<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1758160/open_sms">Send us a text</a>Ron Nydam, Ph.D., is a highly respected and beloved pastor, speaker, author, counselor, and teacher in the field of adoption.  For the last two decades, he educated international audiences about  relinquishment and adoption. These two topics are his specialty and he addresses them with the finesse of a skilled surgeon. His main audiences are:<ol><li>Adoptees struggling with the repercussions of relinquishment.</li><li>First (Birth) parents, continuing to mourn their losses.</li><li>Adoptive parents who can't understand the behavior of their teen and adult children.</li></ol>Ron has authored of two books: ADOPTEES COME OF AGE: Living within Two Families (Counseling and Pastoral Theology) <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Adoptees-Come-Age-Families-Counseling/dp/0664256716'>https://www.amazon.com/Adoptees-Come-Age-Families-Counseling/dp/0664256716</a> WISE ADOPTIVE PARENTING: When Kids Struggle to Adopt Their Parents <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Wise-Adoptive-Parenting-Struggle-Parents/dp/1387748475'>https://www.amazon.com/Wise-Adoptive-Parenting-Struggle-Parents/dp/1387748475</a>For speaking and counseling,  616-822-1536 All Rights Reserved. @sherrieeldridge

Send us a text Ron Nydam, Ph.D., is a highly respected and beloved pastor, speaker, author, counselor, and teacher in the field of adoption. For the last two decades, he educated international audiences about relinquishment and adoption. These two topics are his specialty and he addresses them with the finesse of a skilled surgeon. His main audiences are:Adoptees struggling with the repercussions of relinquishment.First (Birth) parents, continuing to mourn their losses.Adoptive parents who can't understand the behavior of their teen and adult children.Ron has authored of two books: ADOPTEES COME OF AGE: Living within Two Families (Counseling and Pastoral Theology) https://www.amazon.com/Adoptees-Come-Age-Families-Counseling/dp/0664256716 WISE ADOPTIVE PARENTING: When Kids Struggle to Adopt Their Parents https://www.amazon.com/Wise-Adoptive-Parenting-Struggle-Parents/dp/1387748475 For speaking and counseling, 616-822-1536 All Rights Reserved. @sherrieeldridge

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1758160/open_sms" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us a text</a>Ron Nydam, Ph.D., is a highly respected and beloved pastor, speaker, author, counselor, and teacher in the field of adoption.&nbsp; For the last two decades, he educated international audiences about&nbsp; relinquishment and adoption. These two topics are his specialty and he addresses them with the finesse of a skilled surgeon. His main audiences are:<ol><li>Adoptees struggling with the repercussions of relinquishment.</li><li>First (Birth) parents, continuing to mourn their losses.</li><li>Adoptive parents who can't understand the behavior of their teen and adult children.</li></ol>Ron has authored of two books: ADOPTEES COME OF AGE: Living within Two Families (Counseling and Pastoral Theology) <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Adoptees-Come-Age-Families-Counseling/dp/0664256716" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.amazon.com/Adoptees-Come-Age-Families-Counseling/dp/0664256716</a> WISE ADOPTIVE PARENTING: When Kids Struggle to Adopt Their Parents <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wise-Adoptive-Parenting-Struggle-Parents/dp/1387748475" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.amazon.com/Wise-Adoptive-Parenting-Struggle-Parents/dp/1387748475</a>For speaking and counseling,&nbsp; 616-822-1536 All Rights Reserved. @sherrieeldridge

Ron Nydam Ph.D. Revisits Adoption and Relinquishment

Many adoptive, foster, stepmoms, and grandmothers are suffering in silence. No one in the world of adoption is giving them the tools for recovery. No one is teaching them how to handle adoptee pushback and rejection. No one is wrapping arms around them and praying when all they can do is cry. When moms realize the unknown depth of their child’s trauma, a common reaction is self-doubt. If she doesn’t know what happened, how can she find words to help her child process it? It’s terrifying, like climbing Everest without ropes. She's so self-doubting that she almost always concludes that she doesn't have what it takes to parent her child. Truth be known, she looks over the cliffs of depression more times than she'd care to admit.<ul><li>I’m a loser mom.</li><li>I can’t self-regulate, let alone teach my child to do the same.</li><li>I can’t attach with my child...and I never will have it.</li><li>I am inept as a mom.</li><li>I can’t even decide whether to have a peanut butter sandwich.</li><li>I’m a mess.</li><li>I don’t have what it takes.</li><li>I’m a lousy mom.</li><li>I hate myself.</li><li>I’ll never be able to meet my child’s need for mothering.</li></ul>&nbsp;The good news is that the dream can be reshaped, and in that painful space, God does His most sacred work by meeting us in our brokenness, holding our hearts, and gently replanting hope. &nbsp; Stay tuned for upcoming podcasts and updates about my upcoming book.&nbsp;

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Many adoptive, foster, stepmoms, and grandmothers are suffering in silence. No one in the world of adoption is giving them the tools for recovery. No one is teaching them how to handle adoptee pushback and rejection. No one is wrapping arms around them and praying when all they can do is cry. When moms realize the unknown depth of their child’s trauma, a common reaction is self-doubt. If she doesn’t know what happened, how can she find words to help her child process it? It’s terrifying, like climbing Everest without ropes. She's so self-doubting that she almost always concludes that she doesn't have what it takes to parent her child. Truth be known, she looks over the cliffs of depression more times than she'd care to admit.I’m a loser mom.I can’t self-regulate, let alone teach my child to do the same.I can’t attach with my child...and I never will have it.I am inept as a mom.I can’t even decide whether to have a peanut butter sandwich.I’m a mess.I don’t have what it takes.I’m a lousy mom.I hate myself.I’ll never be able to meet my child’s need for mothering.  The good news is that the dream can be reshaped, and in that painful space, God does His most sacred work by meeting us in our brokenness, holding our hearts, and gently replanting hope.   Stay tuned for upcoming podcasts and updates about my upcoming book. 

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