# To Be Real: a conversation with Elizabeth Barbour, New York Adoptee.

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Podcast: [The Adoption Files](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adoption-files-5610264)
Published: 2026-04-16T11:50:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/To-Be-Real-a-conversation-with-Elizabeth-Barbour--New-York-Adoptee-e3htuit
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## Resource

Please join me as I talk with New York adoptee, Elizabeth Barbour Elizabeth Barbour (she/her) is an adoptee and adoptive mom with 27 years of reunion experience. In 1999, she found her birthmom, birthdad and eleven (!) brothers and sisters. An adoption reunion coach, speaker and author of two books, she’s currently writing her third about building healthy relationships in adoption reunions. Elizabeth helps people find grace and grounding amidst the grief and complexity of the reunion process through self-care, storytelling, and ritual. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina and you can learn more about her at www.elizabethbarbour.com Elizabeth Barbour Links Websites: www.elizabethbarbour.com and www.sacredcelebrations.com Order Sacred Celebrations book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLTXRL56 New Coaching Program: www.elizabethbarbour.com/solid-ground FB: https://www.facebook.com/elizabethbarbour IG: https://www.instagram.com/elizabthbarbour/ Elizabeth Barbour, M.Ed. Intuitive Life & Business Coach, Healer, Author & Speaker Asheville, NC www.elizabethbarbour.com www.sacredcelebrations.com 828-279-5218 Check out my award-winning new book Sacred Celebrations: Designing Rituals to Navigate Life’s Milestone Transitions Mentioned in the episode: https://www.wearekaan.org/ https://concernedunitedbirthparents.org/ https://savingoursistersadoption.org/ https://thefamilypreservationproject.com/ https://www.alsoknownas.org/ https://adoptionmosaic.com/ https://naapunited.org/ The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, our opinions The host is not a therapist, a lawyer, or an adoption professional Thank you for listening https://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health

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