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Mental Health · Kara Rubinstein-Deyerin & Alan Katz

Unraveling Me

by Kara Rubinstein-Deyerin & Alan Katz

Join host Kara Rubinstein Deyerin as she speaks with people who, like her, are impacted by NPE's (non-parental events), DNA surprises, adoption, assisted reproduction, or other unexpected information bombs that reveal the truth about who they are and their family relationships and secrets. As anyone who's ever experienced such an event can tell you, it separates you from you. From knowing your own story. In "Unraveling Me", Kara explores the myriad ways why knowing the truth about who you are and who your family is matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episodes

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S1E49 Unraveling Stephanie

S1 E49 - Unraveling Stephanie Stephanie’s story is about what happens when a lifelong search for roots finally begins. It is also a reminder that success does not always

Oct 8
45 min

S1E48 Unraveling Thomas J

S1 E48 Unraveling Tom J Tom Junod has spent much of his career investigating other people’s lives. His profile of Fred Rogers inspired the film A Beautiful Day in the Nei

Oct 1
1 h 09 min

S1E47 Unraveling MP

S1E47 Unraveling MP MP grew up feeling like the odd person out. He looked different from his brothers, struggled to connect with the man he believed was his father, and w

Sep 24
1 h 15 min

S1E46 Unraveling Sheridan

S1 E46 – Unraveling Sheridan By 40, Sheridan believed she had already done the difficult work of understanding her childhood. The man named as her father on her birth cer

Sep 18
48 min

S1E45 Unraveling Matthew

S1 E45 - Unraveling Mathew Mathew grew up without a consistent father in his life. In 2013, he took a DNA test simply hoping to learn more about his ancestry. Eight years

Sep 10
51 min

S1E44 Unraveling Susan & Marci

S1 E44 – Unraveling Susan & Marci This episode is about living between worlds and eventually discovering that identity does not have to fit neatly into a single category.

Sep 3
1 h 05 min

S1E43 Unraveling Ashley

S1 E 43 – Unraveling Ashley  Ashley grew up in what she describes as a hurricane—an unpredictable childhood shaped by physical and emotional abuse, fear, and the constant

Aug 27
56 min

S1E42 Unraveling Mary

S1 E 42 – Unraveling Mary - Mary always knew she was adopted. She grew up with loving parents, an adopted brother, and a younger sister, and while she was curious about

Aug 20
1 h 05 min

S1E41 Unraveling Ona, Nina, Christine & Sarah

S1 E41– Unraveling Ona, Nina, Christine, and Sarah This episode is a powerful reminder that family truth rarely lands evenly. One sibling may feel immediate joy while ano

Aug 13
1 h 10 min

S1E40 Unraveling Dee

S1 E40 –  Unraveling Dee - At 23, while grieving the death of the mother who raised her, Dee learned another life-changing truth: she was adopted. For her entire childhoo

Aug 6
47 min

S1E39 Unraveling Priscilla & Bill

S1E39 – Unraveling Bill & Priscilla - This episode is a testament to persistence. Sometimes the truth takes decades, thousands of names, and one final piece of evidence t

Jul 30
58 min

S1E38 Unraveling Lynne

S1 E38 – Unraveling Lynne - Lynne’s story exposes what can happen when fertility practices operate through secrecy, misinformation, and little accountability. Her parents

Jul 23
49 min

S1E37 Unraveling Shelli

S1 E37 Unraveling Shelli - Shelli’s story is about surviving childhood without the care every child deserves, doing the hard work to become healthy, and learning that pat

Jul 16
58 min

S1E36 Unraveling Steve & Becky

S1 E36 Unraveling Steve & Becky - Steve and Becky’s story is raw, funny, painful, and almost unbelievable—except it is true and documented. Their book, DNA Did Not Antici

Jul 9
1 h 06 min

S1E35 Unraveling Michelle S

S1 E 35 Unraveling Micelle S - Michelle’s story is layered, funny, honest, and full of hard-earned wisdom. She shows us that adoption is not a single event, but something

Jul 2
1 h 02 min

S1E34 Unraveling Jennie

S1 E34 Unraveling Jennie - Jennie’s story is about more than a DNA test. It is about secrecy, loyalty, medical truth, sibling connection, and the complicated grief of rea

Jun 25
51 min

S1E33 Unraveling Joesph & Charity

S1E33 Unraveling Joseph & Charity - Charity spent most of her life believing a painful story about her origins. Raised by her maternal grandparents after the death of her

Jun 18
57 min

S1E32 Unraveling Melody

S1 E32 Melody: Melody took a DNA test for one reason: to search for the younger brother she had not seen since childhood who’d been relinquished to adoption. Instead, her

Jun 11
1 h 18 min

S1E31 Unraveling Dr. Syb

S1E31 Unraveling Dr. Syb: Dr. Syb spent 42 years feeling like something didn’t fit. Then, at a family funeral, a cousin confirmed what her body, spirit, and intuition had

Jun 4
46 min

S1E30 Unraveling Nick

S1 E 30 Unraveling Nick Nick was supposed to receive a DNA test for his birthday, but his parents asked that the gift be delayed. The next day, they sat him down and told

May 28
1 h 06 min

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