DNA doesn’t define a family; it's devotion that does. Adoption creates bonds that grow stronger over time, with trust and care. Celebrate the courage it takes to open your home and heart. ❤️🏠 #AdoptionAwareness #ForeverHome #LoveCreatesFamily

My Adoption Reunion Story - Part 4: When a Late Discovery Adoptee Majors in the Art of Performing When an actor's rejection becomes more to bounce back from

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Lisa McDonough (@astepoffstage) https://astepoffstage.substack.com/p/a-middle-and-high-school-confrontations?r=6bs897&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=solid

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Lisa McDonough (@astepoffstage) Okay, here we go! https://astepoffstage.substack.com/p/learning-my-life-story-wasnt-mine

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Lisa McDonough (@astepoffstage) The thing left to do when there’s nothing is create https://astepoffstage.substack.com/p/my-adoption-reunion-story-part-1?r=6bs897&utm_medium=ios

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Adoption is a lifelong experience that can shape identity, relationships, and mental health in complex ways.

Join Hopeful Beginnings and MHAI for a panel providing thoughtful clinical insight and lived experience.

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The Patterns No One Warned Us About: 33 Years in the Lives of Hurting Kids
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When Abnormal becomes Normal

Elevate MINDS ABOVE Politics: Soar Over Partisan Lines-Ignite Mental Health & Education for a Thriving America!

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‪When Abnormal becomes Normal

Elevate MINDS ABOVE Politics: Soar Over Partisan Lines-Ignite Mental Health & Education for a Thriving America!

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LATER TRAUMA, DEEPER WOUNDS

Elevate MINDS ABOVE Politics: Soar Over Partisan Lines-Ignite Mental Health & Education for a Thriving America!

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LATER TRAUMA, DEEPER WOUNDS

Elevate MINDS ABOVE Politics: Soar Over Partisan Lines-Ignite Mental Health & Education for a Thriving America!

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Elevate MINDS ABOVE Politics | Dr. Franklin Edward Shoemaker | Substack You’ve just stepped into a space that refuses to be swallowed by the noise. Here, we rise above the partisan chaos and return to what truly matters—children, families, truth, and the future we are sha...

LATER TRAUMA, DEEPER WOUNDS

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Elevate MINDS ABOVE Politics | Dr. Franklin Edward Shoemaker | Substack You’ve just stepped into a space that refuses to be swallowed by the noise. Here, we rise above the partisan chaos and return to what truly matters—children, families, truth, and the future we are sha...

Elevate MINDS ABOVE Politics: Soar Over Partisan Lines-Ignite Mental Health & Education for a Thriving America!

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LATER TRAUMA, DEEPER WOUNDS

Elevate MINDS ABOVE Politics: Soar Over Partisan Lines-Ignite Mental Health & Education for a Thriving America!

#trendingnow #adoptionawareness #mentalheath #education

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Elevate MINDS ABOVE Politics | Dr. Franklin Edward Shoemaker | Substack You’ve just stepped into a space that refuses to be swallowed by the noise. Here, we rise above the partisan chaos and return to what truly matters—children, families, truth, and the future we are sha...

Elevate MINDS ABOVE Politics: Soar Over Partisan Lines-Ignite Mental Health & Education for a Thriving America!
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LATER TRAUMA, DEEPER WOUNDS....
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I didn’t realize how was until i met my tribe! #substackcommunity #writeyourstory #adoptionadvocate #adoptionawareness #actuallyautistic #adoption

We Were Never Real | Substack I write to stay grounded in a world that doesn’t always make sense. Adoptee in reunion, mother, suicide survivor, clinical social worker, academic, and researcher exploring the landscapes of trauma, i...

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Let's keep it going!
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We Were Never Real
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BASTARDS Adoption and the manufacture of identity

I'm currently reading Dr. Barbara Sumner's content on #substack, and her research is pretty mind-blowing as someone who does a lot of research on the topic themselves.
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We tell people that things change and it won’t always be this way but mothers in a crisis are told they have to decide at the moment of birth whether to or not to give their child away for life. #adoptionawareness

So grateful to work with this agency who made our family dreams come true! November is National Adoption Month and today is National Adoption Day! 🎉 Adoption is love! 😍 www.openarmsadoption.net
#optionscounselingandfamilyservices #nationaladoptionmonth #nationaladoptionmonth2025 #adoptionawareness

If you’re deconstructing religion, then you have to deconstruct adoption because this 25 billion dollar industry is fueled by high control religions that tell mothers they sinned, are not worthy, and that god intended their child for strangers that weekly fill collection plates. #adoptionawareness

Adoption stole one of my most vital relationships - my mother. Everyone said it was what’s best for me and what’s best for her but in the end I lost my mother and she lost her child.

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Wanting a child and wanting to help a child are two very different things. One is about ownership and one is about respecting the child’s needs including their need for their identity and family.
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If an adoptee finding their family hurts their adoptive family imagine how much hurt the adoptee had growing up in such a manipulative controlling family. #adoptionawareness