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. 80 Sara Easterly: Co-Author of Adoption Unfiltered & founder of Adoptee Voices
Today we have an adoptee who was a guest on episode 50 where we discussed the dangers of calling adoption a blessing. Sara Easterly is an adoptee, essayist, and author of books that include Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies, and award-winning spiritual memoir, Searching for Mom. She is the founder of Adoptee Voices, which supports adoptees in their storytelling. She is also a trained course facilitator with the Neufeld Institute, with special interest in the intersection of attachment, child development, brain science, and adoption.
We discuss:
- Check in on her book tours for Adoption Unfiltered (I make a cameo in this book!)
- The feeling of rejection for adoptees
- How she found her book collaborators
- Sara’s reunion with her biological family
- The corruption in adoption
- The new excuse to hold onto adoption narrative
Books cited:
Author Gabor Mate
"Addicted to Drama" by Dr Scott Lyons
Daniel Nayeri the author of "Everthing Sad and Untrue"
Gretchen Sisson the author of "Relinquished" (Guest on Episode 71)
GUEST:
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Photo credit for bio pic: Adoptee Eileen Skahill
CONNECT WITH HOST:
@youngadoptee
@lantoines
www.laniseantoineshelley.com
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ADOPTEE CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS:
14 through18, and episode 28, and 29.
WATCH PANELS: Here!
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