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Kapwa Journeys Kapwa Journey’s mission is to provide a compassionate, understanding, & empowering space for all.

Specializing in the adoption constellation to navigate healing.

10/08/2026

Around here, we talk about the complicated parts of adoption, challenge narratives that no longer serve us, and make space for feelings that don’t always fit the expected script.

I’m a therapist, an adoptee, an adoption advocate, and a human who believes healing can include hard truths, belly laughs, messy middle parts, and dogs who have absolutely no respect for personal space.

This isn’t a place where you have to perform gratitude, pretend you’re okay, or have your entire story figured out.

It’s a place for honest conversations, connection, and remembering that you don’t have to navigate the hard stuff alone.

Adoptees, foster alumni, adoptive families, and fellow humans doing their best: there’s room for you here. 🫶🏼

Welcome to my corner of the internet.

Repeat After Me: “I forgive myself for who I had to be to survive.” AdopteeIdentity
10/07/2026

Repeat After Me: “I forgive myself for who I had to be to survive.”
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09/30/2026

Call to Action for Adoption Su***de Prevention Month. Comment Below 👇🏽

Sometimes staying isn’t about having some enormous, profound reason. Sometimes it’s about the ordinary things that keep us connected to tomorrow.

There are adoptees silently carrying unimaginable pain and sometimes, hearing someone else’s why” can unknowingly support their continued existence.

💬👇🏽 If you’re willing, share your reason for staying in the comments below..
***depreventionmonth

09/27/2026

Adoptees were found to be four times more likely to have at least one reported su***de attempt in a study that looked at behavioral and mental health-related outcomes in adopted and non-adopted individuals.

Adoption itself is not a diagnosis or a predictor of su***de. But it does highlight the importance of understanding the unique experiences, losses, and mental health needs that some adoptees may carry and making sure those experiences are taken seriously.

If you’re an adoptee struggling right now, you don’t have to carry it alone. Your story matters. Your pain deserves to be heard without judgment, and support that understands adoption matters.

Adoption-competent support can save lives. Let’s make sure adoptees know they deserve it.

If you’re a supportive loved one listen without judgment. If you or someone you love shows warning signs of being suicidal or may be in danger, call or text 988 (the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline) for immediate, 24/7 support; call 911 if the danger is immediate.

Souce | Risk of Su***de Attempt in Adopted and Nonadopted Offspring | Pediatrics. 2013 Oct;132(4):639–646. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3251
***dePreventionMonth

The problem isn’t that oranges are “bad.” The problem is expecting to make an apple pie without understanding that you h...
09/26/2026

The problem isn’t that oranges are “bad.” The problem is expecting to make an apple pie without understanding that you have different ingredients, a different recipe, and different things to learn.

The same is true in adoption. Wanting to adopt a child is not the same as being prepared to parent an adopted child.

Even the best bakers need to learn the recipe, gather the right ingredients, understand the tools, and—most importantly—be willing to learn something new when the recipe doesn’t go exactly as expected.

Adoptive parents have to be willing to do the WHOLE work of adoption.

That means learning about trauma, attachment, grief and loss, identity, race and culture, birth family, adoption history, and the lifelong impact of being adopted.

It means being willing to listen when your child tells you something about their experience that challenges what you thought adoption would look like.

It means seeking education, support, and adoption, competent help, not only when things fall apart, but before they do.

And perhaps most importantly, it means understanding that your child should never have to become the ingredient that makes your recipe work.

09/15/2026

I made a Grief Map to process and reflect on loss. I went into this exercise with the intention to work through the grief from losing my mother. I quickly noticed other grief related issues and how it impacts life in other big and small ways. With my map, I also noticed 3 different themes, Trauma, Healing, and Growth. It highlights the importance of the ugly and difficult things about grief that can open the gate to healing and growth.

Rachel Rachel Volentine | Liminal Legacy End-of-Life Doula shares in her video her creative process. Mine was similar, but I chose to use Canva utilizing their stocked images to make my map into a coloring sheet. I used color to highlight and add personal meaning.

Rachel, Salamat po 🫰🏽 for sharing your expertise and resources to help myself and others learning to navigate grief and loss while living.

08/29/2026

I’m not pretending that my temporary living situation with a mold filled ceiling with a questionable repair job is some kind of character building experience. But, this is the reality I’m in right now.

Every time I look up at this ceiling I can immediately think of everything that could go wrong. But, ugh! I’m tired of giving this ceiling so much power. So instead, because of the creative person that I am. I turned this visual reminder of frustration and helplessness into an irreverent puppy heeding an obvious warning.

The pain of the present exists as it is. Suffering occurs when the past and current uncontrolled circumstances are dwelled on. Both intensifies and perpetuates emotional suffering.

Radical Acceptance is accepting the reality of the present as the only moment that matters, the only moment that we control.

Per Dr. , “The fully open experience of what is, just as it is, by unrivaled entering into reality, just as it is, at this moment.  is the only way out of hell.”

Healing isn’t always about finding the right coping skill or simply working through it. Sometimes, YOU are your biggest ...
08/25/2026

Healing isn’t always about finding the right coping skill or simply working through it. Sometimes, YOU are your biggest barrier. It’s the beliefs you carried about yourself for years. It’s the parts of yourself you learned to hide, the mistakes you continue to punish yourself for, the ways you disconnected from our values, the difficulty you have trusting gut or our own judgment.

And sometimes, healing is harder because you’re trying to do it without meaningful support.

These questions are NOT meant to be checklist. NOT another reason to judge yourself. But as an invitation to reach out and become curious about what might be getting in the way of your healing.

If you’re ready to change some of your Yes answers to No and live in Wisconsin. I invite you to PM me to set up a free consultation call to learn if I’m the right therapist for you.
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No matter who you are in your own adoption constellation, remember that grief is about acceptance, patience, adaptation,...
08/25/2026

No matter who you are in your own adoption constellation, remember that grief is about acceptance, patience,
adaptation, endurance, and self-forgiveness.

06/12/2026

Emotions are the fertilizer to our healing garden. If not allowed, addressed, or expressed your left with a deprived garden and 💩 sitting in a bag.

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