Latest Internationaladoption Podcast Episodes
Episode 59: Adoption Matters. Talk About It!
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin 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. ...
Episode 58: A Discovery Episode ...Is Adopting a Child Right for Me?????
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - April 21, 2023 16:26 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingListen 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 ha...
Episode 57: Is Adopting a Child Right for Me?
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - March 16, 2023 14:45 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin 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 impo...
Episode 56: Sharing Heart to Heart Conversations
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - February 17, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTaking 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 l...
Episode 55: 4 EASY Things to Resolve to Do in the New Year
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - January 26, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin 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 pa...
Episode 54:Let's Explore How to Build an Adoption Attuned Library
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - December 21, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin 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...
Episode 53:6 Reasons to Build Your Adoption Attuned Family Library
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - November 16, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin 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 pe...
Episode 52: Hope for the Best Yet Prepare for the Worst
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - October 26, 2022 09:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDid 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 ...
Episode 51: Celebrating 50 Episodes of Adoption Attuned Parenting!
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - September 21, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin 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 ado...
Rebroadcast: Interview with Lynn Grubb, The Adoption Genealogist
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - August 17, 2022 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHosts 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 g...
Episode 49: Helping Our Kids Feel Safe in Today's Uncertain World
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - July 19, 2022 09:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin adoptive parents and adoption coaches, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they discuss how we can make our adopted children -- all children -- feel safer in a world that is currently experiencing many events that make us all afraid. It seems as if violence is permeating our world whether here ...
Episode 48:Nurturing the Ties That Bind
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - June 21, 2022 06:32 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin hosts, adoptive parents and adoption coaches, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they focus on mothering and how we can nurture respectful, healthy relationships between ourselves and our children's birth moms. With so many competing emotions in adoption, all three parties in the adoption cons...
Episode 47: Revisiting Adoption Attuned Holiday Celebrations
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - May 19, 2022 17:13 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIt is that time of year again -- we just honored mothers on their special day, graduations of all sorts are being celebrated, and Father's Day is just around the corner. Join hosts Susan David and Gayle Swift as they revisit a previous episode discussing how to manage holiday celebrations, the A...
Episode 46: Interview with Adoption Consultant, Abby Jacobson
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - April 21, 2022 14:22 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdoption coaches, Susan David and Gayle Swift, are joined by special guest, adoption consultant Abby Jacobson as she shares her personal adoptee experience that now assists her in understanding the unique issues that adoptees face. Abby's candid sharing is refreshing, informative, and one of in...
Episode 45: The 5 Essential Qualities that All Adoptive Parents Need
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - March 19, 2022 01:23 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin hosts, adoption coaches and adoptive parents, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they discuss Adoption Attuned parenting strategies. This month, they'll focus on 5 of the unique, additional, and essential characteristics that adoptive parents need to parent well. Parenting is surely a tough j...
Episode 44: Sharing Heart to Heart Conversations
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - February 12, 2022 08:59 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAt the heart of every conversation is a desire to connect with another person. 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 ...
Episode 43: Make your Adoption attuned Resolutions for 2022!
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - January 19, 2022 06:10 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin adoption coaches and parents, Susan David and Gayle Swift as they host special guest, adoption coach and consultant, and adoptee, Sharon Butler-Obazee. They'll be discussing ideas for making your new year's parenting resolutions Adoption attuned and child centric. Make resolutions that ar...
Episode 42: Attuned and Affirming Holiday Celebrations
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - December 08, 2021 07:02 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin hosts, adoption coaches and adoptive parents, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they discuss Adoption Attuned parenting strategies. This month, they'll focus on parenting with intention that is essential during the holiday season. Pressures, expectations, emotions, and fears all operate at an...
Episode 41: Genetic Genealogy 101
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - November 08, 2021 17:33 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin hosts, adoption coaches and adoptive parents, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they interview 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 and...
Episode 40: Reimagining Adoption: What Adoptees Seek from Families and Faith
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - August 18, 2021 20:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin hosts, adoption coaches and adoptive parents, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they discuss Gayle's recent book, co-authored with adoptive parent and adoption coach, Sally Ankerfelt, Reimagining Adoption: What Adoptees Seek from Families and Faith. Their book has been well received by bo...
Episode 39: On Being a More Compassionate, Caring, and Competent Adoptive Parent
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - July 22, 2021 01:27 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin hosts, adoption coaches and adoptive parents, Susan David and Gayle Swift, as they interview adoption author, adoptee, adoptee genealogist, and adoptive parent, Lynn Grubb for an enlightening discussion about the adoptee experience. Let's continue to discover together Adoption Attuned cons...
Episode 38: An Adoption Attuned Father's Day!
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - June 17, 2021 00:59 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin us as we listen to a special reading of GIFT coach, adoptive parent, and award winning author, Gayle Swift as she reads, The Blessing of Fatherhood.
Episode 37: Revisiting An Important Topic: Adoption Myths
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - May 20, 2021 00:25 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis is a previous edition originally broadcast in February 2020. Join adoption coaches and adoptive parents, Joann DiStefano and Susan David, as they discuss a few of the adoption myths that persist in our culture.
Episode 36: An Interview with Lori Holden, Author of The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - April 20, 2021 20:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin hosts, adoption coaches and adoptive parents, Joann DiStefano and Susan David of Growing Intentional Families Together as they host special guest, author and adoption writer, Lori Holden for a discussion about the benefits of openness in adoption. Lori’s book The Open-Hearted Way to Ope...
Episode 35: Adoption Attuned Parenting Contemplates the Diamond Within Us All
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - March 22, 2021 16:07 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdoptive parents and GIFT Family Services' adoption coaches, Joann DiStefano and Susan David are joined by special guest, UK adoption coach and adoptee, Simon Benn. His work with children focuses on showing parents how to help their children be happy, build their children's confidence and streng...
Episode 34: Cultivating a Sense of Belonging in Our Adopted Children
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - March 17, 2021 23:08 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin hosts, GIFT adoption coaches and adoptive parents, Joann DiStefano and Susan David, as they discuss the longing for all people to belong, especially our adoptive children. The saying is that we're all a little Irish on St. Patty's Day; it's both a call for merriment and to be part of the "i...
Episode 33: Adoption Attuned Parenting Contemplates T.H.R.I.V.E.
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - February 24, 2021 00:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdoptive parents and GIFT Family Services' adoption coaches, Joann DiStefano and Susan David are joined by special guest, UK adoption coach and adoptee, Simon Benn. His work with children focuses on showing parents how to help their children be happy, build their children's confidence and streng...
Episode 32: Voices Matter In Adoption
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - January 23, 2021 17:19 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin adoptive coaches, Joann DiStefano and Susan David as they discuss the importance of "giving voice" to adopted children. They talk about how adoptees' voices are sometimes minimized and offer suggestions on how to adoptive parents can be better listeners.
Episode 31: Subscription Series Preview -- Getting It Together Before You Adopt
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - December 15, 2020 06:20 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdoptive 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 ser...
Episode 30: The Indispensability of Connection!
The Essentials for Adoption Attuned Parenting - October 21, 2020 00:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin adoption coaches and adoptive parents, Joann DiStefano and Susan David, as they discuss the importance of connection for our adopted children during this difficult COVID 19 era. Listen to a few ideas they share about how to connect. They encourage parents to be Adoption-attuned as they inte...
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