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EPISODE · Apr 16, 2026 · 54 MIN

To Be Real: a conversation with Elizabeth Barbour, New York Adoptee.

from The Adoption Files · host Ande Stanley

Please join me as I talk with New York adoptee, Elizabeth BarbourElizabeth Barbour (she/her) is an adoptee and adoptive mom with 27 years of reunion experience. In 1999, she found her birthmom, birthdad and eleven (!) brothers and sisters. An adoption reunion coach, speaker and author of two books, she’s currently writing her third about building healthy relationships in adoption reunions. Elizabeth helps people find grace and grounding amidst the grief and complexity of the reunion process through self-care, storytelling, and ritual. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina and you can learn more about her at www.elizabethbarbour.comElizabeth Barbour Links Websites: www.elizabethbarbour.com and www.sacredcelebrations.comOrder Sacred Celebrations book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLTXRL56New Coaching Program: www.elizabethbarbour.com/solid-groundFB: https://www.facebook.com/elizabethbarbourIG: https://www.instagram.com/elizabthbarbour/  Elizabeth Barbour, M.Ed.Intuitive Life & Business Coach, Healer, Author & SpeakerAsheville, NCwww.elizabethbarbour.comwww.sacredcelebrations.com828-279-5218 Check out my award-winning new book Sacred Celebrations: Designing Rituals to Navigate Life’s Milestone TransitionsMentioned in the episode:https://www.wearekaan.org/https://concernedunitedbirthparents.org/https://savingoursistersadoption.org/https://thefamilypreservationproject.com/https://www.alsoknownas.org/https://adoptionmosaic.com/https://naapunited.org/The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, our opinionsThe host is not a therapist, a lawyer, or an adoption professionalThank you for listeninghttps://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health

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