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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

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Episodes

  1. 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...

  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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...

  8. 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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ABOUT THIS SHOW

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

HOSTED BY

Sarah Dixon-Hackey

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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

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No Roadmap Home is created and hosted by Sarah Dixon-Hackey.
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