Ep 143| Featuring: Julie McGue

SPECIAL EVENT - JULY WORKSHOP: Navigating Difficult Relationships
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This episode features our guest, Julie McGue, an American writer, a twin, and domestic adoptee who shares her difficult journey of reclaiming her own personal story.
TOPICS COVERED:
- Their Journey - an identical twin, adopted parents infertility story, growing up in a big family with lots of siblings, always knowing she was adopted but didn't know anything about her birth/biological parents, always wondering "why did this happen to me", and her search for her personal birth story and genealogy.
- Inherent trauma in adoption: Separation from birth mother
- Importance of understanding attachment traumas
- Closed vs. Open Adoption
- Challenges faced during the search
- Role of Confidential Intermediary Service and legal hurdles
- Impact of Secrecy and Shame in Adoption
- Importance of empathy and understanding for birth parents
- Benefits of open adoption for all parties involved
GUEST RESOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Catholic Charities support groups www.catholicch...
2. Book “The Girls Who Went Away” a.co/d/4F9N5Tv
3. Book “Adoption Unfiltered” a.co/d/0HkpO9y
4. Online support NAAP United for adoptees and families naapunited.org/
FOR MORE INFO ABOUT OUR GUEST:
1. Website juliemcgueauth...
2. IG / julieryanmcgue
3. Books juliemcgueauth...
4. LinkedIn / julie-ryan-mcgue-a246b841
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