Supportive Community Spaces for Those Impacted by Family Separation and Origin Loss
Grounded in Care, Understanding, and Choice
If You’re New Here: What This Community Is
Hiraeth Hope & Healing is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community space for individuals impacted by family separation, origin loss, and the discovery of hidden truths. Since 2019, we have created intentionally held spaces grounded in lived experience, consent, and choice.
Our work includes community-based, non-clinical gatherings designed to support connection, identity exploration, and shared understanding. There is no right way to engage — listening is participation, and individuals are welcome to move at their own pace.
We offer gatherings and community support held with care and attention to boundaries, with support available before, during, and after each gathering. Participation is always optional, with no expectation to heal, disclose, or arrive with answers.
This is not a clinical service or treatment program. It is a peer-led community space centered on mutual respect and the freedom to engage in ways that feel right for each individual.
Before you choose a path, here’s who we are and why this space exists.
Why We Hold Space Across Multiple Communities
People arrive at Hiraeth Hope & Healing through different paths, including adoption, donor conception, and unexpected parentage discovery. While each experience is distinct, many share common questions around identity, truth, belonging, and origin loss.
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Community-Based Offerings and Ways to Connect
Hiraeth Hope & Healing provides a range of ways to engage, connect, and explore—whether you are seeking community, reflection, or support. All offerings are optional and designed to be accessed at your own pace.
Events & Gatherings
In-person retreats, wellness weekends, documentary viewings, and community hangouts held in thoughtfully supported spaces, with both in-person and virtual experiences available.
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Community Support
Ongoing peer-led and professionally supported spaces, including Zoom support and assistance with DNA-related searches.
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Community Voices
Reflections, recommended reading, blog posts, and curated resources for continued learning and personal insight.
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Together in Giving
Opportunities to support access and community care through scholarships, loyalty participation, shared giving, and sustained community support.
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How We Hold Community Space with Care
Our gatherings are peer led and community based, supported by trauma-aware facilitators and guides. Participation is always optional, and individuals are encouraged to engage in ways that feel supportive and self-directed.
We honor autonomy, consent, and the complexity of lived experience.
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You’re Welcome Here
You are welcome to explore what’s here, return when it feels right, or simply take in what feels useful today. There is no expectation to engage in any particular way.
If you’d like to continue, you may choose the paths below, whenever you’re ready.
If you’d like to stay connected, we share occasional updates about gatherings, reflections, and ways to connect.