or dysregulation, but I’d like to suggest a more helpful word: hunger. This is Chef Kibby inviting you to join me for the Hunger for Connection Podcast. In each episode, I’ll be weaving together pioneering research, personal experiences, and ...

If you have a child in your life who has experienced trauma (and after a worldwide pandemic, that’s practically all of us), there’s a good chance that they are living with chronic anxiety and worry that is hijacking their ability to form healthy attachments with those who love them most — including you. I’m Chef Kibby, a biological, foster, and adoptive dad, and I invite you to learn how to embrace the inherent trust of the kitchen as we use the connecting power of cooking and eating together with our children to bring about healing and restoration — because while trauma is ...