{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"We Are Not Our Trauma with Simon Benn","description":"In this week\u2019s 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. =============== \ud83d\udc8c Sign up for Unraveling Adoption\u2019s email list: http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hVIAVX =============== RESOURCES: Simon\u2019s information:   Simon\u2019s podcast Thriving Adoptees: https:\/\/thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com\/   Beth\u2019s episode on Thriving Adoptees:  https:\/\/thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com\/episodes\/personal-growth-with-adoptive-mom-beth-syverson   Simon\u2019s recent Healing My Primal Wound webinar: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bnz7I7V_IOQ   &amp;nbsp; Other resource mentioned in this episode:   Rupert Spira: https:\/\/rupertspira.com\/   &amp;nbsp; More Resources:   APtitude Support Group for Adoptive Parents Facing Adoption\u2019s Challenges: UnravelingAdoption.com\/APtitude   Other Parents Like Me - &amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/other.parents.like.me   Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https:\/\/heatherrosscoaching.com\/   Find a Tele-Therapist: https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/therapists\/online-counseling   =============== Unraveling Adoption is produced and hosted by Beth Syverson Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao Email questions or comments to Beth@UnravelingAdoption.com Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube Support Unraveling Adoption on Patreon: Patreon.com\/UnravelingAdoption www.UnravelingAdoption.com =============== TIME STAMPS: &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;1:18 Simon\u2019s adoption story and childhood &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;4:14 What Simon\u2019s adoption file revealed about his birth mother &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;7:35 Revelations and epiphanies 10:05 What is the primal wound? What is wounded? Simon\u2019s new metaphor 18:55 There\u2019s no such thing as a second-hand insight 21:23 Simon\u2019s advice for adoptees coming \u201cout of the fog\u201d 25:05 Simon reading his poems \u201cBeneath\u201d and \u201cAfter the Fog\u201d ","author_name":"Unraveling Adoption","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/452856\/site","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26040111\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/147034731"}