“We don’t need other people telling us how we should feel. When you have adoptees in the room sharing resources with each other it’s much more powerful and meaningful to know there’s a shared lived experience and people are not alone.” – Joy Lieberthal Rho IAMAdoptee Co-Founder Joy Lieberthal Rho discusses […]
“I had to confront who I am and how I understand who I am “ – Darci Wen Siegel IAMAdoptee’s Darci discusses identity and returning to her country of origin in “Her Homecoming” on the Adoptee Voyages Podcast Darci Wen Siegel is a Chinese adoptee from Huangshi and identifies […]
“Do you know BTS?” – Min YoonGi, SUGA Finding Healing One Song at a Time by IAA Co-Founder, Joy Lieberthal Rho My first favorite song of BTS was “Idol”, the sound of Korean traditional instruments in a pop song caught my ears. Yet, when a dear big sister/friend of mine asked […]
IAMAdoptee interviews Laura Cerrano, adopted from Colombia and citizen of the world, as she shares her journey to becoming a Feng Shui Master. What is your name(s)? Silvia Céspedes Serrano (my birth name) + Laura Cerrano (the name I use today). I’ve had a few names over the years and […]
IAMAdoptee interviews Anna Grundström, adopted from Indonesia, as she shares her own awakening of her adoption story and how she is now helping intercountry adoptees explore the language of the body, the stories our body tells and finding resilience. What is your name(s)? Anna Grundström How do you identify yourself? Indonesian […]
IAMAdoptee spoke with Reiki Master Heather Schultz Gittens, adopted from Korea, about her experience in finding meaning and healing through the practice of Reiki. What is your name(s)? My name is Heather Schultz Gittens. My birth name is Huh Mee-Young. My pronouns are she/her. How do you identify yourself? My identity is […]
During my first year of postgraduate training in Family and Couples Therapy, my supervisor said something so simple and yet so surprising that it permanently shifted my sense of self. I was working with a couple that had been struggling with trust, closeness and commitment. My supervisor advised “Kacy, think about romantic love in […]
Nearly 11 years ago, I presented a workshop at the KAAN conference about navigating attachment, intimate partner(s) relationships and love. It was an extremely memorable experience, predominantly because I went into labor (5 weeks early) on the car ride home. Everything ended up being fine but I will forever associate these themes of attachment with […]
