Unearthing Adoption: Normalizing Positive Perspectives

Jeanette has been an adoption therapist and foster care therapist in Los Angeles for over 20 years. She has worked also as a keynote speaker, training developer, associate therapist supervisor, foster care social worker, and is the clinical director of  Yoffe Therapy  Inc.  She has trained social workers and therapists in trauma-informed practice for the  Los Angeles County Child and Family Servic...

There really isn't much Rich Uhrlaub can't or won't do for the adoption community. He is truly dedicated to the adoptee community - politically, socially, musically, poetically, and spiritually. You can find Rich: Here (For the Records): https://www.ftrmusical.com Here (Adoption Search Resource Collection): https://www.asrconline.org/board-bios

There really isn't much Rich Uhrlaub can't or won't do for the adoption community. He is truly dedicated to the adoptee community - politically, socially, musically, poetically, and spiritually. You can find Rich: Here (For the Records): https://www.ftrmusical.com Here (Adoption Search Resource Collection): https://www.asrconline.org/board-bios

Join us as Joy Conway shares her adoption story. Joy emphasized the importance of being confident in your journey, the importance of setting boundaries, and the healing that can come from creative processes. You can find Joy on YouTube Follow us on Instagram @unearthingadoption E-mail us! unearthingadoption@gmail.com

Nadya Ierna hopped on the podcast to talk to us today about her adoption story and her senior project and presentation.

Lauren and Glenna discuss our last two episodes, and, what is to come! Find us on IG @unearthingadoption E-mail us! unearthingadoption@gmail.com

"Ferera Swan is a recording artist, songwriter, composer, pianist, violinist, and GRAMMY voting member of The Recording Academy. Today, the Austin, Texas-based cinematic-pop artist is boldly emerging from a transformative time of reclamation. Classically trained with the Suzuki Method, Ferera began piano lessons at age 3, violin at age 6, and began writing pieces for piano by age 10. By age 1...

"Long before I became a therapist, I was adopted. My parents had two biological sons and were unable to have a third child and wanted a girl, so they adopted me. Even before then, though, I was relinquished. I make the distinction between relinquishment and adoption, because those are two separate events, and I believe the root of many “adoption issues" lies with relinquishment and the e...

Adoption Unfiltered  is presented by adoptee  Sara Easterly , birth parent  Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard , and adoptive parent  Lori Holden . Collectively, we bring 75 years of lived experience relating to adoption, and we span the Millennial, Gen X, and Baby Boomer generations. We understand the history, challenges, and trends experienced by people living in adoption and the broader adoption const...

Lena (Eileen) Skahill is an adjunct professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She has been teaching courses in Adoption and Family Studies and Environmental Sociology which are available to students in the School of Social Work, Women’s and Ethnic Studies and The Humanities departments.  Lena is also adoptee (1966) and engaged in reunion with both of her first families...

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"Paul Kimball, a biracial adoptee, explores his own abandonment issues as he searches, and eventually reunites with his birth parents. After a seemingly joyous reunion, his birth mother, a Caucasian professional cellist, rejects him. This causes him to seek out his Armenian birth father, who along with his extended family, accepts him as one of their own.  Paul's birthparents met at the H...

Happy 2024! On this episode of Unearthing Adoption, Lauren and Glenna discuss New Year's Resolutions and trends amongst adoptees. We are so thrilled to have you all join us in 2024. Lots of exciting things happening this year so stay tuned! Interested in being on the show? Know someone who is? E-mail us! UnearthingAdoption@gmail.com Find us on Instagram @unearthingadoption

Thank you all for such an amazing year. We can't wait for the next one! Letitia Smith from White Light Exposure: https://www.whitelightexposure.com/ Our NEW e-mail: unearthingadoption@gmail.com Instagram @unearthingadoption

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Welcome to UNEARTHING ADOPTION: Normalizing Positive Perspectives. Since launching our podcast in March of 2021, we have recognized a shift in our mindset and philosophy as adoptees and adoptee educators. This episode explains our reasoning and thoughts behind our rebrand.

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"Hi there, my name is Lauren Fishbein and I am the founder of LiLuna Coaching. I am a graduate of Naropa University and earned my master’s degree in Mindfulness Based Transpersonal Counseling. I believe in the deep transformation that comes from peeling back all the layers and finding the origin of your imprinted traumas. These traumas affect you in each moment of life, whether you are consci...

Join us for a conversation on identity with the inspiring Alisha Kwon Hammett. Alisha reminds us how crucial it is to remain diligent in our self-love and self-worth journey, and highlights the importance of compassion in relation to adoption.

Laura X. Williams is a Licensed Addiction Counselor and Relational Psychotherapist in the Denver area.

Beth Syverson is an adoptive mom, wife, musician, and as of 2021 a podcaster, activist, and public speaker. Since 2019, her son Joey has struggled with addiction to substances plus serious mental health issues. For the first year of that roller coaster ride, she and Joey were both derailed. Beth tried to “fix” Joey, and her Supermom cape was tied on tight. But when nothing worked to “fix” him, she...

Yoselin is an adult adoptee from Honduras, and first attended Latin American Heritage Camp as a camper back in the 90s. Over the course of 17 years, she has served as a Counselor, Coordinator, Presenter, and Director at LAHC, and has also assisted with coordinating Adult Adoptee Meet-Up Events. Yoselin comes to HCAF after studying Psychology in her undergrad, and working predominantly in...

Join us for an in-depth conversation between two couples as they discuss adoption and relationships.  Contact us: tough.love.stories@gmail.com Find us on Instagram @tough.love.podcast

Trigger Warning: Suicide, Self-Harm, Abuse, Drug Use This is a very difficult but important episode with Cosima Octavia who shares their adoption experience with us. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us or someone you know for support.