ReGina Smithwick: On Adoption and Authenticity

Guest: ReGina Smithwick, author, coach

 

ReGina Smithwick joins Fat Chicks on Top to chat about the impact of being adopted, hiding that fact for 50 years, and finally coming out as adopted after reconnecting with her birth father. She covers the impact of lacking a physical resemblance to her adoptive family, the emotional impact of deciding to hide the fact she was adopted, and the change which occured once she came out as an adoptee. She further discusses the decision to adopt her own daughter.

 

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