Today we have  an adoptee who was a guest on episode 50 where we discussed the dangers of calling adoption a blessing. Sara Easterly is an adoptee, essayist, and author of books that include Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies, and award-winning spiritual memoir, Searching for Mom. She is the founder of Adoptee Voices, which supports adoptees in their storytelling. She is also a trained course facilitator with the Neufeld Institute, with special interest in the intersection of attachment, child development, brain science, and adoption.

We discuss:

• Check in on her book tours for Adoption Unfiltered (I make a cameo in this book!)
• The feeling of rejection for adoptees
• How she found her book collaborators
• Sara’s reunion with her biological family
• The corruption in adoption
• The new excuse to hold onto adoption narrative

Books cited:

Author Gabor Mate 

"Addicted to Drama" by Dr Scott Lyons

Daniel Nayeri the author of "Everthing Sad and Untrue"

Gretchen Sisson the author of "Relinquished" (Guest on Episode 71)

GUEST:

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Photo credit for bio pic: Adoptee Eileen Skahill

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