Empowered to Connect Podcast

Tona, Becca, Jesse

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Booking Overview

This attachment- and healing-centered podcast focuses on helping parents and caregivers build safer, more connected relationships with kids and communities. Episodes feature practical guidance from clinical experts on brain/body behavior, trauma-informed communication, and family support during challenging transitions.

Metrics

Episodes: 257

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 10.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Tona - Co-host of the Empowered to Connect Podcast; provides practical, attachment- and trauma-informed guidance for supporting children and families (including foster and adoptive households).

Becca - Co-host of the Empowered to Connect Podcast; focuses on attachment-rich, healing-centered ways to engage and support family wellbeing and caregiver practice.

Jesse - Co-host of the Empowered to Connect Podcast; supports foster/adoptive and caregiving communities with practical, relationship-based, attachment-informed approaches.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Licensed mental health or child development professionals (e.g., pediatric psychologists), attachment/trauma specialists, and/or recognized authors/educators with established programs or books for parents and caregivers.
Required Achievements:  
Published parenting/child-behavior books, Clinical practice in pediatrics or child psychology, Development of courses or evidence-informed frameworks, Experience supporting foster/adoptive families and trauma-informed communication

Recent Guest Discussions

Robyn Gobbel - Why Kids Lie; Felt Safety And Fear; How To Respond And Regulate A Child’s Stress Brain; Talking About Truth, Sexual Abuse Disclosure, And Training Children To Tell The Truth.

Mona Delahooke - Brain–body–behavior Connection; Importance For Parents/caregivers; Applying Understanding To Challenging Child Behavior.

Recent Topics

Attachment, Trauma, Parenting, Caregiving, Pediatrics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Empowered to Connect Podcast
:

[E239] Replay Let's Talk About Lying with Robyn Gobbel

June 02, 2026

Why do kids lie, even when the truth would have been easier? This week, we’re replaying an oldie but a goodie: Let's Talk About Lying with Robyn Gobbel. Lying is usually about fear and felt safety, not character. This one will change how you respond. Chapters (00:00:04) - Summer Survival Kit(00:01:29) - Robin Goble on Lying(00:04:08) - We Only Lie Because It's Okay to Tell the Truth(00:10:29) - How to regulate the stress brain(00:14:49) - Don't Ask Your Child If He Did or Didn't Take Out(00:2...

[E238] Replay Understanding the Brain, Body, Behavior Connection with Mona Delahooke

May 19, 2026

Catch the replay! Mona is a Pediatric Psychologist and the author of Beyond Behaviors, among several other books. If you've ever read Beyond Behaviors, you know how brilliant she is! In this episode, we talk about the Brain - Body - Behavior connection and why it is absolutely essential for parents and caregivers to understand. Struggling with perplexing behavior in your home? This may be the episode you've been waiting for. We also talk about Mona's book that was published in 2022. Wanna lea...

[E237] When You’re New to Supporting a Foster or Adoptive Family

May 05, 2026

Episode 237 is live! ️ If someone you love is in the middle of a new placement (whether that's a newborn, a toddler, or a teenager), this one is for the people standing beside them. Tona, Becca, and Jesse get practical about what it actually looks like to show up well for foster and adoptive families. Not just in the first week, but in the long haul. What's the most meaningful thing someone did for you (or that you did for someone else) during a new placement?

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