Jack Rocco, M.D. has more than 30 years as a practicing

Recycled, his first book, chronicles the behind-the-scenes, reluctant, and subconscious journey exploring the impact of being relinquished and adopted during the baby-scoop era of the mid-sixties. As he eventually finds his birth families, he also finds himself. He maintains homes outside of Charlotte, North Carolina and Hartford, Connecticut.

LINK to Jack's book, Recycled:

https://a.co/d/35xLMv0

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It was in the '90s when Carlos Munez was brought to the UK at 8 months old. As a transracial adoptee, he's experienced a loving home and a happy childhood, despite some big identity challenges. His relationship with adoption has been one of acceptance and growth from a child to adulthood.

He's on a journey now to share his own story about being proud of who you are and making the best out of what life has dealt you. He hopes you will take something from his story, even if it's only a small part, and follow his latest project.

LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/carlos-munez

Website - www.peruinteriors.co.uk

Facebook/Instagram - @peru.interiors

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** Warning: This episode does mention criminal sexual aggression and may be triggering. Please listen responsibly, including choosing not to listen to this content. Seek professional help if you are struggling with emotions that surface from the content in this podcast.

About Gigi:

Born in 1969. Left in the hospital at birth. The name they gave her, Ann Malone. Three days later, she was added to the foster care system, and at age 7 she found out she was adopted.

Now feeling like a square peg in a round hole, she tried to put her adoption in the back of her mind and move on. At age 19, she lost her adoptive mother, but made an unwelcome connection with her birth mother. But once again, she was rejected for a second time, and a few years later, rejected again for a third time.

Dealing with rejection played a large part in attracting unhealthy relationships and not understanding her own self-awareness. When GiGi was in the hospital surviving leukemia and a bone marrow transplant, discovering the importance of Breath-work and Meditation totally shifted her life! And she is learning to love herself even after years of feeling “unworthy and unwanted.”

Now she uses her platform to inspire and motivate people so that we will all be reminded that having a positive attitude can raise our

FB: https://www.facebook.com/gigipositivitee 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/gigipositivitee/

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gigisturgis

If you or someone you know would like to tell their adoption story on the podcast (anyone in the adoptee constellation), please send an email to [email protected], and your story will be considered for the podcast.

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Jean-Pierre Weingarten has led a rich, challenging and exciting life—beginning with showing up on the planet in Paris, France. At six years old, his parents divorced and his mother remarried to an American diplomat who whisked his family around the world. And at twelve years of age, he was adopted by his stepfather.

Once out of high school, Jean-Pierre planted his roots in the San Francisco Bay Area, immersing himself in the hospitality industry in restaurant and catering kitchens. He’s also a builder, a poet, an SEO specialist, an energy healer, and a certified SMGI® Guide. Being of service to others has been the underlying theme of his life.

Website: https://www.innerworldjourneys.com/

If you or someone you know would like to tell their adoption story on the podcast (anyone in the adoptee constellation), please send an email to [email protected], and your story will be considered for the podcast.

Melissa is a domestic infant adoptee, adopted by her foster family when she was 1 year old.

Melissa is a domestic infant adoptee, adopted by her foster

Melissa Ulven is a project coach and death planning educator

Website: Ulvencoaching.com

If you or someone you know would like to tell their adoption story on the podcast (anyone in the adoptee constellation), please send an email to [email protected], and your story will be considered for the podcast.

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Due to the LONG-LASTING EMOTIONAL FALLOUT that can be part of adoption, I highly support the GENTLE HEALING SUPPORT of SMGI: Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery. For more information on this groundbreaking and highly successful method, go to ⁠https://www.somatichealingjourneys.com⁠

Please seek professional help if you find yourself struggling with some of the realizations that you may experience during this episode.

This podcast's mission is on adoption education. If you have an expertise that you think would be beneficial to anyone touched by adoption and would like to be on the podcast, get in touch with me. I love to help fellow adoptees by helping to promote your latest project or expertise. It's time WE educate the world!!

Check out my website for other resources, all episodes of the podcast, and more about me!

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Jean was born in 1965 in Spokane, WA at a Salvation Army hospital. Her birth mother came from North Dakota. Jean had a mostly good adoptee experience, and her parents were really wonderful, good people. Her dad was an educator and her mother a nurse. Not to say there weren’t challenges growing up, as Jean's mother was addicted to prescription drugs and alcohol by the time Jean came into their lives.

Today, Jean is a professional writer and business owner of a small-town media outlet, BoulderCity.com. She has worked retail and co-owned two successful e-commerce companies and now works as an online marketing consultant. When not working, she, her husband and two golden retrievers are traveling the western U.S.

Jean is currently working on a groundbreaking book called The Adoption Paradox.

Website: http://www.adoptionparadox.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdoptionParadox

If you or someone you know would like to tell their adoption story on the podcast (anyone in the adoptee constellation), please send an email to [email protected], and your story will be considered for the podcast.

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Due to the LONG-LASTING EMOTIONAL FALLOUT that can be part of adoption, I highly support the GENTLE HEALING SUPPORT of SMGI: Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery. For more information on this groundbreaking and highly successful method, go to https://www.somatichealingjourneys.com

Please seek professional help if you find yourself struggling with some of the realizations that you may experience during this episode.

This podcast's mission is on adoption education. If you have an expertise that you think would be beneficial to anyone touched by adoption and would like to be on the podcast, get in touch with me. I love to help fellow adoptees by helping to promote your latest project or expertise. It's time WE educate the world!!

Check out my website for other resources, all episodes of the podcast, and more about me!

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Danielle Gaudette is a Body & Brain coach and author of Healing Tree: An Adoptee’s Story About Hurting, Healing and Letting the Light Shine Through.

(This episode aired 9/19/23, so workshop information is outdated. However, see her link to her website in the notes below.)

After her reunion with her birth mother 24 years ago, she began an energy practice to process the unraveling of her primal wound. She is now a 20-year senior trainer and seeks to share those healing principles and practices through her Emotional Self-Mastery for Adoptees course, to help others find the courage to go inward and heal their hearts.

Links:

Danielle’s Website: https://www.daniellegaudette.com/

Emotional Self Mastery Course Link: https://info.bodynbrain.com/esm-a?fbclid=IwAR1TSkXOQQncQDTpzU2F0Aa6tBk1OAVbXSHwob2z7-oQjBPBVh4Vsb6_H-s

Healing Tree Book: https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Tree-Adoptees-Hurting-Letting/dp/0578351544/

If you or someone you know would like to tell their adoption story on the podcast (anyone in the adoptee constellation), please send an email to [email protected], and your story will be considered for the podcast.

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Due to the LONG-LASTING EMOTIONAL FALLOUT that can be part of adoption, I highly support the GENTLE HEALING SUPPORT of SMGI: Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery. For more information on this groundbreaking and highly successful method, go to ⁠https://www.somatichealingjourneys.com⁠

Please seek professional help if you find yourself struggling with some of the realizations that you may experience during this episode.

This podcast's mission is on adoption education. If you have an expertise that you think would be beneficial to anyone touched by adoption and would like to be on the podcast, get in touch with me. I love to help fellow adoptees by helping to promote your latest project or expertise. It's time WE educate the world!!

Check out my website for other resources, all episodes of the podcast, and more about me!

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** Warning: This episode mentions non-consensual intercourse at the 3-minute mark. If you may be sensitive to that please forward past 3:00 on the audio. Please seek professional help if you find yourself struggling with some of the realizations that you may experience during this episode.**

This week's interview is with Rodger Tellefson. Rodger was born in Sacramento, California at the Sutter Memorial Hospital and was adopted at 3 days old. Rodger recalls that at 9 years old, his adopted parents stood across the living room with their backs turned to Rodger and his younger adopted brother, and then they told the boys they were adopted without facing them. It wasn’t until 1982 when an older maternal sister, who was also an adoptee, found him and his life changed forever. At the time Rodger was found he was working, had just moved to a new residence and had a young family making it a challenge to reunite and make a connection with his biologicals. He later found that having different lifestyles and economic backgrounds was a factor as well in his union with some of his siblings.

He has a 2-year degree from a junior college and worked for the Army Corps of Engineers in Sacramento which he retired from in '04. He was married for 39.5 years to his late wife who passed in September 2011. He has a daughter, 46, and a son, 44.

You can find Rodger on Instagram at @r.tollef

Rodger, thank you for volunteering to share your adoption story!

If you or someone you know would like to tell their adoption story on the podcast (anyone in the adoptee constellation), please send an email to [email protected], and your story will be considered for the podcast.

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Due to the LONG-LASTING EMOTIONAL FALLOUT that can be part of adoption, I highly support the GENTLE HEALING SUPPORT of SMGI: Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery. For more information on this groundbreaking and highly successful method, go to ⁠https://www.somatichealingjourneys.com⁠

Please seek professional help if you find yourself struggling with some of the realizations that you may experience during this episode.

This podcast's mission is on adoption education. If you have an expertise that you think would be beneficial to anyone touched by adoption and would like to be on the podcast, get in touch with me. I love to help fellow adoptees by helping to promote your latest project or expertise. It's time WE educate the world!!

Check out my website for other resources, all episodes of the podcast, and more about me!

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Barbara Jean Liguori was born November 17, 1971 in the baby scoop era and adopted at 4 months old March 25, 1972.  She currently lives in Branford, CT, but was raised in the New Haven area most of her life. She has been married for 27 years and is a mother of 2 biological sons and a stepmother of one daughter who has lived with Barbara since she was 3 years old.  She has been in reunion with her biological mom and dad since she was 18, and she has one full biological brother.

Barbara has been the owner of Salon Massimo for the past 25 years and currently works there as a hairstylist along with her husband.  She is currently writing a book on her life as an adoptee that should be published in the very near future.  Her hopes are to share her story with other adoptees and hopefully bring some awareness and education to adoptive parents looking to adopt.

She also has a strong compassion for birth mothers, as she feels they have gone through tremendous trauma as well, which is most often overlooked or misunderstood.

https://www.unravelingadoption.com/

If you or someone you know would like to tell their adoption story on the podcast (anyone in the adoptee constellation), please send an email to [email protected], and your story will be considered for the podcast.

_________

Due to the LONG-LASTING EMOTIONAL FALLOUT that can be part of adoption, I highly support the GENTLE HEALING SUPPORT of SMGI: Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery. For more information on this groundbreaking and highly successful method, go to ⁠https://www.somatichealingjourneys.com⁠

Please seek professional help if you find yourself struggling with some of the realizations that you may experience during this episode.

This podcast's mission is on adoption education. If you have an expertise that you think would be beneficial to anyone touched by adoption and would like to be on the podcast, get in touch with me. I love to help fellow adoptees by helping to promote your latest project or expertise. It's time WE educate the world!!

Check out my website for other resources, all episodes of the podcast, and more about me!

⁠https://www.mindyourownkarma.com⁠

Follow me on Socials!

MYOK on Instagram:

⁠https://www.instagram.com/mind_your_own_karma⁠

MYOK on Facebook:

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