Adoption & Beyond Podcast

In this enlightening episode of Adoption & Beyond, we delve into the crucial topic of supporting LGBTQIA+ youth. Join us as we welcome Phii Regis from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and All Children-All Families, the largest LGBTQIA+ advocacy group in the United States.

Phii brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our discussion, offering valuable insights on how parents can create a supportive and affirming environment for their LGBTQIA+ children. We also highlight community resources that can offer additional assistance.

Whether you’re a parent, educator, or ally, this episode is packed with essential information to help you better understand and support the LGBTQIA+ youth in your life. Tune in to learn how to be a stronger advocate and ally, and discover how we can all contribute to a more inclusive and accepting world.

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In this episode of Adoption & Beyond, Nicole and Alyse sat with Kristy, AFTH's Director of Marketing and Communications to speak about their experience as mothers. They spoke frankly on their highs and lows of motherhood. Some of the topics discussed are: postpartum depression, post partum anxiety, how being a mother affects their work in the adoption field and much more.

In this episode episode of Adoption & Beyond Podcast, we interviews three people who went through infertility and then decided to move on to adopting children.

Welcome to our new and improved podcast Adoption & Beyond. On this episode of the podcast we introduce our new name and new segments of the podcast. We are also now on VIDEO! If you would like to see the episode head over to our YouTube Channel @Adoption&BeyondPodcast.

In celebration of March being National Social Work Month, we got together with three amazing guests: Jackie, Christian and Emily. They are all adoptees who now work at Adoptions From The Heart as adoption social workers. During this episode they discuss the ups and downs of working in the adoption field, their story as adoptees and how they ended up in social work, importance of work-life balance, and much more.

To learn more about Adoptions From The Heart, head over to our website at www.afth.org.

Grief is a natural response to loss, but it can be a difficult emotion to navigate. In this podcast episode, we are joined by grief counselor Jenn Oglesbee to discuss misconceptions about grief, coping strategies, and healthy ways to process emotions.

You can learn more about Jenn Oglesbee and the work she does by visiting her website at www.jennoglesbee.com

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TW: This episode has topics of pregnancy loss and transracial adoption. If these topics trigger you, please feel free to skip this episode.

In this episode of a Heart to Heart with Adoptions From The Heart podcast, we invited Emily Hogar. Emily is an adoptive mother from our Central PA office and a midwife. Emily adopted her daughter in 2019 with her husband. We want to take time to talk to Emily to hear more about her professional experience working with expecting parents as well as how that has impacted her on her journey as an adoptive mother. 

To learn more about Adoptions From The Heart, please visit www.afth.org.

In This episode, we sit down with Vaughn and Marvin, two adoptive dads, as they share their journey as a same-sex couple navigating the open adoption process. We discuss their experiences, similarities, and differences in adopting a newborn vs. an older child placement(a two-year-old). We also dive into the many hurdles faced with finalization, navigating transitions from one household to another, identity, addressing the importance of inclusion and diversity, how to deal with the opinions of others, and how they overcame personal challenges.

On this episode of A Heart-to-Heart with Adoptions From The Heart, we are excited to welcome Leya, a Senior Social Worker at ChristianaCare in Delaware who provides supportive services to expecting parents. We are also joined by Amanda Aliberti who is an Adoption Counselor and Supervisor as well as the Expecting and Birth Parent Services Manager at Adoptions From The Heart.

Adoptions From The Heart has the honor of working alongside incredible medical professionals to provide information and support to expecting parents wanting to explore their options. Leya shares more about her role at ChristianaCare and how she advocates for patients' needs and provides support and resources as they navigate their pregnancies. Amanda discusses the importance of developing relationships and trust between AFTH and hospital staff to be able to provide seamless care to expecting parents and advocating for clients' needs is the priority whether or not they choose to move forward with an adoption plan.

On this episode of A Heart-to-Heart with Adoptions From The Heart podcast we wanted to take a time a highlight the voices of people in the military community with ties to adoption. May is Military Appreciation month, so on this episode we talked the challenges of placing a child for adoption, adopting a child or being an adoption social worker while being a service member or a military spouse. During our conversation we spoke about the raw experiences of the our service men and women who have chosen adoption.

During the episode we touch on important subjects like post-partum depression, metal health, the process of adopting while in the military, maintaining openness in the adoption plan, and much more. We want to thank all Katie, Brittny and Tiffany for being open and honest about their experiences.

To learn more about Adoptions From The Heart pleas visit www.afth.org or call 800-355-5500.

In this episode of a Heart-to-Heart with Adoptions From The Heart podcast, we are joined by two couples: Jim & Racheal and Rob & Sam. They joined this episode to share about their infertility journey and ultimately choosing adoption to build their family. In this episode, we touched on infertility diagnosis, impacts on infertility on a persons mental health, supporting your partner through the process, choosing adoption to grow their family, disruptions, open adoption and relationships with birth parents and much more. We thank Jim, Racheal, Rob and Sam for being vulnerable and open about their stories.

To purchase Jim's book "Why Is Light So Damned Capricious? " you can go here: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Light-So-Damned-Capricious/dp/0692050736