The phrase we hear on airplanes has become a cliché because it’s totally true. So we will start with:
· turning any tough stuff from your past into compost to help you grow
· weeding out any unwanted obstacles that may limit that growth
· utilising tools to tailor your approach to meet your kids’ individual needs
· making space for grace and self-compassion by pruning your inner critic.
Then it’s all about supporting you and:
· creating a nurturing environment to overcome past trauma
· deepening and strengthening your kids' emotional roots so they flourish
· making sure they can see their infinite beauty and worth for themselves
· nourishing relationships so your kids feel your love and love you back.
Download the presentation slides, handbook and NonViolent Communication PDFs here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PFyqf2mpagkN2D9pL4q4CcfTGB306ItR?usp=sharing
Find out more about The THRIVE Course here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1054946014929?aff=oddtdtcreator
Why Blossom?
Here's a message from Simon...
My birth mother named me David Anthony Flower. But my mum and dad raised me, who helped me blossom. My parents are my real parents. They did everything they could to help me flower. Don't get me wrong we had some ups and downs, but I felt connected. I still feel connected. I'm securely attached. I love them.
And I didn't really realise what a great job they'd done until I started talking with other adoptees who didn't get as lucky as me. I was adopted at 5 weeks old and told so young I don't ever remember not knowing.
But being told early and a great upbringing doesn't always stop relinquishment trauma (grief, loss, anger, fear and shame) later in life. I wasn't conscious of any trauma until I found out that the teddy bear I've had for 40 years was a gift from my birth mother.
That unleashed an eruption of anger, feeling rejected and unloved. That led to a quest to heal, healing and a desire to help others.
Adoption is personal for me. I want to make a BIG difference for you and your family. I've interviewed over 400 adoptive parents, adoptees, birth mothers and adoption professionals over the last 3 years. And I've run webinars for many, many more.
My sole purpose is to understand what helps adoptees thrive and share that.
Join us on this webinar and hear the 7 things you need to know to help your kids and teens blossom.
Here's a message from Jude...
I was relinquished and taken home with the strangers who became my family at 2 days old. Like Simon, I always knew I was adopted. My mom told me that she told me the first time she held me because she was afraid if she didn’t then she never would.
Growing up I held a lot of feelings inside myself that I was too afraid to share with my family. This caused me to feel separate and isolated. I carried my heavy burdens alone and didn’t realize they stemmed from my adoption until 2019, when I received a letter from my birth mother and two days later, began sobbing with grief.
Since that time I have worked on my own healing and supported other adoptees in theirs. I am passionate about supporting adoptive parents because I know that had my parents understood the complexities that I was navigating they would have done things differently.
My trauma kept me from seeing the fullness of my parents' love until I was 50, I want to help create change for those young adoptees who need to have a felt sense of safety, belonging and connection.
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