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As a nervous system regulation coach and adoptee, Melissa has helped hundreds of adoptive parents shift to a brain-based view of behaviors so they can laugh more and yell less. She brings a lot of authenticity and a little bit of humor as she tackles many topics relevant to adoptive parents. Melissa is available for both in-person and virtual events as a mainstage and/or breakout speaker.

Most popular training topics:

• How to Increase Frustration Tolerance (Yours and Theirs)
• Parenting Tough Teen Behaviors
• Launching Older Teens and Young Adults with Connection
• What To Do When You Run Out of Compassion
• Grieving the Gap between Expectations and Reality
• The 9 Messages All Adoptees Need to Hear
• Reclaim Compassion workshop
• Cultivate Connection (2-day workshop)
• How to Reach Families Resistant to Support
• Enneagram workshops

She is also available to emcee events.

Lisa is the co-author of The Connected Parent (with Dr. Karyn Purvis), Reclaim Compassion (with Melissa Corkum),and Healing for Every Heart in Adoption. As a post-adoption support specialist, TBRI Practitioner, spiritual director, and parent coach, Lisa is prepared to speak on a wide range of topics. She speaks through the unique lens of being a birth mom, former foster youth, foster mom, and adoptive mom. Over the past fifteen years, Lisa has spoken to thousands of adoptive and foster parents. Her deeply rooted faith in God equips her to speak with wisdom, transparency, and hope about the challenges and beauty of adoption. She provides keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, trainings for professionals, and retreats to faith-based and non-faith-based audiences. Most popular training topics:

• Preventing and Overcoming Blocked Care
• Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment
• What to Do When You’ve Run Out of Compassion
• Releasing the Dream and Embracing Your Reality
• Caring for the Siblings in Adoptive and Foster Families
• From Foster Youth to Adoptive Mom
• Courage and Endurance for the Race Set Before You