What happens when the person placed for adoption grows up to place a child herself?

Anne Peshka, author of Trauma Recycled: A Memoir of Adoption, Abuse, and Healing, joins Jennifer Diane Ghoston for a conversation that covers the full arc of the adoptee and birth mother experience. As the oldest of eight children raised in an abusive home, Anne learned early that no one was coming to save her. That hard truth became the foundation of everything she built.

Anne speaks openly about placing her son for adoption while homeless, navigating judgment without shame, and how small acts of kindness from strangers became the catalyst for her healing. She also shares what it took to write her memoir, and why she believes trauma can be recycled into your greatest power.

This conversation is honest, layered, and forward-moving.

Topics include: adoptee identity, relinquishment without coercion, navigating shame and judgment, the power of kindness, self-motivation born from survival, and what it means to do the work.

This episode may bring up strong emotions. Please take good care of yourself while listening.

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