041 – I’ve Finally Gotten Myself To A Sense Of Peace
After two years in foster care, Janet was adopted into the foster family. An interracial woman, she grew up in a white midwestern community in Ohio. Janet recalls the love she felt from her family and...
7 Sep 202448min
122 – Deep Rooted Issues Of Shame And Guilt
John called me from Charlotte, NC, but his story starts in Ontario Canada. He shares how he grew up in a strict home and how even though he was mischievous, he didn’t think his actions warranted his u...
31 Aug 202454min
138 - She Never Thought She Would See Me Again
Marilyn called me from Southeast Tennessee. When she met her natural mother, she finally learned the story of what the woman had been through as the pieces of 50 years of history returned to her memor...
24 Aug 202434min
124 – I Didn’t Do Anything To Him
Gayla called me, with her best friend Lisa, from Georgia. Gayla said she was loved so much by her adopted parents that you never would have known she was an adoptee. When she found her biological moth...
17 Aug 202447min
087 – A Journey To Find Out Where I Came From
When he was a kid, Bill saw clues here and there that he was adopted, but no one ever actually said it. It wasn’t until he called an uncle he’d never met before that the truth was revealed, turning Bi...
10 Aug 202443min
137 – Searching For Mom
Sara, from Seattle, Washington, was an over achiever adoptee who was secretly struggling and going off the rails. She intentionally avoided babies until her sister gave birth.. and having kids of her ...
3 Aug 20241h 7min
104 – You’re Obviously One Of Us
Karen is from Stratford, Ontario, Canada. She shares her story of growing up a woman of color who stood out in her family and community.Locating her birth mother she found little connection and a bit ...
27 Jul 202449min
114 – My Two Moms
Wendy, from Massachussetts, was adopted through Louise Wise, an agency with a notorious reputation. Separately, the tragic murder of Lisa Steinberg triggered her adoptive mother to give Wendy open per...
20 Jul 202440min
