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Scenario

How reunion navigates competing family loyalties

I'm adopted and found my birth mother but she wants a relationship I'm not ready for and my adoptive parents feel threatened.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Biological connection creates obligations that can destabilize existing relationships, forcing choice between conflicting claims to belonging.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Adopted identity — chosen and given?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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