300. Elizabeth Barbour: “Navigating the Rollercoaster of Adoption Reunion with Grace”
Elizabeth Barbour. M.Ed. is an adoptee and adoptive mom with 27 years of reunion experience. In 1999, she found her birth mom, birth dad and...
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Through an audio drama, episodes of thought-provoking conversations and bonus recordings, the listening audience can learn some of the issues that the adoption community face from the perspe...
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20 of 300 episodes299. Gretchen Sisson: "Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood"
Gretchen Sisson, PhD, is a sociologist who studies abortion and adoption in the United States. She is a researcher at Advancing New Standard...
298. Diana Kayla Hochberg: "Connected: Finding My Truth"
Diana Kayla Hochberg is the author of Connected: Finding My Truth and a late-discovery Black Market Baby. Born in Montreal during the Baby S...
297. Charity Barriere Muhammad: "Going Forward with a Healthy Father and Daughter Relationship; Part 2"
Charity Barriere Muhammed is an educator, author, speaker, and advocate whose life journey bridges adoption, genealogy, trauma recovery, and...
296. Charity Barriere Muhammad: "Generational Healing Over Trauma; Part 1"
Charity Barriere Muhammad is an educator, author, speaker, and advocate whose life journey bridges adoption, genealogy, trauma recovery, and...
295. Ronnie Jacobs Jr.: "An Openness To All Adoptee Perspectives; Part 2"
Ronnie Jacobs Jr. is an educator, consultant and podcaster of Firepit Conversations with his brother Aaron. A life long learner, uncle, and...
294. Ronnie Jacobs Jr.: "Build Your Community; Part 1"
Ronnie Jacobs Jr. is an educator, consultant and podcaster of Firepit Conversations with his brother Aaron. A life long learner, uncle, and...
293. Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao: "A Pioneer in Adoption Reform"
Original air date: July 25, 2024 Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D., LCSW, LMFT, was the Founder and CEO of Center for Family Connections, Inc....
292. Bonya: "Storytelling is Emotional, Mental and Spiritual Labor"
Brittney Lee aka Bonya (she/they) is a child and family wellness consultant with lived expertise, and an intersectional storyteller passiona...
291. Yvette Monique: "Connection and Support Through the Years"
Yvette Monique is a kinship adoptee. She has held various role in the healthcare for over 35 years. She holds an Associate Degree in Nursing...
290. Hannah Andrews: "From Chicago to San Diego"
Original air date: March 21, 2023 Hannah Andrews was born in Chicago and was adopted as an infant during the Baby Scoop Era. She was raised...
289. Loren Stephens: "All Sorrows Can Be Borne: Part Two"
Loren Stephens is the author of “All Sorrows Can Be Borne” her debut novel based on her husband's (Dana Miyoshi) personal story and that of...
288. Dana Miyoshi: "All Sorrows Can Be Borne: Part One"
Dana Miyoshi was born in Osaka, Japan and was adopted by his aunt and uncle who resided in Montana. He flew by himself on a plane from Tokyo...
287. Jonathan T. Newbern: "June is Men's Mental Health Awareness Month"
Jonathan Todd Newbern ( 2nd legal name ) is a domestic, same race, late discovery adoptee. Having intuitions and instincts that he was alway...
286. Maya Holmes: "Empowered by Generations Coming Together"
Maya Holmes is a returning guest. Maya (she/her) is a same race domestic adoptee from St. Louis, MO. She has been active in the adoptee comm...
285. Cynthia Boone: "The Last to Know: How to Heal from Late Discovery"
Cynthia Boone is a returning guest. She is a Late Discovery Adoptee who learned she was adopted just two days after her 46th birthday. Her j...
284. Ingrid Alli, Keith Sciarillo and Jason Mullis: "Myth of the Ghost Kingdom"
Keith Sciarillo is a returning guest. He is a Late Discovery Adoptee who is also of a different race than the family that he was adopted int...
283. Alex Blum: "An Accident of Birth"
Alex has over 40 years of creative process and production experience in marketing, advertising, and commercial and feature film production (...
282. Tracy Clark-Flory: "My Mother’s Daughter: Finding Myself in My Family’s Fractured Past"
Tracy Clark-Flory is a journalist, essayist, and author of the new memoir My Mother’s Daughter: Finding Myself in My Family’s Fractured Past...
281. Anne Peshka: "Trauma Recycled"
Anne Peshka is an author, speaker, and certified Core Energy Coach who helps people break free from the patterns that keep them stuck and cr...