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    • Speaker on Adoption Topics
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    • On-Demand Adoption Courses (NEW!)
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      • Casey Conquers Bedtime
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Nice Doesn’t Always Mean Safe: Why Adoptees Need More Than Kindness to Thrive

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | June 9, 2025

Are you surrounding yourself with people who are nice—or people who are safe? It’s a question that often stops people in their tracks. For adoptees, especially those in transracial families,…

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Beyond Words: How Unspoken Moments Create the Deepest Opportunities for Healing

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | May 19, 2025

There is a particular kind of comfort that comes from being understood without explanation. As an adoptee and a psychologist, I’ve seen firsthand how powerful this unspoken understanding can be…

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Chocolate, Starfish & Your Genuine Worth: A Crucial Lesson Learned as an Adoptee

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | January 31, 2024

As adoptees, we often have a strong desire to contribute to the world in significant ways in order to prove the worth of our existence to others. This frequently manifests…

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The Bedtime Narrative for Kids Who Struggle with Sleep Anxiety

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | April 11, 2023

Throughout the years, I’ve had a number of requests for support from adoptive parents who are struggling with their child’s sleep anxiety. It’s an all-too-familiar scenario: “They refuse to let…

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Seven Hidden Harms in Performative Racial Allyship

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | March 26, 2021

If you are white, it may be easy to view performative racial allyship as benign. It’s short-lived and superficial nature does not look much different from other trends – a…

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The Single Item that Made Me Understand Racism

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | November 11, 2019

It was a Band-Aid. Well, not actually a Band-Aid – just the image of a Band-Aid. So small, yet so damaging. It changed my life – the entire way I…

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It’s Time to Expand the Definition of “Helpers”

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | August 9, 2019

After tragic events such the two mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton this past weekend (and the numerous shootings prior), many parents are seeking the right words to reassure…

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What We Ask of You

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | April 19, 2019

Understand that we do not ask you to hear our voices because we are grieving. We ask you to hear our voices because we are exhausted from grieving. Biologicals cannot…

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The Most Empowering Book I’ve Ever Read to My Child

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | October 5, 2018

So, you know how most children’s books have that “happily-ever-after-suddenly-everyone-is-best-friends-even-though-the-entire-book-was-about-someone-treating-someone-else-like-crap” kind of vibe? I’ve never been a fan. Sure, I’m all for books with happy endings. But I don’t think…

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A Letter to My Adopted Child’s Teacher

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | August 24, 2018

The beginning of the school year is here! How will you help your child’s teacher understand the best ways to be sensitive to the needs of your adoptive child? Consider…

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