The Empowered Adoptee Podcast

From Adoption to Advocacy: Leah Brighton’s Journey of Reconnection & Leadership


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In this episode of the Empowered Adoptee Podcast, we sit down with Leah Brighton, a Korean Canadian adoptee, passionate advocate, and the founder of the first adoptee-led organization in Canada. As the President of the Asian Adoptees of Canada, Leah has been instrumental in creating spaces where adoptees can connect, learn, and embrace their histories.

Leah shares her personal adoption journey, her experience reuniting with her birth family in 2007, and how that transformative experience fueled her mission to build community and support for adoptees across Canada and beyond. With a background in speech-language pathology and executive coaching, Leah also speaks about the power of communication and leadership in shaping an adoptee’s confidence and sense of self.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

  • Leah’s personal adoption and reunion journey
  • The importance of adoptee-led spaces and building community
  • How identity, leadership, and communication intersect in the adoptee experience
  • Tools for empowerment, healing, and connection

Join us for an inspiring conversation that highlights the strength, resilience, and power of adoptees coming together.

Tune in to the Empowered Adoptee Podcast to be inspired and find connection in your own adoptee journey!

If you would like to connect with Leah:

-LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahkimbrighton/ 

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leahkimbrighton_/

Tune in to the Empowered Adoptee Podcast to continue the conversation and find connection and community in your journey of healing and transformation.

If you would like to connect with us, you can find us here:

Website: https://www.theempoweredadoptee.com/
Facebook: The Empowered Adoptee 
Instagram: the.empowered.adoptee
Email: [email protected]

Please reach out and ask us your questions and share your own stories! Together, we are empowering Adoptees through community.

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