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Persisting In Adversity With Alaina Colón-Gnotek
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveDecember 10, 2025
617
00:56:1551.51 MB

Persisting In Adversity With Alaina Colón-Gnotek

If you're in hell keep going. But how? Listen in as Adoption Permanency Director Alaina dives into digging deep, what empowers us to persist through the toughest of tough stuff and more...

Added Value With Vince Smith
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveDecember 08, 2025
616
00:51:5247.49 MB

Added Value With Vince Smith

Vince's mission is to add value to everyone he meets. Listen in and let him add value to you with his insights, learnings and wisdom. Vince and his wife have six kids, three of whom are adopted. He's also Executive Director at Keystone Family Alliance.

Hope with Erin Argue & Megan Ransom
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveDecember 05, 2025
615
00:58:1253.29 MB

Hope with Erin Argue & Megan Ransom

If things are looking tough right now, here's some hope for you...According to one of my mentors - Richard Wilkins "The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence" The past may explain the present but it needn't dictate the future. Join Erin and Megan as we explore hope, healing and more...

Healing Secondary Trauma Jaycie Bias
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveDecember 04, 2025
614
00:52:3248.11 MB

Healing Secondary Trauma Jaycie Bias

Secondary trauma can build up within us without us noticing. Even veteran therapist Bessel van der Kolk who's the author of the bestselling book The Body Keeps The Score wasn't aware of his secondary trauma until very recently. And secondary trauma is common amongst adoptive parents. Do you want to ...

Advocacy & Systems Michelle D Seymore
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveDecember 03, 2025
613
00:51:1546.93 MB

Advocacy & Systems Michelle D Seymore

Are you advocating for your child or change? As every parent knows systems can be very tricky to navigate and change. The better we can understand them, the better we can relate with the people we deal with and more likely we are to get what we want. Listen in as Director of Foster Care and Permanen...

A Leap Of Faith With Terri Marcroft
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveDecember 02, 2025
612
00:40:2136.95 MB

A Leap Of Faith With Terri Marcroft

Does fear hold you back? Fear of the unknown? Fear of things not working out? Sometimes life requires us to make a leap of faith. Listen in as Terri talks about leaps of faith, unconditional love and more...

Opening Our Hearts With Shamele Jenkins
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveNovember 21, 2025
611
00:46:0142.14 MB

Opening Our Hearts With Shamele Jenkins

Can you open your heart more fully? Shamele has opened her heart to 4 kids through adoption, another through a special guardianship and over 300 more through fostering them. Listen in as we dive into helping our kids have fun, feel listened to and loved.

Insights In The Moment With Steve Valdez
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveNovember 13, 2025
610
01:00:0455.01 MB

Insights In The Moment With Steve Valdez

Change is hard. Until an insight happens. Whether that's about how we feel, what causes those feelings, our behaviour or anything else. So changing is a seeing thing. Listen in as Steve shares some of the insights that have done the heavy lifting. We hope this interview catalyses some changes for yo...

Balancing Perspectives with Ryan Hanlon
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveNovember 12, 2025
609
00:42:1738.73 MB

Balancing Perspectives with Ryan Hanlon

From rainbows and unicorns to adoption is trauma. Pendulums swing too far before they settle into balance. Listen in as we find a more balanced approach that's closer to the truth.