Anchored in Love: Real Stories of Motherhood & Family
Welcome to Anchored in Love, a podcast by Juliet Anker — mom of a beautifully blended family, foster and adoptive parent, former surrogate, storyteller, and fierce believer that families are formed in more ways than one.
Here, we explore the real stories of motherhood and family — the ones we live through quietly, the ones that shape us, and the ones we wish more people talked about.
Each week, we dive into:
- The truth behind fostering & adoption
- Blended family life in all its messy, meaningful chaos
- Honest motherhood without the perfection filter
- Healing after illness, trauma, loss, and change
- Listening to our bodies and trusting our intuition
- Family stories that reveal our deepest connections
This is a safe space for the stories that matter — the ones rooted in love, shaped by resilience, and carried through the heart.
Whether you’re a parent, a foster family, navigating a blended home, healing, growing, or simply looking for a place where honesty meets hope — you belong here.
Sit with me. Let’s talk about what really makes a family.
Anchored in Love: Real Stories of Motherhood & Family
Episode 4: Sibling Groups in Foster Care & Parenting Kids With Trauma
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Sibling groups are a reality for many children entering foster care, yet they’re often misunderstood. In this episode, I share what we’ve learned fostering sibling groups and parenting children impacted by trauma , how siblings provide comfort and familiarity, how trauma shows up in everyday behavior, and why accountability without shame matters so much.
This is an honest, experience-based conversation about safety, consistency, and showing up for kids who carry more than they should have to, without pretending there are easy answers.