Giving up my healing fantasy of emotional rescue and learning to give myself the validation I always needed.

Emotional validation is an important component of healthy relationships and a skill you can learn and improve. Find out how to practice it.

Emotional invalidation is one of the most harmful things we can experience, especially as adoptees and children in care. Being told that our feelings are ‘too much’ or ‘don’t matter’ only deepens the wounds we’re already carrying. Every emotion is valid, even if it makes others uncomfortable. Our experiences and feelings deserve to be acknowledged, not dismissed. Let’s create spaces where adoptees feel safe to express themselves without judgment. #EmotionalValidation #YourFeelingsMatter…