Dr. Susan Mossman Riva

Homing In (eBook, ePUB)

An Adopted Child's Story Mandala of Connecting, Reunion, and Belonging

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

By homing in, we activate our inner compass for wayfinding and belonging.
An Amazing Story that inspires awe.
A Miraculous Adoption Story About Reunion and Divine Timing.

Dr. Susan Mossman Riva was adopted in Omaha, Nebraska in 1963. In 1995, she sought the help of the Nebraska Children's Home to find her birth mother, leading to the discovery of her birth family in 1996. Miraculously, her search and reunion coincided with her biological sister's search. The awe and joy of homecoming brought her to the realization that synchronicity acts as a guidepost, repairing relational brokenness. The divine timing of their reunion happened months before their biological, maternal grandmother died. Susan connects the phases of her life in an intricate story mandala.

As an adopted child, she innately understands all that can be lost through her experience of separation. This awareness became a driving force as she steadfastly worked for reconciliation in all her relations. With loving intent, she embarked upon a journey seeking to reunite and reconcile with all those she belonged to. By connecting and engaging in an intentional forgiveness process. Susan was ultimately able to forge a pathway homing in to wholeness.

Readers will discover the power of the homing in mechanism that can be activated and used as an inner compass for all pathfinders. Susan's social science background provides an explanatory framework, sharing knowledgeability about generative and transformative processes.
This incredible story has evolved into a teaching story through blog posts that document each book chapter and develop key concepts presented in the book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: WriteLife Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781608082285
• Artikelnr.: 59626617

Autorenporträt

Susan Mossman Riva graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1986 with a degree in International Relations. She later completed the European Master in Mediation in Valais, Switzerland and created a mediation service for political asylum seekers for the Valais Canton. In 2009, she received her doctorate in the Social Sciences at the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands. Her thesis is entitled "Conflict Narratives: Mediation Case Studies in an Intercultural Context". Her postdoctoral work has been in public health research focusing on mental health, immigrant health, and the Senior Living Lab. She developed transformational pedagogies through autoethngraphy referred to as the Transformagram Learning Model. She teaches conflict resolution and medical anthropology at Creighton University. She lives in La Tzoumaz, a ski resort in the Swiss Alps where she and her husband have raised five children.