Self-Compassion for Adoptees

Part 2 of a series on the Heart Practices for the Relinquished

“An Adoptee Manifesto” by Angela Tucker, of the Adoptee Mentoring Society, as published in her book “You Should be Grateful”: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption

Note: Compassion can only be practiced amid difficulty. As such, this post engages a few common adoptee challenges including denial of identity and belonging.