Adoption is often framed by happy narratives, but the reality is that many adoptees struggle with unaddressed trauma and issues of identity and belonging. Adoptees often spend the majority of their youth without the language to explore the grief related to adoption or the permission to legitimize their conflicting emotions.

Today, Gem is speaking with counselor and author Cameron Lee Small about his new book, The Adoptee’s Journey.

You might be wondering what adoption has to do with spiritual leadership. Well, here at UL, we care very much about people and their stories. And this story is very personal to me in that I am an adoptee.

Gem is also sharing her own journey as an adoptee and giving you real time insight into my current personal process. She shares things that she's never spoken in a public setting.

Learn more about adoption and Cameron's story:

• Adoptee Consciousness Model
• Harlow's Monkey // JaeRan Kim
• Grace Newton // Trauma and Healing of Consciousness
• Adoptive Parenting Consultation Group hosted by Cam
• Schedule Cam to speak and train at your next event
• TEDx Talk - Why Adoptee's Need a New Kind of Village
• Cam's main website

Connect with Cameron on Social media:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camleesmall/
  Instagram: @therapyredeemed
  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therapyredeemed

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Connect with Gem on Instagram and learn more on the Unhurried Living website and her new book, Hold That Thought: Sorting Through the Voices in Our Heads

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