Fabulous feedback from our January 2024 adoptee online retreat
Improving adoptee wellbeing by sharing experiences, hosting meet-ups and campaigning for more support!
All tagged adult adoptee
NO HO HO MERRY CHRISTMAS!! - guest blog from adoptee Angela
Does the thought of Christmas send your emotions into your stomach where it lurches and churns…?
Are you coming to the online retreat 20th Jan 2024?
Affected by being adopted? Join Claire and Gilli for this event with interactive sessions, yoga + the chance to connect with other adoptees…
When you find your tribe - an ode to adoptee friends and meet-ups
A lovely message from Emma who found her crew of adoptees through the HTBA Patreon membership.
Adoptee retreat, June 2023, hosted by Gilli Bruce and Lara Leon
“Life-affirming” adoptee retreat held in the Lake District in June 2023, with Gilli and Lara. Find out how it went….
The In-Between Lines project at Coram
London exhibition and poetry from young people - including adoptees - on the theme of identity.
Held - a guest blog by adoptee Helen
Could my being a fragile person who easily falls apart be a consequence of not being held? Not being held when I was born, at least not by my mother.
Adoptee advocate burnout - Claire's story
As adoptees, our nervous systems can need lots of additional care and tending. You can have years of talking therapy but the body holds the score!
The dread of telling a therapist you're adopted in case they pull the plug
March 20th is the deadline to respond to the gov consultation
Introducing Adult Adoptee Movement
Find out more about this wonderful new organisation dedicated to adoptee rights.
Valid - a guest blog by adoptee Helen Mary
Poignant and relatable blog touching on adoption reunion and the courage of adoptees
Thoughts on the PAC-UK adoptee day in London for NAW 2022
Connecting with others and an emotional high after a difficult National Adoption Week.
Adoptee-only virtual retreat for National Adoption Week 2022: what to expect
Find out more about the sessions we have planned for the day!
Closed adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand - new book 'Adopted' by Jo Willis and Brigitta Baker
Adopted is the powerful and honest account of two of the thousands of children adopted during the era of closed adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand, between 1955 and the early 1980s.
Dancing on eggshells - guest post from adoptee David
Moving and ultimately uplifting post on adoption reunion and people pleasing…
Burnout as an adoptee advocate
My recent experiences of anxiety and burnout as I try to roll out How To Be Adopted services, events, conferences and more! Please be kind ;)
A letter to 13-year old me from adoptee Kate
“YOU ARE NOT BROKEN. You are not defective. You are not unworthy” - guest post from Kate
How the peer group for adopted people began in North London
Starting and facilitating an adoptee peer group in North London in late 2021. How it’s going….
Study into lifelong impacts of adoption by Gillian Bruce
Exclusive: results of a recent study of UK adoptees into the lifelong impacts of adoption