I still feel as if I am at the start of my journey with incorporating NVR into my everyday life, but I am trying to remember the basics, the grounding, the choosing of my battles and only dealing with the small basket issues.
I am lucky that a good friend of mine has also recently gone through the training, so we are able to support each other and as a single parent, it is very useful to have someone else who understands the process.
It was also very useful to do this course as part of group. It really helps to know that you are not alone in going through and feeling what we go through as trauma impacted parents.
I would say that some in our group seem to have had quicker results than others, but I’m sure that with persistent resistance, life will improve for all of us. As with anything, we are not all going to have the same outcomes at the same time. It certainly feels like there is a little bit more light at the end of the tunnel.
I would recommend NVR, and that it is taught at the start of the adoption journey, rather than as an afterthought for those of us whose lives have already been so massively impacted. It is something that, as we were taught, in a group, then we have the support of the other attendees as well as other friends, family and others who can become supporters.
