Mind Your Own Karma–The Adoption Chronicles Podcast educates listeners on the realities of adoption through the stories of adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents. We delve into their journeys, exploring identity, the emotional impacts of adoption, and the complexities that are involved when a child is removed from their biology. We also tackle tough topics like transracial adoption and adoption ethics, featuring experts and advocates. By sharing these diverse perspectives we hope to n ...
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Unraveling Adoption, hosted by adoptive parent Beth Syverson, is a safe space to delve into adoption's complexities together.
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Adoption and Suicidality with Joey Nakao, Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao, Bruce Porth, Janell Strube, Laura L. Engel, Lorraine Dusky, Terri Dreismeier, and Melissa Brunetti - Ep 158
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Adoption and Suicidality with Joey Nakao, Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao, Bruce Porth, Janell Strube, Laura L. Engel, Lorraine Dusky, Terri Dreismeier, and Melissa Brunetti - Ep 158 "Despite working hard on a daily or moment-to-moment basis to stay alive, the poem revealed a thin thread of hope that by turning toward and befriending my pain, I might just …
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S3E36 -ADOPTEE, ADOPTIVE MOM AND BIRTH MOTHER: ASHLEY ALLEC TOWNE
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Ashley is an adoptee, birth mother, and an adoptive parent.After going through foster care and being adopted by a Baptist family at the age of 4, she saw a lot of trauma in many forms. She was surrounded by adoptees and always knew adoption was special, so when she found out she was pregnant, she knew that adoption was the only answer. While there …
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Shedding Light on Children of Priests with Brendan Watkins - Ep 161
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"The Church, of course, is doing everything it can to silence victims." - Brendan Watkins EPISODE SUMMARY: In this episode of Unraveling Adoption, the host, Beth Syverson, interviews Brendan Watkins, an Australian adoptee who shares his emotional journey of discovering his origin story filled with religious intrigue. Brendan found out that his birt…
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S3E35 - ADOPTEE FINDS PURPOSE IN THE PAIN, SUPPORTS AND INSPIRES OTHERS WITH TRAUMA: TIM PERDION SHARES HIS STORY
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Tim Perdion was born Thomas Griffin Demchak on March 1,1969. Placed in the care of an adoption agency shortly after birth, he was adopted by his loving parents on April 28, 1969. Despite growing up in a seemingly perfect adoptive family, Tim wrestled with deep-seated feelings of anger, depression, and anxiety—a struggle that persisted into adulthoo…
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Homeschooling Complexities for Adopted Children with Rae (Adoptee Reclaimed) - Ep 160
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"I never learned the word stress until I was 14 years old. And I can guarantee you I was very stressed well before the age of 14." -- Rae =============== 📘 Order our book Adoption and Suicidality: https://www.amazon.com/Adoption-Suicidality-Healthcare-Professionals-Unraveling/dp/B0DCBCTSLL 📆 Community Calendar: UnravelingAdoption.com/Calendar ✨Heal…
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S3E34 - CANDACE CAHILL, "GOODBYE AGAIN," ON LOSING HER BIRTH SON TWICE: AUTHOR, FIRST MOTHER, PARK RANGER
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Candace Cahill is a first mother, late discovery step-adoptee, and the author of Goodbye Again, a memoir detailing her experience of losing her son twice.Candace is a modern-day Renaissance Woman and works seasonally as an Interpretive Park Ranger in Denali National Park & Preserve. Connect with Candace: Website: https://candacecahill.com/ Book “…
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The Stolen Legacy of Indigenous Adoption with Pete Patton - Ep 159
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"I really want to focus on the collective nature of being stolen, because it wasn't just me. It was the vast majority of Native adoptees." -- Pete Patton Episode Summary: In this episode of Unraveling Adoption, co-hosted by Beth Syverson and her son Joey, they interview Pete Patton,LCSW, an Indigenous Inuit adoptee who shares his experiences of bei…
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S3E33 - STEPHEN ROWLEY, PhD, ADOPTEE, SHARES HOW A LIFE CHANGING EVENT GAVE HIM THE GIFT OF HEALING AND ENLIGHTENMENT
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Stephen was born to a single mother at The Willows Maternity Sanitarium in Kansas City, Missouri in 1949. Kansas City was the hub of adoption in America for over four decades, and some 30,000 babies were born here over those decades. Stephen was later adopted by his parents six months later in Iowa. He always knew of his adoption but at age 13, he …
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S3E32 - ABOLISHING ADOPTION: ADOPTEE & ADVOCATE BRAD MIELE
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Brad is a Gen-X adoptee from the baby scoop era who grew up in New Jersey in the '70s and '80s. His adopters were wealthy, and his experience as a young child was great. However, he went on to experience many negative life events as a result of unresolved maternal separation trauma, and it wasn’t until 10 years ago that he connected the dots and st…
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Rituals and Relationships in Adoption Reunion with Elizabeth Barbour - Ep 157
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"I think my mom, my adoptive mom, was probably scared that she was going to lose me to my birth family." -- Elizabeth Barbour EPISODE SUMMARY: In this episode of Unraveling Adoption, host Beth Syverson interviews guest Elizabeth Barbour, an adoptee who has been in reunion with her birth parents and 11 siblings since 1999. Elizabeth shares her perso…
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S3E31 ELIZABETH BARBOUR: ADOPTEE, ADOPTIVE MOM, LIFE COACH & AUTHOR of SACRED CELEBRATIONS
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Elizabeth is both a reunited adoptee and an adoptive mother. Since 2000, Elizabeth Barbour has coached thousands of women to find their way back to solid ground when life gets chaotic and overwhelming. Elizabeth intimately understands the twists and turns of life’s transitions, having weathered the pain of divorce, the deaths of her parents, emotio…
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Understanding The Foster Care to Prison Pipeline with Desmond DeRoo and Sara DeRoo - Ep 156
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“Love is the biggest and best thing that she did — unconditional love." Desmond DeRoo EPISODE SUMMARY: In this episode of the podcast, I had the privilege of speaking with Desmond DeRoo, a 30-year-old currently serving his second prison term in Michigan. Desmond, who was adopted by Sarah DeRoo at the age of five after being in the foster care syste…
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S3E30 AUTHOR & ADOPTEE KEN DeSTEFANO SHARES HIS STORY WITH MYOK
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Ken DeStefano is an attorney living in New York, who is also a domestic adoptee that was born in the late 1960s. He was raised in a caring and loving home. As an adoptee, he has had a largely happy life, but always wondered about the unknown. That curiosity led to a search for his own birth mother and a reunification with her. His debut novel, I Wi…
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The Impact of Colonization on an Inuit Greenlander Adoptee in Denmark with Kâlánguak Absalonsen - Ep 155
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"We have only ourselves. And when I'm thinking about that, I'm thinking how strong we are. Because we have survived and still live and still create and still talk about our history." -- Kâlánguak Absalonsen Episode Summary: In this episode of Unraveling Adoption, I had the privilege of speaking with Kâlánguak Absalonsen, an adopted person from Gree…
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S3E29 DR. LIZ DeBETTA, MIGRATING TOWARD WHOLENESS THROUGH the CREATIVE PROCESS
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Welcome Liz DeBetta to the podcast! Dr. Liz DeBetta, creator of Migrating Toward Wholeness© is an adoptee and independent scholar-artist-activist committed to changing systems and helping people navigate trauma through creative processes. She believes that stories are powerful change agents and when we write them and share them we connect and heal.…
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Finding Meaning in Adversity with Stephen Rowley - Ep 154
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"The experience of being stuck is a pretty good place to be, I think, a lot of times in therapy and life." - Stephen Rowley Podcast Episode Synopsis: In this episode of Unraveling Adoption, I had the pleasure of speaking with Stephen Rowley, a school administrator, college professor, and psychotherapist who shared his fascinating journey of adoptio…
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S3E28 - EATING DISORDERS & ADOPTEES: DIETICIAN AND ADOPTEE REBECCA BERG
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Rebecca Berg, MS, RDN (she/her/hers) is a Los Angeles-based Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and adoptee who specializes in eating disorders, mental health, and body image! She is passionate about helping adoptees learn how to connect to and care for their bodies. Alongside you, she gently explores food and body coping mechanisms with curiosity an…
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Unraveling Adoption Update: New Book Launch and Other Collaborations with Beth Syverson - Ep 153
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Podcast Episode Synopsis: In this episode of Unraveling Adoption, I, Beth Syverson, provide a detailed update on the latest happenings within the Unraveling Adoption community. As an adoptive mom to my son Joey, we are dedicated to delving into the complexities of adoption and providing support to those impacted by adoption. Book Launch Announcemen…
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S3E27 - JENNIFER BULJAN, INTERNATIONAL ADOPTEE, TALKS SURRENDER AND HEALING THROUGH SOUND THERAPY
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Jennifer is an adoptee and an Arizona-based Sound Healer originally from Queens, New York, and was born in Croatia. She is now living in reunion with most of her birth family, with the exception of her birthmother that died 3 years ago before they could meet. Jennifer’s background is in social work, and she found sound therapy quite by accident on …
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Insights from Plant Medicine for the Adoption Constellation with Mee Ok Icaro and Leslie Pate Mackinnon - Ep 152
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“Psychedelics can offer a portal to other consciousnesses and open spaces beyond our regular reality.” -- Mee Ok Icaro (adoptee) “Psychedelics can be a powerful tool for deep work and accessing feelings”. - Leslie Pate Mackinnon (birth mom) “Psychedelics can lead to transformative experiences, dividing life into before and after the journey.” -- Be…
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S3E26 - EMPOWERING ADOPTEES WITH AUTHOR OF LET US BE GREATER MICHELLE MADRID: HEALING, ADVOCACY, AND PERSONAL TRIUMPH
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Michelle Madrid is the author of Let Us Be Greater: AGentle, Guided Path to Healing for Adoptees and host of the Electricity of You Podcast. She is an international adoptee, former foster child in the UK, and an adoptee empowerment life coach who has been recognized as an Angels in Adoption® Honoree by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Instit…
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Pride and Resilience: A Transgender Adoptee's Path with Sanjay Pulver - Ep 151
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"Being trans was not in my product description, and my 30-day money-back guarantee return policy has long since expired." -- Sanjay Pulver Read the transcript here: https://app.swellai.com/t/tp_01J0SD1AHPJ1FJB1CNPPBS59TC Episode Synopsis In this episode of Unraveling Adoption, I had the privilege of hosting Sanjay Pulver, a transracial intercountry…
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S3E25 - MEET JETONA SMITH MILBY, 'THE TRAVELING THERAPIST' & ADOPTIVE MOM
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Jetona Smith Milby is a Kentucky Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has been practicing for 16 years. Going by the moniker of “Jet” or “The Traveling Therapist”, she enjoys *surprise surprise* traveling, animals, nature, dancing, reading, music, and astrology. Professionally, Jet works with individuals, couples, groups, and families- provid…
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A Deep Dive into Adoption History and Motherhood with Rebecca Wellington - Ep 150
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"I think it's really important at this moment for us in our society to understand that we collectively and continuously, in every little micro level ways and macro level ways, differentially value mothers in America, and we are still making decisions that are rooted in really bigoted assumptions, that are rooted in racism." -- Rebecca Wellington Re…
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S3E24 - ANITA MOMODU of UDOMOM, COUNSELOR, DOULA AND ADOPTIVE MOM
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Anita is an adoptive parent and is a passionate advocate forredefining parenthood, self-care, and mental health. As the owner of Udomom, she dedicates herself to supporting families during their journey to and through parenthood. Anita cultivates conversations around topics oftensilenced. Her mantra, 'I am human,' reflects her belief in embracing i…
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Chasing the Buzz: A Foundling's Quest for Identity with Ryan Anderson - Ep 149
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"I'm just enjoying the journey. What happens when the journey is over? Then what? So I'm just chasing the buzz." - Ryan Anderson Read the transcript; or read along while listening, if you have trouble udnerstanding Ryan's lovely Scottish accent: https://app.swellai.com/t/tp_01HZTEF176BBAYC769S710N7JB Podcast Episode Synopsis: In this episode of Unr…
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S3E23 - ROOTS UNCOVERED: ADOPTEE RUSSELL GIRTEN'S JOURNEY FROM ADOPTION TO ADVOCACY
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This story may not be for everyone! Russell Girten is an adoptee whose birth certificate was issued 9 days after he was born. He first was told that he was adopted at age 23, and when he began to tell his family and friends he was adopted, the common response was “I’m so glad they finally told him!” Russell didn’t have a strong desire to meet his b…
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Behind the Scenes of Because She's Adopted: A Filmmaker's Journey with Kristal Parke - Ep 148
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"I truly felt the weight of the world telling the story. I felt like it was a great responsibility, but I had to do it." -- Kristal Parke Read the transcript here: https://app.swellai.com/t/tp_01HZE3F00W8S92RJM8N2F3METT EPISODE SUMMARY: In this episode of Unraveling Adoption, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kristal Parke, an adoptee and filmmake…
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S3E22 - FINDING INFORMATION ON BIOLOGICAL FAMILY THROUGH YOUR OWN MEDICAL CHART, WITH DANIELLE BRUESCH
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Welcome to the podcast! Meet Danielle Bruesch. Danielle was born July of 1968 in Reno, NV. She was in foster care for 4 months before being placed with her adoptive parents in Las Vegas NV. She grew up knowing she was adopted and was told she was chosen and special. At age 25, she accidentally found some identifying information in some medical reco…
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The Impact of Divorce on Adopted Children with Jane Spreckley - Ep 147
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“I didn't want to lose them. I loved them both and I thought, it's hard to think about your life separated. I guess now knowing all that I know about being separated from the first person that I was supposed to be with, you know, I just never wanted to be separated from either one of them.” -- Jane Spreckley Episode Summary: In this episode of Unra…
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S3E21 - ADOPTIVE PARENT AND COACH ANGIE GRANDT — PARENTING THROUGH CHALLENGES
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Due to the enduring emotional fallout that can be part of adoption, I highly support the gentle healing of Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® (SMGI). For more information on this groundbreaking and highly successful method, go to https://www.SomaticHealingJourneys.com MY GUEST: Angie Grandt is an adoptive mom and mindset coach who is passiona…
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Wrestling with Social Anxiety as an Adoptee with Tammy Murphy - Ep 146
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“I have a hard time believing in love, that love just really exists, that you can love somebody. Then I feel like I have a hard time loving men and stuff, so I wouldn't want them to get hurt if they ever felt like I didn't love them.” - Tammy Murphy Episode Summary: In this episode of Unraveling Adoption, I had the privilege of speaking with Tammy …
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S3E20 - ADOPTEE, ENERGY INTUITIVE & NATURAL MEDICINE PhD, DOCTOR OR — ENHANCED AUDIO
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Due to the LONG-LASTING EMOTIONAL FALLOUT that can be part of adoption, I highly support the GENTLE HEALING SUPPORT of SMGI: Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery. For more information on this groundbreaking and highly successful method, go to https://www.somatichealingjourneys.com Dr. Or entered the world of energy medicine at 18 as…
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S3E20 - ADOPTEE DR. OR, NATURAL MEDICINE PhD and ENERGY INTUITIVE — VIDEO
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Due to the LONG-LASTING EMOTIONAL FALLOUT that can be part of adoption, I highly support the GENTLE HEALING SUPPORT of SMGI: Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery. For more information on this groundbreaking and highly successful method, go to https://www.somatichealingjourneys.com Dr. Or entered the world of energy medicine at 18 …
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Nurturing Hope: A Recovery Update with Joey Nakao - Ep 145
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"I'm in a great place, not just physically, but emotionally and mentally." -- Joey Nakao Podcast Episode Synopsis: In this heartfelt episode of Unraveling Adoption, host Beth Syverson welcomes her son, Joey, back to the podcast after a five-month hiatus. Joey, a courageous 20-year-old in recovery from addiction, shares his journey of sobriety and s…
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S3E19 - SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY EPISODE! NAVIAGATING FEELINGS ABOUT MOTHERS. DONNA, TRANSRACIAL ADOPTEE FROM UK RETURNS TO THE SHOW
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Due to the enduring EMOTIONAL FALLOUT that can be part of adoption, I highly support the GENTLE HEALING experience of SMGI: Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery. For more information on this groundbreaking and highly successful method, go to https://www.somatichealingjourneys.com Donna is a transracial adoptee, born in the UK and…
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Finding Her Beat: Healing and Identity Through Taiko with Jennifer Weir - Ep 144
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"Taiko drumming is a wonderful way to release lots of negative energy and have it transformed into positive energy. " -- Jennifer Weir Podcast Episode Synopsis: In this episode of Unraveling Adoption, host Beth Syverson welcomes guest Jennifer Weir, a Korean adoptee who connected with her Asian identity through Taiko drumming. Jennifer shares her j…
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S3E18 - MIRANDA BARKER, ADOPTION-INFORMED THERAPIST, ADOPTIVE SIBLING, ADOPTIVE PARENT! WHAT A GREAT PERSPECTIVE... I LOVED THIS INTERVIEW
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Check out this interview! She ticks all the boxes! Visit mindyourownkarma.com/podcast to listen to all the episodes. Miranda Barker, MSW LICSW, is an adoptive parent, an adoptive sibling, and a therapist. She has experienced working as an expectant parent counselor, child protection investigator and now as a therapist specializing in seeing clients…
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Codependency in the Adoption Constellation with Jonathan Newbern - Ep 143
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"...when you're walking around with a sense of loss, or you feel like your first mother or first family don't want you, there's two ways you go about this. Either A, you're going to get really enmeshed and get real clingy because you don't want to lose. Or B, you get this detachment, and as adoptees and groups sometimes say, ‘I'm going to leave you…
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S3E17 - PART 2: MONIQUE PANGARI, ADOPTEE & TRAUMA PSYCHOTHERAPIST TALKS ABOUT ADOPTION TRAUMA TREATMENTS
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Monique Pangari was born in Australia in 1972 at the height of the ‘Forced Adoption Era.’ Relinquished at birth and adopted at 6 weeks of age, she grew up in a family with two older adopted siblings. As a result of this complex experience, along with the rollercoaster of FOUR ‘search and reunion’ journeys,early pregnancy and parenting, and now estr…
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Sexuality in Adoption: Insights from a Transracial Adoptee and Sex Therapist with Anna Linde - Ep 142
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Sexuality and Adoption: Insights from a Transracial Adoptee and Sex Therapist "For me, sexual and reproductive health or our sexuality is so connected with attraction, with attachment style, with self-esteem, with the wish for connecting and creating long-term bonds." -- Anna Linde Read the transcript: https://app.swellai.com/t/tp_01HVN38Q94D5ZXH9G…
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S3E16 - MONIQUE PANGARI, ADOPTEE & CERTIFIED TRAUMA PSYCHOTHERAPIST DISCUSSES HER ADOPTION JOURNEY
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Monique Pangari was born in Australia in 1972 at the height of the ‘Forced Adoption Era.’ Relinquished at birth and adopted at 6 weeks of age, she grew up in a family with two older adopted siblings. As a result of this complex experience, along with the rollercoaster of FOUR ‘search and reunion’ journeys,early pregnancy and parenting, and now estr…
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Solving the Genetic Puzzle of Health Issues in Adoptees with Jeremy - Ep 141
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"I hate when people say that my life should be a movie. Can we just ban that phrase?" - Jeremy Read the transcript here: https://app.swellai.com/t/tp_01HV5M7AN2D7GP4H2P1NBVSNMQ Episode Summary: In this episode of Unraveling Adoption, host Beth Syverson delves into the complexities of adoption alongside her guest, Jeremy, a 24-year-old adopted perso…
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S3E15 - ADOPTEE JENNIFER D. GHOSTON OF "ONCE UPON A TIME...IN ADOPTEELAND" PODCAST IS HERE & SHARES HER STORY!
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Jennifer Dyan Ghoston is a same-race domestic adoptee inreunion with both sides of her biological family. After a 27-year career in law enforcement with the Chicago Police Department, she retired in 2014 as a police detective. In 2015, she self-published her memoir, "The Truth So Far...A Detective's Journey to Reunite With Her Birth Family." She cr…
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Connecting with Ancestors for Healing with Helena Soholm, PhD - Ep 140
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"I want to normalize the practice of spirituality and ancestral rituals. They're a normal part of our lives." Helena Soholm, PhD Read the Transcript here: https://app.swellai.com/t/tp_01HTRHNP4AKM7DD2K35958K78A Episode Summary Beth Syverson, the host of the podcast Unraveling Adoption, welcomes Dr. Helena Soholm as a guest on the show. Dr. Soholm, …
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S3E14 - OPEN ADOPTION CHALLENGES — INTERVIEW WITH VERONIQUE CANNONTERRE
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I hope you'll join me for this conversation with Veronique. It's not often that I do interviews with adoptive parents, and maybe it's been my assumption that I know their stories already. Do you have assumptions about their stories, too? Veronique is an adoptive mother of a baby girl through an open adoption in 2021. She is originally from the Fren…
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Embracing Complex Identity: Insights from a Non-Binary Adoptee of Color with Anthony Lynch - Ep 139
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"I think everyone has had this experience of feeling like they're in two places or even more than that, but not quite enough of any." -- Anthony Lynch Read the Transcript: https://app.swellai.com/t/tp_01HSYYTTTDQ2QVDVHZ079SXA3E Episode Summary: Beth Syverson, the host of the podcast "Unraveling Adoption," welcomes Anthony Lynch, a 24-year-old non-b…
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S3E13 - IDENTICAL TWINS ADOPTED TOGETHER — THE ART OF FINDING YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD WITH JULIE RYAN MCGUE
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Julie Ryan McGue is an American writer, a domestic adoptee, and an identical twin. In her books, essays, and blogs, she explores the topics of finding out who you are, where you belong, and making sense of it. Her award-winning memoir, Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging, was released in May of 2021. Her work has appeared…
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Self-Realization through Memoir Writing with Monica Hall - Ep 138
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"I think that being an adoptee groomed me to relinquish my own child." -- Monica Hall Transcript of this episode: https://app.swellai.com/t/tp_01HSM5N1067HY39ZRSGK11MB5T Podcast Episode Synopsis: In this episode of Unraveling Adoption, host Beth Syverson welcomes guest Monica Hall, an adoptee and birth mother who has recently published her memoir t…
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S3E12 - JESSICA PEARSON, ADOPTEE: "TRAUMA TO TRIUMPH"
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Jessica Pearson was born in Billings MT in 1981. Her bio mother was a teenager who found herself pregnant, and with a family that wasn't interested in raising a baby and decided adoption was the best option for them. Jessica was the first private adoption in the state of Montana. She was raised by a medical doctor and stay-at-home mom, and it all s…
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