by Gayle Swift | Mar 2, 2024 | Adoptee experience, Adoption Attunement, Adoption success, Adoptive parenting, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool|Blogs by Gayle Swift
In our previous blog, we named Isaac Etter as the 2024 recipient of our SHAPING THE FUTURE AWARD. We believe that his insightful work is making a difference in support of adoptees and the families who love them. We wanted to recognize how Isaac was shaping the...
by gayles | Feb 2, 2022 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
At the heart of every conversation is a desire to connect with another person. It involves a speaker and a listener. Each is an essential component. Communication is an interactive loop of listening and speaking. Unlike an inhaled breath that enters our body intact,...
by Gayle Swift | Apr 3, 2019 | Adoption-attunement, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
My husband had the admirable ability to remain calm in the face of upheaval and chaos. As a person strongly influenced by emotions and with a deep need for “safety”, his equanimity was like my life raft in a storm. Ironically, this same “unflappableness” occasionally...
by Gayle Swift | Jun 27, 2018 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Even without a caption, we can infer that the dad in this photo clearly wants his son to listen. This graphic explodes with emotion. Negative energy stirs within ourselves as we look at it. It awakens memories of similar conversations where emotion overwhelmed reason....
by Gayle Swift | May 23, 2018 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Difficult Discussions
In our two previous blogs, we focused on the role of the family adoption library as a way to facilitate important yet perhaps difficult conversations about adoption complexity. Books are one of many tools parents can draw upon to help them. The most salient point in...
