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Thriving Adoptees

Simon Benn

Inspiration and insights for adoptive parents and adoptees around the world. Interviews and conversations to bring light and hope to empower. Adopters, adoptees and adoption professionals sh...

Episodes

20 of 672 episodes

What's Your Superpower? With Jennifer Teele

Do you tend to focus on your weaknesses or strengths? It's so normal to focus on weaknesses. But what's your superpower? Listen as adoptive...

00:58:14Oct 30, 2026

Double The Love With Anastasiya Martinez

Can we have too much love in our lives? Surely not. Adoptee and therapist Anastasiya was adopted from Russia at 16 and just 3 months after h...

00:52:31Oct 29, 2026

Settling Down With Derenda Schubert

Settling down is amongst the greatest gifts we can give ourselves. Coming from calm helps us relate better. Listen as adoptive mother, child...

00:38:34Oct 28, 2026

What Can I Learn From This? With Sara Gordon

What if life's trials and tribulations happen FOR us, not to us? What if the tough stuff happens for us to learn? Life feels easier from tha...

00:51:51Oct 27, 2026

Talk Therapy Isn't Enough With Patricia Meyer

How can talk therapy heal preverbal trauma that we have no words for? It can't. So what do we do instead. Listen in as we dive deep into hea...

00:44:16Oct 26, 2026

All Good With Corrie Kielty

Being all good with the past has a strange way of empowering us to change more in the future. Listen as Corrie shares learning about accepta...

00:50:58Oct 26, 2026

Lifelong Learning With Kelly Hughes

When we know better, we do better. This podcast is about sharing what we've learned so we can do better. Listen in as Kelly, mother of four...

00:53:00Oct 21, 2026

Outside Of Ourselves With Vicki Spriggs

Looking for more meaning? Stepping outside of ourselves is where we find meaning. It's where we feel connected, passionate and at one. Liste...

00:51:19Oct 20, 2026

Our Souls Are Whole With Michelle Irene

What if we are whole under our trauma? Whole despite our trauma? Listen in as we go deep to see, feel and know our whole soul with adoptee M...

00:54:06Oct 19, 2026

True To Yourself With Shannon Enoch

What does being true to you mean to you? Listen in as adoption professional Shannon shares her insights on stopping pleasing others, authent...

00:52:16Oct 16, 2026

Commitment With Michelle Becker

Raising kids is tough. Some clichés become clichés they are true. Listen in as adoptive mother and advocate Michelle shares her learnings on...

01:03:53Oct 15, 2026

Somatic Healing With Anna Ecklar

Talk therapy isn't great for pre-verbal trauma - a truism that keeps on coming up on the podcast. So what is? Listen as we dive into somatic...

00:53:35Oct 14, 2026

In The Likeness Of God With Amber Knowles

How does knowing that we are made in the likeness of God help believers thrive? Listen in as adoptive mother and non profit leader Amber exp...

00:56:39Oct 13, 2026

Quality Of Relationship With Kathleen Shiels

“Relationship-based trauma must be healed relationally.” Dr Karyn Purvis, co-founder of TBRI. For adoptees, separation from our birth mother...

00:47:35Oct 12, 2026

Finding Ted With Ted Leonhardt

To what extent do you play a persona to fit in? It was second nature for adoptee Ted and something he did to extremes. And it brought succes...

00:53:24Oct 10, 2026

Firing On All Cylinders with Carolyn Bishop

We all function better in life when we are firing on all cylinders. But what helps us do that? Listen in as adoption professional Carolyn sh...

00:43:14Oct 9, 2026

Coaching & Thriving With Yvonne Howard & Tammy Murphy

Using what we've learned to help others is one of the most powerful things we can do in life. It brings profound meaning to the tough stuff...

00:55:13Oct 8, 2026

Changing Our World With David White

Epiphanies change our world. But how do they happen? Listen in as founder and adoptive dad David shares what's changed his world. Profound a...

00:53:24Oct 4, 2026

Honoring Culture With Elizabeth Bucher

One of the most important drivers of transracial adoptees' thriving is honoring their culture. Listen in as adoptive mom and adoption profes...

00:49:55Sep 22, 2026

Hyper Focus With Steve Fournier

What do you want? For others? For Yourself? Listen in as ex pilot, now non-profit leader Steve shares insights on persistence and relentless...

00:53:13Sep 21, 2026