Posts Tagged ‘emotions’
Back to Basics: A Toolkit of Resources During COVID-19 Self-Isolation
This is a time of high stress and anxiety for all while we self-isolate due to COVID-19. Here are resources we’ve found useful in our clinical work these past few weeks as we address anxiety, questions from parents about how to communicate with kids, instances of racism and xenophobia, and requests for self-help tools.
Read MoreWishes to the Moon
As Maya, BPAR’s clinician, packs for her trip to India, she shares the song and blog she wrote to her birth mother. “‘Wishes to the Moon’ is what came from those feelings that escaped my numbness, those feelings that had something to say about my journey back to India where I was born. As I go, so does the record button on my video camera. I am excited to share the journey with you all!”
Read MoreSetting Healthy Goals for Yourself
Our culture can encourage resolutions that are often lofty and unattainable. This can result in people feeling bad about themselves if they don’t meet an unrealistic goal. BPAR’s clinicians have some tips for setting healthy goals.
Read MoreAdoptee Voices Heard at “Voices Unheard!”
BPAR’s first Voices Unheard event for sharing adult adoptee voices took place on November 12, 2019. The event, which helped raise awareness of post adoption thoughts and emotions, gave deeper understanding and insight to the friends and families of those who are adopted or who had grown up or spent parts of their lives in foster care.
Read MoreBook Review: FROM SCRATCH: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke
Tembi Locke, an actress, author and advocate, writes a heartfelt memoir entitled FROM SCRATCH: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home, a personal story of love, loss, adoption and family. As clinicians, we were drawn to this quote: “At the heart of adoption is this love and this loss, all at once. Your daughter will know this feeling one day. It is the realization that she had to say good-bye in order to say hello.”
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