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

The inaugural Shades of Belonging Community Festival, held on May 5, 2024, at the prestigious Skirball Cultural Center, marked a...