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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#184: [Summer Swap] Redefining Success in Adoptive Parenting
#183: [Summer Swap] Following God Into The Hard
#182: [workshop] Speech & Language Development After Trauma with Cara Mohundro
#181: Multi Generations of Adoption from Three Sides of the Triad with Kitty Ravert
#180: Mistakes You Might Be Making When Giving Consequences with Melissa Corkum
#179: [mailbag] attachment, felt safety, teens, and praying for our kids
#178: [workshop] Is it Trauma or ADHD? with Kay Heikes
#177: Attachment and Connection for Overwhelmed Parents with Lisa Qualls
#176: [mailbag] adding more kids, residential treatment, unreasonable fears, car rides
#175: Helping Your Child Honor and Grieve Birth Parents with Jennifer Woolley
#174: Encouragement for Weary Moms as Mother’s Day Approaches
#173: [workshop] Letting Go of Shame-Based Strategies with Greg Lombard Rea
#172: The Problem with Staying Calm
#171: Why the Golden Rule Doesn’t Work When Parenting with Jennifer Hiltebeitel
#170: [mailbag] birth family visits, not having early photos, aggression towards moms
#169: Putting Our Hope in God When Parenting is Hard with Lisa Qualls
#168: [Workshop] Connecting the Dots Between Addiction and Adoption with Jamie Engel
#167: Creating a Culture of Belonging with Gaelin Elmore
#166: [mailbag] TBRI with limited language, chore avoidance, lying
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