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Black-Market Baby: Patricia Knight Meyer on Wonderland, a Made-Up Birthday, and Learning Love Doesnโ€™t Have to Mean Loss adoptee adoptee experience adoption trauma belonging emdr gratitude grief mirroring private adoption reunion trauma trauma healing Oct 15, 2026
Born Adopted: Paige Strickland on Searching Before the Internet, a Birth Father's Secret, and Telling Her Story in Verse adoptee adoptee experience adoptee identity belonging paige strickland performing gratitude Oct 08, 2026
Twice Delivered: An Ethiopian Adoptee on Faith, Grief & the Body He's Never Explored with Isaac Melber adoptee adoptee experience burden faith grief isaac melber survival transracial twice delivered Sep 06, 2026
"You Don't Owe Them Your Loyalty": Brielle Wilson on Foster Care, Religious Trauma, and Reclaiming Her Story adoptee adoptee experience adoptee healing adoption trauma brielle wilson emotional journey Jul 30, 2026
Why Transracial Adoptees Feel Like Strangers in Their Own Mirror (And What Reunion Taught Adam Esparza) adam esparza adoptee adoptee experience adoptee healing adoptee identity emotional journey heritage identity international adoptee search for family transnational transracial Jul 23, 2026
Born Brokenhearted and Expected to Be Whole: Adoptee Grief, Faith, and Healing with Anita Garber adoptee adoptee experience adoptee healing adoptee identity adoption trauma anita garber belonging emotional journey empowerment identity rejection Jul 16, 2026
Overcoming the Burden: An Adoptee's Journey to Self-Love and Community adoptee adoptee experience adoptee healing belonging breakthrough community emotional healing emotional processing empowerment limiting beliefs Feb 26, 2026
Surrender Over Control: The Missing Piece in Adoptee Healing adoptee adoptee experience adoptee healing adoptee identity adoption trauma dr. liz debetta embodied healing personal growth self-belonging trauma healing understanding unmothered Feb 12, 2026
Adoption From Both Sides: A Conversation With My Adoptive Mom (Love, identity, and the lifelong impact of adoption) adoptee experience adoption emotional journey family dynamics love and acceptance mother-daughter relationship open communication resilience understanding adoption Jan 22, 2026
The Grief Beneath the Gratitude (Why Grief Is Not the Same as Loss) adoptee experience adoption disenfranchised grief emotional processing grief grief recovery healing personal stories societal impact unresolved grief Dec 11, 2025

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