The Rise2Shine Podcast with Noelle Kustas23 Joulu 2025

S2 Ep. 34 | The Hidden Wound of Adoption, Nervous System Healing for Adoptees with Julie Brumley

Have you ever felt like something was “off” inside you, even when life looks good on the outside?

In this episode, I talk with Julie Brumley, trauma-informed adoptee coach and founder of Coming Home to Self, about the hidden impact of adoption trauma and why adoptee wounds often live at a deep, preverbal level.

We explore primal trauma, the pressure to “just be grateful,” and how somatic healing and nervous system regulation support real belonging and long-term healing.

✔️ Why adoption trauma is often unseen or misunderstood

✔️ How primal trauma impacts the nervous system and self-worth

✔️ What helps adoptees move from survival mode into self-belonging

If you or someone you love has been impacted by adoption, this episode offers validation, clarity, and hope. Healing is possible. Belonging is possible. And you are not broken.

Listen now and subscribe to the Rise 2 Shine Podcast for more conversations designed to help you rise, heal, and shine in your next chapter.

Episode Highlights

00:00 Welcome to the Rise to Shine Podcast

00:11 Meet Julie: Trauma-Informed Adoptee Coach

02:02 Julie's Adoption Story: Sunshine and Rainbows?

07:40 The Impact of Adoption on Relationships

15:13 Adoptee Mental Health: Shocking Statistics

19:56 The Power of Somatic Healing and Nervous System Regulation

27:57 Radical Self-Belonging and Curiosity

28:34 Consistency in Self-Compassion Practices

33:33 Grounding Techniques and Spiritual Practices

38:41 Deep Work with Adoptees

48:33 Final Thoughts and Where to Connect

Meet Julie Brumley

Julie Brumley is a trauma-informed adoptee coach who has been coaching men and women for more than 15 years to overcome addictive behaviors and heal the primal trauma of abandonment. She is also the CEO of Coming Home to Self, a company dedicated to helping adoptees heal. After her own birth mother tried to abort her twice, she found herself frozen in an unconscious trauma response for decades until she found the power of somatic trauma healing. Now she uses somatics, nervous system regulation, personal experience and her masters in counseling to help other adult adoptees find their way out of their own trauma and into a life of radical self-belonging

Website: www.cominghometoself.co

Instagram: https://instagram.com/juliebrumley_

Facebook: https://Facebook.com/julierasbrum

TikTok: https://tiktok.com/juliebrumley_

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@julie_brumley

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