Melissa From Adoptee Thoughts

Welcome to the Colombian Influence Book Club! We are diving into chapter 12 of The Primal Wound: Reunions as a Means of Healing the Adoption Triad, written by Nancy Verrier. Chapter 12 sparks the conv...

21 Feb 202251min

Welcome to the Colombian Influence Book Club! We are diving into chapter 11 of The Primal Wound: Adopting Older Children, written by Nancy Verrier. Chapter 11 sparks the conversation surrounding the d...

11 Feb 20220s

We are so excited to be in our third season! Hard to believe how far we've come. This Bonus episode gives a fun wrap on the first two seasons and what we're hoping for the third. We can't wait to dive...

9 Feb 202227min

Welcome to season 3, with Colombian Influence! This season we will be focusing more on our personal journeys through adoption. In this interview, we spoke with Erika's adoptive brother Dylan. He is a ...

19 Jan 20220s

This was an extremely valuable conversation for us to share with Darwin. We talked about dynamics growing up as Colombians in white households, feeling "enough" to be Colombian, what that even means, ...

28 Dec 20211h 4min

Today's conversation is with Amanda McKinstry-- the voice, creator, and adoptee advocate for Black Girl White Family. She has not only had her own journey and struggles as a transracial adoptee, but h...

22 Dec 20211h 27min

Welcome to the Colombian Influence Book Club! We are diving into chapter 10 of The Primal Wound: The New Family, written by Nancy Verrier. Chapter 10 sparks the conversation surrounding the stages ado...

14 Dec 202149min

Today we are joined by Mariela Andersen, a fellow Colombian adoptee. She has been in reunion with her bio family since the age of 22. During this process, she kept a journal, which later she published...

7 Dec 202158min