Open-Hearted Adoption with Lori Holden, AKA Lavender Luz - Ep 63

In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with Lori Holden, an adoptive mom of 2 teens, author of the book The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole , written with her daughter’s birth mom and featured on required reading lists with adoption agencies across the country. She’s also a blogger at LavenderLuz.com, and host of the podcast Adoption: The Long View. Lori is an influential voice in the adoption world, advocating for openness in all kinds of adoption relationships. She often keynotes at adoption conferences and speaks to new and prospective adoptive families, helping them realize the benefits to EVERYONE of maintaining transparency in the adoption process. =============== 💌 Sign up for our Safe Home Families email list: =============== RESOURCES: Lori’s information: Lori’s Website: LavenderLuz.com Adoption: The Long View podcast: The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption book: Three Sides to Every Adoption: Instagram: @LavLuz Twitter: @LavLuz Facebook: Other resources mentioned in this episode: Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency book: Safe Home is created by Joseph Nakao and Beth Syverson Email questions or comments to Safe Home at Hello@SafeHomeFamilies.com Find us on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , and YouTube Support Safe Home on Patreon : Patreon.com/SafeHome TIME STAMPS: 1:50 Parents doing their own work 3:39 How Lori learned adoption wasn’t all unicorns and butterflies 5:05 Getting curious about adoption 6:40 A new child can’t cure infertility grief 9:35 Lori’s family’s adoption story 13:45 The importance of the biological bond 16:52 “You are mom” 19:38 Both-And 20:58 Adoptive parents that are closed off completely 22:37 What should adoptive parents say when their child misses their birthparent? 27:10 Open adoption’s trajectory 30:35 What if… 34:18 Listening to birth parents more 35:55 Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency 36:26 Constellation v Triad 38:35 Adoptive parents as the “bad guys” 41:38 Is Lori anti-adoption?

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This episode was published on Oct 10, 2022.

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