90. Katie: "Connection, Disconnection and Reconnection in Reunion"

<p>Katie is an adoptee who has always known she was adopted.&nbsp;Abuse and neglect by adoptive parents growing up led her to feeling unloved or unwanted by them.&nbsp;As a younger person, Katie felt so broken and joined Al-Anon and (ACA) Adult Children of Alcoholics for healing. She still felt like something was missing in her recovery.&nbsp;A friend gave Katie the book, The Primal Wound by Nancy Verrier, and she then sought out&nbsp;podcasts about adoptees which all proved to be great resources.</p><p>Katie never had the desire to look for her birth parents, but an acquaintance insisted, and found maternal and paternal birth parents within days in 1996.&nbsp;She has met both birth families and have different relationships with them today.</p><p>References: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and Searching For Anna Fisher by Florence Fisher&nbsp;</p><p>Adoptee Remembrance Day is October 30th</p><p>Music by Corey Quinn</p>