Reunion isn't a single moment. It's a relationship that keeps unfolding over months, years, and sometimes a lifetime. Whether you're an adoptee, a birth parent, an adoptive parent, or someone who loves a person in reunion, you've probably felt both the hope and the complexity that come with reconnecting. In this session, we'll explore the G.R.A.C.E. Method, a five-part framework (developed by Elizabeth while researching her next book) for navigating relationships post-reunion. Together we'll talk about how to communicate honestly, set boundaries that protect connection rather than end it, and lead with compassion for others and for ourselves, especially when things get messy.
All members of the adoption constellation are welcome, whether you're just thinking about searching, newly reunited, in a stalled reunion or many years into the journey.

Elizabeth Barbour, M.Ed., is an adoption reunion coach, speaker and author. A reunited adoptee and an adoptive mother, she brings a rare dual lived-experience perspective to her work with adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, and the professionals who support them. Elizabeth is the author of the award-winning Sacred Celebrations: Designing Rituals to Navigate Life's Milestone Transitions and is currently writing a book about adoption reunion. She speaks and trains widely, helping audiences build practical tools for navigating reunion and the complex family relationships it creates. She’s a frequent podcast guest and has spoken at Adoption Knowledge Affiliates, National Association of Parents and Adoptees, Untangling Our Roots, the American Adoption Congress and more. Learn more at www.elizabethbarbour.com.