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Podcast: Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories
Episode: The Art of Holding on and Letting Go
Description: Laurie James is an adoptee, mother, caregiver, turned author, and transformativecoach. Laurie’s book, Sandwiched: A Memoir of Holding On and Letting Go is abouther eight-year journey when she was sent down an unwanted path after her motherhad a heart attack and her husband’s lawyer delivered some shocking news.Sandwiched between caring for her parents, managing caregivers, raising fourdaughters, and a crumbling marriage, she starts therapy and turns to alternativehealing programs to address her adoption, childhood trauma, and loneliness she feltfor much of her life. Laur...