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café snakeMiss Piggy à OD laïcitéMounir parle de la place du religieux dans OD et Daphné parle du retour de la femme ingouvernable, de Miss Piggy à Lily Allen. Plus : les bols à slop, l’emmerdification de TeenVogue, les marchés prédictifs Polymarket et Kalshi signent une entente avec Google, l’entrevue GQ de Sydney Sweeney, la rivalité entre Shapiro et Fuentes + recommandation culturelleNotre Patreon: patreon.com/cafesnakeDIgi Mix: Sarah Hébert à LCN : https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/videos/6384816385112Ben Shapiro takedown Nick Fuentes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaRJlL5mOF8Sur les bols...
2025-11-111h 11
It's In Your DNASaying Yes to Fostering: Sarah's Story of Grace in the GapsWhen Sarah said yes to fostering, she had no idea how much it would change her heart, and her definition of family. A mom of two biological boys, she and her husband opened their hoe to children from newborns to teens, each one leaving a lasting mark. In this episode, Sarah shares the highs and heartbreaks of foster care and how love can reach far beyond DNA.
2025-11-0333 min
Thrive on Plants#33 - Building Muscle, Breaking Myths: Redefining Women’s StrengthIn this conversation, recorded live at our recent Vegan Superhero Academy retreat, Dr. Daphne welcomes Coach Sarah Antonie, a longtime vegan and IFBB figure pro, to share how plant-powered training, mindset, and empathy shape her coaching.Sarah opens up about transitioning to veganism in 2012, earning her pro card in 2019, and the real work behind sustainable physique goals. They explore building muscle for long-term health, navigating body image and food during contest prep and improvement seasons, and why open, shame-free conversations with your coach matter.What we coverHow women can build muscle...
2025-09-1039 min
slow insidesarah blondin on living from the heartsarah blondin is a storyteller, author, and meditation guide, who unceasingly ruminates on the complexities and nuances of life and the human heart.she is the author of heart minded: how to hold yourself and others in love, has over 630,000 followers on insight timer where she has been teaching meditation since 2016, iand the creator of several online courses including the deepest self and coming home to yourself. sarah is also the writer for the popular substack publication, sarah blondin: stories and meditations. a place of deep connection and intimate sharing. real words from a real life, from t...
2025-09-0556 min
Art de VivreÀ la recherche de votre prochain coup de coeur lecture ? J'ai ce qu'il vous faut ! 📖 (1/2)Envie de vous évader cet été, de savourer des histoires qui font du bien et vous feront vibrer au rythme d’aventures, d’émotions, et de magie ? Dans cet épisode, je vous propose ma meilleure sélection de livres à glisser dans vos valises ! Cette semaine mes recommandations Fiction Contemporaine & Fantasy et au prochain épisode Polars / Thrillers, Sci-Fi et Développement personnel !N’hésitez pas à rejoindre mon canal Book Club pour échanger avec moi sur la lecture tout au long de l’année ✨🎧 Bonne écoute !
2025-07-0327 min
Autorinnen im PorträtDaphne Du Maurier im PorträtDie Vögel Jamaica Inn und Rebecca
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2025-05-2453 minThrive on Plants#16 - The Inner Battle: Body Image, Hormones, and a Warrior’s MindsetIn this deeply personal and insightful episode of Thrive on Plants, Dr. Daphne Bascom sits down with Sarah Katkhouda, FNP-C, a resilient member of the Vegan Superhero Academy, to discuss her journey through health challenges, self-advocacy, and transformation.Sarah shares her struggles with IBS, an eating disorder, and the often-overlooked condition of pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS), shedding light on the obstacles many women face in navigating the healthcare system. She opens up about her journey through surgery, menopause, and body image challenges, as well as the mindset shifts that have helped her reclaim her health and confidence.
2025-05-141h 10
Billion Dollar Moves™ with Sarah Chen-Spellings | Global Venture Capital[REPLAY] Pivot or Persevere? Being a Growth Company CEO w/ Jeff Maggioncalda, Former CEO of CourseraOur guest today is none other than Jeff Maggioncalda, a visionary leader whose journey spans not just one but two groundbreaking fields. For 18 years, Jeff worked side by side with Nobel Prize winner and economist Bill Sharpe, as the founding CEO of Financial Engines, one of the earliest pioneers in the world of robo-advisors and algorithm-driven investment strategies that became the largest independent online retirement advice platform with more than $100 billion under management. sold for you know, a casual $3 billion.Fast forward to today, Jeff is at the helm of another HIGH IMPACT endeavor...
2025-04-2442 minThrive on Plants#12 - Milestones & Mindset: Thriving Through Pregnancy and BeyondIn this powerful follow-up episode, we continue our conversation with coach and plant-based mother Sarah Harper as she opens up about her experience through pregnancy, birth, and the early postpartum months.Building on the emotional journey shared in Part 1, Sarah brings her trademark honesty and heart to the realities of navigating pregnancy after fertility challenges. She talks candidly about first trimester sickness, managing cravings on a plant-based diet, and how she adapted her workouts, breath-work, and mindset practices each trimester to stay grounded and strong.We dive deep into:Navigating nutrition and...
2025-04-1651 minThrive on Plants#11 - From Heartbreak to Hope: Sarah’s Path to ParenthoodIn Part One of this powerful two-part episode of the Thrive on Plants podcast, we sit down with Sarah Harper, vegan mom, health coach, and radiant force within The Vegan Gym community, as she shares the deeply personal and emotional journey that led her to motherhood.Please note: This episode includes sensitive topics such as infertility and miscarriage. We encourage you to listen with care and compassion.Sarah’s story is one of unwavering resilience, rooted in her commitment to a plant-based lifestyle and the transformative practices that helped he...
2025-04-0944 min
Fourth Trimester: The First Months and Beyond | Parenting | Newborn Baby | Postpartum | DoulaHow to Maximize Maternity Leave & Paternity Benefits with MAMAttorney Daphne DelvauxWondering how to make the most of your parental leave? In this episode, we talk with Mamattorney lawyer Daphne Delvaux about your rights, how to maximize your maternity, paternity, and parental leave benefits, and what every new parent should know. Daphne spells out how you can stitch together different types of leaves and benefits to make sure you are getting the full amount of leave available so you can spend the most time possible with your babyFull show notes: fourthtrimesterpodcast.com Connect with Daphne Delvaux themamattorney.com | Instagram | FacebookResources...
2025-02-0853 min
Tea, Tonic & ToxinRebecca by Daphne du Maurier, with Shana Kelly! Part 2Send us a textShana Kelly began her career as a literary agent at the William Morris Agency in New York and London for 10 years. She currently works as a documentary screenwriter, book editor, writer, and publishing consultant. She also teaches at Denver-based Lighthouse Writers Workshop.In 2024, Shana won an Emmy for writing A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps, a historical documentary that aired on PBS in 2023. She is currently writing a historical documentary about the League of Women Voters.Shana Kelly joins Tea, Tonic & Toxin to discuss Daphne du...
2025-01-1852 minTea, Tonic & ToxinRebecca by Daphne du Maurier, with Shana Kelly! Part 1Send us a text“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again …”A young bride is haunted by the lingering shadow of her husband’s first wife at the eerie Manderley estate. Secrets, jealousy, and suspense converge in a chilling tale of love and deception.The classic Gothic suspense novel REBECCA (1938) by Daphne du Maurier won the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century.Shana Kelly was the signing agent for many successful authors, including New York Times bestseller Curtis Sittenfeld, author of PREP and ELIGIBLE.In 2024, Shana Ke...
2024-12-3148 min
The Dark AcademicalsEpisode 9.3: 'Rebecca' by Daphne du MaurierOur dark academia adjacent title for this season is one of Sophie’s favourite books. ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier is a masterclass in Gothic suspense and it’s something that we’ve needed to tackle on the podcast for a very long time. On a trip to the South of France, the shy heroine of Rebecca falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower. Although his proposal comes as a surprise, she happily agrees to marry him. But as they arrive at her husband's home, Manderley, a change comes over Maxim, and the young bride is f...
2024-10-2947 min
GOOD GRACE CLUBWait, I'm a professional?! Mental health meets professionalism with Daphne Clark!HEY GGC GIRLY POPS! Welcome back for another episode of Good Grace Club with a fam FAVORITE! Welcome back to the pod- real life friend- DAPHNE CLARK!
Daphne and Liz talk all things mental health, change, and work-life as an adult on today's episode. Navigating these waters can be hard, tricky, and exhausting, but not impossible...especially with the Word!
As always, thank you for listening, and find more at goodgraceclub.com or on our socials @goodgraceclub !
2024-10-1742 minArt de VivreBaisse d'énergie, de motivation et de moral ? Mes 12 conseils pour être inspiré.e et motivé.e à nouveau !Manque d'énergie, baisse de moral et/ ou de motivation ? C'est ce que j'ai traversé ces derniers jours ! Ça nous arrive à tous et toutes de ressentir ces périodes de manque de motivation et d’énergie, ça n’a rien d’anormal ! Dans ces moments, au lieu de se juger, c’est important, et surtout bien plus utile, d’essayer de s’accompagner au mieux ! Dans cet épisode, je partage mes 12 conseils pour sortir d’une période de baisse de moral / motivation et être inspiré.e à nouveau, que j'ai moi-même utilisés pour retrouver mon énergie e...
2024-06-0628 min
On the Write Track Podcast31: Daphne Tonge: The Story Behind Illumicrate and Daphne PressJoin us on this episode as Sarah and Emily delve into the world of subscription boxes and publishing with Daphne Tonge, the founder of Illumicrate and Daphne Press. Learn about the making of Illumicrate, the challenges and triumphs of running a subscription box service in the UK, the selection process, networking with publishing, it’s rapid growth, and the unique insights Daphne gained about the book market along the way.Discover the journey of founding Daphne Press, a revolutionary independent publishing press, and the vision behind bringing diverse voices to the forefront of literature. Whether you're a bo...
2024-04-2550 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesSarah: An International Adoptee Gives Back by WritingSarah D. Shearer is a writer, wife, and mother. She was adopted from Russia as a baby but has spent her life in Thomasville, Georgia. She is passionate about encouraging people to overcome and maintain a positive perspective.Sarah is married with two beautiful children. She and her family live on a sprawling rural farm, which gives her, as L.M. Montgomery says in Sarah’s favorite childhood novel Anne of Green Gables, great “scope for the imagination.”Sarah also enjoys writing for local magazines, reading, and celebrating her friends and family. I...
2024-02-0645 min
The Teacher Career Coach Podcast131 - Sarah Sterner: Climbing the Corporate Ladder in IDSarah Sterner is a science teacher turned instructional designer and learning experience designer. In this episode, we talk all about why she left teaching and how she is leveraging her experience outside of the classroom to continue to grow in her career.Free Quiz: What career outside of the classroom is right for you? Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: The Teacher Career Coach Course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-10-2645 minOn the Write Track Podcast19: Susan Dennard: Unveiling the Secrets behind an Author Career of LongevityIn this episode, join hosts Sarah and Emily as they delve deep into the spellbinding world of New York Times bestselling fantasy author, Susan Dennard. Step into the shoes of Susan's career, learning how she persevered with each book, building an effective writing newsletter and community, and how she continued writing despite setbacks.Discover the secrets behind Susan's Instagram and how she forges a harmonious relationship with her craft for her own mental health. We discuss revisions with tips from her own experiences. Listen closely as Susan imparts advice to aspiring writers who might feel anxious or...
2023-10-121h 01
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesMike: Better Late than Never: An Adoptee Finally Finds AnswersMike Berman was conceived in Bay City, Michigan in November 1944 and was born onAugust 8, 1945 in Nashville, Tennessee to an 18 year old woman who surrenderedhim for adoption to the Tennessee Childrenʼs Home Society the day after his birth.Mike was adopted by a Jewish couple living in New York City and he was raisedthere. In February 1950 his Mom gave birth to her only natural child, Mikeʼsyounger brother. Mike never considered searching for his birth parents until hebegan to see the online ads for DNA testing and finally be...
2023-08-081h 00
grow, cook, eat, arrange with Sarah Raven & friends12 Top Shrubs for Scent, Structure and Extravagance with Gary Newell - Episode 131Sarah Raven and Gary Newell share a mutual passion for shrubbery, putting more thought into the ornamental beauty of these structural garden sensations.In our 12 best series, we turn our attention to shrubs - all through the year, these trendy varieties are standout additions to your garden, whether you’re looking for a shrub that’s pollinator-friendly, compact, colourful or grandiose.In this episode, discover:Varieties of shrubs which thrive in wet and dry conditions alikeNew shrubs like Daphne Perfume Princess which combine strong growing with showy flowers and irresistible scentEvergreens to bring sensational stru...
2023-08-0328 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesMireille: An Unexpected Encounter Led to ReunionMireille Landry is an interracial adoptee who, alongside her identical twin sister, was adopted at 3 months old and raised in a predominantly white area by white adoptive parents. Originally intended to be a closed adoption, at the age of 12, the twins coincidentally met their birth mother at the mall while traveling to a nearby city for a soccer game. This unexpected encounter marked the beginning of their reunification journey, which led to meeting most of their maternal and paternal biological family and a trip to Zambia, Africa in 2011 to meet their paternal grandparents and extended Zambian family.T...
2023-08-0145 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesFaith: For One Adoptee, a Health Scare Brought New RevelationsFaith Brady was born on 22 June 1969 and adopted one month later when the US landed on the moon. She has always known she was adopted and had a great relationship with her adoptive parents. Her parents then adopted another child, a brother, 3 1/2 years later. In 2015 she had to have open heart surgery and it was then that she became very interested in her medical history. Ancestry found a 1st cousin that let her know that ALL of the women in her family died before they were 60, including her bio mom. This set Faith on a path of discovery to fi...
2023-07-2552 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesChris: Home at Last: A Navajo Adoptee Finds His PlaceChris Stearns is Navajo and was adopted in the mid-1960s before the Indian Child Welfare Act existed. His mom was part of the federal Indian Relocation program which moved Native Americans away from reservations to large cities as part of a national assimilation policy. Chris began his life in the Los Angeles County foster care system and was adopted when he was 2 years old by a loving white family in New Jersey where he was raised. Chris chose a career as an attorney fighting for Native American rights and spent many years in Washington, D.C. representing Indian t...
2023-07-1858 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesNancy: For this Adoptee, the Story Didn't Add UpNancy Davis was born in Florida in 1949 and adopted by a family from New York. The adoption was private and no documents were available to investigate her origins. An Ancestry test 6 years ago revealed that Nancy had 5 siblings in North Carolina from her birth parents, 3 brothers, and 2 sisters. It has been an amazing journey for her and has helped fill many of the “unknowns” of her heritage. She works as an EMT in her current home in Connecticut and thoroughly enjoys sharing her story.To go directly to Nancy's interview, skip ahead to 19:30.Also...
2023-07-1151 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesDavid E: Phantom Parents: An Adoptee Connects the DotsAn unofficial adoption. David Enker was born in Amsterdam in 1970, following the Summer of Love of 1969. Relinquished a few months after birth to another family in The Hague, his birth mother, a university student at the time, had hoped to retrieve him after her studies. Although never officially adopted, things turned topsy-turvy when his new family refused to let him go. A bumpy reunion unravels in reverse.This unusual beginning, together with a life-long quest for an identity, belonging and meaning form the backbone of his recently published memoir "Phantom Parents". A heartbreaking and heartwarming work, addressing...
2023-07-0447 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAnnie O: Where Is My Mum?I’m Annie O. O stands for my last name. O is round. It’s a hole I still live in, that I’m not allowed to escape. Why the fuck is that how it has to be?Adoption has a long history, with a narrative built around it being a celebrated act of love, of charity and saviorism. I rejoice for those who experienced the best of that narrative. However, there is a growing number of investigations and reports that show, for many, adoption is not and has never been, what people are led to believe.
2023-06-2756 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesMariela: Home Sweet Casa: A Colombian Adoptee Shares Her StoryMariela Andersen is the author of "Home Sweet Casa: A Journey to The Universal Heart". Her book is the story of her reunion with her biological family in Colombia after being separated from them at birth. Mariela’s book takes the reader along with her as she discovers more about her past than she could have ever imagined and dives deep into the multifaceted layers of what makes her who she is. Adopted or otherwise, everyone is sure to benefit from reading her story.UPDATE:Since this episode was recorded: Mariela visited her biological fa...
2023-06-2054 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesPaige: The Family She Never Knew Lived Only Blocks AwayPaige Strickland is an Ohio “Baby-Scoop Era” adoptee, teacher, mom of two and grandmother of three. She is the author of two memoir books, Akin To The Truth and After The Truth. She is currently working on a YA (young adult) book-in-verse version of her books. Paige also teaches Zumba (tm) Fitness, enjoys working in her garden, loves the beach, reading and spending time with her family.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss American Baby by Gabrielle Glaser. Thank you to our sponsor S12F.Jo...
2023-06-1355 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesRelinquished: An Adoptee Roundtable Discussion About the Complexities of Navigating Those Early WoundsSarah and Louise join their season three authors, A.M. Homes, Damon Davis, and Megan Culhane Galbraith in an intimate roundtable discussion about living as adult adoptees and learning to navigate early childhood wounds."The Mistress's Daughter" by A.M. Homes"Who am I Really: An Adoptee Memoir" by Damon Davis"The Guild of the Infant Saviour" by Megan Culhane GalbraithThank you to our sponsor S12F.Joe Soll & other adoptee resourcesIf you...
2023-06-0653 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesRudy: Fighting for Adoptee RightsRudy Owens is a Detroit native, born in the mid-1960s at Crittenton General Hospital of Detroit, one of the country’s largest maternity hospitals dedicated to supporting and promoting adoption. He was relinquished to his adoptive family shortly after his birth from his single mother and placed with another family after spending nearly five weeks in foster family care. His adoption story typifies many of the adoptions that were promoted by the Florence Crittenton Association of America, which ran the hospital and dozens of maternity homes and hospitals in the United States through the 1970s.Owens su...
2023-05-3059 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesKate: An International Adoptee Struggles to BondKate Betancourt was born in 1978 in Bogotá Colombia. She spent three months in the hospital after her Mother left, after her birth. Kate was transferred to an orphanage where she stayed until her adoption by an American couple at six months old. Kate grew up in Michigan with one younger sibling biological to her adoptive parents. Growing up a Transracial adoptee in a mostly white area had its issues. Kate knew she was adopted and struggled with bonding with her adoptive parents, feeling lonely and flawed. Kate dealt with childhood sexual abuse. As a teen Kat...
2023-05-2357 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesJeffrey: Untangling the Layers of a Corrupt AdoptionJeffrey Leventhal was born In 1970 in Miami, FL, and didn’t learn until age 12 that he was adopted. He was told that he had a twin, which was just one of several lies that persisted throughout his childhood. Having never felt like he fit in and being rebuffed by his adoptive family whenever he requested more information, when Jeff was in his 20s, he decided to dive deep into his adoption only to find out there were no records of his adoption… or his birth.Finally, over 20 years later with the help of DNA, he found the info...
2023-05-161h 02
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAnne: A Disrupter Digs DeepA conversation with fellow adoptee Anne Heffron.Anne Heffron, author of You Don’t Look Adopted, Truth and Agency Writing Ideas for Adopted People, Writing and Pooping, and the movie Phantom Halo, can be found on Instagram at anne-heffron, Facebook, and her website https://www.anneheffron.com.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss Megan Culhane Galbraith’s “The Guild of The Infant Saviour”.If you'd like to read along with Sarah and Louise, go here: https://www.amazon.com/Guild-Infant-Saviour-Adopted-Machete/dp/0814257917Thank you to our sponsor S12F.If y...
2023-05-0954 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesFred: Finding Out at 41 that the Life You Knew was a LieEveryone learns to accept life’s twists and turns as they live out the daily rituals of their lives. But what happens when an event completely alters one’s understanding of everything about the world in which they live, including who they are? Fred Nicora brings the audience into his innermost thoughts as he sees his foundation swept away with a simple slip of the tongue at the age of forty-one, while attending a large family gathering with his children and wife. Fred details his journey to understand his new identity and re-frame his past in his memoir, Forbidden Roots.
2023-05-021h 08
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesKatie: On the Outside Looking InKatie is an ESL teacher from Pennsylvania and was adopted in 1966 at the age of six weeks. She grew up always knowing she was adopted, but became the people pleaser in a huge Irish Catholic family always feeling like she was "on the outside looking in". After having her first child in 1995, she contacted the adoption agency to obtain her medical history and was warned, "These reunions don't always go well". Katie waited until after the birth of her second child to inquire again only to discover her birth mother had inquired about her the exact same week. Things wen...
2023-04-2557 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesJay: Using Journalism Training to Track Down Family RootsJay Blotcher was adopted in June of 1961 at the age of one year by a couple in Randolph, MA, a Boston suburb. His dark complexion prompted countless questions about his lineage during childhood. In March of 1988, Jay was contacted by his birth mother, Valerie Paul, and learned he was the product of a one-night-stand between this young girl and a pitcher from the Baltimore Orioles of Puerto Rican lineage. In the ensuing 35 years, Blotcher employed his training as a journalist to track down his biological father's family, as well as the foster family who cared for him b...
2023-04-181h 06
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesJulie: A Long Journey for Self-CompassionJulie was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1968 at a Salvation Army home and was adopted 5 days later by a lovely family. She always knew she was adopted but it was not really talked about much other than to say she was "chosen" and very much wanted. Julie was born a very sensitive little girl. The parents had a child of their own 8 years prior with special needs. They tried to get pregnant again but were unable to do so. They adopted Julie not realizing the extent of their son's problems. He had severe epilepsy as well as some cerebral...
2023-04-1153 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesPaul: A Kidnapping, An Adoption, A Lost Twin: One man's Quest for the TruthWhen he was ten years old, Paul Fronczak was snooping around for Christmas presents in a crawl space in his family’s Chicago home. There, he found hundreds of old newspaper clippings about the kidnapping of a one-day-old infant in a hospital in 1964. He also learned that, two years later, the boy was found and returned to his family—and that the boy was him.Nearly fifty years later, Paul, acting on long-held suspicions, took a DNA test that proved he was not the kidnapped boy. In an instant, his world changed.He found out that...
2023-04-0454 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesKay: A Self-taught Genetic Genealogist Discovers the Story of her LifeKay was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1973 and immediately placed for adoption. After a stay in foster care, she was adopted into a small close-knit family. Adoption was not discussed a great deal, but it was not hidden either. Despite being loved and spoiled, Kay was never quite comfortable in her own skin. She received her original birth certificate in 2015 and was able to locate her maternal biological family quickly. Unfortunately, her birth mother died 5 months later, and the identity of her birth father was left a mystery. Kay became a self-taught genetic genealogist. Using a 4th cousin match on Anc...
2023-03-281h 06
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesCormac: An Adoption, An Irish Mother-Baby Home, and the Search for AnswersCormac was born into a mother-and-baby home in Ireland, which was known to be exceptionally cruel to both mother and child. He was adopted at five months old. He's always known he was adopted but it was never spoken about. Ever. He did not look for his biological family until his adoptive parents died. He re-connected with his birth mother just before his fiftieth birthday. Sadly that didn't work out. He's just recently found out about his birth father, who is deceased. He found this podcast by chance and is devouring it daily. He would like to send his g...
2023-03-2145 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesShari: From Foster Home to Wounded HealerShari was adopted at the age of four. She spent the first year in a hospital. Then went to several foster homes after that. When she met her adopted family, there was always an open conversation about her beginnings. She always knew her story from her past, so she never had many questions. Later on in life, she began a spiritual quest to heal from journey, as a young girl. This brought her to meet a spiritual teacher, and become a healer. This powerful work helped others as well and grounded Shari into a bigger version of herself. A...
2023-03-1450 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesGreg: Searching for a Place to Fit InGreg was born California in 1969 and placed in a closed adoption as an infant after spending 6 weeks in foster care, which was a common practice with Baby Scoop Era adoptions. Growing up, he sensed a certain ill-fit with his family, and found out about his adoption when he was 10. In 2006, at age 37, he finally discovered and made contact with his biological maternal side, and has experienced all the attendant ups-and-downs that so often accompany reunion. He was able to connect with his paternal family in late 2021, and is currently navigating the landscape and complexities of those newly-emerging relationships. Since...
2023-03-0749 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesCharity: Sometimes it takes Loss to be FoundCharity Elliott was born in 1969 and after spending 3.5 months in foster care was placed for adoption with the State of California. Growing up in Missouri, Charity was a happy adoptee and found great comfort in her faith and in the sport of basketball. After a collegiate career that ended with her team making it to the Final Four, Charity entered the college coaching ranks where she has spent the last 25 years. Despite being located and contacted by her birth mother in college, Charity never realized the impact her adoption had on her until she lost her adopted father and sho...
2023-02-2848 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesJim: When Trauma Leads to LoveJim Serrano's origins as a domestic adoptee started on January 22nd, 1962 in San Jose, California. Being adopted at 6 months of age, his journey has had many ups and downs. From childhood to his search for his biological family 23 years ago, Jim continues to heal from the trauma that is still so present in his life.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss what's upcoming for Season Three.If you'd like to read along with Sarah and Louise, go here: The Mistress's Daughter by A.M. HomesThank you to our sponsor S12...
2023-02-2159 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesEmily: Putting the Pieces of Life Back TogetherEmily Sinagra was born and relinquished, in 1958, at a Salvation Army Hospital for Unwed Mothers. After four months of foster care, she was placed in a closed adoption. Thirty years later, she found her birth parents and has been trying to put herself back together ever since. Writing, theatre, improv, clowning, painting, these are the tools she wields to patch and paste. Her memoir, How I got Born, is nearing completion, and she hopes her voice will collaborate with others to change assumptions about adoption and provide impetus for change. Most importantly, she is the mother of three adult...
2023-02-141h 11
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAdam: When Pain Becomes GrowthAdam Anthony is a same-race, black adoptee and blogger on the platform "Onward & Upward," which explores his motivation for persona development, mental health awareness, and his adoption discovery experience. Adam is a doctoral student, writer, and podcast host of two shows, "Curiously Becoming" and "Mentorship Mondays." Some of his featured writing on his perspectives on being an adoptee has been shown in online mediums like "Love What Matters" and "Severance Magazine."Onward & Upward https://inspire-explore-promote.blogAlso in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss A.M. Homes' The M...
2023-02-0756 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesRuth: A Mother Searches for a MotherRuth Bendig is a “Baby Scoop Era” domestic adoptee. The oldest of her adoptiveparents' three children, she and her brothers were all relinquished as infants and raised in the Midwest.Becoming a mother jump-started a desire to learn more about her biological history.WIth the support and encouragement of her adoptive parents she began to search, first through the state, then, when that proved to be a dead end, through DNA testing. She is now in reunion with siblings and cousins on both sides of her biological family.Also in this episode, Sara...
2023-01-3154 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesGarth: A Midlife Discovery Exposes the Truth of SelfGiven up at birth, placed in foster care, then adopted by a military family, Garth Garrett grew up always knowing he was adopted. He thought being adopted was no big deal - like being left-handed in a right-handed family and that his lingering sense of longing stemmed from the nomadic life of an Army brat. Only upon starting therapy in mid-life did he discover that adoption was actually the central issue of his life, including his own alienation from his own feelings. His multiple searches for each biological parent yielded information, more heartbreak, two more rejections by his biological...
2023-01-241h 05
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesFrom Happiness to Despair and Back AgainDaphne Keys is a BSE adoptee born and raised in Maryland as the middle child between two brothers who are the biological children of her adoptive parents. Daphne always knew she was adopted, had access to the minimal non-identifying information provided at her adoption hearing, and always searched the faces of her community for a connection to her biological family.Married for forty years, Daphne is the mother of four adult children and grandmother of eleven. Daphne did not realize the impact her adoption had on her ability to bond with and parent her own children until...
2023-01-1050 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesFrom Only Child to a CommunityJon Stautzenberger is a pastor in the Texas hill country. He grew up an only child from a small family in a closed, private adoption always knowing that he was locally adopted and grew up in the community of his birth family. He finally took a DNA test in 2021 and connected with his paternal aunt. Suddenly the only child from a small family found himself with three aunts, three uncles, cousins galore, and a sister and a brother! Being from the same community, the times that their paths had crossed were astonishing.Moving forward Jon desires to...
2022-12-2755 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesWhat Happened When the Fog LiftedAmy Hansen is a domestic adoptee, and was born in 1969. She was placed for adoption at birth. Amy grew up in a loving family and was well cared for. She was the "happy" adoptee, grateful to her birth parents, her adopted parents and always trying to make everyone happy. Amy has been in reunion with some of her birth family for the past four years and has recently come out of the FOG. She is beginning to realize she was living behind the disguise of a happy, positive person who didn’t realize the loss and grief she was carr...
2022-12-1349 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesWhen a Seeker Turns into a GuideDaryn Watson is a Canadian-born Domestic Adult Adoptee who began his adoption reunion journey in 1995 after locating his maternal family in Canada. Daryn uses his 25+ years of experience in reunion to guide other adoptees through their adoption reunion journeys. Daryn is a contributing author to two books on adoption:“The Adoptee Survival Guide” edited by Lynn Grubb “Flip the Script: Adult Adoptee Anthology with Diane Rene Christianson.Daryn also has a blog on Facebook and IG “@TheAdopteeMind”Daryn is a Certified Life Coach for Adoptees, Birth/First Parents and others who have been affected by adoption...
2022-11-2958 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesThe Art of Holding on and Letting GoLaurie James is an adoptee, mother, caregiver, turned author, and transformativecoach. Laurie’s book, Sandwiched: A Memoir of Holding On and Letting Go is abouther eight-year journey when she was sent down an unwanted path after her motherhad a heart attack and her husband’s lawyer delivered some shocking news.Sandwiched between caring for her parents, managing caregivers, raising fourdaughters, and a crumbling marriage, she starts therapy and turns to alternativehealing programs to address her adoption, childhood trauma, and loneliness she feltfor much of her life. Laur...
2022-11-1549 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAwakening to a Compassionate NatureDanielle’s vision is a healthier, happier, and more peaceful world starting from within. Bringing over two decades as a senior instructor, healer, and trainer, she's currently Regional Director of WA state's Body & Brain Yoga Center. Born in Manhattan, NY, she was adopted at 10 days old, growing up with her adopted parents, later reconnecting at 21 years old with her biological mother actress Kate Mulgrew from the hit series TV sitcom Orange is the New Black and Star Trek Voyager. As a highly sensitive person from a young age along with a deep concern for the state of our planet--these tw...
2022-11-011h 01
Materially SpeakingDaphné Du Barry: What is beauty?See pictures and read more on materiallyspeaking.comCelebrated figurative sculptor Daphné Du Barry speaks seven languages and modelled for Salvador Dali in her 20s. She discusses her bronzes, her love of learning and her faith.Born in Holland, Daphné studied at Munich University and afterwards, at McGill in Canada. Later she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study modern literature. She had a brief career as a chanteuse in Paris and then became an artist.She studied drawing with the Hungarian master Akos Szabo, then in Florence she learnt from Marcello To...
2022-10-1928 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAn Adoptee Becomes an AdvocateNikole Shaw also known as " Koko" in the online community was born in Hawaiian Gardens, California, growing up in the suburbs of Orange County. Adopted as an infant, she is a black domestic adoptee who spent a large part of her life in a small town called Brea. Koko received her Bachelors of Science from San Jose State University and is currently working for the Department of Public Health San Francisco as a mental health professional. Koko is mostly known in the adoptee community as " @theblackadoptea" and spends her time advocating for and creating content for the adoptee community. She...
2022-10-1856 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesFacing the Primal Wound: Coming Out on the Other SideBob Guyer was born in 1953 and stayed for four days with his biological mother, and was adopted after a few months in foster care. He learned he was adopted at eight years old but didn’t think much of it until he went through a breakup and re-experienced his separation from his biological mother. Shortly before his 52nd birthday, he began a process of imaginative dialog with his feelings and that led to the healing of his Primal Wound. He has since found his biological relatives and remains in reunion.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louis di...
2022-10-0456 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesReclaiming the Orphan of the Lost SelfLisa King is a retired disability specialist, artist and mother. She was born in 1957 into a closed adoption system and was adopted six months later. She has been on a lifelong quest to understand and make sense of how the adoptive experience has shaped and impacted her life. Having suffered the initial abandonment at birth, as all adoptees do, she has struggled throughout her life to embrace and not abandon her true self.Additionally, Lisa suffered a life changing traumatic accident that serves as a metaphor for her adoptive experience. Much of her spiritual search, consisting of...
2022-09-2036 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesUnderstanding the Mistress's DaughterA.M. Homes was born in Washington D.C. in 1961 and adopted at birth in a private adoption.She began to explore themes related to adoption in her 1993 novel, In A Country of Mothers. Just before the book was published her birth mother—inspired by an Oprah show on ‘reunions’ made contact. A.M. explored what happened next in her 2007 best-selling memoir, The Mistress’s Daughter.A.M. Homes newest novel: The Unfolding.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self.If...
2022-09-061h 12
Tussen de Lakens met Daphne GakesJo Sarah weet hoe ze klaar moet komenAfl. 37 Mijn bedpartner van vandaag is Jo Sarah, een twerk-koningin. Ze blijkt een Baviaan tussen de lakens. We praten over squirten, juicyness en opkomen voor jezelf. https://vriendvandeshow.nl/tussendelakensVolg Daphne: ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tussen_de_lakens/ ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ikdaphnegakes ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaphneGakes ► Website: http://www.daphnegakes.com/ ► Video's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mju-PtvlgPY ► Mail: info@daphnegakes.comSupport the Show.https://petjeaf.com/tussendelakensSee omnystudio.com/lis...
2022-09-0256 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesUncovering Hidden IdentityLynn Grubb is a closed-era Illinois adoptee and parent by marriage, birth and adoption. She is the editor of "The Adoptee Survival Guide: Adoptees Share Their Wisdom and Tools" and the author of “Hidden Identity,” an audible memoir that chronicles her decades long search for her birth parents. She lives in Dayton, Ohio with husband Mark, their daughter, and two spoiled mini-Australian shepherds. You can reach out to Lynn on social media @theadoptedgenealogist or email her at:theadoptedgenealogist@gmail.com. You can listen to Lynn's memoir here:https://theadoptedgenealogist.podbean.com/Also...
2022-08-2347 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesTaking the Stigma out of AdoptionJeff Forney was born in San Francisco and raised in the East Bay town of Moraga, CA. A photographer based in Los Angeles, he has been working on a documentary filming interviews of adoptees in reunion.As Jeff says, ‘Finding your birth parents is the base camp of Mt. Everest, now you have to climb the bitch’.His goal is to take the stigma out of adoption, help adoptees identify with others' stories, and through that, restore power that had been buried and forgotten.My life is not better because someone adopt...
2022-08-0957 min
Toxic Person ProofEpisode 317: Gain Confidence, Trust Your Intuition with Daphne WellsDaphne helps soul-led visionary leaders feel safe, solid, and secure to share their magick with the world and make more money with ease and flow. As a Purpose and Spiritual Confidence Builder, Daphne delivers insanely powerful insights that give you radical permission to show up in your power and fulfill your purpose in the world. Through her life-changing coaching, inner circles, energy readings, and forecasts, and her book “Decide: Choose your own PATH”, she’s here to shake up your approach to business and life. When she’s not inspiriting women around the globe to make more money in recor...
2022-08-0522 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesThe Complexity of Poverty and International AdoptionLenore Paletta Hiller is an international adoptee born in Southern Italy in the mid-1960's. She lived with her birth mother for the first five months of her life, but was separated from her due to poverty and other circumstances. She was adopted to the United States when she was 20 months old. She has been in various stages of reunion with her birth family since 1995. Lenore is hopeful that the future of adoption research will include the effects of intergenerational trauma on the children of adoptees. She is a member of the Facebook group Italiadoption, a...
2022-07-261h 01
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesA Daughter Connects with her FatherAfter being taken away from her birth parents as a baby by the state, and adopted out of foster care at age 4, singer-songwriter Jenni Alpert (aka birth name: Cami) decided to go searching for her birth father. After weeks undercover on the street of LA, she finally found him homeless, addicted, and running from the law, yet a musician, just like her. Ultimately she guides him out of the legal system and off of the streets becoming his advocate and shadow adopting him into her life, cultivating an inspiring transformation as Don transitions from self identified vagrant to self...
2022-07-121h 15
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesA DNA Test Changed his LifeMichael Knox was adopted in 1961 in Illinois. He was raised with two younger sisters, one adopted and one bio. He moved to Southern California when he was five. He has been married for thirty six years and has three wonderful children and one granddaughter. Michael worked in the television industry for many years and moved his family to Atlanta work on the Olympics and he never left Atlanta.Around twenty-two years ago Michael started running, biking and swimming. One thing led to another and he started doing Iron Man triathlons and is currently training for one this...
2022-06-281h 02
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesFinding a Sense of SelfCarolina Khan is a transnational adoptee from Palmira, Colombia. As early as she can recall, she has always been informed of her adoption that took place at 18 months old. What she was not informed of were her circumstances surrounding her adoption and most importantly where her natural mother was and where she could be found. Why was adoption her story? Carolina had made it her priority to receive support and work through her own adoption trauma. Ultimately, she finds herself wanting to share her process of gaining her identity as a Colombian woman, sense of self, individuation and healing.
2022-06-141h 18
The Good Vibes Podcast#172 In gesprek met Hiske over Human DesignIn deze aflevering ga ik in gesprek met Hiske, zij heeft dan ook de primeur om mijn allereerst podcast gast te zijn 🤗.Hiske van @allesoverhumandesign is een expert op het Human Design (HD) is een systeem wat je helpt om inzicht te krijgen in jezelf. Een HD chart is een representatie van hoe jij met energie omgaat.We praten over de basis van Human Design, wat is het en wat heb je eraan. En we hebben het over de verschillende types, de verschillende centra, hun thema’s en ove...
2022-06-1346 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesBetter Late than NeverAdopted at birth, Edward Di Gangi was born and raised in New York City. Although he knew for most of his life that he was adopted, it wasn’t until he approached his 70th birthday that he began to search for the identity of his birth mother. His journey and the many surprising discoveries he made as he searched are recounted in his memoir, The Gift Best Given. Edward and his wife now live in Hillsborough, North Carolina. He is a popular book club presenter and podcast guest. The Gift Best Given is his first full-length book.Al...
2022-05-3155 min
GOOD GRACE CLUBSeason 6 Episode 15: DAPHNE CLARK on Vulnerability + RestCHOSEN GIRL FAM, we are back for another great chat with another fab guests! Welcome our dear friend, Daphne Clark (Daphne Michelle Music) back to the podcast! You may remember her from a few seasons back with her talk on mental health (you can find that chat here), and she's back again today with some real talk on what God is doing in her life through being vulnerable and finding intentional rest through sabbatical.
You can find Daphne on Spotify (Daphne Michelle Music) and on instagram (@Daphnemichellemusic)
Thank you for listening, and s...
2022-05-2452 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAn Adoptee Raised by an AdopteeBeth Figuls is a technical writer and aspiring novelist/memoirist from Los Angeles. A Baby Scoop-era adoptee, she was raised by a father who was also an adoptee, and who had lived in an orphanage for a time when he was very young. She searched for and found her birth mother, as well as siblings from both sides of her birth families. She strongly believes that adoptees have a right to know who they are. She is very interested in exploring intergenerational trauma, loss, and adoptee personhood in her memoir-in-progress.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise...
2022-05-1758 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesA Transracial Adoptee Speaks his TruthMatthew Charles is the host of "little did u know", an abolitionist podcast that seeks to reveal the precarity inherent in transracial/national adoption and dream of a new future by centering the voices of Adoptees and Professionals. His is also an essayist, poet, and sometimes actor whose work explores (dis)placement, belonging, and colony and appears in VISIBLE and Severance Magazine. To learn more about Matthew Charles and his poetry you can visit his website: MatthewCharlesPoet.comAlso in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self.
2022-05-031h 19
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesThe "Good" Adopted ChildEmma Stevens is a U.S. domestic adoptee from birth and has survived layers of trauma that have put her on multiple journeys. She developed the inner strength and courage to surmount the many struggles she faced. Her traumas were born from being an adoptee who struggled with being forced to wear an impossible mask of playing the part of the “good adopted child.” Because being relinquished and adopted has colored her life, it’s Emma’s desire to be part of the movement that is dedicated to helping bring forth change to the way our world views the needs an...
2022-04-1951 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesThe Dark Side of Foster CareMikayla Mains is a dancer teacher, small business owner and SAHM. She was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri where she now resides with her husband and two children. After spending years in and out of the foster care system, she was adopted at age 12 to a large family in which she became the 10th child. She battled with questions about her past for years until she finally found her biological mother on Facebook and began to piece things together. She now wants to dedicate herself to educating others on the dark sides of foster care, a...
2022-04-0558 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesSometimes You Have to Get LoudTony Corsentino is a cataloger at a public library near Boston, Massachusetts, after a prior career as a philosophy professor. A child of a closed adoption, Tony grew up in the southern United States without siblings. After fighting cancer and becoming a father, he obtained his birth records, reunited with his mother, and connected with other adoptees on social media. He plans to continue to raise awareness of adoption issues and help amplify adoptee voices through print and online writing projects.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self.
2022-03-221h 24
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesDigging through the Layers of International AdoptionTrishina was born in 1991 in Sevastopol, Ukraine and was adopted at just 18 months old. She was always curious about her biological family, searching on and off, but it wasn’t until she joined a Russian social media app called Vkontakte, that she was able to find some answers. Trishina is a nurse and military wife currently living in Cleveland, Ohio.Vk LinkAlso in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self.Here's our affiliate link for Buzzsprout: When you sign up, you get...
2022-03-0855 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAn Adoptee Gives BackDavid was born in 1972 in Newcastle, in the North East of England and adopted shortly after he was six weeks old. He is now a therapist working predominantly with trauma and adoption. He also sits on a fostering panel and teaches therapeutic parenting. David is married with two children, and he is currently writing his first novel based on his life story. Please also hear more of David at: The Adoption and Fostering PodcastAlso in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self....
2022-02-221h 10
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesUsing Trauma to Treat TraumaMelissa Porter, born "Ryan Keeler" is an adult adoptee and psychologist from New York, who specializes in attachment and trauma theory. After the birth of her daughter, she used DNA and modern-day sleuthing to build her family tree and connected with her first family in 2018. She found a large maternal family ready to welcome her, and a decades-old mystery in her paternal family that she used DNA tracing to solve! Since "coming out of the fog", Melissa uses her education and expertise as a platform from which to advocate for adoptees' rights.Also in this episode, Sarah a...
2022-02-081h 01
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesA 20-year Search for AnswersAs early as he could comprehend it, Matt had always known he was adopted – but he never had the desire to find his birth parents. That is until the birth of his only daughter brought more questions than answers about his health and ancestry. When he received his adoption paperwork from the State of Wisconsin, he discovered that his birth father was never told of the pregnancy. That started 20 + years of searching to finally find the answers he was looking for.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self.
2022-01-251h 01
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesS1 Finale: MeganIn this episode, Sarah and Louise recap Season One and then they speak to Megan Culhane Galbraith.Megan Culhane Galbraith is a writer, visual artist and adoptee. Her debut memoir-in-essays The Guild of the Infant Saviour: An Adopted Child's Memory Book (Mad Creek Books/Ohio State University Press) was published in May 2021. Megan's work was listed as Notable in Best American Essays 2021 and 2017 and recognized by Poets & Writers in their "5 Over 50" issue. She is the 2022 Writer-in-Residence at adopteeson.com. Her essays, interviews, reviews and visual art have appeared in BOMB, The Believer, HYPERALLERGIC! ZZYZYVA, Tupelo Quarterly, Hobart...
2022-01-111h 01
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesS1 Ep. 16: Ann MarieIn this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss Chapter Sixteen of “The Primal Wound” by Nancy Newton Verrier and then they speak to Ann Marie Morello.Ann Marie Morello is a licensed mental health counselor, Adoptee coach and self proclaimed “truth warrior.” She owns a boutique private mental health practice in Suffolk County, New York. Ann Marie was a closed domestic adoption, was in foster care, and has been in reunion since 2017. We will hear how being an adoptee shapes her work as a licensed trauma professional, and the personal fulfillment she receives volunteering as co-facilitator of the Long Islan...
2021-12-281h 21
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesS1 Ep. 15: EricIn this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss Chapter Fifteen of “The Primal Wound” by Nancy Newton Verrier and then they speak to Eric David.Born in Queens in 1966, Eric was adopted at two months old. He is the oldest and has one sister who is adopted and one who is not, all treated equally by their parents. Eric's married with two sons: one who died in 2013 and the other who is graduating college next year. Having his own genetic kin caused him to start his search. Eric recently found his birth mother through a DNA test after years...
2021-12-1457 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesS1 Ep. 14: RachelIn this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss Chapter Fourteen of “The Primal Wound” by Nancy Newton Verrier and then they speak to Rachel Atiemo-Obeng.Rachel Atiemo-Obeng was born In Southfield Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, adopted as an infant, and raised in Midland Michigan. She received her M.Ed. with emphasis on Applied Behavior Analysis from Arizona State University, and has worked with special needs children for over ten years in clinical and school settings. She has recently relocated to Los Angeles California where she works as a Special Education Paraeducator and Special Education advocate for California Conne...
2021-11-3040 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesS1 Ep. 13: CaseyIn this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss Chapter Thirteen of “The Primal Wound” by Nancy Newton Verrier and then they speak to Representative Casey Weinstein.Casey Weinstein is currently serving his second term as a State Representative in the Ohio House of Representatives. He lives in Hudson, Ohio with his wife Amanda and their three children—Nora, Emelia, and Brady. Both Casey and Amanda are veterans of the United States Air Force and served at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base before eventually moving to Ohio to start their family. Their son, Brady, was formally adopted earlier this year.
2021-11-1648 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesS1 Special Episode: JenniferIn this special episode, Sarah and Louise put their chapter discussion on hold to talk to Jennifer Utley, Director of Research, at Ancestry.Jennifer’s journey at Ancestry® began more than 20 years ago with a love of editing, writing, and publishing—and a strong desire to remain close to her Utah roots. Today, her passion for storytelling remains at an all-time high, thanks in part to the technological innovations she’s witnessed throughout her career. Stories that once took days to research now unfold in minutes. It’s Jennifer’s job to surface the power of Ancestry® for televisi...
2021-11-0239 min
Grown Women, Growing WealthEp 31 Bullet Proof Your Business By Building Community w Sarah MuellerIt’s all about building community. Not decluttering, building a business that grows all by itself!
In this episode, we discover how Sarah Mueller built a community of over 140,000 people on Facebook and turned it into an email list that loves her offers and enthusiastically waits in line for her products.
-How to develop group culture
-the importance of taking your people from social media to email lists
-the importance of celebration to encourage and build your community
-get results with a supportive atmosphere
We do chat ab...
2021-07-0656 min
The Teacher Career Coach Podcast35 - Sarah Mill: From Teacher to Freelance CopywriterIn this episode, I interview someone on team Teacher Career Coach that I could not work without, Sarah Mill. For as long as Sarah can remember, she wanted to be a teacher. But after just 3 years of teaching high school English, she started to panic that it wasn't what she wanted it to be. After year 4, a mix of feeling stifled by the system and an opportunity to move across the country gave her the push she needed to try something new. Now she's successfully navigating the world of freelance writing while traveling around the country with her fiance...
2021-06-1749 min
Are You My Podcast?SpongeBath NoPants (Lifetime Movie)This week’s recap of Lifetime’s “Dangerous Medicine” is a doozy. Mary has a hard time believing an 18-year-old guy would have any gripe at all about getting a massage and sponge bath from a hot nurse. Sarah introduces Mary to another phrase for “pitching a tent” that makes her blush. Mary also has a beef with Daphne’s insistence on conveniently baring her midriff. Sarah and Mary agree they’d be in big trouble if their lives depended on knowing the whereabouts of gas line hookups or utility panels, and wonder if Tony’s mom couldn’t have taken a day or...
2021-03-091h 11GOOD GRACE CLUBSeason 4 Episode 2 Daphne Michelle on Obedience, Mental Health and Discernment!Chosen fam! Another Tuesday, another podcast! We are GIDDY to have this chat with one of our dear personal friends and musician, Daphne Michelle.
Basically, in a nutshell with this chat, the Lord came through, and so did Daphne with her amazing testimony of obedience, miraculous HEALING, her mental health journey, and more. She straight up blessed us with the most PRACTICAL Godly advice. She literally is a wisdom shaker (think of that made up term like a "salt" shaker lol!).
We are so thankful she poured out her heart and experience with God to...
2021-02-2351 min
PubTalk Live & AgentChat LivePubTalk Live: Author J. Elle and Illumicrate founder Daphne Lao TongePubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. Host Sarah Nicolas is joined in each episode by a Guest Co-Host and at least one Special Guest. They talk about all aspects of the book publishing industry, including its intersections with other media and libraries. This episode of PubTalk Live features Guest Co-Host J. Elle and Special Guest Daphne Lao Tonge, founder of Illumicrate.
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2021-01-2356 min
The Teacher Career Coach Podcast14 - Sarah Forst: Self-Care For TeachersIn this episode, Sarah helps us understand the importance of self-care and why it is a key part of avoiding teacher burnout.Free Quiz: What career outside of the classroom is right for you? Explore the course that has helped thousands of teachers successfully transition out of the classroom and into new careers: The Teacher Career Coach Course Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2021-01-1440 min
Quirky Voices PresentsBOGEYS AND GHOULIES - S.C.A.R.E by Carla Quelch (10+)Send us a textHello and Hearty Welcomes to the Second short season of Bogeys and GhouliesHere is a wonderfullyl fun monster mash of characters to kick us off - a werewolf, a witch, a ghost and a....Gareth.They are all in therapy - introduced by our wonderful episode narrator of audio joy! What would you name him???!ENJOY And do listen out for the other episodes tooooooo!STARRINGJack Bowman as The Decrepit NarratorKarim Kronfli as Max the WerewolfFiona Thraille a...
2020-10-3113 min
Dirty Strength Radio™Episode 14 How to de-sanitize your fitness practice for better, longer lasting, more important resultsToday we are going deeper into the Dirty Strength philosophy and talking about the THREE ways to de-sanitize your fitness practice and why you want to do it. Sarah is sharing advice, information and helpful suggestions for getting started with this paradigm shift. It's time to get dirty, and less "perfect" y'all. Are you ready? Shoutout to Katy Bowman, Daphne Miller, and Kate Galliett who I mention on the show today! Checkout my FREE course. Breathe Like A Bad Ass
2020-01-0747 min
Mom BrainSarah Thomas' Food Adventures for Picky EatersPart of Sarah Thomas' day is curating the wine at a fancy Manhattan restaurant while the other part is filled with getting kids to try diverse food. Sarah is the co-founder, Chief Imaginator, and Story Chef at Kalamata’s Kitchen, which is both a successful children's book series and organization that aims at transforming picky eaters into adventurous ones. Sarah has written 3 Kalamata's Kitchen books which deals with the young protagonist going on food-based adventures. Sarah deals with adult eaters at her other job as sommelier at Le Bernardin in New York City. Sarah discusses...
2019-09-0447 min
Fairy Tall Tales11 - Tree of Life & DeathIf you ever took an English lit class, you probably know that trees are kind of a "big deal" in stories. And if you're any kind of nature buff, you know trees are worthy of all the hugs. But what happens when the trees get a little...overboard. This week, Sarah & Megan take a look at the Greek myth of Daphne and Apollo, where the former gets an epic transformation because the latter just won't make like a tree and leave. For our true crime story, we cover Matthew J. Hoffman's very strange house of leaves (not to be confused wi...
2019-03-201h 19
Some Would SaySome Would Say 035 – After Party Chat at Hampton Design StudioHey all! New equipment! Sound is great, but there was some partying done before the recording. Jenna and Matt are joined, on this episode, by Adam, Carter, and Kona. There is a Sarah early on, but...well...you get it. This one was fun to listen back to, as I don't remember much of the beginning and there was a casualty of a microphone foam. Enjoy!
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2018-12-1800 min