Forced Adoption: “I Became a Chameleon” – Elaine McKenna’s Story
In 1967, 21-year-old Elaine McKenna entered the Presbyterian Sisterhood home in North Fitzroy, pregnant with twins and believing she would stay there only until the babies' father returned. Instead, s...
22 Syys 38min
20 Years Searching for My Biological Family - Erika Gitsham
What happens when an adopted person discovers that the story they were told about their beginnings wasn’t true?In this episode of Jigsaw Queensland’s Adopt Perspective, Jo speaks with Brazilian-born a...
1 Syys 36min
Unlocking Inner Wealth: Helen Harrison on Adoption and Identity
In this episode, Jo speaks with Helen Harrison, a New Zealand-born adopted person whose story is one of identity, loss, grief and the long journey towards finding a sense of self. Helen grew up as one...
11 Elo 51min
A Grafted Branch: Bill Stewart's Adoption Story
Born in Ontario, Canada in 1965, Bill Stewart always knew he was adopted. What he didn't understand until much later was how profoundly that separation and the abuse he experienced growing up would sh...
21 Heinä 22min
How Adoption Echoes Across Generations | Rachel Tham's Story
When Rachel Tham set out to understand her mother's past, she uncovered a family history that changed everything she thought she knew about herself.What began as a search for her mother's origins beca...
30 Kesä 51min
Healing Through Art: The 'Broken Bonds Fractured Lives' Project
What happens when lived experience becomes art?In this powerful episode of Adopt Perspective, we explore Broken Bonds, Fractured Lives – an original musical testimony that brings the hidden stories of...
16 Kesä 36min
Donor Conception and the Right to Know
What happens when the story you were told about your conception begins to unravel?In this episode of Adopt Perspective, Jo Sparrow speaks with Katherine Dawson, creator of Origin Archives, about her e...
26 Touko 1h 5min
The Hidden Truths of Adoption - Bev Shipway
Did you know that behind every adoption story, there’s a painful truth that’s rarely discussed? In this episode of the Adopt Perspective podcast, Jo Sparrow interviews Bev Shipway, who shares her harr...
5 Touko 38min
