Desiree shares her journey of acknowledging and embracing feelings of grief and loss that arise during Zen meditation. We all try to find paths towards healing.
Tag: adoptee healing and empowerment
Learning to Grieve as a Child
Paul expresses the depths of pain and healing an adoptee undergoes who has suffered complex trauma via relinquishment and adoption via his artwork and writing.
Adopted for 32 years and now FREE!
Lynelle shares about adoption discharge and fighting for legal justice for the sexual abuse experienced within her adoption and the critical issues this raises.
An Adoptee Shares on EMDR Therapy
Gabriela shares an experience of undergoing EMDR therapy over a number of sessions and how it helped her to process past trauma to move forward in her life.
Painting My Infant Self
JS Lee creates an art piece of her infant self and the transformation of the beginnings of her life into a nurturing moment of self love and acceptance.
Grieving for the Child of the Past
Dan R Moen, Filipino adoptee and talented artist shares a 3 part series of paintings depicting the internal struggles an intercountry adoptee traverses.
On the Road to Recovery
Stephanie shares her 5 tips that helped her on the road to recovery as an intercountry adoptee. Adopted from the Philippines to the USA.
Music Inspired by my Bolivian Origins as an Adoptee
Jo shares the inspiration behind his music which draws him closer to his Bolivian roots.
We can be our own Heroes
Bina shares about the after effects of losing fellow adoptees to suicide, how we can work together to overcome the things that death can trigger.
Family and Xmas Times
Lynelle shares her mix of feelings for adoptive family at key times like Xmas.
Working through the difficult process as an Adoptee
JoYi Rhyss offers free zoom workshops to help adoptees.
Who Am I?
Vietnamese adoptee TLB shares about living with disability, being rehomed, and loss.
Life Lessons from an Adoptee – Part 5
Part 5 of Life Lessons by Tamieka Small
Adoptee Activism in America
Lynelle shares about the importance of including adoptee lived experience at the Adoption Symposium for the US Department of State in 2020.
My Game Changer
An intercountry adoptee shares about their use of magic mushroom as an alternate mode of therapy, aiming to delve deeper into the trauma underlying adoption.