Hey Light Shiners! In this episode, I am joined by Julia an African international transracial adoptee who Europeans adopted. She shares her experience facing racism in France and how difficult it was to move internationally so many times.

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Hey Light Shiners! In this episode, I am joined by Marisa a transracial adoptee who speaks about growing up in a white Mormon household as a Black girl. Marisa also shared her experience with the Mormon church and how it created religious trauma.

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Hey Light Shiners! In this episode, I am joined by Elizabeth who was adopted at 6 weeks old. She shares her terrifying experience living in an adoptive home where unfortunately she was abused in many ways. She also shares her experience in the troubled teen industry.

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Hey Light Shiners! In this episode, I am joined by Zina and she shares her experience about her transracial adoption and what her adoptive parents did RIGHT! Even though they did a lot of things right Zina let us know how difficult it was growing up as a Black woman, and what her white adoptive parents could have done a little better!

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Hey Light Shiners! In this episode, I am joined by Jay, a former foster youth from New York City who started off in an abusive kinship placement and was then removed and started their childhood journey in the foster care system. He stayed in a catholic run youth center for 8 years. He also shares his experience being an LGBT youth in the system.


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**audio warning** I am using a new recording studio app so there are a few times it echos sorry in advance!

Hey Light Shiners! In this episode I am joined by Heather with was an adoptee in a closed adoption. She speaks about the trauma she experienced being thrown into mental hospitals and different programs. She also shares her experience with the troubled teen industry

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Hey Light Shiners! In this episode, Julie tells us about her International adoption from her home country of Peru. She also shares her experience in an orphanage and adoption Trauma and getting through the FOG as an adult.

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Hey Light Shiners! In this episode, I am joined by Shiv an adoptee who was adopted though LDS family services, and shares here experience with the Mormon church and her parents. She overall has had a positive experience with her adoptive parents but suffered religion trauma.

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Hey Light Shiners! In this episode, I am joined by AJ an adoptee who was rehomed by her adoptive parents. We talk about how messed up the system is and how we need to track children better because to many children go missing

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Hey Light Shiners! In this episode, I am joined by Marki a former foster youth and adoptee who lets us know that foster/adoptive parents can be heavily abusive, the system does nothing about it, and the community doesn't listen when we speak up as children. The system gives people children who should never have them.
We also speak about Mental illness and generational trauma linked to maternal separation.


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