Τα καλύτερα Adoptees podcast (2024)

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Willing & Curious With Trish Deutsch 48:52

21h ago48:52

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How open to change are you? How willing and curious to new ways to heal? Listen in as we go deep on how a method that initially felt a little weird helped Trish to feel better on the inside and enjoying better relationships on the outside. And there's the matter of being adopted back by her birth mother... Trish doesn't do social media, but is open…

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Ultimately found the strength to keep going with Alex, Adoptee Film Fest 1:04:59

1d ago1:04:59

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The Inaugural Adoptee Film Fest is this Nov 20 at Caveat (NYC) and will be available online! I spoke with creator Alex to learn more about her experience as a Hong Kong adoptee and growing up in her birth country. Also to learn more about what a film fest is and what inspired her to create and embark on this adventure. The aim of the inaugural Adop…

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Alison Larkin 1:10:45

10d ago1:10:45

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282 | Alison Larkin Alison Larkin is here today, and we are so so honoured to have her with us. It’s likely a lot of you already know Alison, but for those who are new to her, she is a stand-up comedian, voice artist, audiobook narrator, actress, producer, screenwriter, and bestselling author of The English American. Today we get to hear her story …

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Adoption, Therapy, and Self-Discovery: Fai Knudson's Story 53:34

10d ago53:34

53:34

Από τον Zaira

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The Logic & Mystery Of Healing Kit Myers 59:34

5d ago59:34

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The more fellow adoptees I speak with, the more I see a broader view of healing. On one side there's the logic of getting answers to questions we've been asking ourselves forever. On the other side there's the mystery of what happens often when we are with others. Tapping into both sides help us heal. Listen in as Kit describes four of his key heal…

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Opening Up To Heal With Becca Wellington 1:02:59

6d ago1:02:59

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Is your trauma eating you up from the inside? That's how it felt to Becca. Writing her book and talking about it openly is helping her shift to thriving with the help of a great therapist, energy work and some fab people lining up behind to support her. Great insights on seeing our connectedness, authenticity and vulnerability. Here's a bit about B…

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I Don't Feel Traumatised Anymore With Chris Giles 49:42

10d ago49:42

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Chris yearned to meet her birth mother to heal. But meeting her didn't heal Chris. Because as she realised, healing is an inside job. So how come Chris doesn't feel traumatised anymore? Listen in with big ears. Contact Chris here https://www.facebook.com/christine.giles.758 Here are the books I mentioned: https://sydbanks.com/onlinereading/ https:/…

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Love With Dottie Todman 1:00:30

11d ago1:00:30

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What if love is the ultimate healer? Love for ourselves? Seeing that we ARE love? Listen in as Dottie goes big and I try to keep up. An epic conversation. I think you're going to love this. Pun intended. Dot Todman is a talented Canadian-Jamaican singer/songwriter and highly regarded celebrity vocal empowerment coach. Despite facing challenges in h…

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Changing Our Narrative Stephen Rowley 58:03

24d ago58:03

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Many of us feel that we were brought up in a false narrative. Many of us feel that the current narrative around adoption is still false. But what about OUR narrative? The narrative that sums up how we see our life? The narrative that changes. The narrative that's meant to change. Stephen shares routes to a more empowered narrative. Fascinating. Emp…

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Finding Freedom: Reflections on One Year of No Contact 46:06

24d ago46:06

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Από τον Zaira

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Janet Sherlund 48:18

24d ago48:18

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281 | Janet Sherlund Today we’re welcoming Janet Sherlund to the show! Janet is the author of the brand new memoir, Abandoned at Birth: Searching for the Arms that Once Held Me. Janet shares some of her story with us, including her challenging relationship with her adoptive mother, her struggles with anxiety, and the reason she finally felt free to…

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Healing & Advocacy With Dr Joyce Maguire Pavao 55:04

25d ago55:04

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How does healing help us advocate? How does advocacy help us heal? Listen in as we explore how the intersection of two crucial parts of our lives. Here's the link to Joyce's previous interviews https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/episodes/joyce https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/episodes/theres-nothing-wrong-with-us-with-joyce-maguire-pa…

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Wounds Are Gifts With Donna Joseph 52:34

26d ago52:34

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How do you feel about your wounds? Do they scare you? Do you just want them gone? Do you yearn to feel whole? What if you had a different relationship with them? Saw them as gifts. The cracks that let the light in. Listen in as we go deep to new perspectives on trauma. And peace. Here's an interview with the Headless way guy https://dramyjohnson.co…

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Loved With Patti Eddington 52:20

27d ago52:20

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Feeling unloved hurts like hell. And most of us have felt that way. I know i've felt that my birth mother didn't love me enough to keep me. But what if we feel are adoptive parents didn't want us? Reading about some doubt her parents had in adopting her turned Patti's life upside down. Listen in as we go deep on feeling loved, wanted and enough. Pa…

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Started unpacking physically and emotionally solo 30:13

27d ago30:13

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4 years have gone by and life is... This solo episode I reflect on friendships, grief, and starting to really understand how much change is really for the better. Thank you for listening to ABC. We are on major podcast platforms including Apple and Spotify. Email adoptedbabiesfromchina@ gmail or message adopteesborinchinapod on instagram if you wou…

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From Fragmented To Whole With Mee Ok Icaro 55:29

1M ago55:29

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Do you struggle with your desperate parts? Do you yearn to feel whole? Listen in as Mee Ok shares her learnings on healing body, mind and soul. A particularly dramatic episode - she was given just 5 years to live. Born in Korea, Mee Ok Icaro (pronounced “mēˈōk i’kä’rō”) was renamed “Mandy” by her white, evangelical parents who adopted and raised he…

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Peace With Alice Diver 55:29

1M ago55:29

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If we're ok with not feeling ok, we're always ok. Listen in as we dive into healing, coping, peace and more. You'll love Alice's honesty and humour. Here's a bit about Alice's last interview. Listen on as Alice shares how she found the patience and persistence on her quest to find and meet her birth mother. There are bags of insights, realisations,…

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Language To Heal With Jude Hung 52:10

1M ago52:10

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Join Fireside Adoptees so you can join our free taster event on 11th May 2024 and the mini course on 18th and 19th May 2024: https://www.facebook.com/groups/firesideadoptees Link to the book I mention: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Force-David-Hawkins-M-D/dp/1401945074 Here's the link to Jude's blog post about gratitude and frequency using David Haw…

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Svetlana Sandoval 52:57

1M ago52:57

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280 | Svetlana Sandoval We’re back, and I’m sick again, and my voice is only going to be like this for the intro because luckily I was healthy when I interviewed this week’s guest, Svetlana Sandoval. Svetlana is an international adoptee, adopted from Russia at about six months old. We talk about what sparked an interest to search for her biological…

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Operation Stop CPS w/ Amanda Wallace 36:02

1M ago36:02

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Από τον Zaira

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Taking The Power Back With Diego Vitelli 54:32

2M ago54:32

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We didn't choose to be adopted. We had no power over what happened to us. So how do we take the power back? What can do to develop our identity on our terms? Powerful stuff from Diego. Here's a bit about Diego from his website: Hi, my name is Diego; I am an adoptee from Colombia, S.A. (5ish years old) who is a relationship and family therapist in t…

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Restored To Wholeness With Tifin Dillon 47:27

2M ago47:27

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Do you feel wounded? Do you yearn to feel whole? Tifin started searching for her biological family at 19. Listen in to what she's learned about wholeness since then including insights from coaching and astro-coaching. https://www.tifindillon.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1776536339297503 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVkdPPGv968-oUSl-NUKs…

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Whether we realize it or not, subconsciously we are doing something with our adoption search with Lexi 57:44

2M ago57:44

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Lexi is working within the mental health space and at this point in her journey with adoption exploring all the resources. Lexi shares her vision and idea to connect adoptees living abroad in the countries they are abroad in. Since the Chinese adoptee community and space is growing stronger especially in countries outside of Asia, why not explore t…

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Processing Trauma With Tony Hynes 55:53

2M ago55:53

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No-one asks a bereaved person if they've healed from the trauma of their loss. So why should others ask us if we're over the trauma of the loss of our birth family. What if we explored processing trauma rather than healing it? That's Tony's take. Listen in to a different take on relinquishment. It'll get you thinking. And processing. Here's a link …

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Transformation with Sarah Hirebet 53:51

2M ago53:51

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Some moments on healing journeys are HUGE - Transformational. They don't come any bigger than what Sarah experienced during labour. Listen in as she shares her lessons from this transformational moment and beyond. Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice i…

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Adoption is not a part of God's plan 41:02

2M ago41:02

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Από τον Lia

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Reshma McClintock 1:07:42

2M ago1:07:42

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279 | Reshma McClintock Oh it is such a delight to get to share this interview with you. Reshma McClintock, the producer and subject of the film Calcutta is My Mother is back with us today. Reshma is a transracial adoptee from Calcutta, India, and this incredible film documents her return to Calcutta for the first time since her adoption, and she w…

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Curiosity, Glimmers & Experiments With Lilly Anspach 1:05:04

2M ago1:05:04

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What's wrong with me? Perhaps our most fundamental question. One we can answer intellectually 'nothing'. Or we can see that we are perfect - in theory. But how do we get to that place in our soul, gut or bones. How do we transcend cellular shame to love ourselves unconditionally? Listen into Lilly's learnings on healing. Profound and empowering, ju…

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Breaking Through With Sue Edmonson 57:11

2M ago57:11

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Trigger warning: mention of suicidal ideation. Sometimes we have to break down to break through. Our biggest insights come in our lowest moments. So what's the biggest insight? The insight with infinite levels: there's nothing wrong with us. All is, in fact, right with us. We are perfect with our imperfections. Listen in as Sue, adopted in the 1950…

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Feeling Whole Zhen Rammelsberg 1:07:48

2M ago1:07:48

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Have the most popular ways to heal left you still feeling wounded? Perhaps it's time for a different approach. Listen in as Zhen shares what has helped her feel whole. A conversation full of healing nuggets. Here's a bit about Zhen's first interview: Are you a transracial/transnational adoptee with a complex relationship to your birth country/cultu…

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Lightening Up With Jennifer Dyan Ghoston 58:32

2M ago58:32

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Does trauma feel dark to you? Does that darkness take you down? I know it has that effect on me. So how do we find more lightness? Listen in as Jennifer points us to toward a lighter life. Here's a link to the interview with Jill Bolte Taylor https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/episodes/with-jill-bolte-taylor Here's a bit about Jennifer's firs…

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Healing At Every Level With Theresa Knorr 53:50

2M ago53:50

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Trauma can wreak havoc at every level. Psychologically. Emotionally. Sociologically. Biologically. Spiritually. Theresa's body knew she was an alien but she wasn't told that she was adopted until 19. Listen in as she shares a lifetime's insights into healing at every level. https://www.instagram.com/theresaknor https://www.facebook.com/theresa.knor…

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Peace With Heather G Marshall 48:48

2M ago48:48

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Do you yearn for more peace? Listen in as we dive into the profound place underneath our trauma. The place we feel at home and at peace. At some level, often unconscious, many of us believe that a good reunion will make us whole again. But that reunion might not even happen. And even if it does, we haven't got a clue how well it will go. So where's…

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Some people say hip opening helps to release emotions with Lian 1:10:22

2M ago1:10:22

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This episode, Lian shares about how yoga has been a part of her process and identifying feelings related to adoption. We also talk about how being the ‘model adoptee’ was default just because of age and the feeling of trying to figure out self while also fitting this narrative. Also hearing about Lian’s move to LA with barely any personal belonging…

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Making Friends With Shame Nicky Hammond 1:12:04

2M ago1:12:04

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Trying to push away, numb or suppress tough emotions is exhausting and a short term fix if it works at all. We have to feel it to heal it. Nicky shares wisdom bombs to help us heal, including one that really landed for me - making friends with shame. It's so counter to what we normally do. Nicky Hammond is a transracial adoptee who was born in Sout…

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Adrian Wills 52:53

2M ago52:53

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278 | Adrian Wills Today’s guest is fellow Canadian, award-winning director and filmmaker, Adrian Wills. Adrian has a brand new documentary out called A Quiet Girl where get to follow his journey of a public search for his birth mother, and experience every new discovery along with him. Today we talk with Adrian about how his friends prompted his s…

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Accepting To Heal With Stephen Sterne 1:01:00

2M ago1:01:00

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As a wise man once said to me, what we resists persists. So how do we accept the tough stuff we've been through? How do we get to the peace that lies at the other side? Listen in as Stephen shares hard won learnings. Powerful! https://www.instagram.com/stephen_sternejr/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sas-jr/ Here are some links to episodes with birth …

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Freed From Trauma With Jude Hung 1:01:27

2M ago1:01:27

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Has trauma imprisoned you? Created a trauma bound identity that feels like a life sentence? Listen in as Jude shares the hard won insights that have set her free. This interview was originally a Facebook Live. The first live an in person interview we've done on Thriving Adoptees. It's one of the most powerful and freeing of all 450 plus episodes. W…

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Being Whole With Lorah Gerald 1:09:04

2M ago1:09:04

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Is your brain stuck in trauma? Do the same old feelings keep coming back? Listen in as Lorah shares insights across all the levels of healing - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and relational. Here's a link to Lorah's previous interview - God Hated Me https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/episodes/god-hated-me-with-adoptee-lorah-gerald Thi…

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Mila's Truth: Navigating Adoption, Liberation, and Community 58:08

2M ago58:08

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Send us a Text Message. Mila's Truth: Navigating Adoption, Liberation, and Community The Church does an excellent job of silencing you if you oppose them. They’d even hire a marketing company to rebrand adoption so that their business as adoption middlemen can continue to thrive. But, it’s not just the Church. The dominant culture is to silence any…

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Finding Wholeness Within With Andrew Glen 58:14

2M ago58:14

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Have you sought validation from others or through your career? Pursued relationships in the hope that someone else can save you only to find out that didn't work? Listen in as Andrew shares his learnings on finding validation and wholeness within. Connect with Andrew at: https://www.facebook.com/AndrewCGlen Guests and the host are not (unless menti…

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My Life Is Mine Now AJ Bialo 1:01:31

2M ago1:01:31

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Freedom. Elusive for some of us. Practically impossible for others. Listen in as AJ shares how she's found freedom, the healing power of writing and much more. Powerful and empowering. Listen in with big ears. Here's a link to AJ's previous interview https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/episodes/aj-bialo Do you ever feel uncomfortable? AJ grew …

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From Insufficient To Infinite With Jeff Forney 49:11

3M ago49:11

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Feeling insufficient - not enough - is rife amongst us adoptees. So how do we get past that to the relief of being enough and beyond even that. Buckle up for a wild ride to places we've not been before on this podcast. Here's a link to Jeff's previous interview - A Journey To Self on https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/episodes/a-journey-to-se…

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Seeing Through The Fear Of Rejection With Nicolle Tremitiere 52:02

3M ago52:02

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Here's a link to Nicolle's first interview https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/episodes/experiencing-healing-with-nicolle-tremitiere We can't talk ourselves out of our pre-verbal trauma. Our intellect can't heal pre-intellectual trauma. So what on earth do we do? Listen in as we dive into healing as an experience with adoptee and therapist Nic…

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John Gallaher, Ph.D. 57:18

3M ago57:18

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277 | John Gallaher, Ph.D. You’re in for a treat today, we have award-winning poet John Gallaher with us! John’s newest poetry collection, My Life in Brutalist Architecture releases this month and it’s his first collection focused in on his experience as an adopted person. Even though he was a kinship adoptee, he still had to take a DNA test to fin…

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