105. Lora K. Joy: "Taking Agency and Establishing Boundaries"

<p><em>Lora K. Joy is an adult adoptee. She is a closed, same race, domestic adoptee. She has self-published 3 illustrated books about her healing journey. This past year, she legally changed her first name back to her birth name and was legally reclaimed by her biological mother. Lora has been in reunion with her maternal side since 2008. After facing secondary rejection from her biological father, she has been in reunion with her paternal siblings and cousins since 2020 and is fully estranged from her adoptive parents. Lora's website and blog are at&nbsp;</em><a href="http://www.myadopteetruth.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>www.myadopteetruth.com</em></a><em>.&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>Books published by Lora K. Joy: Nobody Looks Like Me: An Adoptee Experience </em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/NoBODY-Looks-Like-Me-Experience/dp/1736990039/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Lora+K.+Joy&amp;qid=1674087157&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/NoBODY-Looks-Like-Me-Experience/dp/1736990039/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Lora+K.+Joy&amp;qid=1674087157&amp;sr=8-1</a> Self Attunement: An Adoptee Superpower <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Self-Attunement-Superpower-Lora-Joy/dp/1736990047/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Lora+K.+Joy&amp;qid=1674087157&amp;sr=8-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Self-Attunement-Superpower-Lora-Joy/dp/1736990047/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Lora+K.+Joy&amp;qid=1674087157&amp;sr=8-2</a> Goodbye Hypervilgilance: Healing Adoptee Worry <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Hypervigilance-Healing-Adoptee-Worry/dp/1736990012/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Lora+K.+Joy&amp;qid=1674087157&amp;sr=8-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Hypervigilance-Healing-Adoptee-Worry/dp/1736990012/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Lora+K.+Joy&amp;qid=1674087157&amp;sr=8-3</a></p><p>The Flourish Experience: The Power of Adoptee Healing in Community <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Flourish-Experience-Adoptee-Healing-Community/dp/B0B4TY22JC/ref=sr_1_1?crid