“After my daughter was born 7 years ago, how I felt about my adoption was always at the forefront of my mind and it was starting to affect my life a lot more noticeably.”
Improving adoptee wellbeing by sharing experiences, hosting meet-ups and campaigning for more support!
"It's harder to think about a bigger trauma than relinquishment" - Paul Sunderland on adoption
Adult Adoptee Movement webinar with adoptee ally Paul Sunderland
What is a brother? What is a sister? An adopted person's thoughts
“Some might ask is she really even your sister?” and other clangers from adoptive parents with podcasts. Smoke flying off the keyboard for this one.
Adoption Impacts - Rejection and People Pleasing - by Gilli Bruce
New blog post from the popular adoptee author and therapist Gilli Bruce
Bad Robots, Wolves and Monsters
My adoption story by HJ Weston aka The Happy Alien
Adoptee retreat spring 2024
Gilli Bruce and Lara Leon report from their second UK retreat for adoptees….
Crawling away from ‘The Adoption Fog’ and learning to fly above it By H.J Weston aka The Happy Alien
“My journey has provided more than just insights into myself and adoption but into human nature and society with more clarity.”
So many unanswered questions - transracial late-discovery adoptee Ryan
“I struggle to know where I fit in – my adoptive family, Morocco, Scotland, and even with other adopted people.”
‘Incredible community vibe and feelings of belonging’
Fabulous feedback from our January 2024 adoptee online retreat
Return to Seoul, the Ofsted victory and other highlights! Plus what’s coming up in 2024…
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…
Adopted……………And then what? by Gilli Bruce
If we want to heal, we need distinguish which bits are about being adopted and which bits are about something else...
Unspoken The Silent Truth Behind My Lifelong Trauma as a Forced Adoptee Liz Harvie with Eve Hatton
Adoptee and campaigner Liz Harvie’s book is published on 9th November in the UK
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.
Return to Seoul - adoptee film screening at London's ICA + Q&A with Laure Badufle
Tickets on sale now for 8th July in London, this will be a very special adoptee event.
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….
Forced adoption - James' story
I have no animosity towards my adoptive parents, but now realise that they were hopelessly unsuitable candidates and that the system which enabled them, was irretrievably flawed.
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.