{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 265: Walking Through the Heartache of "Blocked Care" (w\/ Eric & Diana Powell)","description":"Like so many families, Eric and Diana Powell entered into adoption with the best intentions. After their first international adoption from Thailand, they quickly started the paperwork for their second, knowing that the process is often long and fraught with delays. What they couldn\u2019t know is that the next few years of their adoption journey would include physical aggression, episodes of emotional dysregulation, marriage tension, a phenomenon known as \u201cblocked care\u201d, and an overwhelming sense of isolation. During this challenging period, they often didn\u2019t know where to turn next or what to do to help their family heal and connect. Blocked care is a response that can occur when a person rejects your attempts to provide for them, no matter how loving or compassionate those attempts may be. Over time, this pattern can lead to feelings of rejection, hostility, anxiety, and even compassion fatigue in the caregiver. Eric and Diana\u2019s story has been one of incredible challenges, but it is also one of tremendous growth. Today, the Powells are passionate about being a listening ear for others on their fostering or adoption journey. In this episode, they explain how they learned what blocked care is and how to navigate it, the importance of finding a supportive community as a foster or adoptive parent, where to find hope when reality doesn\u2019t match your expectations, and much more. Find resources mentioned and more in the show notes for this episode: https:\/\/theforgotteninitiative.org\/eric-diana-powell-265\/ ","author_name":"The Forgotten Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.theforgottenpodcast.org","html":"