Adoptees On

Lesli A. Johnson, MFT talks with us about what "coming out of the fog" means. We cover how adoptees, first parents, and adoptive parents can all experience this. Lesli and I also discuss how to move t...

24 Nov 201726min

Today I welcome Julian Kelly to share her story. Julian and I talk about her search for identity, what she's done to build stronger attachments in adulthood and how her music and songwriting allow her...

17 Nov 201753min

Meet Laura Callen, the founder of the Adoption Museum Project. Laura gives the most vivid recounting of a triggering situation that only another adopted person could understand and we talk about that ...

10 Nov 201759min

Today I welcome Kristen Garaffo to share her story. Kristen discovered adoption had a deeper impact on her life than she originally realized. She shares some incredible moments of clarity she's had al...

3 Nov 201742min

Meet Gareth Price, a magical realism artist from New Zealand. We talk a lot about what being an adoptee feels like and the accompanying anger that Gareth tells me he's dealt with all his life. Gareth ...

27 Okt 20171h 1min

Shannon Peck, a conceptual artist, shares her story. Adopted at 11 days old, she had an "idyllic childhood" and yet something was amiss in her life. In her forties, Shannon discovered attachment theor...

20 Okt 201756min

This is a special episode where I bring you some recordings I made when attending the Concerned United Birthparents Retreat in Carlsbad, CA. I talked with adoptees, first mothers, and a grandmother of...

13 Okt 201727min

Today we discuss what happens when you search for your origins and find out you're too late. Tracy also shares some painful stories about what her childhood experience of growing up with a narcissisti...

29 Sep 201751min