Every adoptee walks through life dealing with the loss of at least their first family, and each one will experience that loss with a different lens. This week, Suzanne Stabile joins Lisa and Melissa for a rich conversation about adoption, the Enneagram, mystery, and curiosity. Suzanne shares vulnerably about how she’s dealing with the “adoption-shaped hole” in her life.
As an internationally recognized Enneagram Master, Suzanne has conducted over 500 Enneagram workshops over the past 30 years. She’s the author of The Road Back to You, The Path Between Us, and The Journey Toward Wholeness. When she is not on the road teaching and lecturing, Suzanne is at home in Dallas, Texas with her husband, Rev. Joseph Stabile, a United Methodist pastor with whom she co-founded Life in the Trinity Ministry and the Micah Center. She is the mother of four children and grandmother of nine.
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#204: [workshop] Raising Worry-Free Kids with David Thomas, LMSW
#203: Adoption as a Single Mom
#202: Simple Ways to Increase Self-Esteem in Students with Learning Differences with Melissa Corkum
#201: [mailbag] Holiday Edition
#200 Finding Successful Post-Adoption Support
#199: [workshop] Making Sense of Meltdowns with Jessica Sinarski, LPCMH
#198: Staying Connected to Your Spouse When You’re Grieving Differently with Lisa Qualls
#197: Staying Curious About the Adoptee Experience with Jennifer Dyan Ghoston
#196: [mailbag] victimhood mentality, lowering the bar, transracial adoption, Job Corps
#195: [workshop] Maintaining a Strong Marriage When Parenting Is Hard
#194: Weird But Effective Ways to Stop a Tantrum with Melissa Corkum
#193: Living a Love-Stretched Life with Jillana Goble
#192: [mailbag] getting breaks, hug refusal, running away
#191: [workshop] Why Kids Lie and What the Bible has to Say about It with Greg Lombard Rea
#190 Keeping Hope Alive
#189: An Embryo Adoption Story with Rachel Bell
#188: [mailbag] transitions, destruction of property, and grief
#187: [workshop] Creating the Best IEP for Your Child with Karen Yingling
#186: [Summer Swap] How the Enneagram Can Help Us Become Better Parents
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