Valorie: The Long Road to Family

About this episode

Valorie shares her journey from a challenging childhood to finding her biological family and achieving sobriety.

Born in New Jersey and relinquished at birth, Valorie faced a difficult childhood marked by challenges with attachment, school, and addiction before finding sobriety at a young age and beginning her healing journey. Years later, after long wondering about her biological family, she found both sides in one remarkable weekend and has been in reunion since 2024 — discovering that for her, the fairytale came later, like a rainbow after the storm.

People in this episode

Hosts: Louise Browne, Sarah Reinhardt

Guest: Valorie

Topics covered

• adoption
• family reunion
• personal journey
• sobriety
• healing
• childhood challenges

Keywords

• adoption
• family
• sobriety
• reunion
• childhood
• healing
• attachment
• addiction

Mentioned in this episode

Places: New Jersey

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