What I am learning is that Love is the great equalizer of all emotions. When we can bring love to the darkness within ourselves, to the places that we want to hide from the world, from ourselves, we can begin to feel more at ease in our own lives.
Janet Nordine, MS, LMFT, RPT-S Create a learning space for each child. This is an area of the home where only school is done during school time. Try to keep them out of their bedrooms and in a common area of the home.Have a box, bin, bag for school supplies – pencils, crayons, etc. and... Continue Reading →
Many years ago, I heard Oprah Winfrey refer to Maya Angelou as her "Mother-Sister-Friend." I loved the feeling of that title when I heard Oprah speak it into my mind. I fell in love with Maya Angelou's voice in her book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings when I was in high school, and... Continue Reading →
I had the privilege to be a guest on the Healing Series of the Adoptees On Podcast. I spoke about Food Insecurity, and how early attachment trauma can affect a baby's relationship with food. To listen to the podcast episode, please click here To read the show notes, please click here
I love the song Seasons of Love from Rent. It talks about how you measure a year in a life. As I thought of the lyrics, "Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes" in a year.... I thought about where I might be a year from now. Where I was last year at this same... Continue Reading →
Like the rest of the world, I have been spending my time at home with my family and dogs. It is a time of work from home in sweats, cooking, resting and watching Star Wars. I have had a lot of time to think and to remind myself to feel. I have a tendency to... Continue Reading →
Can you stop for a moment? Just stop and spend some time with yourself and with me, please. Can you think about who you are in the context of the story you have been told? Or that you have searched for or the story you found? Or the story you believe about yourself? Can you... Continue Reading →
I am listening to Anne Heffron's book You Don't Look Adopted on Audible. Anne is literally reading to me in my car while I drive the 30 minutes to and from work daily, and around Las Vegas as I live my life. Today, in Chapter 9, Anne read a line from her book and my... Continue Reading →
Happy Birthday to me. I am adopted. I woke up this morning at 6:02 am (PST). I looked at the clock and was suprised to see the time. I smiled. The unconscious self has a way of reminding the conscious self of Implicit Memories I was born 54 years ago today at 6:32 am in... Continue Reading →
It take a lot of courage to walk through life as an unknown entity. For decades, I had no idea where my story began. This is true for many adoptees of the Babyscoop era of adoption. Somehow, we just showed up in a family and became theirs. This was true for me, too. The way... Continue Reading →
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