Crossroads Coaching & Consulting

09/03/2013

Tuesday, September 10, will be the first of the Fall series ADOPTEE JOURNEYS (for adoptees only) at Adoption Network Cleveland. I am leading this first session and we are going to acknowledge and examine our RESILIENCE.
Dr. Brene' Brown says, "A social wound needs a social balm". Based on her research, you will learn the four elements of resilience that, when practiced, lead to empathy, connection and healing.You will take away a strategy for protecting connection - with ourselves and with the people you care about.
If you have attended in the past, you are already practicing resilience by showing up and sharing. This session will take it to a new level!
If you have never attended before, I hope you will accept this invitation to experience what it is like to be with a community of people who "get it". Go to adoptionnetwork.org to learn more, then call 216. 881-7511 to register.

08/31/2013

As I became involved with one young woman, I learned how profoundly the child welfare system could fail its teenagers.

08/27/2013

On Saturday I attended the funeral of Eric Sisson. His birth mother, Jeanne is my dear friend. I witnessed something that will forever give me strength and hope in the work of helping adults affected by adoption. Midway through the service, Jeanne, the birth mom and Jean, the adoptive mom rose and walked together to the podium and read scripture that had been chosen to reflect their response to their loss. It was clear that these two mothers had come together to love and support their son in his last days, and were standing together for each other as they mourned. Thanks to Jeanne and Jean for their touching, moving, and inspiring example of love and belonging! P.S. The final hymn was "Blest Be the Tie That Binds".

08/23/2013

Just saw a post from my niece about a greeting card sent to her by her late "Granny", my birth mom, Margaret. One of the most powerful & memorable experiences with Margaret & greeting cards came early in our reunion. She called me back into her bedroom where she rummaged through a dresser drawer and pulled out a stack of cards. She said, "Over many, many years, thinking of you, I would pick up a card in the store and stick it away in this drawer. I never dreamed I would someday get to hand them to you, but here they are." There was the proof that indeed, she thought about me and loved me all those years we were separated. So, yes Danielle, something as seemingly insignificant as a card can be more valuable than gold.

04/13/2013

I'm Legit, Zara Phillips ft. DMC.
The gifted and multi-talented singer/songwriter, author, film maker and adoption reform activist Zara Phillips was recently in Cleveland, OH at the American
Adoption Congress International Convention, co-sponsored by Adoption Network Cleveland.

04/11/2013

Today, at the American Adoption Congress International Convention in Cleveland, I and many other invested parties watched with the founder of Adoption Network Cleveland, Betsie Norris, as the OH House of Representatives passed by a vote of 90-something to one to grant access to Original Birth Certificates for adopted adults born between Jan. 1994 and 1996. The celebration was JOYFUL. Hundreds of thousands of people will be impacted by this milestone once the OH Senate does it's part and the bill is signed by the governor!

04/09/2013

Here is the link to DMC's Adoption Journey. It's awesome!

04/08/2013

Thanks to all of you who have "liked" my new business page. I chose you as the first with whom I'd share, because I know you love me & have my back. Please message me with any "coaching" that will make my page more dynamic.

04/08/2013

On Wednesday, April 10 the International Convention of the American Adoption Congress begins in Cleveland, co-hosted by Adoption Network Cleveland. All of us attending will be with people who understand, who support us to get more of what we want, and be challenged to move forward on our Lifelong Journey. We will be touched, moved & inspired.

04/03/2013

This song was premiered in Cleveland at the American Adoption Congress International Convention in 2009. DMC returns to Cleveland, as well as other cities, to work with kids in foster care. The Emmy award winning documentary of his adoption journey is available by clicking the link on this site.

04/02/2013