Lesli A. Johnson, MFT answers a listener question about finding our identity.

“Lesli kept saying it was important to know your narrative as a way to heal trauma. I don't know mine. I don't know really anything about how I came into the world, I don't even know who my father is. Half of my ancestry is a big black hole. And society tells me to be grateful for that. How do we move forward without knowing our first chapter?”

Show Notes

Full episode transcript here.

Recommended Resources

Three books Lesli recommends in the area of identity formation:
- Dear Wonderful You, Letters to Adopted & Fostered Youth (The AN-YA Project) ed. by Diane Rene Christian
- Pieces of Me: Who Do I Want to Be? Voices for and by Adopted Teens ed. by Robert L Ballard
- Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens by Debbie Riley and John Meeks