Adoptees On

Are you incredibly hard on yourself? Adopted people often struggle with loving ourselves because our very first experiences were ones of rejection. One way to cultivate self-worth is self-compassion. ...

26 Huhti 201929min

This is a special episode where I bring you some live on-the-spot-recordings from the American Adoption Congress Conference in Washington, DC. I talked with attendees and presenters about their highli...

19 Huhti 201952min

Dear Adoption, is joining up with Adoptees On today! Reshma McClintock, the founder of Dear Adoption, brought a letter that we explore together. We discuss the power of hearing this letter vs. reading...

12 Huhti 201933min

Janet Nordine, MS, LMFT is back and talking with us about when relinquishment and adoption is not our only trauma. Janet teaches us about how plastic our brains are, we talk about the Adverse Childhoo...

5 Huhti 201925min

We are welcoming back a guest from season 1, Becky Drinnen. Becky shares some life and reunion updates with us, including some tears and very special moments, and then we shift gears and talk about wh...

29 Maalis 201954min

Last week Dr. Julie Lopez taught us why is it so important for adopted people to understand implicit memory. Today she returns to Adoptees On to teach us about the PACT Method which can empower you to...

22 Maalis 201925min

Why is it so important for adopted people to understand implicit memory? Dr. Julie Lopez returns to Adoptees On to teach us how unhealthy patterns in our behaviour can be linked back to the wiring in ...

15 Maalis 201933min

Maeve Kelly is back on the show giving us some huge updates. She was a favourite guest in Season 1 of the podcast, sharing about her secondary rejection from her first mother. Maeve shares how she rea...

8 Maalis 20191h 1min