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Category Archives: Self Care
What happens when you slow down? When you stop the running around, dashing from one place to the next, focused on what’s coming and what needs to be done. What do you see, feel and hear when you can slow … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, adoption and education, adoption parenting, mindfullness
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My kids love to run. They run from the bedroom to the bathroom, they run downstairs, they run to the car, they run from the car into school. All day they run. It struck me this morning as I … Continue reading
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What is it about birthdays? They come once a year – just one day but they can hold so much in them – memories, anticipation, sadness, happiness, surprises and shocks sometimes! It’s my birthday today and as ever it’s got … Continue reading
How deep is your love is a great sentiment and it’s something that pops into my mind occasionally as an adoptive parent – how deep is my love and compassion for my children; with their pain, angst and general … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, Adoptive parenting, parenting, vulnerable children and parenting
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Parenting adopted children can be like a military operation. We have three children who actually like to be in chaos – ‘like’ may not be the right word but it is their comfort zone I suppose – the place that … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, adoption parenting, organisation, vulnerable children and education
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Tip Number One – Quietness Quietness is a rarity these days. When you have three children descend on your quiet life it does inevitably create noise and chaos. Not that I’m complaining about that – but in order to stay … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, Adoptive parenting, secondary trauma, self awareness, self care, self care in adoption
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We all have the need to belong to something – whether that’s within our family and friends, or a group of people who understand the things we go through and experience. There’s a theory called ‘The Third Place‘ that psychologists … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, adoption parenting, Belonging, Motherhood, self care
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“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on” – Henry Ellis There are many decisions we have to make every day. What breakfast to eat, what to wear, what to do with … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, Adoptive parenting, reflections on adoption
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“I’m not like other 9 years old”, “I don’t have a normal family”, “I’m not a normal parent”……on and on – our children may say it, we may say it but this week this concept of being ‘normal’ has struck … Continue reading
Peace on earth. goodwill to men….I’ve been listening to a brilliant song this week ‘I heard the bells on Christmas day’ – with a great chorus – “Peace on Earth”. I’ve included a link to this song as I hope … Continue reading
As an adoptive mother I’ve struggled for years with the feelings of loss that come from not being able to give birth to children. Today though I started to re-think my feelings on this whole subject. Unlike people who experience … Continue reading
It was three years last week when our children moved in with us. Those three years have been a real roller coaster of emotions but one thing is sure – it takes time to adapt to this adoption journey for … Continue reading
On holiday last week we were driving down a steep road and I noticed the sign for an ESCAPE LANE – one of those little slip roads you can go down if you lose control on the road. That phrase … Continue reading
There are many times when I ask myself why we took on this immense journey of adoption. I’m sure there are those moments for you all! When no matter how much you try to follow the therapeutic parenting route you … Continue reading
I sometimes feel like I’m in no mans land in terms of my parenting experience. When you adopt (without having birth children first) it is a weird place to be. You don’t have the stories of pregnancy and childbirth to … Continue reading