55 min

I am Free Now Wisdom Shared with Carole Blueweiss

    • Parenting

Beril Tokcan was a designer in Italy before moving back to Turkey to raise her family. Sooner than expected, she gave birth to twins, Emre and Denise. They spent the first five weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit while Beril, a single mother, traveled back and forth from her home multiple times a day to be with them.

And when at 13 months Emre was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and she told by two doctors that he would never walk or talk, Beril decided to take matters into her own hands. The one method she intuitively felt would allow Emre to reach his potential, The Anat Baniel Method of Neuromovement, was not available in Turkey so she traveled to Canada. After seeing profound changes in her son, she decided to become a certified ABMN practitioner.

Once Beril was certified, she returned to Turkey and opened up a clinic in Istanbul. Practitioners come from all over the world to work in her clinic, helping families from all over Turkey.

Beril is one of the most determined, passionate, honest, and articulate women I have ever met.She describes how she guided Emre's teachers to give her son agency. She insisted that Emre learn to stand up for himself when bullied, to follow his passions, and to believe in himself. He recently earned his brown belt in judo.

Beril wrote a book (soon to be published in the United States) called "I Am Free Now," something Emre said while in Barnes and Noble after receiving an ABMN lesson.

Beril Tokcan was a designer in Italy before moving back to Turkey to raise her family. Sooner than expected, she gave birth to twins, Emre and Denise. They spent the first five weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit while Beril, a single mother, traveled back and forth from her home multiple times a day to be with them.

And when at 13 months Emre was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and she told by two doctors that he would never walk or talk, Beril decided to take matters into her own hands. The one method she intuitively felt would allow Emre to reach his potential, The Anat Baniel Method of Neuromovement, was not available in Turkey so she traveled to Canada. After seeing profound changes in her son, she decided to become a certified ABMN practitioner.

Once Beril was certified, she returned to Turkey and opened up a clinic in Istanbul. Practitioners come from all over the world to work in her clinic, helping families from all over Turkey.

Beril is one of the most determined, passionate, honest, and articulate women I have ever met.She describes how she guided Emre's teachers to give her son agency. She insisted that Emre learn to stand up for himself when bullied, to follow his passions, and to believe in himself. He recently earned his brown belt in judo.

Beril wrote a book (soon to be published in the United States) called "I Am Free Now," something Emre said while in Barnes and Noble after receiving an ABMN lesson.

55 min