Deirdre Nicole Hegarty : An adoption story
About this episode
Deirdre Nicole Hegarty shares her complex adoption story and the emotional impact of reconnecting with her birth parents.
Topics covered : Mother and Baby home, adoption, grief, faith, taboo, shedding shame, transgenerational trauma, therapy, holotropic breathwork, motherhood, inner child healing, compassion. In the final episode of this season, I speak to psychotherapist Deirdre Nicole Hegarty, who shares her adoption story with us. Deirdre lives in Donegal with her husband Noel and their baby boy, Conall. She was adopted at three months old from a mother and baby home, into a loving family where her adoption was always known and spoken about openly. But as she grew older, and especially when she began searching for her birth parents, her story became more complex. What she discovered challenged her sense of identity in a profound way. Her birth parents were first cousins...something that carried deep layers of secrecy and shame. In this conversation, Deirdre speaks with great honesty about reconnecting with her birth parents, the emotional impact of those connections, and the confusion and trauma that unfolded. She also shares the work that has helped her make sense of her experience, particularly inner child healing, and how she’s come to understand…
People in this episode
Host: Síle Seoige
Guest: Deirdre Nicole Hegarty
Topics covered
- adoption
- grief
- transgenerational trauma
- inner child healing
- motherhood
- therapy
Keywords
- adoption story
- mother and baby home
- shame
- holotropic breathwork
- compassion
- identity
- emotional impact
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Donegal
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