Is your adoption journey turning out differently than you imagined? You had so much love to give, but now you feel ashamed and bewildered by your lack of compassion.
You may be experiencing blocked care—a self-protective mechanism in your nervous system that makes it difficult to connect with your child and maintain compassion. When it happens, it’s like your heart seems to have left the relationship.
In this episode, we identify the ten signs of blocked care and how to overcome them. It is never too late to reclaim compassion for yourself and your kids!
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Reclaim Compassion: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Overcoming Blocked Care with Neuroscience and Faith* by Lisa C. Qualls and Melissa Corkum
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Music for the podcast was composed by Oleksandr Oleksandrov on Pond5.
#185: [Summer Swap] Real-life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment
#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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