Additional Supports

At Living In Full Bloom, we believe healing and growth are supported best within community, wisdom, and appropriate care. This page exists to provide trusted resources for additional support beyond spiritual life coaching.

If you are in crisis or need immediate assistance, please reach out to the emergency resources listed below.

If you or someone you love is in immediate danger or experiencing thoughts of self-harm, please contact one of the following resources right away:

Emergency Services (U.S.): 911
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or Text 988
Available 24/7
Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741

If you are outside the United States, please contact your local emergency number or a trusted international crisis resource.

These organizations provide education, advocacy, and community support for adoptive and foster families:

TBRI® (Trust-Based Relational Intervention)

Trauma-informed caregiving resources and training developed by the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development

Tennessee Kids Belong

Advocacy, church engagement, and resources supporting foster and adoptive families across Tennessee

TN Voices for Children

Family support, care coordination, and advocacy for children with emotional and behavioral needs

Tennessee Early Intervention System (TEIS)

Services for infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)

Education, support groups, and mental health advocacy for individuals and families

Faith-based community support can be a vital lifeline for families walking adoption and foster care journeys:

Long Hollow Adoption & Foster Care Support

Brentwood Baptist Adoption & Foster Care Ministry

Church of the City – Adoption & Foster Care Support

Foster Family Assistance Network (Hendersonville, TN)

These groups offer connection, prayer, practical help, and encouragement from families walking similar paths.

The following organizations and teachers offer biblically grounded teaching on healing, freedom, and spiritual growth. These resources are provided for education and personal exploration.

Christian Healing Institute (CHI)

Teaching and resources focused on emotional and spiritual healing through Christ

The Bondage Breaker – Neil T. Anderson

Resources addressing spiritual freedom, identity in Christ, and breaking strongholds

Forgiveness and healing are often deeply connected—and often misunderstood. These resources offer biblically grounded teaching that emphasizes freedom, truth, and responsibility without minimizing pain, trauma, or injustice.

R.T. Kendall – Teaching on Forgiveness

Author and speaker known for clear, biblical insight on forgiveness, grace, and spiritual maturity. His teaching emphasizes freedom of the heart without excusing harm or bypassing truth.

Beth Guckenberger – Through the First Punch

Written by an adoptive mom and ministry leader, this book offers a powerful and honest look at spiritual warfare, suffering, and resilience, particularly in the context of adoption, foster care, and ministry life. Beth speaks from lived experience, helping readers recognize the unseen battle while remaining grounded in faith, humility, and hope. This resource is especially meaningful for parents who feel blindsided by hardship after saying yes to God’s call and are seeking language for endurance, discernment, and perseverance.

These teachings are offered as supplemental resources for reflection and growth and are not a replacement for professional care, personal discernment, or appropriate support systems.

Living In Full Bloom provides faith-based spiritual life coaching, not therapy or clinical mental health treatment. We encourage clients and readers to seek appropriate professional, medical, and community support as needed.

Using outside resources is not a sign of weakness—it is often a sign of wisdom.

If you’re unsure where to begin or feel overwhelmed by options, you are welcome to reach out through the Contact page for general guidance or referrals.