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Malcolm grew up believing that his mother had died when he was just three years old and that the man he called Dad was his biological father.

Then, at 15, a girl approached him in the school playground and revealed she was his cousin. His mother wasn’t dead—she was alive, living in America and planning to return for a visit.

But that wasn’t the only family secret being kept from him.

At 22, Malcolm discovered that the man he had called Dad his entire life wasn’t his biological father. Suddenly, the rejection, lack of affection and feeling of never truly belonging began to make sense.

Years later, DNA testing uncovered yet another extraordinary twist involving Malcolm’s half-brother and the man who had raised him.

In this raw and remarkably honest episode of The Girl in the Cupboard, Malcolm speaks about abandonment, hidden parentage, family lies and the lasting impact his childhood had on the husband and father he later became. He also openly discusses his own mistakes, the painful patterns that repeated through his family and why he documented his story in his autobiography, From Son to Father.

This is a powerful conversation about identity, rejection and the damage caused when children are denied the truth about who they are.

Malcolm’s book, From Son to Father, is available on Amazon. https://amzn.eu/d/08mbYUo3

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What if one of your clearest childhood memories led to a place that had never existed?

In this episode of The Girl in the Cupboard, I’m joined by Tammy Braswell, founder of Create by Vibration and an Energetic Creation Guide and Spiritual Channel.

At just three or four years old, Tammy remembers crossing a road with a nine-year-old girl, crawling through bushes and playing together in a local park. She even vividly recalls falling from a spinning merry-go-round.

Years later, Tammy returned to find the park—but discovered there had never been one there. In its place was a lake covering the remains of a forgotten town called Rawsonville.

As Tammy began researching the town, she uncovered the story of a family who once lived there. One of their daughters had been four years old, with a sister aged nine. The connections became even more extraordinary when Tammy visited a nearby cemetery and found the family’s graves—including the grave of the woman she believes she may have been in a previous life.

Tammy shares her remarkable story, her lifelong connection to spirits and energy, and her belief that childhood memories can sometimes carry traces of another lifetime.

We also explore trauma, why the past continues to affect us and Tammy’s belief that we are already whole.

Could Tammy have been remembering a life she lived before—and had she unknowingly returned to the very place where it all began?

Watch now and let us know what you believe in the comments—but please keep all comments kind and respectful. This is a safe and supportive community for people to share their experiences.

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Your Divine Journey: https://yourdivinejourney.com
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Shannon Lamkin discovered on her 14th birthday that she was adopted—and that everyone in her family had known all along.

Years later, armed with an old address, telephone directories, handwritten letters and sheer determination, Shannon began searching for the truth about where she came from.

What she uncovered was extraordinary: an affair, a forged signature on her adoption papers, seven biological siblings on her birth mother’s side and a birth father who had never even known she existed. Tragically, Shannon discovered that he had died just two years before she began searching.

In this deeply emotional episode of The Girl in the Cupboard, Shannon shares the fear of travelling deep into the Ozark Mountains to meet her birth family, the shocking reality she found when she arrived and why she ultimately felt grateful that her birth mother had given her up for adoption.

She also reveals how DNA finally confirmed her father’s identity decades later—and how her search led her to more than a dozen siblings across her adoptive and biological families.

This is a remarkable story of adoption, family secrets, identity, survival and the lifelong need to understand where we come from.

Please remember that these are real people sharing deeply personal experiences. Lovely and supportive comments only.

If Shannon’s story moved you, please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode—it may reach someone who needs to hear it.

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Travel Time Stories with Shannon
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Shannon’s forthcoming book, Map Back to Me: A Journey from Darkness to Light, is expected in late 2026 or early 2027.

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