by gayles | Jun 30, 2021 | Adoption Attunement, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Family dynamics
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Listen time 5:23 This month we celebrate the “birthday” and independence of the United States. Many folks observe the Fourth of July as an extended family. Holidays...
by gayles | Jun 3, 2021 | Adoption reunion, Adoption reunioni, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
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. The importance...
by gayles | May 5, 2021 | Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Mothers
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Listen time 6:04 The month of May, rich with burgeoning life after winter’s severity, brings motherhood to mind . The observance of an official holiday further nudges our...
by gayles | Apr 7, 2021 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion, Strengthening Family Relationships, Values
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Listen time 5:32 Babies are the most determined learners. Their survival depends on their ability to learn. Even in the face of persistent failure, they pick themselves up and...
by gayles | May 6, 2020 | Adoption Attunement, General Discussion
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. As adults, we “know” the world through direct physical experience. It is easy to assume that we all “see” the same thing. Yet nothing could be further...