by GIFT Coach | Oct 14, 2015 | Blogs by Sally Ankerfelt, Blogs by Susan David, Faith and Values, Faith communities, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
This post is Part 2 of a 4 part series examining the promise of faith communities as sources of healing and connection and GIFT coaches’, Sally Ankerfelt and Susan David’s recent presentation at the 2015 ATTACh Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. If faith...
by GIFT Coach | Oct 6, 2015 | Blogs by Susan David, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
Part 1 of a 4 Part Series highlighting the recent ATTACh Conference in Minneapolis, MN Recently, my colleague, Sally Ankerfelt, and I (Susan David,) attended the 27th Annual ATTACh Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota as both presenters and participants. Each year...
by GIFT Coach | Jul 8, 2015 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships
GIFT coach, Gayle Swift writes a blog, “Writing to Connect.,” which reviews children’s books through an Adoption-attuned lens. Some focus on adoption-themed topics but most do not. Here are two books that align with our recent blogs on adoptee...
by GIFT Coach | Jul 8, 2015 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion, Post Adoption Challenges & Behaviors, Strengthening Family Relationships, The Adoption Process
GIFT coach, Gayle Swift writes a blog, “Writing to Connect.,” which reviews children’s books through an Adoption-attuned lens. Some focus on adoption-themed topics but most do not. Here are two books that align with our recent blogs on adoptee...
by GIFT Coach | May 21, 2015 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, Faith and Values, General Discussion, Open Adoption, Strengthening Family Relationships
My children are now adults –twenty-eight and thirty years old. (Of course, in my heart, they will always be my babies.) Each is steadily pursuing relationships and careers guided by an inner compass that evolved from a combination of factors: nurture, DNA, personal...
by GIFT Coach | May 13, 2015 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Guests, Difficult Discussions, Faith and Values, General Discussion, Open Adoption, Strengthening Family Relationships, The Adoption Triad
Lori Holden: Reader questions about open adoption relationships During a discussion of my book, The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption, held by a virtual book club two years ago, I was asked the question you see in the title above. Oh, yes indeedy, learn I did. And...
