by gayles | Feb 12, 2020 | Adoptee experience, Adoption-attunement, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Empathy, Living adoption, Strengthening Family Relationships
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. An adult adoptee I know described a recent conversation she had with the eight-year-old daughter of a coworker. Somehow the child learned that my friend was adopted. This...
by Gayle Swift | Apr 19, 2017 | Adoptee experience, Adoption Attuned Parenting, Reunioin
We shared the recent Easter weekend with my son’s birth mother and grandmother. How apropos it seemed to be celebrating this holiday which focuses on resurrection and new life. After living a closed adoption for twenty years, twelve years ago my son and his...
by GIFT Coach | Nov 9, 2016 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, Book: Forever Fingerprints, book: In Our Mothers" House, General Discussion, National Adoption Month, Strengthening Family Relationships
November brings to mind Thanksgiving. As adoptive parents we feel deeply grateful for the added blessing of our children. It feels particularly apt to observe National Adoption Month in November. Note, however, that the original (and on-going) mission of National...
by GIFT Coach | Aug 31, 2016 | Relationships in adoption, The Adoption Triad
Adopted: looking the part and living the part of adopted person or adopted family, is something most of us had no idea we’d be doing. How can we best prepare? Develop a High AQ* (Adoption-attunement quotient.) Release pre-conceived notions about adoption and...
by GIFT Coach | Aug 12, 2015 | Adoptive parenting, General Discussion
Parenting can be very rewarding; it can also bring us to our knees, leaving us overwhelmed, frightened and desperate. Kids with tough starts, trauma histories and strong wills can prove difficult to manage. What parent has not had the frustrating experience of...
