Ep 143| Featuring: Julie McGue

SPECIAL EVENT - JULY WORKSHOP: Navigating Difficult Relationships

Host's Note - if you'd like to watch this interview, check out the YouTube video.

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
2. Book “The Girls Who Went Away” 
3. Book “Adoption Unfiltered”
4. Online support NAAP United for adoptees and families
 
FOR MORE INFO ABOUT OUR GUEST:
1.  Website
2. IG
3. Books
4. LinkedIn 

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