Renew and Reset, with Julian Washio-Collette

In this first episode of the new year, we explore the topic renewal and resetting, which can be particularly sensitive for adoptees. As a twice-adopted person, Julian Washio-Collette is certainly no stranger to starting over, whether in his childhood or in his life as an adult. With Julian, we explore how the impacts of choicelessly starting over twice through relinquishment and adoption linger into adulthood; how a mysterious intuition to visit a monastery while bicycle touring transformed the adoption script and fostered a life-changing renewal of faith; and how to navigate at the intersections of spirituality and healing, contemplation and a life of service in community.

Julian Washio-Collette is a domestic, Baby Scoop Era double-adoptee, relinquished and adopted as an infant and again at age nine. He took temporary vows as a Benedictine monk at New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, California, and currently resides with his wife, Lisa, at Dandelion House, a Catholic Worker house of hospitality near Portland, Oregon.

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