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Elizabeth Barbour

Elizabeth Barbour

Elizabeth Barbour, M.Ed. is an intuitive life & business coach, speaker, author and retreat leader based in Asheville, NC, who helps professional women and those navigating big life transitions (including adoption reunion).

Sep 8, 2026

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been separated from her own.
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And they were always really open.
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And, you know, that was back in the day when people didn't always tell their children that they were adopted.
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but they were very open and said, you know, we'll share what we know, which wasn't very much, and we'll answer any questions.
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So I think because of that, my mom in particular laid a really good foundation for that.
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I felt okay with being adopted.
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I didn't think it was bad or wrong.

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Right.
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So if you could, could you take us back? What did you expect reunion to be? And what did it actually turn out to be? Yeah, that's a
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great question.
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So Like I imagine a lot of adoptees, I was looking for my mother.
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You know, I was looking for my first mother, my birth mother.
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And when I found her and called her, one of the first questions I said was, do you have children? Because I had been raised as an only child.
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And she said, yes, I have three.
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And I was like, yay, I have brothers and sisters.

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And if you miss something, I'll ask.

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