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Also-Known-As, Inc is thrilled to welcome Dr. Juli Fraga to NYC, visiting from San Francisco to share insights from her new book Parents Have Feelings, Too, which is a deeply practical guide to identifying, naming and working with emotions to teaching emotional intelligence to the next generation. Juli will be lovingly cared for and in conversation with Heather Schultz Gittens, who currently serves on the Also-Known-As Advisory board and has a knack for creating a warm, welcoming environment to explore hard conversations.

This much-needed discussion, "Adoptee Parents Have Feelings, Too" will demystify and center "feelings" as the key to unlocking the overwhelm of the parent identity with the added complicated, and at times conflicting/competing layers, of the adoptee identity. We’ll explore real-life strategies for parents to process their own feelings, break cycles of guilt, and cultivate emotional resilience in their children. This conversation is a continuation of last year’s Also-Known-As event on the unique lens of parenting as a transracial adoptee.

While we’re excited to give adoptee parents space for their voices to be heard, all adoptees are welcome. This event is really about emotional intelligence, breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and how understanding your feelings and regulating emotions will make you a better human being.