by Gayle Swift | Jun 14, 2017 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
In our latest podcast, Coaches Susan David and Joann DiStefano offer tips on how to Adoption Attune your relationships with your child aged zero to seven. Three additional episodes will follow: Adoptees and the Middle School Years; Supporting Your Adopted Teen; No...
by Gayle Swift | Apr 5, 2017 | Adoption Attunement
Recently, an adult adoptee shared with me a letter that she wrote when she was ten years old. It reflects directly on our recent blog regarding the need to listen deeply to adoptees and affirm both the positive and the challenging impact that adoption imposes on their...
by GIFT Coach | Mar 1, 2017 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Building families through adoption forges strong, loving bonds. It also realigns the life trajectories of entire families and fractures biological ties. Regardless of the degree of openness, adoption generates complicated tangles of atypical* relationships (* in the...
by Gayle Swift | Feb 15, 2017 | Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion, Open communication
Adoption matters; Talk about it! For far too many years adoption was buried under layers of secrecy. People considered it a sensitive subject. Off limits. Some parents kept adoptees in the dark. Families mentioned it only in whispers. Adoptees absorbed the subtle...
by GIFT Coach | Nov 30, 2016 | Adoption Attuned Parenting, Blogs by Gayle Swift, General Discussion
Conventional wisdom says hindsight is twenty/twenty. With Thanksgiving now in our rear view mirrors, what lessons can we bring forth throughout the holiday season? Intentional Parents can choose to sustain a gratitude perspective amidst the onslaught of holiday noise...
