Episode 15: Estelle with Emma Colyer on Adoption, Abandonment and Being of Service
Episode 15:
Estelle with Emma Colyer on Adoption, Abandonment and Being of ServiceIn this episode, I talk with Emma Colyer MBE, founder and director of Body & Soul, an organisation that has organically grown from being an HIV charity to helping all those affected by Childhood Adversity. Together we discuss Emma’s adoption story and the impact of being abandoned at birth. She talks about her turbulent twenties which led to the founding of Body & Soul, and the powerful journey of healing her Mother wound.
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Guest InfoEmma Colyer
Emma Colyer is founder and director of innovative charity ‘Body & Soul’. The charity uses a comprehensive, community-based and trauma informed approach to address the life-threatening effects of childhood adversity in people of all ages. In 1996 Body & Soul was established to address the gap in HIV services that provided targeted support for children, young people, and families.