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Authentic & Accepted With Ligia Cushman
March 13, 2025
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00:54:3950.05 MB

Authentic & Accepted With Ligia Cushman

Feeling free to be our authentic selves. Being accepted as we are. What does that mean for you? How can you help the people you love feel that? Listen is as adoptive mom and adoption professional Ligia shares what she's learned - and continues to learn - on two big topics. Especially as they relate ...

Emotional Self Suffciency Amanda Timoteo
March 10, 2025
538
01:00:4855.67 MB

Emotional Self Suffciency Amanda Timoteo

What if we were to stop searching for happiness outside us? How would that be? How would that feel? Listen in as Amanda and I dive into what she calls emotional self sufficiency. Have you heard of that? I certainly hadn't. And it lead to a profoundly empowering conversation. We both loved it and hop...

True? With Julie McGue
March 06, 2025
537
00:48:5844.84 MB

True? With Julie McGue

Truths can be elusive for us adoptees. Fantasies or nightmares may fill in the blanks. And truths can shift when we re-visit the past and ask others for their truth - their versions of events. This can lead to profound realisations. Listen in as Julie and I explore shifting truths, changes of mind a...

Blossoming With Brad Brooks
February 20, 2025
536
00:58:2253.44 MB

Blossoming With Brad Brooks

What helps us blossom? What gets in the way? How do we overcome those obstacles? Listen in as we explore big questions with grace and depth. Brad stretched me out of my comfort zone into new insights. I hope this interview catalyses sparks insights in you. Foster parent Brad Brooks serves as the Exe...

Being Enough With Janelle Basham
January 30, 2025
535
00:52:3948.22 MB

Being Enough With Janelle Basham

Shame. Not being enough. Trauma. Listen in as birth mother Janelle shares insights on what helps us thrive and what gets in the way of thriving. She also shares how shifts in perspectives help us overcome those obstacles. Powerful. Impactful. Love this.

Feeling Loved With George Dennehy
January 29, 2025
534
00:53:4249.18 MB

Feeling Loved With George Dennehy

Born without arms in Romania and unwanted, George went straight from the hospital to an orphanage where he stayed until being adopted at 18 months. Relentlessly bullied at school he felt ashamed, full of resentment, mad at the world and God. Listen in as he shares his insights on the journey to thri...

Confidence With Jennifer Jue-Steuck
January 28, 2025
533
01:00:5955.83 MB

Confidence With Jennifer Jue-Steuck

Lacking knowledge of our history can impact our confidence. So what do we do? How can we be more confidence whatever the uncertainty of our roots? Listen in as Jen and I dive deep into overcoming some of our essential challenges as adoptees.

Fiercely Curious With Kim Sabanayagam
January 10, 2025
532
00:55:0050.36 MB

Fiercely Curious With Kim Sabanayagam

Many of us adoptees have been asking questions for as long as we can remember. Who are we? Where did we come from? Why were we adopted? What drives our questions? What drives your questions? Listen in as adoptee and therapist Kim shares the fierce curiosity that drives her, coming through the toughe...

Unlocking Our Potential with Carol Homden
January 09, 2025
531
00:46:3342.63 MB

Unlocking Our Potential with Carol Homden

"The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence." A great quote from Roy T. Bennett. As adoptees we talk a lot about the past, our stories and more. This episode is all about the future. Creating our own future. Listen in as Carol shares insights and learnings on potentiality - unlocking...