Can you really be adopted back into your family of origin? Today I get to introduce you to Jemma Sullivan, and she shares some incredibly painful realities of having a narcissistic adoptive parent, it’s not all gloom and doom though - I promise you need to wait to hear what happens at the beginning of Jemma’s new chapter with her first mother.

Show Notes

Full episode transcript here.

Things We Touched On

Struggles with a narcissistic adoptive mother
Black Sheep to Giraffe illustration by Dr. Karyl McBride Giraffe Story by Dr. Karyl McBride - YouTube
Stretches of estrangement from her adoptive family
Searching for her first mother and their reunion
What finally broke her relationship with her adoptive parents.
Adopted back in the state of Florida; law initially in place for a family to adopt adults who have aged out of the foster care system

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