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,...
by Gayle Swift | May 3, 2023 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool|Blogs by Gayle Swift|Blogs by Guests|General Discussion, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Strengthening Family Relationships, Uncategorized
May conjures images of spring flowers, of growth and renewal, of hope and expectation. Yet for those of us connected by adoption, May is also a month fraught with emotions. Mother’s Day is the defining event of the month. Social media, television, and...
by gayles | Jun 1, 2022 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Human beings have a primal need for “felt safety.” This need is intensified in adoptees. According to Maslow’s hierarchy, the need for safety is second only to the need for food and shelter. When we feel afraid, our need to achieve safety is further...
by Gayle Swift | Apr 27, 2022 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
In our culture, we celebrate motherhood and moms. If you are a mother, On Mother’s Day, most likely your family may honor you with gifts. Whether these gifts are large or small, inexpensive or costly, handmade by little ones or purchased, you will...
by gayles | Apr 6, 2022 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and is intended to prevent child abuse as well as raise awareness of it. Both are worthy goals. Growing Intentional Families Together supports them. So, what can we do to prevent child abuse? An obvious first step is to...
by gayles | Mar 30, 2022 | Adoptee experience, Adoption Attunement, Adoption-attunement, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Family dynamics, parenting dream
Bananas, Cacti, and Kids–What do they have in common? Stay with me and I will explain. The old maxim that “April showers bring May flowers” helps us appreciate that certain ingredients must be present so a plant can flourish: water, air, sunlight,...
