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Adoption is a multi-layered process, but not just for the reasons you think. Yes, it involves the biological family, the adopted family, and most importantly,
Adoption is a multi-layered process, but not just for the reasons you think. Yes, it involves the biological family, the adopted family, and most importantly,
I talk a lot about connections and the importance of having a support group and resources within your community. If it weren’t for groups and
I’m honored to be discussing “The Complexities of Addiction” with the KINNECT Relative Caregiver Groups sponsored by Wisconsin Adoption and Permanency Support (WISAPS), of which
I had the opportunity to present to Dr. Samantha Wilson‘s class at the Medical College of Wisconsin titled Adoption and Foster Care: Considerations for Medical
One of the most popular buzzwords of our times is the word “trigger.” The word itself means “to release or activate” by means of a
I am honored to have shared a conversation with Jennifer Dyan Ghoston, an adoptee in reunion with both sides of her birth family, writer, podcaster,
I had the honor today of providing testimony at the Wisconsin Assembly Public Hearing of the Committee on Children and Families on Assembly Bill 502.
I had the honor today of providing testimony at the Wisconsin Senate Public Hearing of the Committee on Human Services, Children and Families on Senate
The idea of belonging is entrenched with the very idea of our existence. Our families, our friends, and our communities inform how we are in
The holidays and the end of the year are a perfect time to reflect on all things past and reconcile for a better future. Wherever
I was thinking about the movie The Graduate with Dustin Hoffman, where Hoffman’s young character, Benjamin, gets some advice about career upon his graduation (“One
I had the honor of contributing a guest post t0 the National Adoption Awareness Month (NAAM) discussion at Amber Moore Jimerson’s blog We are What
All you need is love, as the famous song has it. It’s a happy song, easy to sing under your breath and its message doesn’t
I have the honor of presenting Relinquishment Trauma and Addiction: Recovery Management Implications at the 2021 New York State Recovery Conference. This year’s conference theme
One of the heartaches of being a relinquished person is that our identity is often fragmented, or at least in need of repair. As a
We may not born into this world with trauma (though some do experience trauma in-utero). Yet we are born wired for the world and for
If you’re like me, you might be a little sick of motivational slogans along the lines of “If You Can Dream It, You Can Make
One of the copouts of having gone through trauma is that you often hear that adage about what doesn’t kill you… makes you stronger. And