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...
by gayles | Apr 1, 2020 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. This unfolding pandemic will forever alter our lives and divide time into a distinct Before and After. Our only choice is to confront the situation with intention. Life flows...
by gayles | Mar 4, 2020 | Adoptee experience, Adoption-attunement, Adoptive Parenting Skills/Tool, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Strengthening Family Relationships
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Read time 6:25 During this month folks who are Irish–literally or metaphorically–celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Like many holidays, a non-sectarian sense of fun has...
by gayles | Feb 26, 2020 | General Discussion
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this blog post. We’ve all experienced moments which left us embarrassed and needing to be accountable. Humble pie is never tasty and yet life serves it up regularly. (Honesty compels...
by Gayle Swift | Sep 11, 2019 | Empathy, Family dynamics, Strengthening Family Relationships
“It takes a village.” Typically, we hear this truism in reference to raising children; it might equally apply to being a community or country. When it comes to confronting disasters, it is overwhelmingly true. In fact, it takes many villages. The most...
