Ep178: Preparing for Parenthood with Lindsay Garrett LCSW
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
We talk a lot on this show about pregnancy and birth (of course!) but we don’t talk as much about what happens after that. That’s where today’s guest, Lindsay C. M. Garrett, LCSW comes in. An expert in the field of adoption, parent preparation, and child welfare, she has spent ten years supporting parents at The Gladney Center for Adoption.
Her background may be in adoption but no matter how you choose to approach parenthood she’s got great practical advice that I know everyone can find useful. This episode can hopefully remind you that it’s ok to feel your feelings and reach out to your support system.
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
-How the challenges of adoption inspired Lindsay to focus her career on preparing parents to have children
-Why it’s important to explore your fears leading up to parenthood
-How establishing strong communication with your partner beforehand can help in coparenting later
-What some specific strategies are for building a sustainable support system
-What are some ideas for things you can ask for when you reach out for help
-What it means to define your family’s mission statement and values
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| 0:00.0 | If you want some practical advice on how to prepare for being a parent, you are in luck, |
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| 1:25.5 | Hello, hello. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode |
| 1:30.7 | number 178. Thank you for being here with me today. In today's episode of the podcast, we have |
| 1:38.6 | Lindsay Garrett. Lindsay is a licensed clinical social worker. She's an expert in the field of adoption, |
| 1:46.9 | parent preparation, and child welfare. She's known for her directness, witty sense of humor, |
| 1:53.5 | loving others through sharing knowledge and always having a plan. For her entire career, |
| 1:59.8 | children have been Lindsay's passion and by extension |
| 2:02.4 | their parents. She spent 10 years supporting parents through adoption at the Gladney Center for |
| 2:08.5 | adoption. And the most inspiring part of her work is seeing the magic and mess of growing families. |
| 2:14.5 | She actually started writing for Houston mom's blog in the same year she became a parent. |
| 2:20.5 | And because her brain tends to sort through things by writing them down and her quest to sort |
| 2:26.3 | through the transition to parenthood, she wrote her first book, Parent Goals, the Millennials Guide |
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