A Transracial Adoption Story with Darcy Mittelstaedt - Ep 60

In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with Darcy Mittelstaedt, an adult adoptee originally from Korea, and adopted into a dysfunctional family in Nebraska at age 2. Once she came out of the fog, as they say in adoption-land, and came to terms with her relinquishment trauma and chaotic adoptive family life, she turned toward her adoption agency. She now helps inform the adoption agency’s families about relinquishment trauma and the struggles that interculturally adopted people have. Hers is a story of resilience and hope that I’m sure everyone, whether or not you are affected by adoption personally, will appreciate hearing. =============== 💌 Sign up for our Safe Home Families email list: =============== RESOURCES: Darcy’s information: Darcy’s email: darcymittelstaedt@gmail.com Darcy’s Facebook: Darcy’s Instagram: Darcy’s Twitter: @djmittelstaedt Other resources mentioned in this episode: Dylan International - Our new Adoptive Parents support group, APtitude: safehomefamilies.com/APtitude Other Resources: Other Parents Like Me - Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: Find a Tele-Therapist: =============== Safe Home is created by Joseph Nakao and Beth Syverson Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao Cover art by Joseph Nakao, photo by Beth Syverson Email questions or comments to Safe Home at Hello@SafeHomeFamilies.com Find us on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , and YouTube Support Safe Home on Patreon : Patreon.com/SafeHome =============== TIME STAMPS: 1:50 Darcy’s difficult childhood story 5:00 Darcy’s parent’s controlling style 7:49 Food control 10:33 The impact of Darcy’s parents’ divorce 12:14 The end of the road for Darcy 15:45 The family that rescued Darcy 18:05 Darcy’s compliant temperament and the role of the church 24:58 Darcy’s job at Boys Town 27:01 How Darcy collaborates with her adoption agency 32:15 Growing up as an Asian in a Nebraska farmtown 39:58 The importance of mirroring for adoptees 44:58 Hope for anyone who grew up in a dysfunctional family

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This episode was published on Sep 19, 2022.

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