SPECIAL EVENT - JULY WORKSHOP: Navigating Difficult Relationships
Host's Note - if you'd like to watch this interview, check out the YouTube video.
This episode features our guest, Julie McGue, an American writer, a twin, and domestic adoptee who shares her difficult journey of reclaiming her own personal story.
TOPICS COVERED:
- Their Journey –an identical twin, adopted parents infertility story, growing up in a big family with lots of siblings, always knowing she was adopted but didn't know anything about her birth/biological parents, always wondering "why did this happen to me", and her search for her personal birth story and genealogy.
- Inherent trauma in adoption: Separation from birth mother
- Importance of understanding attachment traumas
- Closed vs. Open Adoption
- Challenges faced during the search
- Role of Confidential Intermediary Service and legal hurdles
- Impact of Secrecy and Shame in Adoption
- Importance of empathy and understanding for birth parents
- Benefits of open adoption for all parties involved
GUEST RESOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Catholic Charities support groups
2. Book “The Girls Who Went Away”
3. Book “Adoption Unfiltered”
4. Online support NAAP United for adoptees and families
FOR MORE INFO ABOUT OUR GUEST:
1. Website
2. IG
3. Books
4. LinkedIn
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Trauma Survivorhood is hosted by Sara Miley, CTRC-A, IFS - an IFS-informed certified trauma recovery coach with her own private practice called Full Circle Wellspring LLC. For one-to-one coaching, IFS guidance, classes, and more - visit: www.fullcirclewellspring.com
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