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!
Latest Episodes
Hope While You’re Waiting: Courage, Clarity & Staying Steady
Today we focus on waiting adoptive families during the holidays. This episode explores what hope realistically looks like during the waiting season—especially during the holidays. Heather and Kim offer grounding guidance, emotional support, and professional tools to...
A Christmas Story of Hope: Holidays Before, During, and After Adoption
In this heartfelt Christmas episode, Kim sits down with Lifetime adoptive mom and popular creator MaryAnne Budden of OpenlyParenting.com to talk honestly about the holiday season at every stage of the adoption journey. From the ache of Christmas during...
Hope in Adoption: The Many Faces of Hope
In this first episode of our December “Hope in Adoption” series, Heather and Kim explore how hope shows up in adoption from every perspective—often quietly, sometimes unexpectedly, but always powerfully. They look beyond the usual ideas of hope and talk honestly about...
Wait What?! – Birth Father Realizations
In this powerful episode, Kim and Heather unpack the surprising truths about birth fathers in adoption. From learning they can sometimes sign consent before birth, to discovering they can be involved in every part of the adoption plan — even have their own open...
How to Find My Birth Mom
Are you thinking about searching for your birth mom but don’t know where to begin? In this episode, Kim and Heather walk you through how to start the search, who to contact depending on the type of adoption (private, state, or international), and how to approach the...
Faith, Law, and Laughter — An Adoption Attorney’s Adventures with Alice H. Murray
What do faith, family, and the law all have in common? Today on Let’s Talk Adoption, host Kim King sits down with Alice H. Murray — award-winning writer, longtime adoption attorney, and author of God Adopted Us First: Faith Lessons From an Adoption Attorney’s...
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