#60 Adopted Twice: How Trauma Shapes Love, Attachment & Healing - Mike Elliott

In this episode, I sit down with relationship coach Mike Elliott, who shares how being separated from his biological mother at birth and then being adopted twice shaped his early life. This led him into drugs, dealing, and dangerous criminal dynamics, and later fueled unhealthy relationship patterns even while he appeared to be living the “American Dream.” He describes a breaking point when his wife left on Valentine’s Day, triggering a visceral realization that he was reliving his earliest abandonment wound, and how that moment pushed him to seek deep coaching, emotional integration, and a new way of relating. We also dive into Alison Armstrong’s work - especially Understanding the Development of Men, and how these ideas changed my own relationships, including my relationship with my father.Email @ [email protected] @mikeelliott.relatingWebsite@ itsmikeelliott.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.