Adoptee Author Series: Sara Easterly

Join us as we welcome award winning author Sara Easterly as she discusses her engrossing memoir "Searching for Mom," a “disarmingly honest” mother-daughter story.

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WHEN: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 from 7:00PM - 8:00PM(EST)

WHERE: Instagram 

COST: FREE!

Adoptee Author Series: Sara Easterly

This event will take place on Instagram Live--please follow the Center for Adoption Support and Education's IG handle @caseadopt.  Further instructions on how to view the live event will be sent via email upon registration.

Sara Easterly spent a lifetime looking for the perfect mother. As an adoptee she had difficulties attaching to her mother, struggled with her faith, lived the effects of intergenerational wounding, and felt an inherent sense of being unwanted that drove her to perfectionism, suicidal ideations, and fantasy mothers. When she became a mom, her search to find and become “the perfect mother” intensified … until her mother’s death launched a spiritual epiphany.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Sara Easterly is an adoptee and the author of books that include Adoption UnfilteredTM: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies (Bloomsbury), co-authored with birth parent Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard and adoptive parent Lori Holden, as well as the award-winning spiritual memoir, Searching for Mom (Heart Voices). Sara’s essays, articles, and book reviews have been widely published.

Sara has long been supporting other writers and adoptees. She is the founder of Adoptee Voices and previously led one of the largest chapters of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI), where she was recognized as SCBWI Member of the Year.

She is also a trained course facilitator and Professional Associate with the Neufeld Institute, providing a lens that informs Sara’s insights on the intersection of attachment, child development, brain science, and adoption. There, she spearheads the Kid-Lit Book Club and oversees the Neufeld Institute Children’s Book List.

Additionally, Sara has 20+ years of experience as a publicist and event planner orchestrating book tours, launch campaigns, and large-scale events, and is co-host of the Adoption Unfiltered Podcast.