With her son now an independent adult, Amy will reflect on the evolution of their relationship, her perspective on ‘openness’, and her journey beyond the story of open adoption she wrote in God and Jetfire. She will speak about moving through narrative and into more embodied forms of healing, navigating chronic pain, listening to what the body holds, and nurturing the conditions for a new, truer story to emerge.

About Amy:
Amy Seek is a landscape architect working on climate-adaptive infrastructure in New York City. She is also a birthmother in an open adoption that remained open throughout her son’s childhood. Amy serves on the board of Concerned United Birthparents (CUB), where she focuses on writing and storytelling to change the dominant cultural narrative around adoption. She facilitates a first families support group through the National Association of Adoptees and Parents (NAAP). Her writing has appeared in the New York Times and Vogue, and her book, God and Jetfire, was published in 2015.