Kristen is an adoptee who grew up in the same town as members of her biological family. She never knew the truth until she was 18 years old.

On the date of this interview she celebrated 92 days of sobriety. 

Jessica was adopted at birth to her forever mom.  When she became and adult she began a search for her biological family. What she found out was not a happy ever after ending to her search. She believes that God used her in an amazing way to help take care of her birth mother. Jessica says that she has found the diamonds of life amid the pain of her birth search. 

Keith grew up in a big Italian family in New York. It wasn't until his early 30's that he found out that he had been adopted and it had been kept a secret from him. He then went on a journey to find his biological family. 

In this episode I talk with guests Joe Soll and Mark Miner about adoption.

Matthew is an Amerasian Korean Adoptee who was adopted at age seven. He grew up in New Hampshire, joined the military and served in two wars. In 2018 Matthew found his father through DNA testing. After the experience of identity confusion as a child, he can now proudly say that he has paternal roots in Kentucky.

Ryan Anderson was adopted as an infant from Morocco and grew up in Scotland. 

He shares his story how he used addiction to deal with feelings of shame. Now he is on a mission to help others by telling his message of hope to live life through conection and support. Disclaimer: topic of addiction and suicide.

In this episode of Claiming Your Voice my guest Judy Wong talks about how people can plan for living life not just retirement. Judy is on a mission to help people over 60 to raise their foundation of life!

Judy Wong can be contacted through these links:

Link to my Giveaway:

A Free 30 minute Deep Dive Session with Judy

https://calendly.com/livingoutloudaintoveryet/30-minute-raising-your-light-of-life-deep-dive

Website:

https://LivingOutLoudAintOverYet.com

As an infant, Joe Soll was trafficked into the adoption system. He grew up to be a psychotherapist and author of ten books. He facilitates a free nightly chat where participants can work on healing adoption related trauma. Joe wrote Adoption Healing...A Path to Revcovery to help adoptees on their healing journey. 

In this interview, Mark Miner shares his story of foster care and adoption. He and his sister were taken from their family at very young ages and lived through abuse and neglect in the foster system. Mark's story is one of encouragement and empathy.