Shows
Fearlessly Unshackled- Faith ConversationsFaith Conversation Ashley HewittExplore the profound insights and inspirational journey shared by Ashley Hewitt 'Stepping Out Boldly in Christ.' This conversation delves deeply into understanding how faith and courage intertwine, encouraging readers to embrace their spiritual path with confidence and conviction.2025-06-1334 min
Personal Parsha ProseParshas Bamidbar: Organizing Ourselves for SocietyParshas Bamidbar: Organizing Ourselves for Society Dedicated to a refuah shelaima for Moshe Aaron ben Necha Itta, Binyamin ben Simcha, Sharon bas Shoshana, and Chaya Sarah bas Esther Leah Do you get the sense that the world is “messy” right now? Like there was a period, perhaps even less than a decade ago, when it felt like the world was starting to come together as a cohesive-ish unit (okay, barring Israel and the Divinely ordained disconnect), but now everything seems to be breaking down? Certainly, there is a sense from the news...2025-05-3003 min
The Inspiring Victory ShowThe Courage of a Leader: How to Boost Your Employee Engagement to Produce Extraordinary Results for Your BusinessEpisode 28:The Inspiring Victory Show - Sarah Victory & Globally Recognized Keynote Speaker, Top 3% Podcaster & Internationally Bestselling Author, Amy RileyDiscover the ultimate secret to a thriving business driven by engaged and powerful teams! In this episode of The Inspiring Victory Show™,Amy Riley, Globally Recognized Keynote Speaker, Top 3% Podcast Host & Internationally Bestselling Author, reveals how courageous leadership fosters engagement, builds trust, and drives extraordinary business success.With over 20 years of experience, Amy has worked with Fortune 500 companies, helping leaders drive impact and innovation. She is an Internationally Bestselling Author and Podcast Host of...2025-02-1257 min
BRAVE COMMERCEDHL’s Greg Hewitt Shares Insights on Global Logistics and Industry TransformationIn this compelling episode of BRAVE COMMERCE, hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter sit down with Greg Hewitt, CEO of DHL Express in the U.S., to discuss the future of logistics and commerce. Drawing on his 30 years of experience at DHL, Greg offers forward-looking insights into how global shipping is evolving to meet the demands of an increasingly digital and connected world.While reflecting on the industry’s transformation—from manual processes to AI-driven supply chain optimization—Greg focuses on the next big shifts shaping logistics, including automation, sustainability, and customer-centric innovations. The conversation highlights emergi...2024-12-2428 minBRAVE COMMERCEDHL’s Greg Hewitt Shares Insights on Global Logistics and Industry TransformationIn this compelling episode of BRAVE COMMERCE, hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter sit down with Greg Hewitt, CEO of DHL Express in the U.S., to discuss the future of logistics and commerce. Drawing on his 30 years of experience at DHL, Greg offers forward-looking insights into how global shipping is evolving to meet the demands of an increasingly digital and connected world.While reflecting on the industry’s transformation—from manual processes to AI-driven supply chain optimization—Greg focuses on the next big shifts shaping logistics, including automation, sustainability, and customer-centric innovations. The conversation highlights emergi...2024-12-2428 min
Journeys into Genealogy podcastResearching New Zealand Family History with Sarah HewittSarah Hewitt is chair of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists. We discuss what records are available in New Zealand, where they are located, what is available for free including birth, marriage and death records, wills and probate, school records, immigration, newspaper and other archives plus the benefits of joining the New Zealand Society of Genealogists including access to the Kiwi Collection. Sarah has put together a resource sheet which is available via this blog post: https://emmacox.co.uk/researching-your-ancestors-in-new-zealand. 2024-03-2657 min
Messy, Luminous, Being PodcastEpisode 156 The Medicine of Story w/ Claire HewittWisdom has most often been passed from one generation to the next through stories. How should we live? What is our relationship with the universe and ourselves? What is the deeper meaning of our life? In all cultures, insights have been held in stories, and these stories have been told as medicine for the soul. In this episode, I talk to storyteller Claire Hewitt. We talk about how story is connected to land and place, how sometimes stories come to us at just the right time and how women's wisdom has been carried and also hidden within story. 2024-02-151h 04
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
Breakthrough: A Dale Carnegie PodcastSeason 2: Episode 9- Get Involved with Guest Sarah HewittSarah Hewitt is on a mission to bridge the gap between industry and education. Sarah is the Vice President - Independent Petroleum Association of America Energy Workforce Center and has an extensive background in educational psychology. She speaks on trends with teenagers, valuable communication skills needed, and how to leverage informal interviews. Asking more questions and listening carefully are two simple things we can do that will make a massive difference in the way we connect with others!
Link:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-hewitt-23127231/2023-10-3124 min
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
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
The LimelightBook Interrupted with Sarah DiopSarah Diop wanted to create a book club for readers who were used to the business of life interrupting things like book clubs. That’s why the podcast Book Interrupted was born. The podcast includes a panel of six people who don’t stay strictly on topic, but instead, use the book they’re reading as a jumping-off point for other conversations.
In fact, one of the things that makes Book Interrupted stand out as far as book clubs go is that it’s on-brand for them to go off-topic, not take themselves too seriously, experiment with different...2023-05-2311 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 yo...2023-05-0954 min
Killer Pillow TalkStay Out of the Naughty House - Part 2The chilling, final deep digging into the life of Thomas Donald Bruce McArthur... a name almost as long as his killing spree. Charlie isn't really into this Santa's slaying, but most of it takes place in a van down by the river, so he's torn. Will the Canadian police arrest Saint McArthur? Will the little old lady do her own gardening? Are Canadian serial killer at least polite about it? Find out all this, and all that stuff from the first part, and still more yet on the conclusion of Bruce McArthur: Naughty (not nice!).2023-05-0746 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
Violating Community Guidelines with Brittany Broski and Sarah SchauerThe BCC Club with Sarah Schauer and Kendahl Landreth - Nepotism BabiesWelcome to the chain, we are your hosts Sarah Schauer and Kendahl Landreth! Join us on the thread as we take a deep dive into the internet, discuss new titillating topics every week, and maybe even CC in some special guests for their opinions on the action!Which one of YOUR parents is an A-list actor? Neither? Then why are you sitting with us? Today, Kendahl and Sarah cover everyone's favorite topic to trash talk on: nepotism babies, featuring today's guest: Jennifer Love Hewitt II.Get PayPal Honey for FREE at https://JoinHoney.com/BCC2023-02-201h 04
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
Schauer Thoughts2: Nepotism BabiesWhich one of YOUR parents is an A-list actor? Neither? Then why are you sitting with us? Today, Kendahl and Sarah cover everyone's favorite topic to trash talk on: nepotism babies, featuring today's guest: Jennifer Love Hewitt II.Get PayPal Honey for FREE at https://JoinHoney.com/BCCGo to https://ZocDoc.com/BCC and download the Zocdoc app for FREE.Follow Sarah: @SarahSchauerFollow Kendahl: @KendahlLandreth
To watch the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzv3r6Vfp3pqrmOIc7m8tuA
Don’t forget to subscribe to the p...2023-02-081h 04
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
In an Imperfect World#28 - Kate Hewitt's Imperfect Adventure: Career Change, Binge Eating Battles, and Finding BalanceHello and welcome to In An Imperfect World! Today, we have a special guest who's going to share her inspiring journey with us - Kate Hewitt, also known as Kate Koaching on Instagram.Are you ready to be inspired and motivated? Then, buckle up and get ready to hear Kate's story of transformation, adventure, and self-discovery. We'll be covering:Kate's leap of faith from the classroom to the fitness studioHer travels to exotic destinations such as Bali, Dubai, and TenerifeHer personal relationship with food, including her past struggles with disordered eating and binge eatingInsights into her...2023-02-031h 15
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 minKiller Pillow TalkStay Out of the Naughty House - Part 1Thomas Donald Bruce McArthur…. And that’s only one person. This is the long tale matching a long name of a killer with a jolly red hat and dirty green thumb. Charlie is none too pleased by what Sarah describes. Why do Santa’s break bad? Why is landscaping so hard? Are all the best killers Canadian? Find out all this and more as Sarah and Charlie return to the airwaves with new equipment and a new crime spree. Happy Belated Holidays!!2023-01-271h 00
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