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Claiming Your VoiceSunny Day School: Children's Book or Blueprint?For fun Dr. Janeice Garrard authored a children's book with the help of a few other Korean adoptees in 2022. Generated through AI this this podcast discusses the book through a serious lens making societal connections that one may not have thought of at all
2026-01-2717 minClaiming Your VoiceThe Practice of Mindfulness: JoYi RhyssJoYi is the founder of The Practice Center, focused on the mindfulness of living life to its fullest! JoYi is a Korean adoptee who was left at an orphanage at the age of 8 and adopted to a family in Minnesota during the late 1970's. She was born to a Korean mother and a Black father and we talk on the topic of identity , abandonment, and loss. Through mindfulness work JoYi has found her own way of addressing such hard issues that life offers up. Take a listen to her amazing story of how the "practice" of living has brought...
2026-01-2652 minClaiming Your VoiceJim Graham Author of Buried TruthJim Graham was raised in a house on Arend Avenue in Buffalo New York, surrounded by people whom he believed were his family - minus the mother whom he saw for only a few days out of the year. Not until he was an adult did he learn that his real father was a Catholic Priest from the Order of Oblates. Jim is the author of the book - Buried Truth, available on Amazon. ISBN-13978-1665777933#BuriedTruth #CatholicPriest #SearchingforMyfather#Resiliance #SeeItThrough
2026-01-1946 minClaiming Your VoiceMarked By Adoption: Author and Speaker Wilson MunstermanIn this episode, Wilson talks about his adoption experience and the motivation behind his best selling book; Marked By Adoption. Abandoned in China and raised in Nebraska, Wilson is an advocate for adoptees and currently attending Creighton University.#Adoption #ChineseAdoptee #FindingPurpose #SpeakYourTruth #LiveYourLife #GivingThanks #LiveYourPurposehttps://www.markedbyadoption.com/
2026-01-1121 minClaiming Your VoiceTaelor: Adopted from Korea to the MidwestGuest Taelor Avery is a teacher in a mid sized Iowa city and is the mother to a middle schooler. As a baby, Taelor was adopted from South Korea and brought to the Midwest United States. In this episode, Taelor talks about her adoption story and the strong family ties she had with her parents.
2026-01-0531 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest AlmaLuz: Healing is a ChoiceAlmaLuz was born in Honduras and adopted to a family in the United States. Recently, she discovered she has a brother living in the South and will be reunited with her birth mother in-person! AlmaLuz has written and illustrated a children's book based on her early life in Honduras. She is an adoptee advocate as you will hear in her interview. You can purchase her book on Amazon!https://www.amazon.com/Maya-Before-Adoption-AlmaLuz-Sanchez#Adoption #HonduranAdoptee #Healingfromtrauma #HealingChoice
2025-12-1733 minClaiming Your VoiceDomestic Adoptee Mike Potratz: ChoosingMike was born in Seattle and adopted to a couple in Idaho in the late sixties. Raised as an only child, he encountered loneliness and the emotional unavailability of his parents. Listen to Mike's journey of finding self and how making choices of faith helped him cultivate a life of acceptance and gratitude. #Adoption #DomesticAdoptee #Faith #ChoosingFaith #Acceptance
2025-11-2425 minClaiming Your VoiceAbandoned with My Brother: Lori AglerLori Agler was abandoned at the age of two in South Korea alongside her four year old brother in October 1976. Adopted to a family in the United States, they were able to remain together. Listen to Lori's account of searching for her birth family and how her faith has been a firm foundation. #KoreanAdoptee #Faiththroughtrial #Birthfamily #Reunion
2025-11-1447 minClaiming Your Voice"Welcomed and Loved Through Grief": Guest Isaac EtterIn this episode, I talk with Isaac Etter who is the founder of Parenting Different. As a transracial adoptee growing up in a white family, Isaac realized a need for resources to help support such children and their families. Please listen to his inspiring story! https://www.flourishingfamiliessc.orghttps://www.parentingdifferent.com/tra#TransracialAdoption #Adoption #AdoptiveParents #AdoptionResources
2025-11-1141 minClaiming Your VoiceParticular Beautiful Things: Shae's Journey from Korea to AustraliaShae was adopted as an infant from South Korea to a family in Australia. In this episode we talk loss of birth family, identity, and hanging on to hope in dark times. The topic of suicide is mentioned in the beginning of the conversation. #Korean Adoption #BirthFamily #BirthFamilyReunion #Hope #Choosingyourpath
2025-11-1134 minClaiming Your VoiceComing Home to Self: Julie BrumleyGuest Julie Brumley joins me for a conversation about her adoption story. She talks about her journey of self discovery and true identity. Caution to listeners: subjects of abandonment and abortion. #Adoption #Identity #Birthmother #Adoptee #AbortionSurvivor #Adoptiveparentshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/theresilienceprojectforadoptees/?ref=share_group_link&rdid=VTXmzAT7RIDg33Fj&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2Fg%2F19jNHS7M99#https://www.cominghometoself.co/https://www.facebook.com/julierasbrum?mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=Y4LM884FyLfNU5To&share_url=https%3...
2025-10-2030 minClaiming Your VoiceAdoption Perspective Is Your Glass Half Empty or Half Full?Guest Stefani Stern is back to give an updated account of her perspective on the adoption experience that molded her character. She has been through the ups and downs of being an adoptee and the struggles of feeling not really belonging. In this episode Stefani shares how she was able to breakthrough to have a healthier mindset about her adoption journey.#Adoption #Gratitude #MeditationHealthyMind #Forgiveness #AdopteeAcceptance #AdultAdoptee
2025-10-0922 minClaiming Your VoiceEmma Stevens: Choosing to BreatheEmma Stevens is a journalist, author, and an adoptee. In this episode she talks about the launch of her new book and the journey to finding her authentic self. Emma a/k/a Linda also talks bout making healthy decisions to open up to creativity and joy and releasing negativity. #EmmaStevens #Adoption # Choosing to Breathe #AdoptionAuthor #Journeytobeinghuman #Truth #BirthFamily #AdoptiveFamily https://emmastevenswriter.com/https://emmastevenswriter.com/books/
2025-08-2725 minClaiming Your VoiceFinding Truth: Korean Adoptee Aimee Sue LadinAimee Sue Ladin was adopted from South Korea in 1972. Her relinquishment story was fabricated and she later learned the truth behind why she was given up for adoption. She shares about being reunited with her birth family and her thoughts on adoption. #Korean Adoption#Minnesota Korean Adoptee#International Adoption#Adoption Truth#Reuniting with birth family
2025-08-2226 minClaiming Your VoiceBaylie: College Tragedy, Life After Death, and ReincarnationAuthor, Shawnee Baker, shares about the tragic events that took her daughter while away at college. Baylie was a vibrant young lady who was in need of help during what was supposed to be a fun night out. She was picked up by two men who were suspected of trafficking and then left on her own to find her way back to campus. Listen to this gripping account of loss and the possibility that life after death really exists! Follow the link to Shawnee's book!https://a.co/d/jfqTSIh Link to Into...
2025-04-1534 minClaiming Your VoiceFinding My Adoption Truth: Kirsten MathisKirsten Mathis is a Korean Adoptee who shares her adoption story in this episode. She returned to Korea as a tourist to see her birth country and also was able to meet her birth mom. The reasons for relinquishment can be difficult and Kirsten talks about this topic and making her way through the complexities of adoption. She can be contacted through Facebook. #KoreanAdoption # Koreanbirthmom #Adoption #Findinggrace #Koreanadoptee #Koreanstory
2025-04-1330 minClaiming Your VoiceDNA Surprise Part II: J Steven OsborneIn this second part of J Steven Osborne's DNA discovery, he tells about finding his biological father and confronting his mother about the truth. If you are an adoptee, a donor conceived person, or someone with an NPE, please listen to the end to hear J Steven's coming to terms with his family truth and his impactful message.#DNAsurprise #familytruths #familysecrets #family #NPE #Adoptee #Donorconceived #findingforgiveness #misattributedparentage
2025-03-2528 minClaiming Your VoiceFamily DNA Shock: Guest, J Steven OsborneGrowing up in a large a very well blended family, J Steven Osborne somehow felt that something was off. As a young boy he asked his mother if he was adopted, but she assured him that she had birthed him and brought him home from the hospital. Curious about his heritage, he took a DNA test and the results were shocking. Take a listen to this interesting life journey and how he and the man he called dad shared no DNA.#Family hidden secrets #DNA # DNA Surprise #misattributed parentage #genetic mirrors
2025-03-1226 minClaiming Your VoiceDNA Surprises: Guest Kara Rubinstein DeyerinMy guest Kara Rubinstein was told that she was born of a black father by her white mother. Her DNA test held a surprise and led her organize the foundation Right to Know. Take a listen to her amazing life journey!
https://righttoknow.us
https://unexpectedlyjewish.com
Cinematic Roots
https://a.co/d/1ZYhqEL
What They Never Told Us, by Gail Lukasik (https://a.co/d/gTDzlEM)
DNA Blue Pring, Dr Robert Plomin (https://a.co/d/gjL6NIY)
Spellbound: Death & Betrayal in the South Pacific, about the murder of Kara's...
2025-01-1533 minClaiming Your VoiceTeri Dreismeier: Adoption Joy and LossTrigger Warning: The topic of suicide is discussed.
Teri Dreismeier and her husband adopted an 8 month old baby boy from South Korea in 2001. In 2023 her world was shattered when her husband received a phone call relaying that Adam/Jang Soo Ho had chosen to leave this earth. As part of her healing journey Teri is joining her voice with the voice of her son, Jang Soo Ho, to elevate awareness of adoption, suicide, and the sometimes unfortunate intersection of both.
#Korean Adoptee #Suicide Awareness #Mental Health #Get Help for Depression # Transracial Adoptee # Mothers for Suicide...
2024-09-1728 minClaiming Your VoiceFrom Russia to Canada: Raya's Journey Through Adoption Trauma to HealingRaya was born in 1989 in Ivanovo, Russia and lived with a great aunt who later sold her as an adoptee to a Canadian family. Her story is a novel of unbelievable experiences involving loss and finding peace.
#Adoption #RussianAdoptee #TraumaInformedCoach
#Adoptionjourney
2024-06-1333 minClaiming Your VoiceClairvoyant Abilities Revealed: Barbara HaywardBarbara Hayward shares her path to finding spirituality and listening to her people. In a future podcast we will delve into how she was able to reveal her clairvoyant abilities. We ran out of time to get to the real depth of the topic!
2024-05-1736 minClaiming Your Voice"I Feel Cultureless" Guest Sarah FretteSarah Frette is a conference speaker about transnational adoption. At 18 months she and three of her siblings were placed in a care center for children to be adopted out to America. Growing up in rural Iowa and having the physical looks of a Korean, Sarah felt as though she was without a culture.
2024-05-0330 minClaiming Your VoiceToo Brown to Keep: Author, Judy Fambrough-BillingsleyIn this episode guest author and educator, Judy Fambrough-Billingsley discusses her adoption as a German born "brown baby" born shortly after World War II. Born to a German-Jewish mother and an African American soldier, Judy was placed in Kinderheim with her sister. Her story is one that includes a piece of history that is not well known which involved the transnational adoption of "brown babies" from their native Germany to the United States.
https://www.amazon.com/Too-Brown-Keep-Forgiveness-Healing
#WorldWarII#Adoption#BrownBabyProject#Forgiveness#Peace#Finding Joy#Biracialadoptee
2024-04-0528 minClaiming Your VoiceSpeak with Seoul: Robert Holloway Korean Language InterpreterRobert Holloway is a Korean language interpreter who speaks at conferences, has worked with non-profits, government officials, and the legal system. Through his talent and gift for the Korean language, he offers an online class exclusive to Korean adoptees. This unique modality combines emotional healing to bring down the mental barriers that Korean adoptees may experience from keeping them to learn their birth language.
https://speakwithseoul.com/
#KoreanAdoptee#KoreanLanguageClass#LearnKorean
2024-03-2629 minClaiming Your VoiceMystic Masquerade: Guest Valerie Naiman's Search for Her Stolen IdentityValerie Naiman is the author of the #1 Best Selling Book Mystic Masquerade: An Adoptee's Search for Truth. Listen as Valerie shares about her adoption and her ongoing search for truth.
https://valerienaiman.com/
#Adoption#AdoptionTruth#AdoptionStories#Authors#SpiritualJourney#AwakeningtoTruth#Truth#Thriveon
2024-03-2429 minClaiming Your VoiceAuthor Monica Hall: Practically Still A Virgin
Monica Hall is the author of Practically Still A Virgin; her biography of adoption, relinquishment, and restoration. This is her first book.
#Adoption#Relinquishment#Findingfamily#Indigenousfamilyroots
2024-03-1830 minClaiming Your VoicePart Two with Dominique Gordon: Restoring Honor to My Korean FamilyIn this episode, Dominique Gordon continues her unique adoption story. She offers wise words for the younger generation of Korean adoptees. Listen and share this episode with other adoptees!
#KoreanAdoptee#familyhonor#adopteechallenges#postiveadoption#adopteestory#embraceyou
2024-03-1823 minClaiming Your VoiceAdoption to Restore Family Honor: Dominique's Story Part IDominique is a Korean Adoptee who shares her unique story of adoption to the US in the 1980's. With no English language, at the age of 12 she and her brother were sent to live in Hyannis Port, MA with a Portuguese adoptive mother. Take a listen to how her adoption came to be and the trauma she endured as a young child.
#KoreanAdoptee
2024-03-0625 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest William EppJoin me in this conversation with William Epp who was adopted from South Korea to the Midwest. William leads the Korean Adoptee Nebraska Facebook group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/22981708253
#KoreanAdoptees#NebraskaKoreanAdoptees#KoreanAdopteesSpecialNeeds#InnerStrength#FaithinGod
2024-02-1825 minClaiming Your VoiceBirth Trauma Exposed with Guest Jeanice BarceloJeanice Barcelo is a researcher, author, and advocate for humanity. In this interview Jeanice talks about how we are procreated and birthed can be traumatic experiences that impact our behavior, health, and human psyche. Learn more about Jeanice and her efforts to help humanity heal at
https://birthofanewearth.com/
#birthtrauma#healing#awareness#consciousness#awaken
#humanity#shiftingawareness
https://birthofanewearth.com/
2024-02-071h 02Claiming Your VoicePart II Discussion with Dr. Michelle HandwerkerDr. Michelle Handwerker and I continue our discussion about awareness, Mary Magdalene, and circle.
#spirituality #healing #enlightenment #humanawareness #divinefemine
2024-02-0724 minClaiming Your VoiceFinding the Pieces to the Puzzle: Guest Stefanie SternStefanie was adopted as an infant into a Jewish family. Her birth mother wanted her to be raised in a Jewish family. As she grew up, the once seemingly loving parents began to treat Stefanie differently than her brother who was the biological child. After years of emotional and mental abuse, Stefanie made the bold choice to set boundaries and to choose a path to wholeness.
#Adoption#JewishAdoption#BirthMother
2024-02-011h 14Claiming Your VoiceGuest Dr. Michelle Handwerker: Who Am I and Why Am I Here?This is part one of a two part episode. Dr. Handwerker shares her point of view concerning self-development of the soul and reaching our higher selves. Dr. Michelle Handwerker can be reached through the contact page of the organization she co-founded with her husband. The website is https://peacewk.org/
#souldevelopment #higherself #enlightenment #whyamIhere
#awareness #higherpresence
2024-01-1419 minClaiming Your VoiceSaralina Love: Celestial Mystical OperaSaralina Love is an international artist. Her many talents include author, musician, film soundtrack composer, TV/Radio producer and Host, speaker and workshop leader. Her unique vocal talent offers sound healing for greater consciousness. Please visit her website https://saralinalove.com/home
#soundhealing#awakening#consciousness#soulrejuvenation#divinesound#voiceofanangel#celestialmusic
2023-12-2031 minClaiming Your VoiceRoger Casanova of Casanova Design USARoger is the creator, designer, and founder of Casanova Design USA. After a career in corrections, he has embarked on an entrepreneurial journey. His line of street wear is making an impact across the nation and soon to be seen across the globe.
#entrepreneur #streetwear #hustlehard #design # jewelry #careerjourney #art # artistic
https://casanovadesignusa.com
https://facebook.com/CasanovaATX
instagram.com/casanovadesignusa
Instagram.com/hustlehard_usa
www.hustlehardusa.com
2023-11-1621 minClaiming Your VoiceSimon Benn the Creator of Thriving AdopteesSimon Benn is the creator of the podcast Thriving Adoptees. As an adult Simon confronted the issue of his adoption and went on a search to find happiness. Today he is the host of his own podcast to help other adoptees share their story and as he says, to "help each other home" .
https://www.thrivingadoptees.com/
#adoptees #adopteefog #adoption #simonbenn #awareness
2023-11-1433 minClaiming Your VoicePeople Pleasing: The Struggle is Real with Guest Karen DeBonisKaren DeBonis is a recovering people pleaser who has been able to overcome the inability to self-advocate for herself and for her family. Her journey to gaining the courage to speak out began when her son was experiencing a medical challenge. In her book Growth: A Mother, Her Son, and the Brain Tumor They Survived, Karen also talks about motherhood and realizing the struggles of caring for a newborn. Please listen to this episode about people pleasing and learning self-advocacy. If you know of someone or are that person, resources are listed below. #peoplepleasing #braintumor #self-advocacy
Website: www.k...
2023-10-3126 minClaiming Your VoiceClaire Shares Her Journey: Searching for Home to Finding EmpowermentClaire Magenheimer is a Korean born adoptee, who after years of feeling lost, decided to find a way to become unlost and empowered. Now, through her own healing journey, Claire wants to lead others to find empowerment through release of the past through somatic breathe work.
#Empowerment # Coach # SomaticBreathWork
You can message Claire at Claire@coachwithclaire.com
2023-10-0929 minClaiming Your VoiceFrom Moldova to Indiana: Transnational and Transgendered Adoptee; Guest Jacky HarnerJacky was adopted just shy of being two years old. Growing up with autism, ADHD, and a visual disability has not stopped this inspiring individual from being his own unique personality! Take a listen and hear what Jacky has to say to adoptees.
#Adopted #TransnationalAdoptee #TransgenderAdoptee #Autism
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2023-09-2718 minClaiming Your VoicePart 2 Guest Tammi VanBuskirkIn Part 2 of this interview, Tammi shares about her near death experience, choosing to live, and taking responsibilty for her choices to love. Listen to the end for a special performance of a cover song that Tammi recorded!
#Adoption #NearDeathExperience #Choosetolive
2023-08-2326 minClaiming Your VoicePart One: Guest Tammi Van Buskirk: Surviving to ThrivingTrigger Warning: This episode containes themes of alcohol abuse, surving child abuse, and suicidal thoughts.
Tammi VanBuskirk was adopted at age six months to a family already lacking stability. After her parents divorced, she was often left in the care of her maternal grandparents. Tami has lived through many challenges and shares her story of finding community in the Fireside Adoptee Facebook group. Thank you to the many leaders of Fireside who have provided a welcoming space for adopted persons seeking support.
#Adoptee #AlcoholAbuse #Survivor #Gifted #ChildAbuseSurvivor
2023-08-2233 minClaiming Your Voice100 Days Smart: Author Karin TrammIn her book, 100 Days Smart, Karin Tramm tells her account of teaching on a military base in Italy. When the Covid pandemic hit, she said goodbye to her Kindergarten students as they boarded the bus on a Friday. They were not able to see each other in person again. In her book she details how life was effected during the shutdown and how military families pulled together.
# Shutdown # Militaryschool #Militaryfamilies
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https://karintramm.com/
https://elvaresa.com/book/100-days-smart/
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2023-08-1325 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest Michele KriegmanMichele Kriegman is a domestic adoptee who later discovered that her birth father was Native American. She is an advocate for the rights of Native Americans to be able to keep their children. Michele is also an author and you can find her works on Amazon. Please visit change.org and sign the petition! Please share and subscribe to Claiming Your Voice.
https://www.change.org/p/keep-native-children-safe-native-pass-the-nj-indian-child-welfare-act?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=11df0180-e6c8-0130-b60c-38ac6f16d25f
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2023-07-2331 minClaiming Your VoicePart Two: Michael Park IngramThis is a continued conversation with Michael Park Ingram. In this episode we talk about the comfort women of Korea and their importance in the history of the country. Michael also shares about how he connected with his birth mother and biological siblings.
Please listen, share, and follow Claiming Your Voice!
#KoreanAdoptee #Koreancomfortwomen #KoreanQuarterly #Mixedraceadoptee #AfricanAmericanKoreanAdoptee
2023-07-2032 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest: Michael Park Ingram Part IMichael Park Ingram is an actor and film director. His most recent appearance was in the series "Pachinko". In this episode Michael shares his experience of being a mixed-race Korean adoptee raised in the United States. His visit to Korea helped him to embrace his identity and discover his birth family. We celebrate with Michael in his continued journey of sobriety.
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#Korean Adoptee # MixedRaceKorean #PachinkoActor #Film #FindingBirthFamily
2023-07-1934 minClaiming Your VoiceMy Brother Gary: Guest Kristi EikenesFormer guest Kristi Eikenes shares about her brother Gary Koch who was adopted at age four from South Korea. His journey to the United States began with the help of an Army Sgt.
Gary served as an officer with NYPD during 911 and later developed cancer due to contact with toxins released from the implosions. We thank Kristi for sharing his story.
#KoreaAdoptee #SouthKoreaAdoption #KoreanWarOrphan
2023-07-0528 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest Greg Gentry: Adoption StoryGreg Gentry is a domestic adoptee from the "baby scoop" era. He is an active member of online and in-person adoption communities. Greg talks about his personal journey of adoption, coming out of the "adoption fog", and being in reunion with family members. We also talk about the importance of open communication between the adopting parents and the adoptee.
#Adoption#BabyScoopEra#AdopteeConstellation#AdoptionPractices #AdoptionAdvocacy
2023-07-0331 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest Danielle GaudetteIn this episode Danielle Gaudette talks about her adoption journey, reuniting with her birth mother, and finding a pathway to healing. She is the author of
HealingTree: An Adoptee's Story About Hurting, Healing and Letting the Light Shine Through Paperback and Audiobook
Self-Mastery for Adoptees
To learn more please visit Danielle's website.
Healing Tree | Danielle GaudetteHealing Tree is the official website of Danielle Gaudette. www.daniellegaudette.com
#Adoption # Adoptee #Reunionbirthmom #Healing #Healinghurt #Selfmastery
2023-06-3025 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest: Kristi EikenesConsidered as a first wave adoptee from South Korea, Kristi shares her adoption story. Recently, she returned to her homeland for a visit and learned about the aged out orphans. Listen to this podcast to hear about this complex social problem in South Korea. https://lovebeyondtheorphanage.org/
#Korean Adoptee
#Adoption
2023-06-2927 minClaiming Your VoiceThe Shape of Normal: Guest Catherine ShieldsGuest Catherine Shields talks about raising a child with a disability and how she realized her own denial. The title of her book is The Shape of Normal and it will be released sometime in November 2023.
Catherine (Cathy) Shields, M.S. Ed., writes about parenting, disabilities, and self-
discovery. In her debut memoir, THE SHAPE OF NORMAL, Cathy explores the truths
and lies parents tell themselves, illustrating how she effectively used denial to protect
herself from the stark reality of her child’s diagnosis. Cathy and her husband reside in
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2023-06-2129 minClaiming Your VoicePart Two with Patricia Knight MeyerPatricia is the creator of myadoptedlife.com
She was a black market baby who was given to a Texas couple through the workings of an attorney. In part two she talks about reuniting with her birth father.
2023-04-3024 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest: Patricia Knight Meyer Part IGuest Patricia Knight Meyer is an author, journalist, and content creator. She was relinquished for adoption by her birth mother. In her adult life Patricia was in reunion with both her birth mother and father. Her website is myadoptedlife.com where you can learn more about her adoption story.
2023-04-3033 minClaiming Your VoiceFrom Congo to Iowa with Guest Julie MolishoIn this episode my guest Julie Molisho talks about her journey from Congo to Iowa. The reason why she and her family had to leave Congo and the challenges that she has experienced here in the United States. Julie has started a non-profit to help her Congolese community to navigate the social systems here in Iowa. The name of her non-profit is The River ARC (Advocacy, Resources Center) and she may be reached at Juliemolisho@theriverarc.org
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2023-04-2320 minClaiming Your VoiceMy Passion for Science: Guest Angelica PerezAngelica is a fan of spelunking, reptiles, and research! She shares about how growing up in a poverty stricken family helped her to learn the value of earning her own way. Angelica's life path has launched her into a scientific medical career. She wants to help others know the power of science and education.
2023-03-0525 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest Margaret WoodyMargaret was adopted in 1958 from South Korea. She was found on the floor of an orphanage alongside of her adopted brother Charles. They were both starving and in need of immediate attention. They were featured in many newspapers and tv shows because of their unique family which was made up of 19 adopted children.
https://youtu.be/zeFSItRl1r0 To Tell the Truth (1967)
https://youtu.be/JmHmD55eIZg The Mike Douglas Show (1965, Start at the 53 minute mark)
2023-01-2333 minClaiming Your VoiceForbidden Roots Author Fred NicoraFred Nicora grew up in a traditional American family. While Fred was at a family gathering, he found out that his family had been keeping a secret. The parents that raised him were not his biological family. Listen to this account of a late discovery adoptee.
Fred is the author of Forbbiden Roots which tells his story of late discovery adoption and discovering his true identity.
https://www.frednicora.com
Fred@fredsbreadstore.com
2023-01-2036 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest Candace CahillCandace Cahill is the author of Goodbye Again which tells her experience of being young, single, pregnant and alone. The manipulative techniques of adoption counseling convinced her to relinquish her baby. In this episode she tells her story of losing her son, finding him, and losing him again. Candace's writing has been featured in Newsweek, NBC Today, and the Huffington Post. You can find her work in the links below.
Goodbye Again: A Memoir
Recent Published Work
HuffPost: My Relationship With My Mom Was A Nightmare. Then An Unexpected Tragedy Changed Everything.
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2023-01-1232 minClaiming Your VoiceAnne C: Meeting My Birth Family in KoreaAnne is a Korean born adoptee who was raised in Minnesota and Missouri. She has two adopted siblings from Korea and together they traveled back to their birth country in the summer of 2022. Anne tells her story of reunion and also shares her opinion of adoption.
2023-01-0918 minClaiming Your VoiceItalian or Chinese? Katie Shares Her StoryKatie is a Chinese adoptee who grew up in Texas. During her formative years she chose her own identity. Now as an adult she is proud to be Chinese and American.
2022-12-0728 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest Shirley: Search for Family and Citizenship is NOT Complete with AdoptionShirley is a mixed race intercountry adoptee. She is on the journey to finding her birth parents and has some interesting leads. Also, at the time of adoption, her US citizenship was not finalized through the naturalization process. At present she is seeking how to gain US citizenship
2022-11-1631 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest: Glenda Talks About Being AdoptedGlenda is a Korean born adoptee who chose to forgive her abusive parents. She is writing a book about her life experiences and is planning on going to visit Korea.
2022-11-1619 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest: Author Mary Ellen GambuttiMary Ellen Gambutti was adopted as an infant into an Air Force family. In this conversation she shares her quest of finding her biological family.
Here is the link to her book: I Must Have Wandered: An Adopted Air Force Daughter Recalls
https://www.amazon.com/Must-Have-Wandered-Adopted-Daughter-ebook/dp/B0B94T45JY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=FI7X51BX8OPZ&keywords=books+mary+ellen+gambutti+i+must+have+wandered&qid=1667707360&sprefix=I+must+have+wan%2Caps%2C194&sr=8-1
2022-11-0625 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest Dee J Talks Adoption and Loss of His Adoptive MomDee was adopted around age two from a home of neglect. He was raised by a loving adoptive mother who showed him love and stability. Dee is the survivor of sexual asault and encourages anyone who has trauma to seek therapy. He says, 'it will be okay."
Trigger warning topic of sexual abuse.
2022-10-0222 min
Korean Adoptee StoriesKADStories.com Project ShowcaseAnnyeonghaseyo! KADStories.com wanted to share some amazing projects we currently have been working on, along with sharing projects to look forward too. We unbox a gift from The Adoptee Group, discuss our role being an illustrator for a Korean American children's book, and all our other projects we currently got going on, and that is a lot of them!
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2022-08-1908 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest Host for Fireside Adoptees with Guest Lynelle LongI was honored to be the guest host for Fireside Adoptees interview series with special guest Lynelle Long.
Lynelle is the founder of InterCountry Adoptee Voices which serves for providing rich resources for adoptees.
This interview is posted with permission of Fireside Adoptees.
2022-08-1252 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest Jodi Marie Arnold: Infertility and LossThis podcast is about infertility and the feelings of loss that accompanying it
We also talked on topics of adoption and foster care.
And the questions of how to talk to someone who has experienced miscarriage and infertility.
2022-08-1224 minClaiming Your VoicePolly Dedrick: Professional Flutist and EducatorPolly is a professional flutist and is also a private flute instructor. Growing up with a musical father provided an encouraging environment to learn the accordion, piano, and flute. Her desire was to be a performance major and has earned a Masters from the Eastman school of music.
Take a listen to a light hearted conversation about Polly's beginning interest in music that took her on a musical path to teaching and then to performance!
2022-07-1523 minClaiming Your VoiceJay Grossman: Identity and RedemptionJay was adopted at the age of 8 months old to a family in Minnesota. As a young adult he was incarcerated where he was able to further his education in psychology. Jay also found a connection to God and faith and now works in prison ministry.
Listener warning: suicide ideation topic is mentioned
2022-07-1424 min
Claiming Your VoiceBorn to an Imprisoned Mother, Sherrie talks about Her Journey to Hope and FaithSherrie was born in prison to a teen mom. She was placed into foster care at age two. At age nine, her mom wanted her back, but it was not a fairytale reunion. Sherrie suffered being molested by a family member and was placed into 47 different foster homes. Please listen as she shares her story of hope and her faith in God.
2022-06-3024 minClaiming Your VoiceI Don't Let My Pain and Struggles Control Me, I Control It! - TJTJ is a Korean born adoptee who resides on the East Coast of the US. She came to the US at age three and remembers her father's ice cream shop in Ithaca, NY. Later when she moved to another state she experienced being made fun of because of the shape of her face and dealt with sadness and loneliness as a junior high student. TJ also had to deal with the feelings of reabandonment when her mother left the family.
Through it all she has accomplished much and continues to work toward her life goals.
2022-05-1723 minClaiming Your VoiceTruGuy Stefan: Ambassador of the HeartListener discretion: The topic of assault occurs in this conversation.
TruGuy is an ambassador of the heart, a poet, and a musician. He was born to parents who were blind. At six years old he experienenced a traumatic assault. Despite these traumatic experiences, Tru has been a seeker of the truth and is a healer through his poetry and music.
2022-05-0630 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest Emma StevensEmma Stevens is the author of The Gathering Place. In this interview she discusses her book and the impacts of adoption.
2022-04-2718 minClaiming Your VoiceExperiencing My Queer: Guest Brett CaskeyBrett is a first generation queer transfer student who now works in student services in higher education. He is an advocate for all students who are on their pathway in higher education. He also wants to helps students and staff broaden their understanding of the queeer community through inclusivity and advocacy via displayed artifacts in workspaces.
2022-04-2128 minClaiming Your VoiceChat with Dr. Patrick Dupont, Ed. D.In this episode I visited with Dr. Patrick Dupont, who teaches courses in health professions. We talked about our journey through the doctoral process at ACU, career transitioning as mature individuals, and the desire to help students.
2022-04-0614 minClaiming Your VoiceAdoption, Addiction, and SobrietyKristen is an adoptee who grew up in the same town as members of her biological family. She never knew the truth until she was 18 years old.
On the date of this interview she celebrated 92 days of sobriety.
2022-04-0122 minClaiming Your VoiceInterview with Jessica GoldsteinJessica was adopted at birth to her forever mom. When she became and adult she began a search for her biological family. What she found out was not a happy ever after ending to her search. She believes that God used her in an amazing way to help take care of her birth mother. Jessica says that she has found the diamonds of life amid the pain of her birth search.
2022-03-301h 02Claiming Your VoiceInterview with Keith SciarilloKeith grew up in a big Italian family in New York. It wasn't until his early 30's that he found out that he had been adopted and it had been kept a secret from him. He then went on a journey to find his biological family.
2022-03-0936 minClaiming Your VoiceGuests Joe Soll and Mark MinerIn this episode I talk with guests Joe Soll and Mark Miner about adoption.
The opinions expressed in this episode are those of the individuals.
2022-02-0751 minClaiming Your VoiceTalk with Matthew Allen RamsayMatthew is an Amerasian Korean Adoptee who was adopted at age seven. He grew up in New Hampshire, joined the military and served in two wars. In 2018 Matthew found his father through DNA testing. After the experience of identity confusion as a child, he can now proudly say that he has paternal roots in Kentucky.
2022-02-0742 minClaiming Your VoiceRyan Anderson: Adopted to Scotland from MorocoRyan Anderson was adopted as an infant from Morocco and grew up in Scotland.
He shares his story how he used addiction to deal with feelings of shame. Now he is on a mission to help others by telling his message of hope to live life through conection and support. Disclaimer: topic of addiction and suicide.
2022-01-2324 minClaiming Your VoiceLiving Out Loud!In this episode of Claiming Your Voice my guest Judy Wong talks about how people can plan for living life not just retirement. Judy is on a mission to help people over 60 to raise their foundation of life!
Judy Wong can be contacted through these links:
Link to my Giveaway:
A Free 30 minute Deep Dive Session with Judy
https://calendly.com/livingoutloudaintoveryet/30-minute-raising-your-light-of-life-deep-dive
Website:
https://LivingOutLoudAintOverYet.com
2021-12-0936 minClaiming Your VoiceGuest: Joe SollAs an infant, Joe Soll was trafficked into the adoption system. He grew up to be a psychotherapist and author of ten books. He facilitates a free nightly chat where participants can work on healing adoption related trauma. Joe wrote Adoption Healing...A Path to Revcovery to help adoptees on their healing journey.
2021-11-1245 minClaiming Your VoiceInterview with Mark MinerIn this interview, Mark Miner shares his story of foster care and adoption. He and his sister were taken from their family at very young ages and lived through abuse and neglect in the foster system. Mark's story is one of encouragement and empathy.
2021-10-291h 03
Shay Ryan Douglas Grow Evolve ChangePodcast 55 WHAT EVERY COMMUNITY NEEDS Part 2*** Learn more about how you can join here ***
https://weareopencircle.com/bnl-commu...
In this conversation Miriam and Adam from We are Open Circle discuss the importance of communities to explore the importance of relating with the community in a transparent, supportive and open way.
Relevant questions include:
- Why did you feel We are Open Circle was a relevant community service?
- What was missing over the many years of being involved in community organizations that drove you to develop the different pieces of training?
- What d...
2021-08-2429 minShay Ryan Douglas Grow Evolve ChangePodcast 54 WHAT EVERY COMMUNITY NEEDS Part 1*** Learn more about how you can join here ***
https://weareopencircle.com/bnl-commu...
In this conversation Miriam and Adam from We are Open Circle discuss the importance of communities to explore the importance of relating with the community in a transparent, supportive and open way.
Relevant questions include:
- Why did you feel We are Open Circle was a relevant community service?
- What was missing over the many years of being involved in community organizations that drove you to develop the different pieces of training?
- What do the...
2021-08-2429 min