Shaylah Nichols, LSW

Original Origins: Meaningful Conversations About Adoption

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Original Origins Podcast is a show dedicated to telling the various stories in the adoption community. Hosted by a social worker, adoption professional, and daughter of a transnational adoptee, Original Origins explores the complexities of adoption by interviewing members of the community, and opening the door for discussion.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: www.afamilytree.org

Author

Shaylah Nichols, LSW

Episodes

Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Identity 21.02.2024 25:57

Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

Korean Adoptee Connects with Biological Sister on 23andMe 21.11.2023 1:02:01

All You Can Ever Know: https://bookshop.org/p/books/all-you-can-ever-know-a-memoir-nicole-chung/16008810?ean=9781948226370 Primal Wound: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-primal-wound-nancy-n-verrier/8799049?ean=9780963648006 Found: https://www.netflix.com/title/81476857 Fox Girl: https://bookshop.org/p/books/fox-girl-nora-okja-keller/11648789?ean=9780142001967 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/...

Adoptive Mom Shares Her Journey: Grief and Loss, Open Adoption, and Post Adoption Blues 03.11.2023 1:01:52

Instant Family: https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Family-Mark-Wahlberg/dp/B07KFPM9BV The Story of my Open Adoption: https://www.amazon.com/Story-My-Open-Adoption-Storybook/dp/1646110889/ref=asc_df_1646110889/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=508963787488&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9731415696526670147&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvloc...

Hawaii State Senator Glenn Wakai Speaks on Adoption from Japan 22.08.2023 27:30

https://www.thehawaiiherald.com/2016/08/22/cover-story-meeting-mitsuru-shimabukuro-hawaii-senators-past-launches-new-mission-in-japan/ Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Rejection 01.08.2023 27:44

Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Loss 28.06.2023 33:51

Three Identical Strangers: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Identical-Strangers-Tim-Wardle/dp/B07F7YWTKH Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

Native Hawaiian Adoptee Shares Experience Re-Connecting to 'Ohana, Self, and Culture 21.06.2023 36:39

All You Can Ever Know: https://bookshop.org/p/books/all-you-can-ever-know-a-memoir-nicole-chung/16008810?ean=9781948226370 Hapa Tales and Other Lies: https://www.amazon.com/Hapa-Tales-Other-Lies-Memoir/dp/1732484708 Twinsters: http://twinstersmovie.com/our-story#our-story-1 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

Happy Pride! Single Gay Dad Shares His Adoption Experience 14.06.2023 32:03

Daddy Squared: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-squared-the-gay-dads-podcast/id1435971347 The Science of Parenting Adopted Children: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-science-of-parenting-adopted-children-a-brain-based-trauma-informed-approach-to-cultivating-your-child-s-social-emotional-and-moral-development-ar/9978152?ean=9781785927539 A Really Good Enough Parent Podcast: https://podca...

Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself: My Experience as the Daughter of an Adoptee 06.06.2023 19:57

Crying in H Mart: https://bookshop.org/p/books/crying-in-h-mart-a-memoir-michelle-zauner/19630554?ean=9780525657743 Side by Side: https://sidebysideproject.com/ Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

Adoptee from Hawaii Reunites with Birth Family, with Guest William Mann 01.06.2023 38:49

Return to Seoul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anhvJyUD_n4 Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul: https://bookshop.org/p/books/chicken-soup-for-the-adopted-soul-stories-celebrating-forever-families-jack-canfield/14857432?ean=9781623611163 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

Operation Baby Lift, DNA Testing, and Vietnamese Food with Steve George 16.05.2023 46:25

Ozia Originals Kava Kava Candy: https://oziaoriginals.com/product/kava-kava-candy/ Family Tree DNA Testing: familytreedna.com/groups/se-asia/about Lion Movie: https://www.amazon.com/Lion-Dev-Patel/dp/B01MT3LMT4 Daughter from Danang Documentary: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/daughter/ Forget Me Not Documentary: http://www.finalcutforreal.dk/forget-me-not Website: https://www.afa...

Adoption, Identity, and Social Work with Noelani Lommasson 09.05.2023 31:41

Found: https://www.netflix.com/title/81476857 China's Hidden Children: https://www.amazon.com/Chinas-Hidden-Children-Abandonment-One-Child/dp/022635251X Wonder Boy: https://www.netflix.com/title/81325861 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

Birthdays, Transracial Adoption, and New England Culture with Brenna Holmes-Mumford 03.05.2023 29:45

Somewhere Between: https://somewherebetweenmovie.com/ One Child Nation: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.1eb70c80-9671-b01a-f383-190cf5ff1d18?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/