We Are Not Our Trauma with Simon Benn
Episode description
In this week’s Unraveling Adoption podcast, Beth talks with Simon Benn, an adoptee living near York, England and host of Thriving Adoptees podcast. I was recently on his show, so I wanted him to be on our show as well. Trading podcasts across the globe. Simon has been on a healing journey for the last 13 or so years, after a discovery about his adoption that rocked his world. He wants to help other adoptees move toward healing with his podcast and webinars.
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RESOURCES:
Simon’s information:
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Simon’s podcast Thriving Adoptees: https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/
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Beth’s episode on Thriving Adoptees: https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/episodes/personal-growth-with-adoptive-mom-beth-syverson
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Simon’s recent Healing My Primal Wound webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnz7I7V_IOQ
Other resource mentioned in this episode:
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Rupert Spira: https://rupertspira.com/
More Resources:
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APtitude Support Group for Adoptive Parents Facing Adoption’s Challenges: UnravelingAdoption.com/APtitude
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Other Parents Like Me - https://www.facebook.com/other.parents.like.me
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Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https://heatherrosscoaching.com/
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Find a Tele-Therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling
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Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao
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TIME STAMPS:
1:18 Simon’s adoption story and childhood
4:14 What Simon’s adoption file revealed about his birth mother
7:35 Revelations and epiphanies
10:05 What is the primal wound? What is wounded? Simon’s new metaphor
18:55 There’s no such thing as a second-hand insight
21:23 Simon’s advice for adoptees coming “out of the fog”
25:05 Simon reading his poems “Beneath” and “After the Fog”