The Resilience Project

Summary In this conversation, Julie Brumley explores the core issues faced by adoptees, particularly focusing on rejection and its profound impact on identity and emotional health. She discusses the emotional imprints of rejection, the concept of rejection sensitivity, and provides practical exercises for processing and reframing limiting beliefs. The conversation emphasizes the importance of self...

As we move into a new year, this episode feels especially meaningful. In today’s conversation, I’m sharing a powerful episode recorded with my longtime friend and fellow coach, Becky , from about a year ago - during a season when both of us were deeply immersed in our own journeys of identity, healing, and self-discovery. At the time, neither of us could have fully known how much would continue to...

Keywords adoption, identity, family, heritage, emotions, personal growth, belonging, reunion, cultural connections, resilience Takeaways The importance of understanding one's identity and heritage. Experiencing a sense of home can be transformative. Cultural connections can deepen one's understanding of self. Reunion with biological family can evoke strong emotions. Navigating relationsh...

Connect with Mike here - https://www.facebook.com/mike.potratz.2025 Keywords adoptee, resilience, somatic healing, trauma-informed coaching, mental health, self-discovery, emotional healing, personal growth, community support, empathy Summary In this episode of the Resilience Project Podcast, host Julie Brumley interviews Mike, a client who shares his journey as an adoptee navigating trauma and he...

In this week’s episode of The Resilience Project , I’m joined by two of my closest friends — Becky and Erin — for a raw and tender conversation about grief. Not the polished kind, not the kind we talk about in theory… but the grief that lives in real life, real bodies, and real friendships. We recorded this together in La Quinta, sitting in the same condo with mountains behind us and a whole lot o...

The Adoptees Journey - Cameron Lee Small https://a.co/d/4PYHq1p The Grief Recovery Handbook https://a.co/d/b3z5QR1 The Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency https://a.co/d/gHgj3LI Processing Emotions Exercise https://www.cominghometoself.co/offers/btaYBmJo/checkout Grief Recovery Specialist - Adoptee - Karen Kagawa https://www.griefrecoverymethod.com/grms/karen-kagawa Keywords adoption, gri...

Here's the link to the reel about Brene's marble jar theory: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQpIryxjSZO/ Here's the link to Dr. Masaru Emoto's experiement: https://youtu.be/lUIJjiQCV34?si=PlD8-rAwTG0qc_95 Here's the pdf of what I shared on screen: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y5HMSpCl3ZW4dYKRVYGBORLK5aKMnF06/view?usp=sharing Keywords trust, self-trust, resilience, Brene B...

Here are the pdfs of what I shared in the podcast Acrostics and Limiting Beliefs - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vwJSRMzBb67gq9vk1cJ3V5YVr8nJ4C8p/view?usp=sharing Shame Resilience & Critical Awareness - https://drive.google.com/file/d/14zFIqEz0YsGS0S87hhDSOu7eKrY0YClj/view?usp=sharing Summary In this episode of The Resilience Project, Julie Brumley delves into the complex emotions of shame...

Summary: This episode of the Resilience Project delves into the complex topic of loss, particularly from the perspective of adoptees. Julie Brumley explores three distinct types of loss: ambiguous, vicarious, and secondary, and discusses how these losses are deeply embedded in the lives of adoptees from birth. The episode aims to increase awareness and understanding of these unique experiences, of...

Summary In this episode of the Resilience Project podcast, host Julie Brumley, a trauma-informed adoptee coach and somatic healing guide, explores the complex topic of identity for adoptees. She shares statistics on adoptee mental health and suicide rates, discusses the challenges of identity formation due to early life disruptions, and offers a new definition of identity from an adoptee perspecti...

Keywords adoption, trauma, resilience, self-discovery, healing, interdependence, primal trauma, self-worth, emotional health, somatic healing Summary In this episode of the Resilience Project podcast, Julie Brumley shares her journey as a trauma-informed adoptee coach and somatic healing guide. She discusses the importance of confronting past traumas, particularly those related to adoption, and ho...

keywords adoption, healing, trauma, truth, society, modalities, adoptees, experience, God, understanding summary In this conversation, Julie Brumley discusses the challenges of speaking one's truth in a society that often misunderstands the experiences of adoptees. She emphasizes the importance of healing modalities that can help adoptees process and release trauma held in their bodies. takea...

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