Melissa From Adoptee Thoughts

Welcome to the Colombian Influence Book Club! We are diving into chapter 4 of the Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child, written by Nancy Verrier. Today's discussion is all about grief, and th...

13 Touko 202142min

Welcome Maria & Megan to Colombian Influence! We had such an amazing conversation with these women, and talked through a verbal Venn diagram comparing and contrasting our experiences growing up as fou...

6 Touko 20211h 6min

Welcome to the Colombian Influence Book Club! We are diving into chapter 3 of the Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child, written by Nancy Verrier. Today's discussion is all about the break in ...

16 Huhti 202128min

Welcome to the Colombian Influence Book Club! We are diving into chapter 2 of the Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child, written by Nancy Verrier. Today's discussion is all about the missing b...

18 Maalis 20210s

Welcome to the Colombian Influence Book Club! We are diving into chapter 1 of the Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child, written by Nancy Verrier. Today we discuss birthdays, how adoptees shou...

11 Maalis 20210s

Today we discuss Kate's experience adopting her two sons from Haiti. This summer, after the murder of George Floyd, she took her kids to see the memorial and decided right then and there that her Blac...

25 Helmi 20211h 23min

Mariah's story of being a transracial adoptee growing up in suburban Minnesota is so extraordinary. Her family is an extremely unique puzzle that has come together as a multi-racial family with faith,...

11 Helmi 202154min

Welcome to Mary & Steven, Resa's parents! This interview has been in the works since Colombian Influence started, and we are so excited to finally hear about Resa's journey from Colombia to Minnesota....

28 Tammi 20211h 8min