Length: 50 mins
In this webinar Simon, an adopted adult, explores the importance for adoptive parents to face past personal challenges with self-compassion to help build personal resilience. He also discusses how to draw on these experiences to help build a strong relationship with their child and create a nurturing environment to help overcome trauma.
This webinar is helpful for anyone parenting a child who has experienced trauma.
“Thank you so much Simon. I will be listening to this many more times, with my big ears on. You have shared so many profound insights. Incredibly helpful, practical and offering hopeful ways forward. An outstanding webinar.” – Hub member
Adopted adult
Simon was adopted when he was five weeks old. He was always aware he was adopted and wasn’t conscious of any trauma, until he found out that the teddy bear he’d had for 40 years was a gift from his birth mother. This unleashed an eruption of anger, feeling rejected and unloved, which led to a quest to heal, healing and a desire to help others.
Simon has interviewed over 500 adoptive parents, adoptees, birth mothers and adoption professionals over the last 4 years and has run webinars for many, many more. His sole purpose is to understand what helps adoptees thrive and to share that with others. Visit Simon’s website: Thriving Adoptees