Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive

Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive

Let's thrive. Thriving Adoptees helps adoptees thrive. What does thriving mean to you? Healing? Post Traumatic Growth? Evolving? Listen in as we explore what's helped adoptees do all that... Email me at simon@thrivingadoptees.com if you'd like to have a chat about being a guest on the show. There have been 113,000 downloads of the show since launch in April 2021.

Wisdom In The Moment With Susan Silverman
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveJune 03, 2026
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Wisdom In The Moment With Susan Silverman

Being told to just raise your kids doesn't sound like a great piece of advice. But it landed profoundly for Susan. She heard it as a pointer to stop trying to think too far ahead. To listen to wisdom in the moment. To stop overthinking. Who doesn't need less overthinking right? Listen in for your ow...

Nurturing Our Kids With Jenny Fridge
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveJune 02, 2026
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Nurturing Our Kids With Jenny Fridge

We want our kids to grow. We know we have to nurture them to make that happen. So how do we do that? Listen in as Jenny who has 4 kids including her youngest who's adopted shares what she's learning about nurturing and more...

God Loves Me With Isaac Melber
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveMay 28, 2026
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God Loves Me With Isaac Melber

Our most profound learnings often come from the toughest moments. Born in Ethiopia, adopted by an American family at 5, Isaac shares his most transformative learnings. Inspirational!

Fundamentally Whole Despite Trauma
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveMay 21, 2026
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Fundamentally Whole Despite Trauma

What if it's true. That we're fundamentally whole despite trauma. No, really. Listen in as previous guest and friend Marcy puts me on the spot. Make up your own mind...

Healing Is An Inside Job With Aysha E. Schomburg
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveMay 18, 2026
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Healing Is An Inside Job With Aysha E. Schomburg

What does healing mean to you? It means something different to everyone. Getting clear on what it means to you is profoundly helpful. Knowing how we heal is even more powerful. Listen in as Aysha and I dive deep into what helps us heal and what doesn't.

Change & Thrive With Lisa Dominguez
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveMay 14, 2026
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Change & Thrive With Lisa Dominguez

We humans have a funny relationship with change. What if change was for the better? A change in how we think, how we feel, how we see ourselves? Listen is adoption leader and therapist Lisa shares insights on growth, learning and change...

Living From Love With Carmen Durfey
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveMay 13, 2026
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Living From Love With Carmen Durfey

Where are you living from? So many of us spend so much of our living from fear, worry and anxiety. How does this change? Listen in as adoptee Carmen shares her insights into living differently. Living from love.

Control With Tina Miller
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveMay 12, 2026
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Control With Tina Miller

How much control do we have? How does humility help us see control more clearly? Adoptive mother and adoption professional Tina shares what she'd have done differently if she'd had a time machine including.. reading the Connected Child by Karyn Purvis.

Connection With Lenette Serlo
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveMay 11, 2026
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Connection With Lenette Serlo

Connection. We all want don't we? And we want our kids to feel connected to. How well are parents connected with us can influence how we connect with our kids. Listen in as adoptive mother of 4 Lenette talks about connection, raising kids with prenatal opioid and substance exposure and more...

Nothing Wrong With Me With Sheila Jaffe
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveMay 08, 2026
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Nothing Wrong With Me With Sheila Jaffe

So many of us adoptees start believing there's something wrong with us it's embedded deep in our psyche. Until it comes to the surface and starts to diminish - sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly - often on the back of getting hold of new information. Validation from fellow adoptees helps greatly. T...