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No Roadmap Home
by Sarah Dixon-Hackey
No Roadmap Home explores the transnational adoptee experience through honest conversations about identity, belonging, and what it truly means to find your place in the world. noroadmaphome.substack.com
Episodes
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Because of It, or in Spite of It? Reflecting on a Korean Adoptee’s Peace
This reflection follows my conversation wtih Sara Tan. If you haven’t listened yet, I invite you to start here. This last week I spoke with Sara Tan. Sara and I went to school together at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. It was a small, private college with less than 4,000 students. We didn’t...
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Peace Without Answers: A Korean Adoptee’s Story of Belonging
When I invited Sara onto the podcast, she wasn’t sure she belonged here. “I had a pretty peaceful upbringing,” she told me. But that’s exactly why I wanted her story. Not every transnational adoption is a search for something missing. Sara was adopted from South Korea at three and raised by…
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After the Conversation: The Abandoned Label- Part 2 of 2
This reflection follows my conversation with Katie Dachler. If you haven’t listened yet, I invite you to start here. In the first hour that I chatted with Katie, we spent a lot of time reminiscing on what it was like to grow in a small town in Minnesota. So many of her stories brought me back to…
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Returning to Korea: A Korean Adoptee’s Search for Answers - Part 2 of 2
In part two of my conversation with Katie Dachler, she takes me back to Korea with her — on a trip funded by a fellowship intended to make her a better leader, which somehow became a pilgrimage back to the children's home where her adoption file first surfaced. As a Korean adoptee and researcher…
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The Grief of Adoption: A Chinese Adoptee’s Story of Loss & Belonging
Check out “After the Conversation” where I provide added insights and reflections on this episode. I’ve known Stephanie and her daughter, XuXu, for over a decade — long before I ever thought to start this podcast. Sitting down with them again for this conversation felt like picking up where we…
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You Don’t Look Like Your Family: A Korean Adoptee’s Story of Identity & Belonging
Check out “After the Conversation” where I provide added insights and reflections on this episode. I sat down with my friend Mike, someone I’ve known for over a decade since we met at his sister’s wedding in Minnesota. Mike was adopted from Korea at four years old, and, like a lot of us, he’s…
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Coming Out of the Adoption Fog: A Transracial Adoptee finds Language for Her Story - Part 1 of 2
Check out “After the Conversation” where I provide added insights and reflections on this episode. Katie Dachtler and I are from the same corner of Minnesota — close enough that talking with her brought back memories and feelings I’d packed away myself. Katie has spent years building language for...
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Transnational Adoption, Trauma & the Brain: How Early Experiences Shape Us
Check out “After the Conversation” when you’ve finished listening - a place to learn more about my insights on this episode. A year ago, I sat in a breakout session at a crisis conference that changed how I think about trauma in the body. The speaker was Rick Griffin, founder of the…
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