In this episode author Ken DeStefano shares about his new novel loosely based on his own adoption. As a newborn baby he was kept in the hospital away from his birth mother for a week until she signed the papers to release him for adoption. This fictitious account of a young woman living a carefree life on the Jersey Shore finds herself pregnant, alone, and banished from her home. Take a listen to Ken's intriguing interview!

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#Domestic Adoptee # Italian Adoptee # Reunion # Adoptee Novel #IdentityAdoption

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Author Anette Nilsson is my guest in this episode to talk about finding Soul Happy. As a young adult she and her then husband founded and grew a tech company that gave them a rich lifestyle, but void of emotional happiness. Wealth, marital volatility, and family secrets created a mix that caused sickness and almost death. Through determination to heal and find joy, Anette found a return to the strength of her own inner voice. Anette's new book Soul Happy: A Viking Woman's Long Road Home is available this March 24th.

www.anettenilssonauthor.com

#Soulhappy #awakening #neardeathexperience #trauma #familysecrets #healing #recoveryfromillness

For fun Dr. Janeice Garrard authored a children's book with the help of a few other Korean adoptees in 2022. Generated through AI this this podcast discusses the book through a serious lens making societal connections that one may not have thought of at all

JoYi is the founder of The Practice Center, focused on the mindfulness of living life to its fullest! JoYi is a Korean adoptee who was left at an orphanage at the age of 8 and adopted to a family in Minnesota during the late 1970's. She was born to a Korean mother and a Black father and we talk on the topic of identity , abandonment, and loss. Through mindfulness work JoYi has found her own way of addressing such hard issues that life offers up. Take a listen to her amazing story of how the "practice" of living has brought her peace and clarity.

Two Part conversation in one!

Mature language

#Korean Adoptee #BlackKorean # Mindfulness #SelfLove #Spirituality # Forgiveness

https://thepracticecenter.org/

Jim Graham was raised in a house on Arend Avenue in Buffalo New York, surrounded by people whom he believed were his family - minus the mother whom he saw for only a few days out of the year. Not until he was an adult did he learn that his real father was a Catholic Priest from the Order of Oblates.

Jim is the author of the book - Buried Truth, available on Amazon. ISBN-13978-1665777933

#BuriedTruth #CatholicPriest #SearchingforMyfather

#Resiliance #SeeItThrough

In this episode, Wilson talks about his adoption experience and the motivation behind his best selling book; Marked By Adoption. Abandoned in China and raised in Nebraska, Wilson is an advocate for adoptees and currently attending Creighton University.

#Adoption #ChineseAdoptee #FindingPurpose #SpeakYourTruth #LiveYourLife #GivingThanks #LiveYourPurpose

https://www.markedbyadoption.com/

Guest Taelor Avery is a teacher in a mid sized Iowa city and is the mother to a middle schooler. As a baby, Taelor was adopted from South Korea and brought to the Midwest United States. In this episode, Taelor talks about her adoption story and the strong family ties she had with her parents.

AlmaLuz was born in Honduras and adopted to a family in the United States. Recently, she discovered she has a brother living in the South and will be reunited with her birth mother in-person! AlmaLuz has written and illustrated a children's book based on her early life in Honduras. She is an adoptee advocate as you will hear in her interview.

You can purchase her book on Amazon!

https://www.amazon.com/Maya-Before-Adoption-AlmaLuz-Sanchez

#Adoption #HonduranAdoptee #Healingfromtrauma #HealingChoice

Mike was born in Seattle and adopted to a couple in Idaho in the late sixties. Raised as an only child, he encountered loneliness and the emotional unavailability of his parents. Listen to Mike's journey of finding self and how making choices of faith helped him cultivate a life of acceptance and gratitude.

#Adoption #DomesticAdoptee #Faith #ChoosingFaith #Acceptance

Lori Agler was abandoned at the age of two in South Korea alongside her four year old brother in October 1976. Adopted to a family in the United States, they were able to remain together. Listen to Lori's account of searching for her birth family and how her faith has been a firm foundation.

#KoreanAdoptee #Faiththroughtrial #Birthfamily #Reunion