Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive

Princess Land is an adoptee who inspires other adoptees to find their voice and advocate for themselves and other adoptees. Find out more about her at:

https://linktr.ee/Princesslandd

Cathy Murphy is the adoptive mother of 2 grown up children and leads The Adoption Council of Canada. Find out more about her at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathy-murphy-b8248917/

https://twitter.com/cathylmurphyott?lang=en

Find out more about their advocacy program at:

https://www.adoption.ca/youth-speak-out

Find out more about the Council at:

The Adoption Council of Canada is Canada’s national voice for adoption, unifying communities’ commitments to permanency for waiting children and youth. We support and encourage people along their adoption journey, connecting them to the families and resources they need. Our vision is a permanent, supported family for every waiting child and youth in Canada.

As Canada’s only national, non-profit, charitable organization serving adopted persons, adoptive families, and birth families, we are focused on the need to raise awareness about the approximately 30,000 children and youth in government care across Canada who need permanent families (through kinship care, customary care, legal guardianship and adoption). We also facilitate programs that promote the placement of waiting children and youth in permanent, safe, loving and culturally competent families.

The Adoption Council of Canada is not an adoption agency.

https://www.adoption.ca/

https://www.facebook.com/acc.cac/

https://vimeo.com/user32927714

https://twitter.com/adoptioncanada?lang=en

https://www.instagram.com/adoptioncouncilofcanada/

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Tiegan is an adoptee who uses her experiences to help train, teach and provide her perspective to those working with children and young people.

Tiegan has worked closely with youth groups in North Yorkshire, including as part of the Young Inspectors. The Young Inspectors inspect local services to see what they do well and what improvements they need to make to ensure services are led by the needs of young people.

Tiegan became interested in sharing her experiences after joining an adoption group which gave her the chance to share her views and experiences on different platforms.

She is passionate about improving young people’s lives, helping others and social action.

She enjoys learning about other people’s life experiences and the different views of the world.

https://twitter.com/Ginger_Adoptee

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#nancyverrier

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Here's what Paul says  on his website:

"My name is Paul Field, and I was an Adoptee born in Kingston, London, England, and grew up on the Isle of Wight.

I went to Wroxall Primary, Ventnor Middle and Sandown High Schools.

When I left school, I went to work for Videotron Cable TV, on West Quay Rd, in Southampton.

I also worked for GEC Avery, now known as Avery Berkel, before moving to the United States in January of 1994,
where I met my wife, Denise (pictured above), and had my daughter, Kaitlyn.

In the U.S., I have worked as a consultant for America Online, RHI Consulting, Lipton, Database America, AT&T Wireless, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Customs, Best Foods, MBNA, Custom Video Productions and Computer Associates.

I am currently the network administrator for a Fortune 500 company.

I also run my own Computer Security consulting business.

This site was started to help make the lives of Adoptees (and birth parents) who are searching easier.

I remember some of the resources I needed during my search, and am now trying to make as
many of them easily available for fellow searchers. That is where the idea for this site came from.

I hope you enjoy using the site, as much as I enjoyed putting it together."

Paul runs 2 websites with over 45,000 people registered.

Get on the register so you can be found at:

http://www.ukbirthadoptionregister.com/

Search for people already on the register at:

http://www.lookupuk.com/

He also does US searches.

Birth records - England & Wales.

Adopted adults in England and Wales have been able to apply for access to their original birth record since 1975.

Those adopted (England and Wales) before 12 November 1975 are respectfully required to see a nominated counsellor before they can be given access to their records. If you were adopted after 11 November 1975 you can choose whether or not you want to see a counsellor.

You can find a counsellor to help you get the records by contacting  adoption organisations such as https://www.pac-uk.org/

More information at

http://www.lookupuk.com/adopt.html

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"I truly believe in life, there are no coincidences. We each have a road that we’re destined to travel.This is my very personal story, about the long road I traveled towards motherhood. All I longed for was a baby in a baby carriage and to be called mom." Nancy August

Connect with Nancy on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/nancyaugust04

Check out the book she talks about in the interview:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lucky-Penny-Nancy-August-ebook/dp/B0951BS212/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1626341300&refinements=p_27%3ANancy+August&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&text=Nancy+August

https://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Penny-Nancy-August/dp/B094SXTDWK/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=nancy+august&qid=1626276917&sr=8-1

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Deborah Evans is the CEO of For Children’s Sake of Virginia (FCSVA). A graduate of Catholic University with a Master’s degree in Social Work, she has worked extensively with children and families since 1992. Deborah came to For Children’s Sake of Virginia with a professional background in finance and is a veteran of the USMC. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Board Certified Diplomate, a Certified Sex Offender Specialist (CSOTS), a Certified Sex Offender Addictions Specialist, a Certified PTSD Treatment Specialist as well as a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. Deborah has a significant background in working with family and individual trauma both through her work at foster care agencies and in her private practice. She loves to ride her road and trail bikes on the weekends and participates in long distance organized rides. She enjoys time with her beloved family, friends and pets and loves to travel as often as she can.

​Kelley Willis attended George Mason University for her undergraduate degree and Virginia Commonwealth University for her master’s degree in Social Work. Kelley has worked with children and families for over 15 years and has been with For Children’s Sake of Virginia since 2006. While in graduate school, Kelley had an internship with a Therapeutic Foster Care agency and fell in love with the work. Kelley has been a case manager, supervisor and now a director with FCSVA and plans to continue to help the agency grow and succeed.  Kelley enjoys being outdoors, exercising, spending time with her husband and three children, traveling to new places with friends and family and listening to music.

For Children’s Sake

For Children’s Sake (FCS) is a private non-profit corporation founded in 1997 and incorporated in Virginia in 2002.  FCS provides a variety of services to adults, families and children in our community, including adult mental health support, therapeutic foster care and pre-adoptive services, supervised visitation, mentoring and outpatient therapy.  We have locations throughout Northern Virginia, and have a culturally diverse staff that is professional and well trained in a number of human services fields.  FCS also believes in giving back to our profession and community and has always provided training to local colleges for students in need of internship practicum experience.

For more about FCS visit 

https://fcsva.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/fcsva/

https://www.facebook.com/FCSVA/?ref=br_tf

https://twitter.com/FCSVA

https://www.instagram.com/forchildrenssake/

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#YouCanAdopt

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David Schunk was born in Smolensk, Russia in 1994.  He was adopted at a young age by an American family from New Hampshire.  He was a resident of Bedford, New Hampshire since he could remember until he left for college in 2013.  He studied Computer Networking and Cyber Security at Champlain College, located in Burlington Vermont.

David currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Founder for the Russian Adoptees nonprofit organization.  In addition, he served as a Board Member for the non profit group, Adopted For Good.  Adopted For Good advocates for positive rights and positive policies for adopted children.  David has traveled to Washington, D.C. many times to advocate for adopted children with local Congress members regarding adoption issues.

Connect with David at:

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

https://twitter.com/davidmschunk

Russian Adoptees is a coalition to support the unique needs of persons adopted from Russia and the former Soviet Union.

Find out more at:

www.facebook.com/RAnonprofit

www.russianadoptees.org

https://www.instagram.com/russian_adoptees

https://twitter.com/russianadoptees

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Nick Mabey is an adoptee  whose  created Being Adopted because 

"I created Being Adopted because, at various points in my life, when feeling lost, isolated, angry or just bewildered, I looked for help and mostly couldn’t find it. So I made a promise to create a place of belonging and help for others who’ve walked in similar shoes; this is the outcome of that promise. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you are adopted and have other ideas that would help a place like this."

You can find out more at:

https://www.stillwaters.world/

https://twitter.com/nickmabey64

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

https://www.facebook.com/nick.mabey

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Check out Rebecca's film here:

https://reckoningwiththeprimalwound.com/

Connect with Rebecca here:

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=41801212

https://www.instagram.com/bunnybecca/?hl=en

https://m.facebook.com/reckoningwiththeprimalwound/

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Alkes is the Chief Executive of Compassion for Orphans and is responsible for the management and oversight of day to day operations, service delivery, and the support and guidance for applicants through the adoption programme.

‘Compassion for Orphans’ (CFO) is a Christian not for profit organisation established in 2003 to facilitate the adoption of legally adoptable overseas children into loving New Zealand families.

To get the App Alkes mentions go to 

https://www.cfo.org.nz/resources

For more on the agency visit

https://www.cfo.org.nz

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgR0Xfn-h12zB14QhVYduvw

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Irene Clements and her husband have 5 kids, 23 grandkids and 3 great grandkids. She is also

• Executive Director, National Foster Parent Association
• Board of Directors, Texas Foster Care Association
• Board Member, SAFE Coalition for Human Rights
• Advisory Board Member, NCTSN
• Chair, Board of Directors, EveryChild, Inc. Texas
• Board Member,  Texas COAC
• Foster Care Consultant

To connect with Irene visit:

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

The National Foster Parent Association is a non-profit, volunteer organization established in 1972 as a result of the concerns of several independent groups that felt the country needed a national organization to meet the needs of foster families in the United States.

Today, NFPA has grown from an original group of 926 foster parents, 210 social workers and 59 other professionals to an organization that represents thousands of foster families nationwide through foster parent affiliates.

This mission of the NFPA is to be a respected national voice for foster, kinship, and adoptive families through networking, education, and advocacy. "The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life."

https://nfpaonline.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/nfpaonline

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi-jmOBA4EsddO77-Cl4bTw

https://www.instagram.com/NFPAOnline/

https://twitter.com/NFPAOnline

https://m.facebook.com/NFPAonline/

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.