Post adoption support. Can you define it? Do you know why it is so important for you and your family? Do you know where to get support for your adopted child as they grow?
Adoption doesn’t end when a baby is placed with you. Adoptees need to know they are adopted and they need positive support from their families and those around them. They need to know how to deal with any trauma and questions that may come up like:
Who am I?
Am I good enough?
Where do I fit in?
They should be able to say “I am a proud adoptee.”
This is the mission of Chloe Edwards. She is a Korean adoptee – adopted at 5 months old. She is the founder and CEO of Pineapple Mindset LLC PineappleMindset.com where she helps adoptees who feel lost and alone cultivate self-confidence through life-coaching and her online course, Lost to Leader.
“I am a Korean adoptee who almost let depression and anxiety take my life. Instead, I cultivated a Pineapple Mindset to become a leader within my own life. Every adoptee has the power to be a leader.”
Chloe Edwards – Founder of PineappleMindset.com
Chloe’s adoption story and how she overcame the traumas in her own life resonates with other adoptees who are and have struggled with the same issues. She gives hope to other adoptees from her personal story, but also comfort to adopting parents by letting them know there are post adoption support resources for adoptees by adoptees.
So what is the Pineapple Mindset?
1. Standing Tall and Wearing a Crown – Self-confidence
2. Being strong and sweet – Respecting and loving all your emotions
3. Growing in a community – Finding the strength to reach out for help and to lean on others
On this episode, Chloe joins us to share her story and how as an adult adoptee she has created the Pineapple Mindset and the first ever online course, LOST TO LEADER, made by an adoptee, for adoptees, focusing on adoptee emotions and experiences.
Lost to Leader is a 7 video self-paced online course that will teach you the importance of your mindset, walk you through the 4 step process to a Pineapple Mindset, and then teach you how to continuously grow your new Pineapple Mindset after the course.
I absolutely LOVE what Chloe is doing to help adoptees AND adoptive families with her Pineapple Mindset. I think it is a brilliant analogy and fun way to provide post adoption support.
Here’s what you’ll hear:
- Chloe’s personal story of being adopted from Korea at 5 months old and what life was like for her growing up in the U.S.
- How she dealt with the trauma and emotions of growing up – how she grew up in a suburban neighborhood always wondering “am I good enough?” and then the depression and anxiety that almost took her life.
- How Chloe rose up out of her depression to learn the real way to cultivate self-confidence – which was to dive deeper into her emotions.
- Hear how she started PineappleMindset.com after years of research, interviews with adoptees, and personal experience.
- Find out why she created the first ever online course, LOST TO LEADER, made by an adoptee, for adoptees, that focuses on adoptee emotions and experiences.
- Find out how Chloe can help your child OR even YOU deal with the emotions of adoption.
- Find out how you could can get a FREE consultation with Chloe to see how she can help you.
Links we talk about in this episode:
- PineappleMindset.com – Chloe’s amazing Pineapple Mindset has led her to travel to over 35 countries, work all over the world, present in front of youth and adults, and help fellow adoptees by being a mentor to them. Learn how the Pineapple Mindset can help you!
- LOST TO LEADER – find out more about Chloe’s amazing self-paced online course that will teach you the importance of your mindset, walk you through the 4 step process to a Pineapple Mindset, and then teach you how to continuously grow your new Pineapple Mindset after the course .
- LIFE COACHING with Chloe – learn how Chloe can help support adoptees and adopting parents by offering a complimentary (FREE) 20 minute discovery call.
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