15. The Enneagram, Blocked Care, and the Safe and Sound Protocol with Melissa Corkum

On today’s episode, Melissa shares about how she uses the Enneagram in her personal life, as well as her professional life and how she has found it to be so helpful. She also talks about Blocked Care and Compassion Fatigue, which you can read more about in her new book, Reclaim Compassion. Melissa also gives us some great insight into Polyvagal Theory (I promise it’s not boring!) and how she uses the Safe and Sound Protocol to help families move into healing. To find out more about Melissa and the many different hats she wears, you can find her at www.reclaimcompassion.com, on Instagram @postadoptionresources or @melissacorkum_, on Facebook @theadoptionconnection, and at www.theadoptionconnection.com Topics Melissa mentions: Brain-based Parenting by Dan Hughes and Jonathon Baylin Find more about Stephen Porges and the Polyvagal Theory HERE and HERE To find a SSP practitioner - www.integratedlistening.com Purchase the Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child by Jayne Schooler that Melissa referenced when talking to your kids about adoption What Happened to You? by Brucy Perry and Oprah Winfrey Parenting After trauma podcast with Robyn Gobbel The Adoption Connection podcast - listen to these episodes to learn more about the enneagram: 85, 114, 124, 142, 1171, 186 Find all of the episodes and show notes at ⁠https://www.mendingfamilieswa.com/mending-families-podcast⁠ Where to find Mending Families: Instagram - @mendingfamilieswa TikTok - @mendingfamilieswa Facebook - @mendingfamilieswa YouTube - @mendingfamilies1594 https://www.mendingfamilieswa.com