November 2024

Narrative Identity Grows with Your Kid It’s not just your kids bodies that change as they age—their minds and the stories they tell themselves about their lives evolve too. This concept, called narrative identity, is the personal story we all create to make sense of who we are, where we’ve been, and where we’re going.

The Foundation of Your Life Story is Shaken Our narrative identity is like a house built on a foundation. If you’ve believed one version of your story your whole life, finding out it’s not true, or incomplete, can feel like the foundation is cracked. When the foundation cracks, everything built on it becomes shifty and

November 9, 2024 Many adoptees find themselves “masking” throughout their lives. This concept, common in trauma-informed spaces, involves adapting behavior to blend in, minimize difference, and create a sense of safety. For adoptees, masking can often begin in early childhood and may even become an ingrained way of navigating the world. But why is masking

As discussions around donor conception expand, so does our understanding of the unique psycho-social needs of donor-conceived people (DCP). Increasing evidence highlights the benefits of using identified donors, ideally accessible before a DCP turns 18, to support their emotional and social well-being. In contrast, non-identified (previously called anonymous) donation—still common through traditional sperm banks—often result