by Gayle Swift | Oct 21, 2026 | Adoptee experience, Adoptee Voice, Adoption Paradox
I live with a public secret. It affects me profoundly at times, yet it’s barely noticeable. My right eye is a “false eye”. A prosthetic. A piece of glass. A bauble that rests in my eye socket but does nothing. My disguise does its job well and goes unnoticed to the...
by Adam Anthony | Oct 9, 2026 | Adoptee experience, Adoptee Voice, Adoption as a communal experience, Adoption as a Family Experience. Changing Systems, Adoption constellation, TriSpective
A Reflection on Adoption, Voice, and the TriSpective Approach By Dr. Adam Anthony I have spent a lot of time thinking about a question that seems simple until you are an adoptee: Who holds the story? Is it the birth parent who made the decision that changed the...
by Adam Anthony | Sep 9, 2026 | Adoptee experience, Adoption Attunement, Adoption constellation, Adoption reunion, Tri-relational Interconnectivity, TriSpective
Unlocking My Story: What I Learned When I Finally Asked for My Adoption Records https://giftfamilyservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Blog-Sept-2026-Dr.-Adam-Anthony.m4a For years, I carried a question I didn’t know how to ask out loud. Who was I, before I...
by Gayle Swift | Mar 11, 2026 | Adoption as a communal experience, Adoption Paradox, Adoption systems, Lived Experience Informs Understanding, Psychological Permissionis, Telling a Complete Story
Last week we announced that adoptee Jean Kelly Widner had been named the 2026 recipient of our annual Shaping the Future Award. She is the author of the ground-breaking book Adoption Paradox: Putting Adoption in Perspective. Jean is an articulate and courageous voice...
by Gayle Swift | Feb 11, 2026 | Adoptee experience, Adoptee Voice, Adoption constellation, Adoptive family life, Uncategorized
An Adoption Evolution In a conversation on our podcast, Adoption Matters, Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao, an adoptee and a pioneering voice in the adoption community said that she was adopted in the Dark Ages. Although the remark was spoken in a light hearted tone, it...
by Gayle Swift | Dec 10, 2025 | Adoptee experience, Adoption Attunement, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
Let me repeat, Open adoption isn’t easy AND it was so worth it! This is the key point of our recent vlog interview with Linda Sexton, author, pioneer in open adoption, and an adoptive parent. Through the lens of being a part of an open adoption for thirty years,...
