Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive

We all function better in life when we are firing on all cylinders. But what helps us do that? Listen in as adoption professional Carolyn shares what works for her. It might work for you...

Find out more about Carolyn and the company she works for here:

https://arrow.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/arrow-child-and-family-ministries/

https://www.facebook.com/arrowcfm/

https://www.instagram.com/arrowcfm/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-bishop-lmsw-lcpaa-6437b523/

Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

Using what we've learned to help others is one of the most powerful things we can do in life. It brings profound meaning to the tough stuff we've been through. It's alchemy. Lead that's weighed us down becomes gold that shines. Listen in as adoptees and coaches Yvonne and Tammy share some of their learnings.

Yvonne Howard is the owner and principal coach at Unmasked Coaching, with 25+ years' experience as a former licensed counselor, educator, and consultant. 

As a biracial adoptee from a closed adoption, she understands the search for belonging. She works with adult members of the adoption triad, specializing in mental fitness and authenticity. 

Yvonne pairs compassion with radical honesty and genuine curiosity, believing everyone already holds their own answers. 

Wife, mother of two adults and two dogs, she loves knitting and exploring new places, people, and flavors. 

Her practice is grounded in her 3 Gs: Grace, Gratitude, and Goodness. 

Unmasked Coaching 

Here are a few words from Tammy Murphy: "I am an adoption attuned certified professional. When I start my coaching business I will be coaching adult adopted women. My niche is Surviving the Daughter Wound. The name of my coaching service will be Life! Despite Adoption."

Links: 

FB- Early Discovery Adoptee

IG-comingoutthatfogisamutha

Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

Epiphanies change our world. But how do they happen? Listen in as founder and adoptive dad David shares what's changed his world. Profound and empowering.

David holds an MBA in Corporate Finance and an MSW in Child Welfare. After spending 12 years working in corporate finance, he decided to pivot his career into serving individuals who are severely marginalized. He worked at two child-focused non-profit organizations prior to founding Fostering Great Ideas in 2011.

David was an Adjunct Professor with Clemson University’s MBA in Entrepreneurship program for ten years. He taught Community Impact Entrepreneurship: bringing entrepreneurial spirit to difficult world problems.

David enjoys hiking, gardening, cycling, and spending time with his family.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwhiteinnovative/

https://fgi4kids.org/

https://www.facebook.com/fgi4kids

https://www.instagram.com/fgi4kids/

Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

One of the most important drivers of transracial adoptees' thriving is honoring their culture. Listen in as adoptive mom and adoption professional Elizabeth shares what she's learning about thriving raising her son who was adopted from South Korea.

Find out more about Elizabeth here:

https://hopeadoptionagency.org/

https://www.facebook.com/hopeadoptionagency

https://www.instagram.com/hopecenteradoptions

https://www.linkedin.com/company/hope-center-adoptions/

Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

What do you want? For others? For Yourself? Listen in as ex pilot, now non-profit leader Steve shares insights on persistence and relentless hyper focus. Powerful and empowering.

Here's a bit about the Burke Center from their website.

All children deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to flourish. Through therapeutic treatment, foster care, and adoption and reunification, our ultimate goal is to help children rebuild their lives in a manner that will break the cycle of abuse and give them the tools necessary to excel.

Find out more 

https://burkecenterforyouth.org/

https://www.facebook.com/burkecenterforyouth#

https://www.instagram.com/bcfydriftwood/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve4nier/

Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

Loving kids with trauma takes a different sort of love, a muscular love. Listen in as Brian who leads a non profit supporting foster and foster/adoptive parents take on muscular love, connecting no matter what and more....

Find out more about Brian at:

https://fosteringhopefoundation.org/

https://www.facebook.com/fosteringhopefoundation/

https://www.instagram.com/fosteringhopefoundation/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/fostering-hope-foundation/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bnewsome1/

Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

Kit interviews me about my counterculture take on healing. Primordial Wholeness - what is it and how does it help adoptees? We dig deep and debate on whether we can / how to uncover our wholeness underneath our trauma.

Kit Myers is an associate professor in the Department of History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. He was previously a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Merced. His teaching interests include the study of race as a social, relational, and intersectional category of difference and power. His forthcoming book, The Violence of Love: Race, Adoption, and Family in the United States, with University of California Press (2024), uses interdisciplinary methods of archival, legal, and discursive analysis to argue that while adoption is imbued with love, violence is attached to adoption in complex ways. The book comparatively examines the transracial and transnational adoption of Asian, Black, and Native American children by White families to understand how race has been constructed relationally to mark certain homes, families, and nations as spaces of love, freedom, and better futures against others that not. Myers has also published journal articles in Adoption Quarterly, Critical Discourse Studies, Adoption & Culture, and Amerasia. He serves as on the executive committee for the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of California, San Diego in ethnic studies and his B.S. in ethnic studies and journalism from the University of Oregon.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kit-myers-21463417/

Here's where I interviewed him https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/episodes/the-logic-mystery-of-healing-kit-myers

Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

They Don't Want Us To Heal...Leah's words stopped me dead in my tracks when we first spoke. Surely everybody wants the best for us all? Listen and make your own mind up...

Leah Sutterlin serves as the Adoption Communication Manager for National Council For Adoption. Leah comes from a business and technology background and is passionate about writing and data-driven storytelling. She also brings lived experience as an adoptee from China and previous work experience with organizations like the Christian Alliance for Orphans and Help One Child in the foster care and adoption space.

Leah earned a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She and her husband, Spencer, reside in the SF Bay Area in California and love traveling and experiencing new cultures.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidson125/

https://adoptioncouncil.org/

https://www.facebook.com/AdoptionCouncil/

https://www.instagram.com/adoptioncouncil/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-council-for-adoption/

Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

What does it take to thrive in all areas of our lives? Listen in as Jody shares her learnings on thriving mentally, emotionally and physically. Lots of priceless insights to help you thrive...

https://www.bridgealife.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BridgeALife1/

https://www.instagram.com/bridge.a.life/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jody-jester-91b744bb/

Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

We are told that when we're going through tough stuff, to keep going. But what does that take? More than resilience? Listen in as Jillana talks steadfast tenacity, growth and humility. Powerful!

Here's more about today's guest from her website:

I’m Jillana.

Five remarkable kids who have stretched and shaped me all call me Mom. Together, my husband and I have redrawn the picture of traditional family, grafting children from hard places – and their families – into our circle. Some stay for a season, and others for a lifetime.

Parenting is sacred work, and I honor each and every family who is taking on this task of loving and caring for children from hard places. Nobody slips through the cracks here, and it is my deepest desire to encourage, inspire, and walk with you through it all.

https://jillana-goble.com/

https://www.facebook.com/jillanagoble/

https://www.instagram.com/jillanagoble/

https://everychildoregon.org/

https://www.facebook.com/everychildoregon/

https://www.instagram.com/everychildoregon

Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.