Melissa Corkum was the obvious guest to invite on the podcast as part of this Building the Foundation Brain Series.  Melissa was adopted as an infant from Korea and is also a adoptive mom.  She is the co-host and co-founder of The Adoption Connection Podcast- which has now evolved into so much more than a podcast.

Melissa has been supporting adoptive families for many years, training in the Empowered to Connect parenting curriculum that is connected to Trust Based Relational Intervention over ten years ago.  She studies neuroscience and parenting in between raising kids- including at times, homeschooling!- and now offers education, hope and healing to other adoptive families.

Melissa could be a guest that talks about so many different topics but I invited her to the podcast this time to talk specifically about how she uses The Safe and Sound Protocol to support kids and families.

The Safe and Sound Protocol

Developed by Dr. Stephen Porges (the theorist behind Polyvagal Theory), The Safe and Sound Protocol--in the simplest terms—resets the neuroception system.  The neuroception system is the system that determines felt-safety based on cues received through relationship, the environment, and our own inner experience.

All of our senses (touch, sight, smell, proprioception, etc.) play a role in helping the neuroception system determine our level of safety.  The Safe and Sound Protocol specifically aims to help our auditory system take in “cues of safety” from sounds.  Melissa explains that Dr. Porges hypothesized that if w

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