Today I have the pleasure of chatting with Ryan Jafar Artes, the host of adoptee Open Mic Tuesday zoom events and an award winning poet. We discuss: 

• The act of Reparenting ourselves
• And how through the clear lens of sobriety, Ryan chose the community that poured into him. 
• We touch on the imperative of supporting younger generations of adoptees, 
• Afrofuturism and endofuturism that has inspired a more authentic existence where we can make mistakes and explore numerous outcomes. 
• And we talk about what communities make us feel safe. 
• Ryan also teaches us how to put our stories down with each other not in each other. 
• And we finish with a course on how to give yourself the love language you desire. 

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