Adopting Privilege Book Talk
Adoption Knowledge Affiliates featured Dr. Hasberry and Adopting privilege at their Book Club.
Texas Public Radio: Worth Repeating
Abby talks about the often-confusing experiences of being a transracial adoptee.
Ghost Kingdom
Adoptee and birth mother, Abby Hasberry, talks about her Ghost Kingdom, her ideal family, and how it showed up and influenced her “decisions” as a birth mother.
The [Inclusion] Conversation
This episode features Dr. Abigail Hasberry and we learn about her incredible journey both as a transracial Black Adoptee, but also as a birth mom who felt she had no choice but to relinquish her child for adoption. We also dive into her new memoir, “Adopting Privilege”, where she shares the complexities and intersectionality of her identities, and the painful and complicated experiences of her own adoption, and her experience with her first child whom she relinquished. We also talk about mental health for our larger community, and as a practitioner, what Dr. Abby wants us to think about and understand about adoption and relinquishment trauma and the lifelong impact of adoption.
Untangling Our Roots Keynote
Our memories are a blend of personal experiences and external influences, shaping our identities and how we perceive the world. During her presentation “The Power of Owning Your Narrative”, Dr. Abby Hasberry invites us to explore the transformative journey of self-discovery and the profound impact it can have on our lives. Whether through a personal awakening or a revelation thrust upon us, we have the opportunity to not only uncover the truth about our past but also shape our future.
Adoptees On podcast: Healing Series
Abby Hasberry joins us to talk about the importance of adult transracial adoptees developing a positive racial identity. We can’t develop that as children (nor as adults) when racial mirrors and cultural experiences are nonexistent. Abby shares some tools and strategies we can use to do this work of racial reclamation, and she addresses a common fear and question, “but is this cultural appropriation?”.
Thriving Adoptees Podcast
Time is not the greatest healer. So what is? Aha moments. Those moments when we see something new for ourselves. Insights. Quite literally sights from within. And insights from others can catalyse insights in us. Listen in as adoptee, therapist and birth mother Abby shares some of her most profound aha moments. They helped me see things I'd not seen before. I'm sure they'll do the same for you.
Everything's Relative with Eve Sturgess
Abby talks with Eve about coming into the adoption conversation with two penultimate experiences: transracial adoptee and birth mother.
Unraveling Adoption
"Supporting a birth mother doesn't mean just offering empty words, but actively showing her what support looks like and helping her make informed decisions." Abby HAsberry
The Honestly Adoption Podcast
Listen to an open conversation about racial identity development, trauma, and relationships.
Adoption Network Cleveland: Tough Talks
Lessons Learned Through the Fog of Adoption and Reunion
In anticipation of the release of her memoir, Adopting Privilege. Abby joins us to discuss her experiences with closed adoptions as an adoptee and a birth parent. Using her research on identity development and her experience as a trauma-informed therapist, Abby examines the mental health effects of policies in closed adoption.