
When They Were Young: Amplifying Voices of Adoptees
What happens when the adoptee is centered as the hero in their own story? These are whole-hearted conversations with adoptees and adoption experts who are at the forefront of alchemizing adoption trauma into positive impact for you and the rest of the world. Each episode is designed to make you feel empowered, informed and fortified with a variety of methods, healing modalities and expert advice.
This is for the adoptee, parents, and the adoption-curious.
When They Were Young: Amplifying Voices of Adoptees
Ep. 65 Lorah Gerald: The Adopted Chameleon
Today, we speak with Lorah Gerald (aka The Adopted Chameleon). It was a delight to have a light worker with such a profound grasp of a plethora of healing modalities. Lorah is a trauma-informed Kundalini Yoga instructor, Intuitive, Tarot & Tea reader, and Reiki healer. You can find her on Instagram @theadopteechamelean sharing her gifts as a healer through movement and mindful practices.
We talk about:
- The adoption summit she attended called “Untangling Our Roots”
- Lorah’s Medium energy worker
- Her Kundalini Yoga practice
- The healing powers of wearing colors to brighten your mood
- The Baby Scoop era that she was born into and the complexities of same race adoption. The difference between acute trauma, chronic trauma and complex trauma
- How she became “The Adoptee Chameleon”
- We end with how you can change your energy through breath work, where she leads us through practice.
GUEST: Lorah Gerald
My website,
My linktree,
REFERENCES:
https://untanglingourroots.org/
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
CONNECT WITH HOST:
@youngadoptee
@lantoines
www.laniseantoineshelley.com
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MERCH here "I am my Hero" and "Courage, my love" Tees
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ADOPTEE CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS:
14 through18, and episode 28, and 29.
WATCH PANELS: Here!
JAMES BALDWIN'S ESSAY ON "WHITENESS":
HISTORY of the word “Colored”:
NYC ARTICLE ON THE USE OF "BIPOC":
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