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.

Lifelong Learning With Kelly Hughes
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveOctober 21, 2026
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Lifelong Learning With Kelly Hughes

When we know better, we do better. This podcast is about sharing what we've learned so we can do better. Listen in as Kelly, mother of four including 2 by adoption from foster care and non-profit leader shares what she's learning about thriving.

Outside Of Ourselves With Vicki Spriggs
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveOctober 20, 2026
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Outside Of Ourselves With Vicki Spriggs

Looking for more meaning? Stepping outside of ourselves is where we find meaning. It's where we feel connected, passionate and at one. Listen in as Vicki shares insights from a life spent making a difference. Profound and empowering.

Our Souls Are Whole With Michelle Irene
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveOctober 19, 2026
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Our Souls Are Whole With Michelle Irene

What if we are whole under our trauma? Whole despite our trauma? Listen in as we go deep to see, feel and know our whole soul with adoptee Michelle. Profound. Enlightening.

True To Yourself With Shannon Enoch
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveOctober 16, 2026
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True To Yourself With Shannon Enoch

What does being true to you mean to you? Listen in as adoption professional Shannon shares her insights on stopping pleasing others, authenticity and more.

Commitment With Michelle Becker
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveOctober 15, 2026
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Commitment With Michelle Becker

Raising kids is tough. Some clichés become clichés they are true. Listen in as adoptive mother and advocate Michelle shares her learnings on commitment, curiosity and much more.

Somatic Healing With Anna Ecklar
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveOctober 14, 2026
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Somatic Healing With Anna Ecklar

Talk therapy isn't great for pre-verbal trauma - a truism that keeps on coming up on the podcast. So what is? Listen as we dive into somatic healing and more with therapist Anna.

In The Likeness Of God With Amber Knowles
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveOctober 13, 2026
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In The Likeness Of God With Amber Knowles

How does knowing that we are made in the likeness of God help believers thrive? Listen in as adoptive mother and non profit leader Amber explores the inextricable link between faith and thriving.

Quality Of Relationship With Kathleen Shiels
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveOctober 12, 2026
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Quality Of Relationship With Kathleen Shiels

“Relationship-based trauma must be healed relationally.” Dr Karyn Purvis, co-founder of TBRI. For adoptees, separation from our birth mother can be our first relational wound so safe, loving relationships can help us heal. Listen as therapist and counsellor Kathleen shares her insights on improving ...

Finding Ted With Ted Leonhardt
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveOctober 10, 2026
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Finding Ted With Ted Leonhardt

To what extent do you play a persona to fit in? It was second nature for adoptee Ted and something he did to extremes. And it brought success in the world. It became so core to the way he navigated life that he was oblivious to it, until he wasn't. Listen in as we talk authenticity, epiphanies and m...

Firing On All Cylinders with Carolyn Bishop
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveOctober 09, 2026
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Firing On All Cylinders with Carolyn Bishop

We all function better in life when we are firing on all cylinders. But what helps us do that? Listen in as adoption professional Carolyn shares what works for her. It might work for you...