by Gayle Swift | Dec 11, 2024 | Adoptee experience, Adoptive family life, Adoptive relationships, holidays
During the holidays we can easily get caught up in a whirlwind of making things “more.” More fun-filled. More extravagant. More memorable—all of which can make the holidays MORE STRESSFUL. Of course, it is impossible to completely delete the material aspect from the...
by Gayle Swift | Nov 13, 2024 | Adoptee experience|Adoption-attunement|Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool|Blogs by Gayle Swift|General Discussion|Strengthening Family Relationships, Adoption Attuned Parenting
November is National Adoption Month. This month social media is filled with posts that advocate and idealize adoption. And… with increasing frequency, adult adoptees are posting their own take on adoption—one that is rooted in their personal experience. Often,...
by Gayle Swift | Sep 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
The most recent vlog conversation between our adoption coaches Kim Noeth, Sharon Butler-Obazee, and Sally Ankerfelt generated insights from their respective positions in the adoption triad. They spoke with a sixth-grade teacher, Michelle Soggs, who shared her...
by Gayle Swift | Aug 13, 2024 | Adoptive parenting, Navigating open adoptions, Tri-relational Interconnectivity
In their most recent vlog birth mother Kim Noeth, adoptee Sharon Butler Obazee, and adoptive parent Sally Ankerfelt interviewed Brian De Vos, an adoptive dad of two now-adult children. Brian, is the son of an adoptee as well as an adoptive parent. This provided him...
by Gayle Swift | Jul 10, 2024 | Adoptee experience, Adoption Attuned Parenting, Adoption constellation, Adoption success, Adoptive parenting
This familiar phrase plays out on nearly every family journey. It always seems to take longer to get to a desired destination. Children nearly burst with a need to vocalize their barely restrained anticipation. Parents might be less vocal. Yet often, they too are...
