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The podcast where black adoptees discuss their adoption experience and how they navigate their identities. We all have an internal need to know who we are as a person as our identity helps us to navigate the world and to know what unique about us. We all develop an identity but the process of navigating this journey can be more difficultg for adoptees in relation to early challenges they might have faced through their adoption.
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Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Black Adoptees Identities - Episode 34 - Monique Funches
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Christelle Pellecuer is in conversation with Monique Funches.
Monique discussed her time in foster care before her adoption. She talked about the abuses she encountered during her adoption and the difficulties she faced in early adult life and the consequences into her adult life.
Monique also shared her time in the military and in corporate America, her reconnection with her birth family and her current relationship with adoptive parents.
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Content warning: this episode contains discussion about physical abuse, neglect, molestation and suicidal ideation.
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