EP 265: Nothing Changed & Everything Changed - A mom interview

About this episode

A single mom shares her journey from survival mode to delighting in her adopted twins.

A single mom who adopted boy-girl twins through foster care shares about her slow, almost invisible journey from survival mode to genuinely delighting in her now-13-year-old kids. Nothing shifted in one big moment. Yet somehow, everything changed. In this episode, you'll learn: Why the shift from "I have to fix this right now" to "I can just be with you in this" is the thing that changes everything — for your kids and for youHow letting go of performing shame (in school meetings, with p...

People in this episode

Host: Robyn Gobbel

Guest: single mom

Topics covered

• adoption
• foster care
• parenting
• trauma
• child development
• survival mode
• emotional connection

Keywords

• adoption
• foster care
• parenting
• trauma
• emotional connection
• child development
• survival mode
• shame
• interview

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