by Gayle Swift | Jun 21, 2023 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool|Blogs by Gayle Swift, Uncategorized
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Listen time 6:04 Father’s Day dominates our thoughts this month. Big Holidays like this are freighted with extra emotional baggage in the world of adoption. In American...
by Gayle Swift | Jun 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
ENJOY THIS POPULAR BLOG FROM OUR ARCHIVES! As adherents of Adoption Attunement, we believe that having fun together as a family is an integral factor in building successful connection and attachment. It is far too easy to get hyper-focused on the education and...
by Gayle Swift | May 31, 2023 | by Gayle H. Swift, Uncategorized
While our coaches are busy creating some exciting new ways to support adoptees, adoptive families, and prospective adoptees, we invite you to enjoy two popular blogs from our archives. Fireflies, S’mores, and Star-filled Skies: Making Family Memories As...
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 advertisements...
by Gayle Swift | Mar 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
As the yeasty scent of homemade bread baking in my oven filled my kitchen the other day, I had a thought. Wouldn’t it be great if success at parenting were as simple as following a recipe, of carefully assembling ingredients, and precise measuring? Attention to the...
by Gayle Swift | Nov 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Since Growing is part of our company’s name, it will come as no surprise that we believe in a Growth Mindset when it comes to adoptive parenting Several years ago, we learned of the GROW Model of coaching that was developed in the 1980s by John Whitmore. He pioneered...
