Healing From The Trauma Of Adoption
An Author, A Domestic Adoptee, An Identical Twin And Speaker
Healing Conversation #469
— “I have come to believe that all of us are connected in some mysterious way. If we wish, we have the gifts to unravel our past and make sense of our present existence. As we chisel away at the mystery, we find life frustrating and fascinating, disappointing and rewarding. And nothing short of astounding.”
Valeria Teles interviews Julie Ryan McGue — the author of “Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging”
Julie Ryan McGue is an author, a domestic adoptee and an identical twin. Julie writes extensively about finding out who you really are, where you belong, and making sense of it.
Born in Chicago, Julie received her BA from Indiana University in Psychology in 1981. She earned a MM in Marketing from the Kellogg Graduate School of Business, Northwestern University in 1984. She served multiple terms on the Board of the Midwest Adoption Center. Julie is an active member of the American Adoption Congress.
Julie’s debut memoir Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging (She Writes Press) will be released in May 2021. It is the story of her five-year search for birth relatives. Her weekly blogs That Girls, This Life and monthly column at The Beacher focus on identity, family, and life’s quirky moments.
Married for over thirty-five years, Julie and her husband split their time between Northwest Indiana and Sarasota, Florida. She is the mother of four adult children and has three grandsons. If she’s not at her computer, she’s on the tennis court or out exploring with her Nikon. Julie is currently working on a collection of personal essays.
To learn more about Julie Ryan McGue and her work, please visit: https://www.juliemcgueauthor.com/
— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.