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Podcast: Healing Hearts: Parenting with Purpose-Support for Resilient Families, Support for Parents, Childhood Trauma Advocacy
Episode: The Emotional Journey of Closed Adoption: From Feelings of Loss to Finding Belonging With Julie McGue
Description: Send us Fan Mail“How do I navigate my child’s identity struggles after adoption?” “Am I ruining my kid’s life by choosing closed adoption?” “What are the long-term effects of closed adoption?” – Adoption comes with many questions for parents and adoptees alike. Unexpected challenges sometimes arise and throw even more questions into the mix. Today, Julie McGue, an adoptee and author, sits down with Rylie Heck and Sophia Mills to share her journey. At 48 years old, Julie discovered the effects of closed adoptions when a breast biopsy brought up many questions about the circumstances of her birth, her gen...