by Tristen McGhee | Nov 10, 2022 | Mindfulness, Self Care |
3 Steps to Releasing Tension from Trauma-Related Stress and Getting A Good Night’s Rest Has this ever happened to you? You’re laying in bed and you notice your body and mind can’t relax. You’re tired but can’t sleep. Stressed but the day is already over. It’s...
by Tristen McGhee | Jul 8, 2022 | Mindfulness, Self Care, TBRI, Trauma Wise Parenting
There’s no such thing as a perfect parent. Being a trauma informed foster or adoptive parent can be hard work. As a parent raising a child with a trauma history, we can easily beat ourselves up for not being able to do the “hard work” perfectly all the time. We often...
by Tristen McGhee | Oct 15, 2021 | Connecting, Mindfulness
Willful Disobedience to Survival Behavior It can be challenging to shift the way we think about our child’s behavior. It can be so counterintuitive to see anger as a fear response or stealing as survival behavior. However, if we want to learn how to respond to our...
by Tristen McGhee | Aug 26, 2021 | Empowering, Fear Response, Safe
Fear is driving your child’s behavior. Do you believe this statement? Embarrassingly, it took me years to truly believe and understand how fear could possibly be driving my son’s behavior. He seemed to have an insatiable appetite for power and control. I didn’t see...
by Tristen McGhee | Nov 23, 2012 | Adoption Story |
Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. Isaiah 40:31 We got home from Rwanda with Jonathan on Oct. 30, 2011- a little over a year ago. I remember those first few months, the days seemed so long and hard as we...
