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thriving adoptees podcast

I was recently interviewed for an adoptee podcast, Thriving Adoptees, hosted by Simon Benn. You can click here to listen or follow the link at the end of this post. I was slightly nervous to do an interview, but it was good chatting with another adoptee. Simon has interviewed hundreds of adoptees. I appreciate the work he does with adoptees and for the community.

Episode Summary

Does music lift your spirit? Is it an escape for you? It was for Mj as a child. It is now. She also uses music with clients in therapy sessions. Listen in as we go deep on escaping, spirit, people pleasing, being accepted and much more…. Mj is a music therapist-board certified (MT-BC) and licensed clinical social worker.

Episode Notes

Does music lift your spirit? Is it an escape for you? It was for Mj as a child. It is now. She also uses music with clients in therapy sessions. Listen in as we go deep on escaping, spirit, people pleasing, being accepted and much more….

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thriving-adoptees-lets-thrive/id1563041217?i=1000675757657

hey, thanks

I hope you’re enjoying a restful, restorative weekend! I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you for visiting and taking time to read my poems, posts, etc. It truly means the world. It’s laughable, I never thought I’d ever write poetry. Okay, so it’s not great poetry, but the process is incredibly rewarding and even more so, healing.

I have loved writing since the time I could hold a pencil. Yes, I was that geek in school with the straight bangs and glasses who loved, yes loved, practicing cursive. The act of forming each letter was like art.

I started this blog in 2010 primarily upon the encouragement of a group of individuals I knew in high school, and a teacher who was very well liked by the students, Carole Ann Kaplan. We all created WordPress blogs and began posting stuff. Since then, so many other platforms to write and subscribe to have popped up. My posts began as a journey to find my birthfamily in Taiwan. I wrote a memoir about that journey. Things have changed tremendously since then, and the book would be much, much different now…I don’t write about adoption very often anymore, but elements of grief and loss, attachment, rejection, okay, yes, unrequited love, and longing that I’ve experienced as a result of adoption, I’m sure, influence my prose.

So, thank you, dear readers for following this blog, reading my silly poems, and sharing space with me. It’s really nice to read your posts as well, and I”m grateful for the support. Happy writing, and may you have a lovely rest of your day.


Photo by Wilhelm Gunkel on Unsplash

Enjoy this beautiful tune! A friend recently introduced me to Father John Misty, though he’s been around for awhile. I’ve had this song on repeat 🙂