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Adoptees On

The podcast where adoptees discuss the adoption experience. This is not the usual adoption talk. You will find real, raw, and deep feelings addressed in these interviews. No sugar-coating here! Come a... Read more

Ranked #1

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28 [Healing Series] Is Adoption Trauma?

28 [Healing Series] Is Adoption Trauma?

Is adoption really as traumatic as some people say it is? Lesli A. Johnson, MFT teaches us about what the word trauma me... Read more

19 May 2017

19mins

Ranked #2

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21 [S2 E4] Anne - Adoption Trauma Leaves a Wake

21 [S2 E4] Anne - Adoption Trauma Leaves a Wake

Anne Heffron (author of You Don’t Look Adopted) goes deep into all kinds of things in her story, including failures that... Read more

17 Mar 2017

53mins

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Ranked #3

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25 [Healing Series] Anger

25 [Healing Series] Anger

Pamela Cordano, MFT and I discuss anger. What is it and why are so many adoptees accused of being “angry adoptees”? We d... Read more

28 Apr 2017

56mins

Ranked #4

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64 [S4 E5] Jane - Genetic Sexual Attraction

64 [S4 E5] Jane - Genetic Sexual Attraction

Genetic Sexual Attraction (GSA) can be a controversial and uncomfortable subject to broach, but we are exploring the top... Read more

13 Apr 2018

50mins

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72 [S4 E10] Alice - Narcissism

72 [S4 E10] Alice - Narcissism

Alice shares her experiences of secrets in an in-family adoption and also how her recent reunion with her biological fat... Read more

8 Jun 2018

54mins

Ranked #6

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37 [S2 E12] Liz - Speaking Out

37 [S2 E12] Liz - Speaking Out

Liz Latty is a powerful writer, adoptee advocate, and activist. She shares her story with us and we talk a lot about reu... Read more

21 Jul 2017

58mins

Ranked #7

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39 [S2 E13] Jessenia: Adoptee Advocate

39 [S2 E13] Jessenia: Adoptee Advocate

Jessenia Parmer of I Am Adopted shares her incredible journey from being abandoned as a baby, her challenges within her ... Read more

4 Aug 2017

1hr 58mins

Ranked #8

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Revisiting Grief Part One

Revisiting Grief Part One

Today Janet Nordine, MS, LMFT teaches us all about grief. Perhaps some of the anger you’ve been experiencing is actually... Read more

28 Jun 2019

27mins

Ranked #9

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103 [Healing Series] Implicit Memory

103 [Healing Series] Implicit Memory

Why is it so important for adopted people to understand implicit memory? Dr. Julie Lopez returns to Adoptees On to teach... Read more

15 Mar 2019

33mins

Ranked #10

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80 [S4 E14] Marni and Karen

80 [S4 E14] Marni and Karen

Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group Today we are going to look at a reunion between... Read more

7 Sep 2018

56mins

Ranked #11

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71 [Healing Series] Romantic Relationships

71 [Healing Series] Romantic Relationships

Adoptees often struggle in intimate-partner relationships because we had our trust broken at a very early age. In this e... Read more

1 Jun 2018

32mins

Ranked #12

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41 [S3 E2] Derek - Reunion Brings Ghosts to Life

41 [S3 E2] Derek - Reunion Brings Ghosts to Life

Derek Frank tells his story about how the movie Philomena brought his desire, to know where he came from, to the surface... Read more

22 Sep 2017

1hr 37mins

Ranked #13

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97 [S5]: Sara-Jayne King

97 [S5]: Sara-Jayne King

Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group We are wrapping up the Adoptees On addiction se... Read more

1 Feb 2019

49mins

Ranked #14

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3 [S1 E3] Maeve

3 [S1 E3] Maeve

An interview with Maeve Kelly who shares her story of search and secondary rejection from her biological mother. We disc... Read more

1 Jul 2016

45mins

Ranked #15

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86 [S4 E18] I Call Her Mom

86 [S4 E18] I Call Her Mom

Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group Today Haley is getting very vulnerable with Lin... Read more

19 Oct 2018

1hr 17mins

Ranked #16

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125 Stephanie Tait

125 Stephanie Tait

Stephanie Tait shares her story of being adopted from foster care, her childhood growing up in a conservative evangelica... Read more

22 Nov 2019

1hr 6mins

Ranked #17

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128 Blake Gibbins

128 Blake Gibbins

Today the creator of Not Your Orphan is sharing their story with us, Blake Gibbins is here! Blake and I talk about what ... Read more

13 Dec 2019

57mins

Ranked #18

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58 [S4 Preview] Relationships - What's it like being married to an adoptee?

58 [S4 Preview] Relationships - What's it like being married to an adoptee?

I interview my husband Nick about what it’s like to be married to an adopted person. He shares quite candidly about what... Read more

23 Feb 2018

39mins

Ranked #19

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52 [S3 E12] Brian - Blank: A Journey in Search of Identity

52 [S3 E12] Brian - Blank: A Journey in Search of Identity

Brian Stanton shares his story of reuniting with his birth mother, how he decided to write a one-man-show about his expe... Read more

15 Dec 2017

1hr 9mins

Ranked #20

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96 [S5] Becca

96 [S5] Becca

Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group Today we continue on in the Adoptees On Addicti... Read more

25 Jan 2019

47mins

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