# Chosen, Searching, and Seen: The Community We Need in Adoption

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Podcast: [Born In June Raised In April: What Adoption Can Teach the World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/born-in-june-raised-in-april-what-adoption-can-teach-the-world-5808)
Published: 2025-01-30T17:57:00+00:00
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## Resource

For many adopted persons, the journey to understanding identity and belonging is filled with complexities, questions, and the need for community. In this episode, host April Dinwoodie is joined by Tracie Carlson, a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and fellow adopted person, to explore how growing up adopted shaped their identities and how finding community became essential to their journeys. From the experience of being "chosen" to the emotional realities of searching for family, April and Tracie discuss what it means to be truly seen and supported. They reflect on the both/and of adoption, the power of connection, and how creating spaces of belonging can change lives—not just for adopted persons, but for the world.

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