SHERRIE ELDRIDGE ADOPTION

Author of Best-Selling 20 THINGS ADOPTIVE KIDS WISH, International Speaker, Coach

Tag: cognitive dissonance

  • What Adoptees Can Do with Mixed Feelings

    What Adoptees Can Do with Mixed Feelings

    Dear friends, Yesterday, I posted statements that cause mixed feelings (painful feelings) in adoptees. Today, let’s talk about concrete steps for dealing with the mixed up, finger-over-the-blackboard feelings: Journal Record your current circumstances in a journal. Maybe call it your “finger-over-the-blackboard” notebook? Create Self-Portrait Or how about getting a huge piece of paper? Then, have…

  • Words that Trigger Trauma in Adopted and Fostered Kids

    Words that Trigger Trauma in Adopted and Fostered Kids

    Dear friends through adoption, Cognitive dissonance occurs automatically and involuntarily for many adoptees, but adoptive parents and other people in an adopted child’s life can inadvertently trigger mixed feelings. I believe that for the most part, the following types of statements are well-intentioned and borne from ignorance. Nevertheless…we need to know what they are so…