Adoption is one of the most personal and complex conversations shaping families today.

In this episode of The Family Table, Jodi sits down with Lilia Garr to talk about adoption—not as a headline or a cultural talking point, but as a lived experience.

Lilia shares her own adoption story and how it has shaped her identity, her perspective, and her passion for creating change through her new project, Adopting Change. Together, they explore the evolving narrative around adoption, including the growing emphasis on trauma and the tension between acknowledging hard realities and recognizing the redemptive beauty adoption can hold.

This conversation dives into:
    •    How adoption shapes identity and belonging
    •    What adoptees wish adoptive parents better understood
    •    The cultural shift in how adoption is discussed today
    •    How we can hold space for both truth and redemption
    •    Encouragement for adoptive families and young adoptees navigating their own stories

At a time when adoption is often framed through a single lens, this episode invites a more honest, compassionate, and complete conversation—one that makes room for both brokenness and hope.

Pull up a chair. There’s a seat for you at the table!

Visit Lilia's website:
https://sites.google.com/view/adopting-change/home?authuser=0&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnNU9WMRSCXhsUz02ryGt1oKDV8J4XYs2SMUU1KxJVVrLrJV7IoO0bJHiNXTI_aem_9jBdCB36MZNGveTVpPBwHQ

🚨Parents, be warned, episode #2 of The Family Table Podcast might infuriate you.🚨

Grab a seat at the table as we have a conversation with Executive Director of Freedom Families United, Micayle Petersen. Micayle shares with us the scary truths she has uncovered within the New Mexico Public School System and the radical ideologies that are being pushed. From antidepressants to puberty blockers, our public schools now have the ability to prescribe our children with medications... and all without us knowing!! 😡

I don't know about you, but we are INFURIATED. Parental rights are being threatened in education but the first step to reclaiming our God-given rights as parents is to know what is happening in our public school system. 🗣️

In this first episode of The Family Table Podcast, host Jodi Hendricks is joined with her daughter, Isabella Hendricks. These two discuss what is on the table in New Mexico and what families are dealing with in today's society. We don't have to sit quietly as culture tries to tear down the family unit, we can stay committed to fighting for our families. Join us each episode as we give you a recipe for thriving and we help you better understand how you and your family can stand for faith and truth.

Grab a seat at The Family Table! We want to dive into real issues about life, family, religious freedom, education, the economy and more! New Mexico families deserve to do more than just survive, they deserve to THRIVE!