by Sally A | Dec 18, 2019 | General Discussion
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this blog post. Parenting demands unparalleled amounts of love, time, and energy. Adoptive parenting is like traditional parenting on steroids. Often, adoptive parents face ...
by Sally A | Mar 20, 2013 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, Blogs by Joann DiStefano, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
The unsettling behaviors of our traumatized children can trigger our own traumas and beliefs. We unconsciously activate our defense systems and shelter behind our walls. This may cause us to second guess our ability to parent. Perhaps, we may even respond with...
by Sally A | Mar 13, 2013 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Blogs by Joann DiStefano, General Discussion
This is GIFT’s second blog post to explore the role of boundaries in family life. In discovering how the world works, we’ve all encountered the proverbial bare-hand-on-hot-stove experience. Pain makes an effective and persuasive learning channel and establishes...
by Sally A | Mar 6, 2013 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, Blogs by Joann DiStefano, General Discussion
Invisible Fences—Holding Me In or Holding You Out For the month of March we will explore the role of boundaries in family life. For many of us, our first experience with boundaries is the crib in which we slept as babies. It served to keep us safe, to define the...
by Sally A | Feb 27, 2013 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, Blogs by Joann DiStefano, General Discussion, Strengthening Family Relationships
We close our February blogs with a final look at the insights shared by Christina White in her very personal discussion of her experiences as an abused child. “I’m still trying to heal from a feeling of not being loved as a child. It hurts me even now as I type these...
