by GIFT Coach | Mar 6, 2014 | Adoptee experience
Adoptive parents frequently hear themselves called heroes for choosing to adopt. While it is intended as a compliment, there is a subtle negative judgment implied: our children are perceived as burdens they’d never have the courage to shoulder. What is the...
by GIFT Coach | Mar 2, 2014 | Adoptee memoir, Adoption books, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Difficult Discussions
Split at the Root: a Memoir of Love and Identity, packs a riveting story. Against a lush tropical backdrop, a remarkable story of transracial “adoption” unfolds. As an adoption coach and an adoptive parent, I found her story riveting. It kept me up late...
by GIFT Coach | Feb 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
As we are deep in the throes of winter, along comes February, with the promise of romance and sweet connection. Forget Valentine bliss, Swiss chocolate and long-stemmed roses. For many of you right now, it is not the holiday that occupies your thoughts. It’s the...
by GIFT Coach | Jan 29, 2014 | Adoptee experience, Adoption realities
The concept of a “Veil of Secrecy” is a common construct in the world of adoption. It refers to that knowledge divide that separates an adoptee from the people and facts of his biological history. In a previous blog “Who Do You Think You Are?”...
by GIFT Coach | Jan 22, 2014 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool
Empathy is an essential human skill that enriches relationships, smooths life’s bumps, and enhances life’s joys. Empathy isn’t intuitive. It is a skill that must be taught. For some children–especially those with Tough Start histories–learning...
