Color Shift: Tara

Tara was adopted as a baby from Lake Charles, Louisiana by white Mormon parents and raised in Utah with seven siblings—three biological to her adoptive parents and four adopted from different families. In 2018, she reunited with her biological family and discovered she had one full biological brother and one half-brother. Unfortunately, her biological father had passed away before she could meet him.

This reunion marked a turning point. Tara began to experience a shift in her adoption narrative, emerging from the adoptee fog while simultaneously beginning to deconstruct the high-demand religion she had grown up in. This overlapping upheaval led to religious psychosis, and seeking mental health support was the first time she realized her religion might have been hurting her. She left Mormonism in 2019.

Today, Tara is still navigating the complexities of belonging. She is working to build relationships with her biological family, but continues to feel the pain of not quite fitting in—either with them or her adoptive family.

Projects & Communities:

• Pouty Mouth (podcast) 
• Pouty Mouth Instagram
•  Community Discord