Episode 31: Subscription Series Preview -- Getting It Together Before You Adopt
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting
Release Date: 12/15/2020
Episode 59: Adoption Matters. Talk About It!
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting
Join adoptive parents and adoption coaches, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they discuss observing National Adoption Month. As adoptive parents, we probably already think and talk a lot about adoption. And this month, we might even find ourselves sharing on social media smiling, happy photos. After all, adoption helped us build a family! Why wouldn't we be excited? But how would it be if our conversations acknowledged adopting from the adoptees' perspective and not just as adoptive parents? Adoption Attuned Parenting encourages us to do our part to talk about all...
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Episode 58: A Discovery Episode ...Is Adopting a Child Right for Me?????
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting
Listen to excerpts from Growing Intentional Families Together's Discovery Webinar Is Adopting a Child Right for Me? Hosts, adoptive parents, and adoption coaches, Susan David and Gayle Swift, continue their hiatus 'til June. Meantime, they've been busy working with their colleagues and have recently launched Is Adopting a Child Right for Me? Child-centric and adoption attuned, it’s a six-module, on-demand course that offers information, preparation, and competency to make that important, life-changing decision to adopt a child ... or not. Learn more about what’s covered...
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Episode 57: Is Adopting a Child Right for Me?
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting
Join hosts, adoptive parents, and adoption coaches, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they discuss their upcoming course, Is Adopting a Child Right for Me? Child-centric and adoption attuned, it’s a six-module, on-demand course that offers information, preparation, and competency to make that important, life-changing decision to adopt a child ... or not. More information about this upcoming course as well as a free discovery webinar with Susan and Gayle and their colleagues at Growing Intentional Families Together can be found at .
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Episode 56: Sharing Heart to Heart Conversations
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting
Taking a break is an opportunity to catch a breath, reassess, and tweak ... SO this episode is a rebroadcast as your hosts take a winter-into-spring hiatus. Join us for new episodes in June! A desire to connect with another person is at the heart of every conversation. Too often our words land in an unintended way. Mismatches are not uncommon in conversations between parent and child. So what can we parents do to avoid these conversation mishaps? Join hosts, adoption coaches, and parents, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they discuss how to listen so your kids...
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Episode 55: 4 EASY Things to Resolve to Do in the New Year
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting
Join adoptive parents and adoption coaches, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they discuss 4 EASY things to do as resolutions for the year ahead. These suggestions were designed with the holiday weary listener in mind. They remain applicable as we move further along in the coming year. Like all parents, adoptive moms and dads can neglect their own self-care and this can affect how we "show up" with our kids. So together in this short episode, let's review and resolve so that we can be the adoption attuned parents our kids need.
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Episode 54:Let's Explore How to Build an Adoption Attuned Library
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting
Join adoptive parents and adoption coaches, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they discuss how to go about building an Adoption Attuned Library. Last month they discussed "The Top Six Reasons You Want an Adoption Attuned Library." And now in this follow-up episode, 3 types of readers are addressed and an example of how a specific book for each type fits the bill of Adoption Attunement is identified. All under the umbrella of Adoption Attuned Parenting, from accurate information to evoking empathic responses, you'll learn how an Adoption Attuned library can be invaluable for helping families...
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Episode 53:6 Reasons to Build Your Adoption Attuned Family Library
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting
Join adoptive parents and adoption coaches, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they discuss why its important to develop a family library that is Adoption Attuned. Books serve as an immensely valuable tool for helping families address adoption complexity. And, a loving parent’s lap offers the perfect, safe place to share a book. So you can see why developing a well stocked adoption library can help adopted kids talk about this significant part of their family. Both parent and child benefit in powerful ways. Let’s get started and discuss the Six Top Reasons You Want an Adoption Attuned...
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Episode 52: Hope for the Best Yet Prepare for the Worst
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting
Did you realize that adoptive parenting and hurricane preparedness have a lot in common? Think of it as “hope for the best yet prepare for the worst.” Join adoptive parents and adoption coaches, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they discuss how preparing to be an adoptive parent is like storm preparation. We can’t think that challenging parent/child issues won’t head our way. We can’t think, "Not my kids or It will never happen to us." It can. In fact, it almost certainly will! Perhaps it will be the equivalent of a Category 1 storm. Perhaps it will be more like a Category 5....
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Episode 51: Celebrating 50 Episodes of Adoption Attuned Parenting!
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting
Join hosts, adoptive parents and adoption coaches, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they celebrate 50 episodes of The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting. Susan and Gayle discuss special podcast highlights including: Adoption Attunement' foundational truths How coaching can benefit adoptive families The gains and the losses for all in the adoption constellation Why appropriate adoption language matters The authoritative sources behind the Adoption Attuned approach Special guests that have further enlightened us Shared experiences that shaped our lives Holiday...
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Rebroadcast: Interview with Lynn Grubb, The Adoption Genealogist
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting
Hosts Susan David and Gayle Swift have taken an August hiatus to spend some time with family, friends and extended relatives! Please join them for a rebroadcast of their interview with adoption author, adoptee, and adoptee genealogist, Lynn Grubb for an enlightening first discussion about genetic genealogy for adoptees. Lynn lets us in on what you need to know before starting to search and some other considerations you might not have considered. As always, your hosts focus on Adoption Attuned practices that help families raise healthy and happy adopted children. ...
info_outlineAdoptive parents, adoption coaches and long time hosts of The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting, Joann DiStefano and Susan David are joined by colleague, Sally Ankerfelt to discuss GIFT's upcoming Subscription Series by the same name. Sally and Susan highlight the first course in the series, Getting It Together Before You Adopt, designed for those who are just beginning to think about the adoption option.