Posts by Marita Malone
Adoptees: Changing Focus and Seeing through the Eyes of Compassion
. . . and Creating Our Own Reality (actually, we all do!) When I, an international adoptee, was growing up, I knew a fair amount about my adoption, primarily because…
Read MoreAdoptees Who Self-Sabotage Relationships
Adoptees who are afraid of relationships
Read MoreMeeting Your Birth Parents for the First Time
Our happiest moments can be when we meet our biological moms and dads . . . .
Read MoreDetachment of Adult Adoptees—and Self-help!
Detachment is often described as the state of being dispassionate, indifferent, aloof (my favorite word), withdrawn, or avoiding emotional involvement. We learn it from when we are abandoned and adopted.
Read MoreHow Can You Miss Someone You’ve Never Known?
How can one miss someone he or she has never known? It is phantom loss, much like losing an arm, but believing it is still attached. Adoptees feel it all the time.
Read MoreFive Questions of the Adult Adoptee
Statistically, we’re still adoptees; only, we are “adult adoptees.” Let’s ask ourselves, what are the top five questions adult adoptees ask? I started my list.
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