Returning home after a transformative gathering like the BIPOC Adoptees VOICES Conference often brings a complex mix of gratitude and grief. While being together offers instant safety and shared understanding, saying goodbye forces us to navigate an opened faucet of long-suppressed emotion. My newest blog post explores the psychological and somatic reasons behind this post-event emotional fatigue. By looking closely at limbic resonance and the reality of disenfranchised grie

Explore the complex connection between adoptee birthdays and grief. Dr. David McCarty-Caplan shares a somatic reflection on navigating loss, reunion, and healing.