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The holiday season is here and that means we get to ask one of our favourite adoptee therapists, Lesli A. Johnson, MFT, your questions! We can be juggling multiple families, boundary issues, estrangement and loneliness, not to mention the global pandemic. Lesli and Haley talk through some challenging situations and try to help you figure out what YOU want out of this season.

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• Check out Lesli's other holiday-themed episodes of Adoptees On: Surviving the Holidays E126 and E14
• Lesli's course - Come Out of the Fog and Into Your Life: Rewire Your Brain for Resilience and Joy

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Before I recorded this show, my guest shared her notes with me and I asked, "are you SURE you want to share this publicly on my podcast? It's a goldmine of information about DNA!" Janet Weinreich-Keall is back, and when you hear her story, you'll know why she's a pro at searching. She walks us through how we should prepare to search, and then we dive into what DNA testing looks like, and how far the tech has come: making it easy and accessible for us to do our own searches. We also talk about the possible ramifications of having your DNA in a database - is your information really kept private?

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Today we're giving you a little peek behind the curtain! Haley and Carrie chat all about what they've learned from reading a ton of adoptee-authored books in 2020. We're announcing our book club plans for 2021 and would love to have you join us.

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Have you ever wondered what being welcomed into your original extended family would feel like? Today Maeve Kelly is back and she shares her experiences of a whirlwind trip to Ireland to meet more cousins and aunts and uncles than you can imagine. After a rejection from her first mother, to be embraced by a cousin was transformative.

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Pam Cordano, MFT and I discuss anger. What is it and why are so many adoptees accused of being "angry adoptees"? We discuss the reasons we have for legitimately being angry. Pamela teaches us about different types of anger and gives us some practical exercises to work on. I find out I've been engaging in Spiritual Bypass, and why that is so toxic. Anger is a powerful emotion, let's harness it to make it work for us, and not against us.

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Today I'm honoured to introduce you to Bernie, a late discovery adoptee who has been working the past two years to learn about birth trauma and adoption trauma. Bernie and I talk about how he confirmed he was adopted, what patterns and challenges he had through his life that now he attributes to birth trauma, and what happens when the 'validators' of our memories are lost.

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• Bernie: adopteebernie (at) comcast.net
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Join us today, October 30, 2020, to remember adoptees we've lost, to acknowledge adoption trauma, and to highlight other pressing issues adoptees face. Our listeners share tributes to those they've lost, some share how adoption has impacted them personally, and you are invited to join us in a collective moment of silence to honour adopted people.

• Adoptee Remembrance Day - October 30, 2020
• What is Adoptee Remembrance Day?
• Adoptee Remembrance Day Facebook Page
• RSVP to the Adoptee Remembrance Day Event on Facebook
• Activities to participate in throughout the day - this page also includes numerous ways to contact Crisis Hotlines in the US
• Crisis Text Line: US & Canada 741741, UK 85258

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Today we will learn about an upcoming day that I think will become critically important to the adoptee community: we are talking with Pamela Karanova about ways to commemorate the first annual Adoptee Remembrance Day. Please join us on October 30, 2020 to honour adoptees we've lost, to acknowledge adoption trauma, and to highlight other pressing issues adoptees face.

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Today we are talking with Amanda Medina, creator of This Adoptee Life. Amanda tells us about how she came out of the adoption fog during the past few years, she shares what adoption separation from our ancestors looks like via a beautiful and heartbreaking symbol of a broken legacy, and we discuss her commitment to building community among adoptees.

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• Amanda Medina: thisadopteelife.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
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Today I'm excited to welcome a fellow podcaster, Damon Davis, creator and host of the Who Am I Really? podcast. Damon gets a turn to share his story of search, reunion, and loss. We also chat about why reunions get held up as this mythical gold standard of heartwarming six o'clock news bait, and what we've learned from talking to hundreds of adoptees over the past few years.

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• Damon Davis: www.whoamireallypodcast.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
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