An interview with Carrie Cahill Mulligan who shares her story of search and secondary rejection from her birth mother, and later her reunion with her biological father. We talk about the stages of reunion (AKA the reunion roller coaster!) as well as how grief and joy can intermingle.

Show Notes

Full episode transcript here.

Topics We Discussed

Ann Fessler, The Girls Who Went Away
Laura Dennis, Adoption Therapy: Perspectives from Clients and Clinicians on Processing and Healing Post-Adoption Issues
Rebecca Hawkes, search for "genetic mirroring"
The Lost Daughters
Stages of Reunion (Origins Canada)
Lori Holden, @LavLuz

Recommended Resources

Deanna Shrodes, Worthy To Be Found, Restored, www.adopteerestoration.com
Evelyn Robinson, Adoption Reunion - Ecstasy or Agony?, Adoption Separation - Then and Now