Adoptee Bodywork & Reiki: Meet Diane Maury, LMT, with Dr. Liz DeBetta | Un-M-Othered Retreat

For many adoptees, our earliest experience of touch was tangled up with separation. So what does it look like to let the body be held again, with care, consent, and choice? In this episode, Dr. Liz DeBetta and I introduce the newest member of the Un-M-Othered retreat team: Diane Maury, LMT, adoptee, licensed massage therapist, reiki practitioner, and founder of Rooted River Wellness. Diane shares her adoption story: foster care, a confidential intermediary search, DNA discoveries, and the secondary rejection so many of us know. She also shares how twenty years of bodywork became part of her own healing. We talk about why the adoptee body needs to settle, not just open. We explain how Liz’s words, Julie’s sensing, and Diane’s settling braid together over one weekend, and why nobody at this retreat is ever put on a table they didn’t choose. In this episode: 03:01 Diane’s adoption story, search, and reunion 12:10 How she found massage and reiki 15:00 The meaning behind Rooted River Wellness (and a tree with no roots) 20:40 How Liz and Diane met, and why she belongs in this room 29:00 Building capacity for safe touch 35:30 What Diane notices when an adoptee gets on her table 38:37 Reiki in plain language 42:11 When emotions come up during bodywork 44:19 How the one-on-one sessions work at the Red Poppy 58:52 For the person on the fence Un-M-Othered: A Revolution in Adoptee Healing December 4–6, 2026 · Red Poppy Center for Renewal · Highland, Michigan Everything but travel is included: two nights on site, all meals, the film, the workshops, and a one-on-one session with Liz, Julie, or Diane. Only 9 spots left, and space for men is limited. Deposit and payment plans are available. 🔗 Reserve your spot: https://www.lizdebetta.com/un-m-othered-adoptee-healing-retreat 🔗 Diane Maury, Rooted River Wellness: https://www.instagram.com/diane.maury.lmt/ 🔗 Bring Your Burden Gathering - Register here: https://www.cominghometoself.co/Bring-Your-Burden-Gathering Website Instagram: @juliebrumley_ Facebook: julierasbrum TikTok: @juliebrumley_ Click to Join My Free Adoptee Facebook Group You Tube: @julie_brumley