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Helping adoptive parents heal the hearts of their children while creating lives they love at the same time in the Love Matters Parenting Society Therapeutic Parent Program. I am an attachment and trauma specialist and therapeutic parenting expert supporting parents of children from difficult beginnings for 25 years at The Attach Place Center for Strengthening Relationships, LLC and online at Love Matters Parenting Society Therapeutic Parent Program.

πŸ’¬πŸ“£ Calling all parents! Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about how to handle your child's challenging ...
02/05/2026

πŸ’¬πŸ“£ Calling all parents! Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about how to handle your child's challenging behavior? Look no further! Join the Love Matters Parenting Society at https://www.lovemattersparenting.com and gain the support and skills you need to navigate this parenting journey successfully. Love matters, and so does your peace of mind. Love Matters Parenting Society is a year-long comprehensive parenting program that uses the Love+ Parenting Model designed by attachment and trauma specialist Ce Eshelman for parents of adopted children and children who have experienced trauma, abuse or attachment challenges.

Click www.lovemattersparenting.com for more details.

Comprehensive, therapeutic program for families healing from complex developmental trauma and psychological stress. The online Love+ Programs include active and supportive community, live presentations, coaching, therapeutic groups, mental health education, supported practice, and weekly education.

Get the support you need and join the Love Matters Parenting Society, a year-long comprehensive parenting program that u...
02/04/2026

Get the support you need and join the Love Matters Parenting Society, a year-long comprehensive parenting program that uses the Love+ Parenting Model designed by attachment and trauma specialist Ce Eshelman for parents of adopted children and children who have experienced trauma, abuse or attachment challenges.

Click www.lovemattersparenting.com for more details.

Comprehensive, therapeutic program for families healing from complex developmental trauma and psychological stress. The online Love+ Programs include active and supportive community, live presentations, coaching, therapeutic groups, mental health education, supported practice, and weekly education.

Dear Parents, When your computer goes into fight, flight, or freeze mode you have to scrap whatever you are doing and hi...
02/03/2026

Dear Parents, When your computer goes into fight, flight, or freeze mode you have to scrap whatever you are doing and hit the refresh key. I pretend I have one of those in real life, when my kids and I are about to go into the same Triple-F cycleβ€”fight, flight, or freeze. Here are some things you can do, too. Go fix a cup of fruity tea and dissolve some honey in it. That takes nearly 6 minutes from start to finish and the Zen mindfulness of making it causes your cortisol to retreat so you can think clearly again. Walk outside into the garden and do a little pinching, nipping, cutting, pulling, snipping, spading, harvesting. When you go back inside you will be re-acquainted with the harmony of the Earth. Really. Go take a shower and wash it all away. Get the emotional grime off of you. Nice soothing body wash is delightful when your nose if flared and full of bitter Triple-F hormones. Go to your bedroom and spritz or slap on a little of your favorite, maybe forgotten cologne, body spray, or perfume. You always did like that scent, right? Home can be just like a special occasion where you want to smell yummy, if you curate it that way. You get the picture. Refresh before the Triple-F cycle messes up your day with your child. Love matters, Ce Theme of the day: mindfulness smells better than the Three-Fs. P.S. The Love Matters Parenting Society is a year-long comprehensive parenting program that uses the Love+ Parenting Model designed by attachment and trauma specialist Ce Eshelman for parents of adopted children and children who have experienced trauma, abuse or attachment challenges.
Click here: www.lovemattersparenting.com for more details.

Take a Moment Before Parenting

Anxious teens aren’t broken. Their brains learned survival strategies early, and they can learn new ones with safety and...
02/02/2026

Anxious teens aren’t broken. Their brains learned survival strategies early, and they can learn new ones with safety and support.

πŸ’Œ Click here to read today's blog: https://www.lovemattersparenting.com/blog/are-anxiety-and-dysregulation-the-same-thing-for-teens
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You have tried a lot of things to heal the broken heart of your attachment-challenged child from difficult beginnings. I...
02/01/2026

You have tried a lot of things to heal the broken heart of your attachment-challenged child from difficult beginnings. I know you have. Still, something is missing, isn’t it? I can help you find your way.
Love Matters Parenting Society is a year-long comprehensive parenting program that uses the Love+ Parenting Model designed by attachment and trauma specialist Ce Eshelman for parents of adopted children and children who have experienced trauma, abuse or attachment challenges.

Click www.lovemattersparenting.com for more details.

Comprehensive, therapeutic program for families healing from complex developmental trauma and psychological stress. The online Love+ Programs include active and supportive community, live presentations, coaching, therapeutic groups, mental health education, supported practice, and weekly education.

At the Love Matters Parenting Society, we don't just talk about concepts like dysregulation. We share our experiences an...
01/31/2026

At the Love Matters Parenting Society, we don't just talk about concepts like dysregulation. We share our experiences and support each other. My experience as an adoptive parent is what sets me apart from other facilitators. And my parents love it! Love Matters Parenting Society is a year-long comprehensive parenting program that uses the Love+ Parenting Model designed by attachment and trauma specialist Ce Eshelman for parents of adopted children and children who have experienced trauma, abuse or attachment challenges.

Click www.lovemattersparenting.com for more details.
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Sometimes we parents expect our children to already know things like extrapolation, cause and effect, judgment, forethought and regulation but these are skills that must be taught. They must be modeled, shaped, expanded, repeated, and taught over and over, as a matter of fact. Yesterday, Play It Again Sam was my motto. Today it is Take Time for Training. Take A Long Time For Training.

Nothing pleases me more than to see my child stop in mid-sentence, take a purposeful deep breath, and wait until their brain moves from stuck on blank or nonsense to engaged conversation. They do this often without prompting and it makes me smile at them every time. I usually give them a quick acknowledgement for realizing they needed to regulate in order to get on with the conversation. It is a practice between us now. I do it sometimes and they do it sometimes. We are working together to fight our cycles of dysregulation. I started teaching that breathing thing to them years ago. Here are a few of the teaching statements I used to remind my kids to breathe.

--π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Ž π‘ π‘’π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘, β„Žπ‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘¦, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘˜π‘’ π‘Ž 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘β„Ž, π‘ π‘œ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘π‘Žπ‘› π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘˜ π‘π‘’π‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘Žπ‘π‘œπ‘’π‘‘ π‘€β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘ π‘Žπ‘¦π‘–π‘›π‘”.

--π‘Šβ„Žπ‘’π‘› π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 π‘œπ‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘€β„Žπ‘’π‘™π‘šπ‘’π‘‘, 𝑖𝑑 𝑗𝑒𝑠𝑑 π‘šπ‘’π‘Žπ‘›π‘  π‘¦π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘–π‘› 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 π‘Ž 𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 π‘šπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘œπ‘₯𝑦𝑔𝑒𝑛, π‘ π‘œ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑦 π‘Ž π‘π‘œπ‘’π‘π‘™π‘’ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘π‘–π‘šπ‘’π‘ .

--π‘‡β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑖𝑠 π‘Ž 𝑏𝑖𝑔 π‘€π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘€β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑠 β„Žπ‘Žπ‘π‘π‘’π‘›π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘œ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘€β„Žπ‘’π‘› π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘π‘Žπ‘›'𝑑 π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘˜ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘¦ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ--π‘‘π‘¦π‘ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘”π‘’π‘™π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›. π‘Šπ‘Žπ‘π‘˜π‘¦ π‘€π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘. π‘Œπ‘œπ‘’ π‘ β„Žπ‘œπ‘’π‘™π‘‘ 𝑠𝑒𝑒 β„Žπ‘œπ‘€ 𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑, π‘‘π‘œπ‘œ. π‘…π‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘¦ π‘€π‘Žπ‘π‘˜π‘¦. π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘œπ‘π‘π‘œπ‘ π‘–π‘‘π‘’ π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘€π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ 𝑖𝑠 π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘”π‘’π‘™π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›. πΈπ‘Žπ‘ π‘–π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘œ 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑙. π‘Šβ„Žπ‘’π‘› 𝐼 π‘ π‘Žπ‘¦ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘”π‘’π‘™π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›, 𝐼 𝑗𝑒𝑠𝑑 π‘šπ‘’π‘Žπ‘› π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘šπ‘’π‘šπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘œ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’.

--π‘ƒπ‘™π‘’π‘Žπ‘ π‘’ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘˜π‘’ π‘Ž π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘β„Ž π‘ π‘œ 𝐼 π‘π‘Žπ‘› π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘€β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘œ π‘ π‘Žπ‘¦.

--𝐼 π‘˜π‘›π‘œπ‘€ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘‘π‘œπ‘›'𝑑 π‘€π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘£π‘’ π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘ , 𝑏𝑒𝑑 π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘¦ β„Žπ‘’π‘™π‘π‘ .

--𝐼𝑑 𝑖𝑠 β„Žπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘šπ‘’π‘šπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘œ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑦 π‘€β„Žπ‘’π‘› π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑒𝑝𝑠𝑒𝑑. 𝑀𝑒, π‘‘π‘œπ‘œ.

--πΈπ‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘¦ π‘Žπ‘“π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ 𝐼 𝑠𝑒𝑑 π‘šπ‘¦ π‘π‘Žπ‘”π‘  π‘‘π‘œπ‘€π‘›, 𝑝𝑒𝑑 π‘šπ‘¦ π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘”π‘  π‘Žπ‘€π‘Žπ‘¦, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘›π‘”π‘’ π‘šπ‘¦ π‘π‘™π‘œπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘  π‘Žπ‘“π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘€π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘˜, 𝐼 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘π‘¦ π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘™π‘˜. 𝐼𝑓 π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘π‘Žπ‘› π‘šπ‘Žπ‘˜π‘’ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘’π‘™π‘“ π‘€π‘Žπ‘–π‘‘, 𝑀𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑙 β„Žπ‘Žπ‘£π‘’ π‘Ž π‘π‘’π‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›. π΅π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘” 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑦 β„Žπ‘’π‘™π‘π‘  π‘šπ‘’ π‘€π‘Žπ‘–π‘‘ π‘ π‘œπ‘šπ‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘šπ‘’π‘ . π‘€π‘Žπ‘¦π‘π‘’ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘π‘Žπ‘› π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘¦ 𝑖𝑑. π·π‘’π‘Žπ‘™?

Parenting children from difficult beginnings can be a daunting task, but I'm here to tell you that it's not impossible a...
01/29/2026

Parenting children from difficult beginnings can be a daunting task, but I'm here to tell you that it's not impossible and you can be happy doing it. With patience, perseverance, and the right guidance, you can create a happy, healthy home for your child (and yourself–I promise). Come join my therapeutic program where we discuss everything–yep all the ugly truth.
Love Matters Parenting Society is a year-long comprehensive parenting program that uses the Love+ Parenting Model designed by attachment and trauma specialist Ce Eshelman for parents of adopted children and children who have experienced trauma, abuse or attachment challenges.

Click www.lovemattersparenting.com for more details.

Comprehensive, therapeutic program for families healing from complex developmental trauma and psychological stress. The online Love+ Programs include active and supportive community, live presentations, coaching, therapeutic groups, mental health education, supported practice, and weekly education.

At the Love Matters Parenting Society, we give each other permission to be human. Give yourself a break and join us toda...
01/28/2026

At the Love Matters Parenting Society, we give each other permission to be human. Give yourself a break and join us today. Love Matters Parenting Society is a year-long comprehensive parenting program that uses the Love+ Parenting Model designed by attachment and trauma specialist Ce Eshelman for parents of adopted children and children who have experienced trauma, abuse or attachment challenges.

Click www.lovemattersparenting.com for more details.

Dear Parent, If you find you are frequently getting triggered by something your child does, here is a little exercise th...
01/27/2026

Dear Parent, If you find you are frequently getting triggered by something your child does, here is a little exercise that can start you on a more conscious parenting path. 1. Think about the last few times you got hooked or became reactive during an interaction with your child that lead you to what Dr. Dan Siegel calls the low road of parenting--yelling, punishing, rejecting, banishing, shutting down, saying something mean or sarcastic, shunning, shaming, or simply feeling like you might explode, etc. 2. Write down the kernel of each situation that got your goat. For example, I don't like to be talked to every second for hours on end, so the kernel for me is the experience of being badgered. 3. Next to each kernel write what you imagine your child needed right then (food, sleep, safety, abundance, attention) and what was the true instigator of the problem--hunger, tiredness, fear, deprivation, emotional loneliness, etc. 4. Now write what you thought you needed. 5. Now, take one of those hooked situations that you know recurs often and brainstorm ways you can intervene in a proactive, mindful, solution oriented way. That was a lot of work so don't let it go to waste. Go do number six. 6. Commit to working on that one triggering behavior for two weeks straight with proactive, mindful, solution oriented interventions. Be sure you are thinking about your needs and the needs of your child as root causes. That is the place to start. Love matters, ❀️Ce P.S. To join a vibrant post-adoption parenting community, check out Love Matters Parenting Society. For an easy to read parent pick me up, get Ce's book, Drowning With My Hair On Fire: Insanity Relief For Adoptive Parents. If you're looking for a quick pick-me-up or a gift for someone you love, visit our Love Matters Swag Store! And, did you know Ce has a new podcast? Yep, you can subscribe to it here: Unmuted Love With Ce Eshelman. Join the Love Matters Parenting Society https://tinyurl.com/yd9azw8n, a vibrant and dynamic community where adoptive parents learn effective and transformative healing principles and practices.

A blog post describing steps to take when you get triggered as a parent. It is a lot of work, but it is the first step in the journey.

Some children treat joy like a hot stove. Not because they don’t want it, because it doesn’t feel safe yet. This week's ...
01/26/2026

Some children treat joy like a hot stove. Not because they don’t want it, because it doesn’t feel safe yet. This week's UnMuted Love features special guest, parenting coach Caroline Griswold. Check it out!

πŸ’Œ Click here to read today's blog: https://www.lovemattersparenting.com/blog/joy-is-a-nervous-system-skill
🎧Listen to today's podcast episode: https://pod.link/1735869088?view=apps&sort=popularity
πŸ“ΊWatch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/DCzU2rfz2Mo
✨Become a VIP Parent for Printables, Worksheets & More: http://www.patreon.com/unmutedlove

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