Adoption Wise

Why is it so hard for our kids to stay calm and regulated? And how can we help them learn how to do it?

Today's guest, Robyn Gobbel, gives us a great explanation of how our kids' brains respond to stressors. She offers us practical ways to help them regulate through movement that is:

Rhythmic

Repetitive

Relational

Somatosensory

Links Relevant to this episode:

Robyn on Facebook

Gobbel Counseling Website

Episode 6: Helping Kids Process Scary Events with Robyn Gobbel

Episode 26: What To Do When Your Child is Out of Control with Robyn Gobbel

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry (this is an affiliate link)

Go Noodle

Mentor Moments:

This week Lisa and Melissa answer the question:

"How can I feel okay with fostering a child I don’t feel I can adopt but still want to foster so the child in question can become stable enough to move on at the right time? How do I reconcile that in my head and in my heart?"

*If you're already on our email list, you automatically receive each week's download in our Quick Connection email.

Why is it so hard for our kids to stay calm and regulated? And how can we help them learn how to do it?

Today's guest, Robyn Gobbel, gives us a great explanation of how our kids' brains respond to stressors. She offers us practical ways to help them regulate through movement that is:

Rhythmic

Repetitive

Relational

Somatosensory

Links Relevant to this episode:

Robyn on Facebook

Gobbel Counseling Website

Episode 6: Helping Kids Process Scary Events with Robyn Gobbel

Episode 26: What To Do When Your Child is Out of Control with Robyn Gobbel

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry (this is an affiliate link)

Go Noodle

Mentor Moments:

This week Lisa and Melissa answer the question:

"How can I feel okay with fostering a child I don’t feel I can adopt but still want to foster so the child in question can become stable enough to move on at the right time? How do I reconcile that in my head and in my heart?"

 

Support Regulation Through Movement

This download contains suggestions for regulating and proprioceptive activities. Additionally, there is a list of behaviors that may indicate your child's level of arousal.

*If you're already on our email list, you automatically receive each week's download in our Quick Connection email.

Why is it so hard for our kids to stay calm and regulated? And how can we help them learn how to do it?

Today's guest, Robyn Gobbel, gives us a great explanation of how our kids' brains respond to stressors. She offers us practical ways to help them regulate through movement that is:

Rhythmic

Repetitive

Relational

Somatosensory

Links Relevant to this episode:

Robyn on Facebook

Gobbel Counseling Website

Episode 6: Helping Kids Process Scary Events with Robyn Gobbel

Episode 26: What To Do When Your Child is Out of Control with Robyn Gobbel

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry (this is an affiliate link)

Go Noodle

Mentor Moments:

This week Lisa and Melissa answer the question:

"How can I feel okay with fostering a child I don’t feel I can adopt but still want to foster so the child in question can become stable enough to move on at the right time? How do I reconcile that in my head and in my heart?"

*If you're already on our email list, you automatically receive each week's download in our Quick Connection email.

Do happy adoptees exist? In this episode, Lisa interviews Melissa about her life as a Korean adoptee, what her parents did right, connections to culture, and many other fascinating topics. We also talk about her life as an adoptive mom and how being an adoptee influences her.

Like Lisa, Melissa holds two roles in the adoption triad. She's an adult adoptee and an adoptive mom. Her positive adoption experience contributed to her decision to become an adoptive mom, which has been a much more complex journey.

We hope you love this episode as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Links Relevant to this episode:

#23: My 2 Parts in the Triad -Lisa’s Story of Being a Birthmom and Adoptive Mom

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The volunteers who held Melissa from Korea to Baltimore.First day home.Melissa with mom and siblings.Melissa with her best friend.Some of the family together for Christmas 2018!

Do happy adoptees exist? In this episode, Lisa interviews Melissa about her life as a Korean adoptee, what her parents did right, connections to culture, and many other fascinating topics. We also talk about her life as an adoptive mom and how being an adoptee influences her.

Like Lisa, Melissa holds two roles in the adoption triad. She's an adult adoptee and an adoptive mom. Her positive adoption experience contributed to her decision to become an adoptive mom, which has been a much more complex journey.

We hope you love this episode as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Links Relevant to this episode:

#23: My 2 Parts in the Triad -Lisa’s Story of Being a Birthmom and Adoptive Mom

Join our Facebook group

The volunteers who held Melissa from Korea to Baltimore.First day home.Melissa with mom and siblings.Melissa with her best friend.Some of the family together for Christmas 2018!

Do happy adoptees exist? In this episode, Lisa interviews Melissa about her life as a Korean adoptee, what her parents did right, connections to culture, and many other fascinating topics. We also talk about her life as an adoptive mom and how being an adoptee influences her.

Like Lisa, Melissa holds two roles in the adoption triad. She's an adult adoptee and an adoptive mom. Her positive adoption experience contributed to her decision to become an adoptive mom, which has been a much more complex journey.

We hope you love this episode as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Links Relevant to this episode:

#23: My 2 Parts in the Triad -Lisa’s Story of Being a Birthmom and Adoptive Mom

Join our Facebook group

Do happy adoptees exist? In this episode, Lisa interviews Melissa about her life as a Korean adoptee, what her parents did right, connections to culture, and many other fascinating topics. We also talk about her life as an adoptive mom and how being an adoptee influences her.

Like Lisa, Melissa holds two roles in the adoption triad. She's an adult adoptee and an adoptive mom. Her positive adoption experience contributed to her decision to become an adoptive mom, which has been a much more complex journey.

We hope you love this episode as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Links Relevant to this episode:

#23: My 2 Parts in the Triad -Lisa’s Story of Being a Birthmom and Adoptive Mom

Join our Facebook group

The volunteers who held Melissa from Korea to Baltimore.First day home.Melissa with mom and siblings.Melissa with her best friend.Some of the family together for Christmas 2018!

Have you ever felt like you're standing in two worlds simultaneously? We're not referring to science fiction, we're talking about holding two of the three roles in the adoption triad.

In this week's episode, Melissa interviews Lisa about being a birth/first mom and an adoptive mom. Lisa talks about her experience of losing her first son to adoption, grief and loss, bitterness, healing and restoration, and how she became the most unlikely adoptive mom.

There's lots of vulnerability in this interview, and quite a few tears (we had to stop recording at least once). It's tender and personal, please listen with care.

Links Relevant to this episode:

#6: Helping Kids Process Scary Events with Robyn Gobbel

#9:  Are Newborn Adoptions Easier? (with Rebecca Vahle) where she talks about the wedding and funeral in the same room

LISA: ON FOLLOWING GOD INTO THE HARD + UNEXPECTED ADOPTION + RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS (Lisa's interview on Jamie Finn's podcast, The Real Mom Podcast)

Have you ever felt like you're standing in two worlds simultaneously? We're not referring to science fiction, we're talking about holding two of the three roles in the adoption triad.

In this week's episode, Melissa interviews Lisa about being a birth/first mom and an adoptive mom. Lisa talks about her experience of losing her first son to adoption, grief and loss, bitterness, healing and restoration, and how she became the most unlikely adoptive mom.

There's lots of vulnerability in this interview, and quite a few tears (we had to stop recording at least once). It's tender and personal, please listen with care.

Links Relevant to this episode:

#6: Helping Kids Process Scary Events with Robyn Gobbel

#9:  Are Newborn Adoptions Easier? (with Rebecca Vahle) where she talks about the wedding and funeral in the same room

LISA: ON FOLLOWING GOD INTO THE HARD + UNEXPECTED ADOPTION + RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS (Lisa's interview on Jamie Finn's podcast, The Real Mom Podcast)

Have you ever felt like you're standing in two worlds simultaneously? We're not referring to science fiction, we're talking about holding two of the three roles in the adoption triad.

In this week's episode, Melissa interviews Lisa about being a birth/first mom and an adoptive mom. Lisa talks about her experience of losing her first son to adoption, grief and loss, bitterness, healing and restoration, and how she became the most unlikely adoptive mom.

There's lots of vulnerability in this interview, and quite a few tears (we had to stop recording at least once). It's tender and personal, please listen with care.

Links Relevant to this episode:

#6: Helping Kids Process Scary Events with Robyn Gobbel

#9:  Are Newborn Adoptions Easier? (with Rebecca Vahle) where she talks about the wedding and funeral in the same room

LISA: ON FOLLOWING GOD INTO THE HARD + UNEXPECTED ADOPTION + RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS (Lisa's interview on Jamie Finn's podcast, The Real Mom Podcast)