Colombian Influence

Today's conversation is with Amanda McKinstry-- the voice, creator, and adoptee advocate for Black Girl White Family.

As we always say: the adoption process does not end for the adoptee when they enter their second family. This is only the beginning.

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Welcome to the Colombian Influence Book Club! We are diving into chapter 10 of The Primal Wound: The New Family, written by Nancy Verrier.

Chapter 10 sparks the conversation surrounding the stages adoptees go through in life and all the different aspects that come along with that. Adoptive parents play a big role in allowing the adoptee to feel comfortable and supported. This section gave a good outline for adoptive parents or hopeful adoptive parents, on how they can best support us during the different stages of our lives.

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Today we are joined by Mariela Andersen, a fellow Colombian adoptee. She has been in reunion with her bio family since the age of 22. During this process, she kept a journal, which later she published into a book titled "Home Sweet Casa."

Since then, she has gone to visit family in Colombia many times, and over the course of 9 years, her relationships have evolved. We discuss boundaries with bio family, how reunion can help you discover yourself, and the overall journey of how being an adoptee effects your whole life.

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Welcome to the Colombian Influence Book Club! We are diving into chapter 9 of The Primal Wound: In the Best Interest of the Child, written by Nancy Verrier.

Chapter 9 sparks the conversation surrounding the adoptive parents and birth mothers. "Too often we try to do what the adoptive parents, birth parents, social workers, or attorneys want, without even considering the psychological impact those ideas or action will have on the child." Listen as we go into detail on what this meant for us as an adoptee.

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Welcome to the Colombian Influence Book Club! We are diving into chapter 8 of the Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child, written by Nancy Verrier.

Chapter 8 sparks the conversation surrounding mental health issues for adoptees, and common issues adoptees may feel. Often these mental health challenges lead to identity issues, which we also touch on in this discussion.

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Welcome to the Colombian Influence Book Club! We are diving into chapter 7 of the Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child, written by Nancy Verrier.

Chapter 7 discusses the ways in which the primal wound can have an effect on an adoptee's ability to function in relationships. Based on these feelings adoptees feel so intensely, it can add general intensity to these relationships.

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Kate and her sister are both adoptees and September 2nd is an incredibly important day to their family, as she and her sister share it as their Arrival Day, just a few years apart.

Thank you to Kate for another incredible discussion that allows us to share the adoptee experience.

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In this incredible conversation with Daria Rottenberk, an I'm Adopted Ambassador, we discuss her journey to America, life in Russia, and her recent decision to make a trip home.

There are so many important elements to adoptees, and we are able to touch on so many in this interview.

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Welcome to the Colombian Influence Book Club! We are diving into chapter 6 of the Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child, written by Nancy Verrier.

Chapter 6 discusses the traumas experienced by adoptees, and how this trauma of being abandoned by their first (biological) mother can negatively affect their trust in their second (adoptive) mother.

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Welcome to the Colombian Influence Book Club! We are diving into chapter 5 of the Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child, written by Nancy Verrier.

Chapter 5 discusses the traumas experienced by adoptees, and how this trauma of being abandoned by their first (biological) mother can negatively affect their trust in their second (adoptive) mother.

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