E44: Diane Dewey

Can people come back from the dead?

Author Diane Dewey never expected that she would meet her biological parents in her late 40s. She was led to believe her entire life that they were both dead. It was indeed a shock. But for Diane, she immediately got the urge to know them more so she could learn more about her roots and confront past trauma. Diane believes that it is only when we acknowledge a troubled past that we are then able to move on and heal for a better future.

Diane also talks about her passion, visual arts. She believes that there is this unexplainable emotional exchange between the artist and the viewer/reader/etc. Listen in now to know more about her interesting life in this episode of the Fire In The Belly Podcast!

KEY TAKEAWAYS

It was at the age of 47 when Diane met her biological father. She wasn’t expecting this. She didn’t know that she would experience this kind of ‘plot twist’ in her life, especially at her age.
After meeting her biological dad, she felt compelled to find her biological mother too—to learn more about her and to know more about her roots.

• Fear of abandonment is very common in adoption stories and the fear sometimes appears in adulthood. Diane advises that after a failed relationship, we should always choose to invest fully in love again.


• Further advice from Diane: Slow down, and listen to what your mind and heart are telling you. Sometimes, we’re too caught up in the hustle and bustle that we forget to keep ourselves in check. Am I still passionate about what I’m doing? Is this still my goal for the future?


• Though it may look absurd for some, to tell her full story in detail, Diane feels that this is what she’s meant to do in life. She wants to tell the world about her teachings and her healing process. She believes that people will relate to her story in so many ways.


• We all have flaws. Diane wants you to realise you have the power to own your own story and transform them into something valuable and impactful too.

BEST MOMENTS

• “Fire in the belly is not necessarily wanting to have more. Sometimes, it’s wanting to get things out.”


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  “Intuition is a form of guidance offered by your psyche.”
  


• “Your relationships in your whole life can be impacted by early abandonment.”


• “Regulate yourself emotionally.”


• “Your values are your voids too when you don’t allow feedback.”


• “Learning is always a form of communication.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• Read Fixing the Fates by Diane Dewey. Download it here: http://dianedewey.com/ OR Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fixing-Fates-Adoptees-Story-Truth/dp/1631525778
  


• Read House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/House-Sand-Fog-Andre-Dubus/dp/0393338118
  


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  Listen to Fire In The Belly Podcast in Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fire-in-the-belly/id1499375061)!
  

ABOUT THE GUESTS

Diane Dewey is the author of the 2019 memoir, Fixing the Fates, published by She Writes Press. She’s contributed non-fiction articles about living as an adoptee and questioning one’s identity in over twenty on-line journals and radio shows. Her educational background includes a BA at Villanova University, a certificate from The Art Institute of Philadelphia, and an MS in Mental Health Counseling from Capella University that Diane has applied to counseling adopted children and to her writing. She’s worked for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NY, The National Academy, a private art gallery, and founded her own art appraisal business. Throughout, Diane attended non-fiction writing courses at New York University School of Continuing Studies and has participated writing workshops in the U.S. (including Eckerd College Writers in Paradise) and abroad (The Art of Writing, LaPoterie, Spannocchia) as well as being a panelist (Millbrook Literary Festival and others.)

Source: http://dianedewey.com/

• Diane’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/diane.dewey.3
  


• Diane’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/dianekdewey
  


• Diane’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dianedewey1/
  

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