Adoptees in Fiction Part 7: Lilo & Stitch

Attachment Disruption and Touch Deficits in Adoptees

In this episode, we explore the neurological and emotional impacts of early touch deprivation in adopted infants. From disrupted attachment to long-term nervous system effects.

"A Child of My Own": Why It Hits Different When You're Adopted

In this episode, I talk about the language people use around adoption and why some of it stings more than they realize.

Adoptees/Adoption in Fiction, Part 8: Les Misérables

Another episode in my continuing series of Adoptees (or Adoption) in Fiction, I explore Les Misérables and how Fantine & Cosette’s story explores adoption loss and grief.

Adoptees in Fiction Part 7: Lilo & Stitch

In this episode of Planet Adoptee, we take a closer look at the 2002 animated film Lilo & Stitch—a story that hits differently when you're adopted. From Lilo’s grief and isolation to Stitch’s chaotic journey to find belonging, this episode explores how two misfits, both dealing with abandonment in their own ways, find comfort, connection, and family in each other. It’s not just a cute Disney movie—it’s a deeply adoptee-coded story about being chosen when you feel unlovable, and the quiet power of being kept.

Adoptees in Fiction Part 6: Annie

I changed things up to the intro and the format...Anyways, let’s talk about Annie - the orphan who sings through her trauma and gets adopted by a billionaire!!