Latest Adoption trauma Podcast Episodes
Redemptive Resilience With Lisa Quaites
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 29, 2023 11:06 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLooking to bounce back? Having a tough time riding the emotional rollercoaster of reunion? Listen into a particular empowering interview with Lisa as she goes deep on resilience, mindset, her take on our higher power and much more. Insights galore. Lisa A. Quaites was born in South Korea, but ...
How To Stop People Pleasing
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 28, 2023 11:13 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDo you put other people's needs ahead of your own?Are you sick of doing that? People pleasing is so common amongst us. So how do we stop it? Listen in as I dive into this topic. Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek...
Feeling Whole
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 27, 2023 11:19 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSeeing that you're whole is one thing. Feeling whole is another. How does that change happen? Listen in as I dive deep into healing. I hope you love that feeling. Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advi...
Seeing Our Wholeness
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 26, 2023 09:14 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDo you want to feel whole? Maybe healing isn’t about becoming whole. Maybe it’s about seeing our wholeness is hidden by trauma. Listen in as I dive deep into how we feel whole. Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek ...
Empowerment
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 22, 2023 09:32 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLooking for change? Listen in as I dive into what empowers us adoptees to change drawing from two fantastic guests on the Thriving Adoptees podcast Emma Stevens/Linda Pevac and Pamela Karanova Listen to their podcasts here Pamela https://pod.fo/e/1e3ef3 Emma/Linda 1st interview Freedom https...
Bouncing Back Cynthia McGuigan
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 21, 2023 09:31 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHow do we bounce back? Listen in as birth mother and foster care alumnus Cynthia shares her insights on resilience and healing from the profound challenges she's faced. There's oodles (that's lots) of empowering wisdom on finding your own resilience and healing. Listen in for your own insights o...
What’s Healing? & What Heals?
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 20, 2023 09:13 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHow do we heal? The million dollar (pound or euro) question. Focusing on healing rather than trauma is a great start. Understanding what healing helps us to. Then we can get into the how to's and actions. I'd love your thoughts on this so email me at [email protected] Guests and the ho...
Pathways To Healing Amanda Zaidman
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 19, 2023 10:08 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAre you out of the fog and suffering from the pain that's been suppressed for so long? So how do you heal? We all have to find our personal pathway out of pain. Listen in as transracial adoptee and therapist Amanda shares her pathway to inspire and empower you along yours. https://constructivep...
A Spiritual Being Having An Adoptee's Experience
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 18, 2023 09:34 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIdentity is tricky for us. As adoptees we're great at describing trauma, less great at describing identity. The truth of who we are is simpler than we've been lead to believe. But we have to go deep to see that simplicity. Today's podcast is my take on "We are not human beings having a spiritual...
More Than Good Enough With Ann Haralambie
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 15, 2023 09:06 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDo you feel there's something wrong with you? It's a feeling that has haunted many of us for as long as we can remember. So how do we finally see our worth? Ann shares insights along her long journey to feeling good enough so you can do the same. About Ann Since 1977, Ann Haralambie has been a...
Who Am I? Michelle Gauvreau
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 14, 2023 09:05 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHow do you keep going when your world has been turned upside down? When you find out that you've been lied to over and again? When the shocking truth comes out. Listen in as Michelle shares her inspirational story of resilience and dogged determination as she found out who she really is. Michel...
Separating From Our Trauma
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 13, 2023 09:03 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAre you looking for insights to help you heal? Many of us feel overwhelmed by our trauma. Engulfed by it. Consumed by it. Or perhaps tainted by it. I felt that way. I sometimes still that way. So how do we separate from our trauma to find healing and peace? Listen in. Guests and the host are no...
Answering The Identity Question With Simon Benn
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 12, 2023 10:07 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThere's a LOT of secrecy and shame around adoption. So it's no wonder we are confused about our identity and wrong about our self worth. Listen in as I dive into our deepest questions: Who am I? What's wrong with me? Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and...
Filling The Void With leon clowes
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 06, 2023 08:44 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHave you ever felt empty inside? Many of us seek to fill our aching emptiness through alcohol, drugs and other addictions. Anything to numb the pain. Adoptee Leon is in recovery and has been sober for 2 years. Listen in as he shares what he's learned on a long journey to being ok with being hims...
Transformation Through Turmoil With Steve Taylor
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - September 04, 2023 09:03 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat if you could harness your trauma to grow? You can. Listen in as Steve shares the silver lining of what we've been through - the past that sometimes feel so painful. A truly transformational episode with conversation and poetry to help us tap into who we truly are underneath our trauma. St...
A Felt Sense Of Our Value With Sally Verstraete
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 29, 2023 14:15 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSelf worth seems like a nice idea. Something we are working on. Something that we might have some day. What if that day is today? Listen in as transracial adoptee and therapist Sally gets right to heart of feeling our value for ourselves. Sally is a licensed clinical social worker, who enjoys w...
Ending An identity Crisis With David Enker
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 24, 2023 08:56 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDo you want to get clear on who you really are? Identity confuses the heck out of us adoptees. Until it doesn't. Listen in as we peel back the many layers of identity. We go beyond trauma to the very essence of who we are. One of the most profound interviews in over 350 conversations on this po...
Deconstructing Beliefs With Amy Crossland
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 23, 2023 10:49 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDo you believe you are unloveable? If so you're going to love this interview with Amy. She shares how she's deconstructed her beliefs. An incredibly vulnerable and empowering episode looking back at lessons from the ups and downs of a 25 year reunion that's now going strong. Find out more at ...
Finding Balance With Kate Murphy
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 22, 2023 08:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAre you looking for more balance? Is a negativity bias getting in the way of you enjoying your life? Listen as adoptee and psychotherapist explores balance (and balancing). Find out more about Kate: https://katemurphytherapy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/katemurphylcsw/ https://www.facebook...
Grace For Ourselves & Others With Melissa Ulven
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 21, 2023 15:18 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWould you like smoother relationships with others? And yourself? Grace makes relationships easier. Listen in as Melissa shares how she is finding grace for her adoptive mother and herself. The conversation was packed with insights for me and I'm sure it will bring you some lightbulb moments for ...
Knowing Your Value With Emberly Zellars
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 18, 2023 09:14 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDo you struggle to see your own value? Has what you've been through impacted your self worth? Emberly was raised by foster parents and her grandfather because of her mother's addiction. She was verbally, physically and sexually abused. Listen in as she shares how she overcome the odds to see her...
Spiritual Epiphanies With Sara Easterly
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 17, 2023 08:23 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDo you believe you're broken? Or not good enough? These are things that we all struggle with. So how do we change our beliefs? How does trauma shape those beliefs? Listen in as Sara goes deep on the spiritual epiphanies that have improved her life. Here's a bit about Sara from her website: I’m...
Getting Clarity On Identity In 12 Minutes
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 16, 2023 09:04 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWho would we be without that voice in our head that tells us there's something wrong with us? That we're substandard? That our birth mother rejected us? That we'll never heal because we're forever stuck with our trauma? Listen in as I suggest answers to some of our most fundamental questions. C...
Ending An Identity Crisis Eric Curtis
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 15, 2023 09:07 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHave you felt uncomfortable in your own skin? Uncertain about who you are? Sensed something missing? Eric's anxiety about people sometimes compelled him away and he didn't know why. He felt incomplete. Listen in as he shares the most important things he's learned on the journey to feeling whole ...
Release With Gaynor Cherieann
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 14, 2023 10:20 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHow do we heal from a poor adoption? Listen in as Gaynor shares some of her most important lessons in releasing trauma by being raised by a narcissistic adoptive mother. Here's a bit about Gaynor and her book. Gaynor Cherieann lives in Northamptonshire. She is married has four grown up childre...
Learnings From A 28 Year Search With Colin Curruthers
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 11, 2023 09:49 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAre you considering a search for your biological family? Or in the middle of a search and struggling. Listen in as Colin shares what he learned through a 28 year search including how to ride the emotional rollercoaster of search and more. Here's a bit about Colin's book: “I doubt that another ...
The Journey To The Universal Heart With Mariela Andersen
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 10, 2023 09:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDo you sometimes find identity confusing? Transracial and transnational adoption adds another layer to identity. Listen as Mariela shares her insights on identity, trauma, gratitude and more. We strip back the layers of identity to the universal heart. We both loved this conversation and hope yo...
Anger's Antidote With Jaime Weatherholt
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 09, 2023 08:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat gets in the way of you thriving? For many of us, it's been anger and resentment. What about you? Listen in as transracial adoptee and therapist Jaime shares the antidote to anger. Here's a bit about Jaime from her website. My name is Jaime Weatherholt (she/her/hers) and I am excited to w...
Love & Hate Zhen Rammelsberg
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 08, 2023 08:05 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAre you a transracial/transnational adoptee with a complex relationship to your birth country/culture? Listen in as Zhen shares what she's learned navigating that complexity. Highly empowering. Zhen E Rammelsberg is a Korean American adoptee and new playwright and has had her Heuer Play Canst T...
I Want Me With Lisa Stellinga
Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive - August 07, 2023 08:52 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDo you fear rejection? Many of us are on high alert scanning what other people do and say for signs of potential rejection. We're desperate to avoid big feelings like rejection. And yet we have to feel to heal. Listen in as adoptee and mental health therapist Lisa shares her learnings about find...
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