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July 13, 2026

Human Design Generators: What It Means To Be Lit Up

Note: This post is not for people brand new to Human Design. I wouldn’t know where to begin to explain what Human Design is for those who aren’t already familiar….

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July 6, 2026

5 Creative Exercises To Help Adoptees Heal & Reconnect With Themselves

Some wounds don’t have words. Sometimes the wound reaches a depth that is beyond words. We are creative beings. Some believe that if you aren’t using your creative energy, it…

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June 28, 2026

7 Signs You Have The Right Therapist

Healing has an ebb and flow. Healing is an evolution. Humans are multifaceted, and sometimes our wounds reach across different realms of therapeutic specializations. There are different approaches, modalities, and…

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June 21, 2026

Untangling Our Roots Summit – A Review

This is my experience attending the Untangling Our Roots Summit (UTOR) for the first time, as an adoptee and introvert who loves conferences. What are the basics Why did i…

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June 14, 2026

Reasons You feel like an impostor

What if experiencing the impostor feeling is not something to overcome, but it’s information to be listened to? Are you tired of feeling like an impostor? Like you don’t belong?…

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June 6, 2026

Parts Work | Connecting to a part of me in my throat

Note: This post is different than my other writing. It contains an open journal from me connecting to a part of me. When I am experiencing my internal process and…

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Do you feel like an impostor? Well maybe you are. Do you feel like an impostor? Well maybe you are. Post dives into where that impostor feeling comes from. Sometimes impostor syndrome isn’t something to overcome. Sometimes it’s information about what isn’t aligned for you.
As an adoptee, you may not have felt allowed to ex As an adoptee, you may not have felt allowed to explore who you were throughout your life. You may have scanned the home for how to behave, hot to fit - so that you would not be abandoned again. You may have shoved yourself inside any role that you needed to fulfill in order to survive your family, survive your home. This pattern may have kept going. More than likely it followed you into adulthood hood, into jobs, into relationships. This pattern of burying yourself probably followed you everywhere until something inside you broke with the weight of carrying what wasn’t yours. You’re not crazy. There isn’t anything wrong with you. What’s one identity that you played that you know isn’t really you?! 🖤 #adopteevoices #emotionalneglect #healingabandonment #adoptionjourney
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