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Inez Cook shares her story with us, how she spent time searching for identity all around the world and how she came to find it back in Canada. We discuss finding out about the sixties scoop as an adult, the power and importance of food as a way to explore her culture and how her new book will be available to educate children across Canada about the sixties scoop. Full Show Notes Here Subscribe App...

We are back with Lesli A. Johnson, MFT answering your questions about navigating boundaries as an adopted person. We address boundaries with adoptive parents, money issues in reunion, and we wrap up with Lesli's tips for saying no. Full Show Notes Here Connect With Us Lesli A. Johnson, MFT: leslijohnson.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Haley Radke: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Adoptees On: T...

We are continuing our series on the Canadian Sixties Scoop, and today I'm honoured to introduce you to Christine Miskonoondinkwie Smith. Christine shares her story of being apprehended from her original family, adopted with her sister, and then ultimately going back into care as a young girl. She tells us about how she reconnected with her indigenous heritage and how some influential role models m...

Do you struggle with establishing guidelines or "edges" in relationships? Lesli A. Johnson, MFT is back on the podcast to answer your questions about navigating boundaries. Lesli gives us some helpful tips in how to open up a conversation around boundaries even when it's scary. Most of this show's questions were related to navigating reunion which can be so tricky! Full Show Notes Here Connect Wit...

We are starting a new series focusing on the Canadian Sixties Scoop, and if you're not familiar yet with that terminology, my guest today, Dr. Raven Sinclair is a sought-after expert in this area. Dr. Sinclair shares some of her personal story with us, how she re-discovered her indigenous culture, and she teaches us about the Sixties Scoop. We also talk about how to connect with other Sixties Scoo...

Are you incredibly hard on yourself? Adopted people often struggle with loving ourselves because our very first experiences were ones of rejection. One way to cultivate self-worth is self-compassion. Kristin Jones, CMHC teaches us what self-compassion looks like, why adopted people could really benefit from this practice, and she also walks us through a self-compassion exercise. I'm guessing you'r...

This is a special episode where I bring you some live on-the-spot-recordings from the American Adoption Congress Conference in Washington, DC. I talked with attendees and presenters about their highlights and key takeaways from the conference (encompassing personal, legislative work, and professional topics). I share about the Adoptees On listener meet-up and a clip from my keynote speech. This ep...

Dear Adoption, is joining up with Adoptees On today! Reshma McClintock, the founder of Dear Adoption, brought a letter that we explore together. We discuss the power of hearing this letter vs. reading it, the impact of the words shared, and the insight and wisdom the anonymous letter writer has. Join us as we explore a letter that we are sure most adopted people will relate to. Full Show Notes Her...

Janet Nordine, MS, LMFT is back and talking with us about when relinquishment and adoption is not our only trauma. Janet teaches us about how plastic our brains are, we talk about the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) questionnaire and we even discuss Play Therapy! Janet will leave you feeling hopeful even while discussing challenging topics. Full Show Notes Here Connect With Us Janet Nordine,...

We are welcoming back a guest from season 1, Becky Drinnen. Becky shares some life and reunion updates with us, including some tears and very special moments, and then we shift gears and talk about what adoptee activism and advocacy really look like. If you've ever wondered what you can do to get involved, this is the episode for you! Full Show Notes Here Connect With Us Becky Conrad Drinnen: Face...

Last week Dr. Julie Lopez taught us why is it so important for adopted people to understand implicit memory. Today she returns to Adoptees On to teach us about the PACT Method which can empower you to find the hidden roadblocks in your implicit memory!

Why is it so important for adopted people to understand implicit memory? Dr. Julie Lopez returns to Adoptees On to teach us how unhealthy patterns in our behaviour can be linked back to the wiring in our implicit memory AND what we can do about it! Full Show Notes Here Connect With Us Dr. Julie Lopez: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn | drjulielopez.com | www.vivapartnership.com | resilien...

Maeve Kelly is back on the show giving us some huge updates. She was a favourite guest in Season 1 of the podcast, sharing about her secondary rejection from her first mother. Maeve shares how she reached out to her half-siblings, what it took for her to face the possibility of more rejections, and how DNA is leaving no room for secrets in adoption anymore. There is also a brand new update in her...

How can you cope when your reunion fails? Pam Cordano, MFT returns to the Healing Series to help us acknowledge the pain of reunion failure. She gives us some helpful tools to survive secondary rejection, being ghosted, or even when you're the one to pull the plug after a lukewarm reception. Full Show Notes Here   Connect With Us Pamela Cordano, MFT: www.pamelacordanomft.com | Twitter | Instagram...

Today my dear friend Reshma McClintock, creator of Dear Adoption, and Producer, Co-Director, and Subject of the documentary, Calcutta is My Mother is here to celebrate 100 episodes with us! I asked Reshma to be the guest for my 100th episode because she is passionate about the same thing as I am, adoptee voices. Reshma shares what shifted her view of adoption, what it's like for her to talk about...

What happens when your reunion fails? Pam Cordano, MFT returns to the Healing Series to help us focus in on ways we can find our identity without a connection to our biological family. This is part one of a two-part When Reunion Fails, part two will air on March 1, so make sure you're subscribed! Full Show Notes Here Connect With Us Pamela Cordano, MFT: www.pamelacordanomft.com | Twitter | Instagr...

Karen Pickell, author of An Adoptee Lexicon, shares candidly about how growing up she felt intensely different than her adoptive family. We talk about how challenging it is to know who you are when you don't know where you came from. Karen also tells us the realities of what adoption reunion really looks like for her and what role nature vs nurture plays in her life. Full Show Notes Here Connect W...

Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group We are wrapping up the Adoptees On addiction series with Sara-Jayne King, author of Killing Karoline. SJ shares her story, including some vulnerable moments discussing secondary rejection, all the different ways addiction showed up in her life, and incredibly, SJ stuns me with a story I absolutely was not expecting.

Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group Today we continue on in the Adoptees On Addiction series. I'm excited to introduce you to Becca who was adopted in-family, and if you're an avid listener, you're going to recognize some of the sisters we chat about in Becca's story! Becca struggled with some early losses and shares about her troubled actions while in active ad...

Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group Today we're continuing on in the Adoptees On Addiction series and in this episode, I get to introduce you to my Adoptees Connect co-leader Sean. Sean shares his story of alcohol addiction, the moment of clarity that helped him realize he had a problem and somehow it includes Justin Bieber, so wait for that! Sean and I also dis...

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Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group Sophia and I discuss her journey of sobriety, reunion, and years of experience building healthy boundaries. After a whirlwind reunion, Sophia and her first father developed a very deep connection, and one of the ways they bonded was through an understanding of addiction and recovery, and what it took for both of them to hold o...

Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group Today author David B. Bohl, an independent addiction consultant and licensed clinical substance abuse counsellor, is here to share his story with us. David and I discuss his experiences of alcohol addiction and sobriety, how our lives as adoptees are so much more than just our adoption experience, and what is working right now...

Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group We are continuing our look at adoption and addiction. Today Stuart Watson shares his story of how he used his investigative journalist skills to find his biological parents at age 45 and his discovery that alcoholism and trauma were inextricably linked in his DNA. Full Show Notes Here Connect With Us Stuart Watson: Twitter | F...

Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group   Today we launch the newest series of Adoptees On where we are focusing on addiction and recovery. Harris Coltrain shares his story of alcohol and drug addiction and how fatherhood was his motivation to get clean and sober. We also talk about how challenging mainstream recovery programs can be for adopted people where our exp...