by Gayle Swift | Jun 20, 2026 | Adoption as a communal experience, Adoption as a Family Experience. Changing Systems, Adoption Attuned Parenting, Adoptive family life, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Guest Blog Dr. Adam Anthony, Strengthening Family Relationships
Globally, June marks NPE Awareness Month. While people might be unfamiliar with the acronym, many have experienced the shock of unanticipated DNA results. They discover that their parents are not who they believed they were. NPE. Not Parent Expected or Non-Paternity...
by Gayle Swift | Jun 12, 2026 | Adoptioin Attunement, Adoption as a Family Experience. Changing Systems, Adoption reunion, Uncategorized
Today’s blog was written by our guest, Dr. Adam Anthony,* founder of EmpowerMENt™. He was moved to write this blog in response to one of our training videos about our Tri-Spective concept. What the TriSpective Approach Taught Me About My Own Reunion I recently...
by Gayle Swift | Apr 8, 2026 | Building Connection, Building family connections, by Gayle H. Swift, Family dynamics, Strengthening Family Relationships, Telling a Complete Story, The Adoption Triad, Tri-relational Interconnectivity
Episode 27 of our vlog/podcast focused on the unique aspects and responsibilities of adoptive parenting. (Click this link to listen to the entire conversation.) The conversation began with a clip from Jean Kelly Widner, author of The Adoption Paradox. Jean’s...
by gayles | Sep 2, 2020 | Adoption Attunement, Blogs by Gayle Swift, Ethics, Intentional Parenting
Feeling short of time or finding it difficult to concentrate? You can listen to this post. Hello! I’m Gayle Swift and today I am reading the Growing Intentional Families Together blog dated, Sept. 2, 2020 and titled Parents Need to Handle Their Own Tough Stuff...