by GIFT Coach | Mar 1, 2017 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Building families through adoption forges strong, loving bonds. It also realigns the life trajectories of entire families and fractures biological ties. Regardless of the degree of openness, adoption generates complicated tangles of atypical* relationships (* in the...
by GIFT Coach | Feb 8, 2017 | Adoption-attunement, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Family dynamics, General Discussion, Intentional Parenting
Last month we focused on accumulating information to underpin some intentional change-making. Today’s tips can help you implement change even if you didn’t participate in last month’s series. (It’s not too late to follow the exercise outlined...
by GIFT Coach | Feb 2, 2017 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, Difficult Discussions, Faith and Values, General Discussion
Americans have a cultural belief: Money Talks. What is yours saying? How strong is the connection between our spending and our values? After tracking your spending for a week–or more–what useful information emerged? Dissect the information with a Learning...
by GIFT Coach | Jan 25, 2017 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Two weeks ago we asked, “Will 2017 be smooth sailing for your family or will the seas be rough and choppy?” We posed this open-ended question to highlight the importance of distinguishing between what we intend to do, what we believe we are doing and, what...
by GIFT Coach | Jan 18, 2017 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Because we are committed to Intentional Parenting, last week we invited readers to consider a time-tracking practice to help identify the way we actually spend out time. We also revisited our Family Values to remind ourselves of their role in identifying priorities....
