Hi! I'm Anna Linde, a Sexual Health Specialist.
I empower existing support systems for youth and adoptees through education, inspiration, and integration.
Available in English, Swedish.
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Ensuring that your organization implements national strategies and upholds the principles of universal human rights.
Modern Challenges
Educating professionals and caregivers on managing risks associated with pornography use and understanding the link between mental health challenges and sexual health, particularly for one of the most vulnerable groups in society.
Customized SexED
RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) should always be adapted to meet the special needs of your group, including those with ADHD, autism, learning disabilities, and/or intellectual disabilities.
As a transracial adoptee from Brazil, raised in Sweden, and with a background in Social Work and Counseling, I unite important perspectives to understand and create clarity in solving difficult challenges.
My professional background includes working for the National Board of Institutional Care (SiS), as well as serving as a consultant for the Swedish government as a Sexual Health Specialist in their latest investigation on post-adoption support.
“Such a GOOD workshop! It opens up for so many important thoughts and reflections.”
Frida Johnson
Ella.se
"Anna is engaging and down to earth in her way of presenting her international activities connected to both sexology and social work."
Mikael Boregren
Malmö University
"As a Keynote Speaker, Anna brought everybody at the conference back to their core values; the true reason for us being here together today."
Vinh Philip
Rise Sverige
"Anna is great in translating her knowledge in sexology to various kinds of audience, supporting groups of audience to develop confidence and positive relationships with themselves."
Itumeleng Tumi Magoai
CEO Mynarrative.org
"It is obvious that Anna both has passion and knowledge within her field and that she wants to make a difference for the society, for example by including an intersectional approach and analysis."
Anette Uddqvist
Co-Mentor
"Annas lecture and presentation on SRHR from an Adoptee’ perspective was valuable and important, and I don´t think we ever heard anyone include SRHR in Adoptees mental health challenges."
Gabrial Ovalier
TAR
I deliver keynote speeches and educational workshops for professionals and caregivers in the fields of foster care, adoption, and areas where sexual and reproductive health and rights need to be prioritized.
Public Speaking: The Embodiment of Belonging
Unfolding our love and longings requires courage, courage I didn't always know that I needed, but as a transracial adoptee’, I got everyday reminders of the complexities around my existence.
As an ongoing intertwining of being chosen and left behind, each day, I embody and live under the impact of discrimination, classism and colourism - forms of oppression that sometimes distanced me from intimacy and authentic connections.
At 20 years old, I returned to Brazil and met my biological family; a decision that I felt needed to happen in every cell in my body, a decision that literally saved my mother's life, which I was unaware of for many years to come. I reunited with my sister in Portugal 15 years later as a try to make our families melt together and become a stronger unit; a decision that gave other members of our family a sense of harmony and grace, and left me in despair.
The search for belonging and roots had to continue, still navigating microaggressions and inherited privilege while trying to comprehend the many layers of rejections centring my sister (raised in Brazil by our mother), which has led me to a deeper understanding of myself and my identity.
As a sexologist, I value the concept of embodiment and the key role a somatic approach plays in all healing work. My personal experience, along with my professional expertise, makes me uniquely positioned in this field. I am committed to challenging the fairy-tale narratives around adoption with a “happy ending” and contributing to a deeper understanding of what is a beginning.
Is it always possible to rewrite our beginning and own our stories and destiny?
Let´s find out - together.
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