The Original Adoption Podcast

Join us each week for insight into the ever-evolving issues about the adoption process, raising children, and pregnancy options.

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Adoption is complex. It can be filled with joy, but it also comes with challenges, questions, and moments of uncertainty. This podcast is a place to explore all sides of adoption with honesty and compassion.

Whether you’re an adoptee, an adoptive parent, a birth parent, or simply someone interested in learning more, we share real stories and expert insights to help you better understand the impact adoption has on individuals and families. Together, we’ll navigate the complexities of adoption with openness and understanding. Watch on our YouTube Channel too!

 

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Funding & Foster Adoption

Guest: Kim Felder As a birth mother and adoptive parent, Kim talks about her children and the foster care process in California. Kim shares tips for foster adoption, info about the process, and resources for foster parents.

Follow Your Heart

Guest: Lori Paris Our guest Lori Paris is the author of “Follow Your Heart,” a book about a young woman who discovers she was adopted as an infant. Lori herself was adopted at three weeks old through a closed adoption. She shares what it was like living in a closed...

Adopting Beyond State Lines

Guest: Jim Handy Join us as we hear answers from attorney Jim Handy to questions regarding adopting outside of your state. He touches on a variety of questions that are helpful for anyone who might be interested in an interstate adoption.

The Gift of Adoption – How to Fund Your Adoption

Guest: Karen Higgens Karen explains her interest in adoption and how she has been touched by adoption. She also answers questions about how to fund your adoption and make adoption a reality in your life.

Adoptee Search & Reunion – Beginning the Search

Guest: Marri Rillera Our guest for this episode is adoption professional Marri Rillera, who works for a reunion registry. She joins us to share how adoptees can begin the search for their birth parents. Tune in and learn what it’s like to perform an adoption...

The Grief Triad

Guest: Judi Sobrero Our guest for this episode of Let's Talk Adoption is Judi Sobrero, a marriage and family therapist. The adoption triad includes the adoptive parents, birth mother, and the adoptee. Judi talks about how each member of the adoption triad experience...

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The Original Adoption Podcast