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If you are considering adoption or foster care or are already somewhere in this difficult and complicated process, you need trusted information from people who have been where you are. Mike and Kristin Berry have adopted eight children and cared for another 23 kids in their nine-year stint as foster parents. They aren't just experts. They have experienced every emotional high and low and encountered virtually every situation imaginable as parents. Now, they want to share what they've learned with you.

The moment Diane Burke, an author and mother of two grown sons, received an unexpected certified letter in the mail, she had no idea her life would be shaken to its core. Memories of a past she had buried more than forty years ago suddenly resurfaced and she wasn't prepared to deal with them. Steve Orlandi, happily married, father of two and step-father of three, was living the typical middle class American life. But since the age of eight, when he discovered he was adopted, he had led that life dealing with inner questions about his self-identity and genetic history.

In 1955, an American farming couple saw a film about the thousands of Korean children orphaned by the Korean War. Through a special act of Congress, they were authorized to adopt eight of these children - which marked the advent of international adoption. Since that time, there have been over 170,000 children adopted out of Korea to more than 30 countries. Korean adoptee Glenn Morey and his wife, Julie Morey, spent six years interviewing 100 Korean adoptees from around the world. This stunning Audible Original is comprised of 15 first-person accounts....

ACO's Our Adoption Stories podcast shares stories about adoption and permanency from the experiences/voices of individuals living these journeys. By bringing together people impacted by adoption and permanency and providing a platform to share their stories, we hope to create a better understanding of adoption and its impacts. Others on adoption and permanency journeys and those who walk with them in their lives may be interested in these stories. The ACO also hopes to create more understanding of adoption within the broader community in the hope that, as a society, we can hear voices and ...

Many adoptive, foster, stepmoms, and grandmothers are suffering in silence. No one in the world of adoption is giving them the tools for recovery. No one is teaching them how to handle adoptee pushback and rejection. No one is wrapping arms around them and praying when all they can do is cry.When moms realize the unknown depth of their child’s trauma, a common reaction is self-doubt. If she doesn’t know what happened, how can she find words to help her child process it? It’s terrifying, like climbing Everest without ropes.She's so self-doubting that she almost always concludes that she ...

A practical, integrated approach for therapists working with child and adult patients impacted by developmental trauma and attachment difficulties—featuring a foreword by Waking the Tiger author, Peter Levine. Kathy L. Kain and Stephen J. Terrell draw on fifty years of their combined clinical...

In the early 1960s, the head of a prominent New York City Child Development Center and a psychiatrist from Columbia University launched a study designed to track the development of twins and triplets given up for adoption and raised by different families. The controversial and disturbing catch? None of the adoptive parents had been told that they were raising a twin - the study's investigators insisted that the separation be kept secret.

Renowned child-development expert Dr. Karyn Purvis gives you practical advice and powerful tools you can use to encourage secure attachment in your family. You will benefit from Karyn’s decades of clinical research and real-world experience. Coauthor Lisa Qualls demonstrates how you can successfully implement these strategies in your home, just as she did in hers. You will learn how to simplify your approach using scripts, nurture your child, combat chronic fear, teach respect, and develop other valuable tools to facilitate a healing connection with your child.

Das Buch ist ein Wegweiser und gleichzeitig ein Mutmacher für Frauen mit unerfülltem Kinderwunsch, die neue Strategien, Perspektiven und Sichtweisen gewinnen möchten, nach anderen Wegen und Möglichkeiten suchen oder sich eventuell im Leben neu orientieren möchten. Das Buch beinhaltet nicht nur die persönlichen Erfahrungen der Autorin, sondern auch viele Erkenntnisse aus ihrem Wirken als Kinderwunschberaterin und Paartherapeutin.

Adoption is complex. It can be filled with joy, but it also comes with challenges, questions, and moments of uncertainty. This podcast is a place to explore all sides of adoption with honesty and compassion. Whether you’re an adoptee, an adoptive parent, a birth parent, or simply someone interested in learning more, we share real stories and expert insights to help you better understand the impact adoption has on individuals and families. Together, we’ll navigate the complexities of adoption with openness and understanding.

Voices of Adoption amplifies authentic stories from across the adoption triad - birth parents, adoptees, and adoptive families - along with adoption service providers. Host Donna Pope, Executive Director of Heart To Heart Adoptions and Clinical Mental Health Counselor and her co-host Nathan Gwilliam, founder & former CEO of Adoption.com, create a safe space for honest conversations about the complexities of adoption. Birth parents share their journeys of love, loss, and healing. Adoptees discuss identity, belonging, and their lived experiences. Adoptive families open up about challenges and ...

Parenting through adoption, foster care, or kinship placement brings deep joy—and real challenges. We’re here to talk about all of it—the hard, the heartwarming, and everything in between. Beneath the branches, we make space for real conversations, shared stories, and the kind of community that gets it. Together, we’ll normalize the struggles, celebrate the small wins, and hold space for the messy, beautiful work of building connection in adoptive, foster and kinship families. This podcast features sponsored by Show Hope (www.showhope.org). Learn more: www.adoptionfosterclinic.org/...

Healing isn't possible, though, without first uncovering the hurts—starting with adoption's central players: adoptees, who are so often in pain, suffering from what the latest brain science validates as the long-term emotional effects of separation trauma. By encouraging others to vulnerably share their stories, the authors discover that adoptees aren't the only ones in the adoption constellation who are hurting. Birth parents regularly shut down after being shut out by adoptive parents.

Bienvenue dans Adoption : Graines d’amour, le podcast qui explore en profondeur les histoires bouleversantes et lumineuses autour de l’adoption, de l’amour, et du lien à l’enfant. Je suis Hélène LALOUX : conférencière, formatrice, éducatrice spécialisée, coach… mais avant tout, une femme adoptée, et une maman comblée de deux magnifiques enfants de 6 et 12 ans. Mon histoire commence à plus de 7000 kilomètres d’ici, en Inde, où j’ai vu le jour avant d’être adoptée à l’âge de 16 mois par une famille du Nord de la France. Ce voyage entre deux mondes m’a menée ...

Adoption in Focus will discuss subjects including therapeutic parenting, the adoption process, going to panel, adopting older children, and adopting as a same sex couple. We'd love to hear from you if there are any topics you'd like to hear us discuss or even if you'd like to get involved and share your own experiences.

In this groundbreaking book, adoption advocates Betsy S. Kylstra, Lisa C. Qualls, and Jodi Jackson Tucker-an adoptee, a birth mother, and an adoptive mother-reveal that adoption is rooted in both loss and redemptive victory. And healing is needed by all in the adoption triad-adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents-to experience restoration and wholeness.

Education in Focus is our brand new podcast looking at all things education. Our training manager Leigh is joined by our two education experts Jason and Lisa. Each episode discusses a new topic based around education and issues our adopted children might face. We really hope you enjoy the episodes.

Häng med in i ämnet adoption; alltifrån processer och lagstiftning till inspirerande personporträtt och hur adoption upplevs av olika individer.Vi djupdyker i breda ämnen som engagerar och utbildar och kanske blir en ögonöppnare för någon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Delve into the profound layers of the adoptee experience, where the quest for identity meets the heart's deepest yearnings. For many, the word "adoption" signifies love and compassion, but for Jeremy Miller, an adoptee, it meant navigating a maze of emotions, from longing to belonging. As a child, he felt the invisible divide — a gap between the love he received from his adoptive family and the mysterious love of a birth family he had yet to meet. It wasn’t until 32 that he truly understood this, upon meeting his biological family. Jeremy’s perspective is uniquely dual-sided: not only ...

🎙️ Lueurs d’adoption, c’est le podcast qui illumine le quotidien de l’adoption. Pensé pour les personnes adoptées en quête de sens, de clarté et d’apaisement, ce podcast propose à chaque épisode une lueur : une idée, une émotion, une piste de réflexion pour avancer. 🌱 Ici, on parle d'identité adoptée, de blessures d’abandon, de racines, de racisme intrafamilial, de résilience et de reconstruction. Mais toujours avec douceur, espoir, et la volonté de transformer les zones d’ombre en lumière. Ce podcast est collaboratif : chaque voix compte. Les récits ...