Mind Your Own Karma - Beyond The Bandage

DISCLAIMER: LISTEN AFTER DARK AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNG LISTENERS. STORY LOCATION: HAMILTON A PROVIDENCE OF ONTARIO CANADA WHEN: APPROXIMATELY 2:00 PM JANUARY 3, 2023 Welcome to Dan's nightmare. Dan is a house cleaner, and while cleaning a home that he had worked in many times before, some strange things started to happened.  _________ Due to the LONG-LASTING EMOTIONAL...

***MAY CONTAIN TRIGGERING CONTENT What happens when you are a foster parent or adoptive parent and things just aren't working out like you had hoped? Angie Grandt was a married woman with a daughter when she decided to open her home to foster children. Then one day she was given the opportunity to adopt a young boy from a birth mother who was struggling mentally.  What happens when a child alr...

***MAY CONTAIN TRIGGERING CONTENT. ***CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE. PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED.  Are you feeling like the Grinch this season? Like you are looking down at your family and friends with distain for their happiness and joy this time of year?  Do you feel like your heart is 2 sizes two small every year? There is a way to join Whoville in the celebration again, just like the Grinch did. ...

***MAY CONTAIN TRIGGERING CONTENT ADOPTION REUNIONS CAN BE A ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS. ARE YOU PREPARED FOR WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND? My own adoption reunion story was a whirlwind of emotions and drama! When there is trauma from all sides of the reunion participants things can go sideways pretty fast.  Expect the unexpected! BUT there are some things to help you navigate through adoption reunions. The...

***MAY CONTAIN TRIGGERING CONTENT ARE YOU IN THE FOG? DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT ADOPTION FOG IS? Most adoptees don't even know they are in the fog...until they come out and all hell breaks loose. It's like a blindfold has been lifted and you can't un-see what you are seeing. You can un-feel your feelings.  You are forever changed and forced to face some hard facts about who you really are...

DISCLAIMER: LISTEN AFTER DARK AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNG LISTENERS. STORY LOCATION: COLUMBIA, CA APPROXIMATELY 2005 Welcome to My Personal Nightmare. I was staying in a little bed and breakfast in an old gold mining town when I was awoken in the middle of the night by someone. Who were they, and what did they want? _________ Due to the LONG-LASTING EMOTIONAL FALLOUT that can...

***MAY CONTAIN TRIGGERING CONTENT Imposter Syndrome is huge in the adoptee community.  Do you ever feel like a fake? Do you have anxiety that your true self will be revealed and you are an imposter in your own life? Did you know that up to 82% of people in general say they recognize imposter syndrome in their own lives as well? Almost everyone suffers from these thoughts, BUT... As an adoptee, its...

***MAY CONTAIN TRIGGERING CONTENT GASLIGHTING. Adoptees have felt gaslighted for years by others that are not adopted. The last place it should be happening is within our private social communities, but it certainly does. Judging, shaming, arguing and anger can sometimes be witnessed on social media adoptee sites. Even though we all have the "Adopted" label, our traumas and triggers can...

***MAY CONTAIN TRIGGERING CONTENT Daryn Watson's adoption reunion journey began in 1995 at the age of twenty-five when he began searching for his maternal family. Less than eight short weeks later, He found his birth/first mother. His first telephone call with her was on October 9th, 1995. He says he will never forget that phone call. For the first time his life, he felt truly whole and comple...

***MAY CONTAIN TRIGGERING CONTENT PART 2 OF DANIELLE'S STORY!!!  Many adoptees fantasize about who their birth parents are. Are they rich? Are they royalty? Are they famous?  In Danielle's case she did have a famous actress as her birth mother, and it was a bit overwhelming, to say the least!  After reuniting with her birth mother – and uncovering the primal wound that lay deep within her...

DISCLAIMER: LISTEN AFTER DARK AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNG LISTENERS. STORY LOCATION: Riverbank, CA FALL OF 1994 Welcome to My Personal Nightmare. When I was 7 months pregnant with my daughter, I was home cleaning house and doing laundry. I was watching a TV show about people telling of their paranormal experiences, only, it was me having the experience.  _________ Due to the...

***MAY CONTAIN TRIGGERING CONTENT “Our adopted angel” – that’s what Danielle’s adoptive parents called her. She grew up adored, doted on, and unconditionally loved. It wasn’t until she was in college that she first felt a gnawing curiosity about her roots. From time to time, she would wonder: Where did this face come from? Where did this body come from? Where did this blood come from?  H...

***EPISODE CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND MIGHT NOT BE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN. November is Adoption Awareness Month .  Are you AWARE that the states get kickback incentives for adoptions through the foster care system?  Are you AWARE that these incentives are based on how adoptable you are? If you are 14 and older, you are considered 'harder to place,' and the price tag for your adoption is mu...

***EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE. It's almost November, Adoption Awareness Month and we will all need a little encouragement and strength from each other to get through it. SO, I have a list of Sassy Affirmations that will make you laugh AND will remind you how strong, powerful and wonderful you are!! There's some really great mantras to help get you through if you need a little encou...

***EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE. Let me start by saying, I have a love/hate relationship with Mel Robbins . (Really, I love her.) BUT, she STOLE my idea! The one I thought was stupid so I never wrote a book about it or did speaking engagements about it like she did! AND she probably made MILLIONS from it!!  What idea you ask?  The one about how to get motivated. There is a hack! Yes, a brain...

BONUS EPISODE!!! What can you do when an injustice happens? This happened to me recently. What did I do to help release it? Honestly? Not 100%, but probably about 90% gone! _________ Due to the LONG-LASTING EMOTIONAL FALLOUT that can be part of adoption, I highly support the GENTLE HEALING SUPPORT of SMGI: Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery. For more information on this groundbreaking and highly succe...

***WARNING—MAY CONTAIN ADULT LANGUAGE AND TRIGGERING CONTENT RELATED TO ADOPTION. Are you an adoptee who thinks you may have the gift of being a sensitive, intuitive or psychic? It's Halloween season, and we are discussing why it appears that many adoptees have spiritual gifts. The more adoptees I talk with and interview, I discover that they seem to have heightened senses. Could it be that th...

DISCLAIMER: LISTEN AFTER DARK AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNG LISTENERS. Welcome to Jordan's nightmare. Jordan and his pregnant wife were having some strange things happening to them in their home. Paranormal? Imagination? Or just a dream? STORY LOCATION: Vernal, Utah _________ Due to the LONG-LASTING EMOTIONAL FALLOUT that can be part of adoption, I highly support the GENTLE...

***WARNING—MAY CONTAIN ADULT LANGUAGE AND TRIGGERING CONTENT RELATED TO ADOPTION. Are you an adoptee who thinks you may have the gift of being a sensitive, intuitive or psychic? It's Halloween season and we are discussing why it appears that many adoptees have spiritual gifts. The more adoptees I talk with and interview, I discover that they seem to have heightened senses. Could it be that the...

***WARNING-MAY CONTAIN ADULT SITUATIONS AND TRIGGERING CONTENT RELATED TO ADOPTION. Do you feel like your life as an adoptee was a crapshoot that you had absolutely no control over? Do you feel like this crap shoot has carried over into your adult life and you still don't have any control over it? Do you ever feel like you don't deserve anything good?  I am diving into the book, You Don&#3...

***WARNING-MAY CONTAIN ADULT LANGUAGE AND TRIGGERING CONTENT RELATED TO ADOPTION. ADOPTEES, boy what a can of worms we can be! It's a rollercoaster of being ourselves AND someone else. I'm sure a lot of us have been told YOU DON'T LOOK ADOPTED at one point or another. What the hell does that even mean?  I am diving into the book, You Don't Look Adopted by Anne Heffron. Anne is an a...

***MAY CONTAIN TRIGGERING CONTENT Survival Mode...for most adoptees it's every day life. It's a life of being someone you aren't out of fear of more loss. And what's worse is, no one validates your scars. After all, you appear well adjusted and 'fine'. Before you know it, you are a grown adult that has no idea how to make healthy connections, how to make your own decisions...

***MAY HAVE TRIGGERING CONTENT Do you know what your Attachment Style is? There are four types, and only one is considered healthy! What does your attachment style say about you and how you approach relationships? Take a listen to the episode and see if you can identify which one you are. Then take the quiz and find out if you were right! Let me know what you got as a result and if you thought tha...

***WARNING!!! THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES ADOPTION TRAUMA. Part 2 of Donna's story tells about the strange twists of how she found her birth father's side of the family. We also talk about what the "Frozen Baby" is and what it means to adoptees. Donna Marie Joseph was with her birth mother for a few months before she was taken and adopted by wonderful parents that loved and raised her...

***WARNING!!! THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES SUICIDE, ABUSE AND ADOPTION TRAUMA.   Donna Marie Joseph was with her birth mother for a few months before she was taken and adopted by wonderful parents that loved and raised her as their own. The only problem was, Donna was a mixed race child and her parents were both white. Donna discusses how this affected her growing up, and how even though she was raised...