Original Origins: Meaningful Conversations About Adoption

About Original Origins: Meaningful Conversations About Adoption

Original Origins Podcast is a show dedicated to telling the various stories in the adoption community. Hosted by a social worker, adoption professional, and daughter of a transnational adoptee, Original Origins explores the complexities of adoption by interviewing members of the community, and opening the door for discussion.

Publisher

Shaylah Nichols, LSW

Category

education · health & fitness · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 May 2023

Latest episode

21 Feb 2024

Latest episodes

13 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Feb 2024

   Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Identity

   Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

2. 

   21 Nov 2023

   Korean Adoptee Connects with Biological Sister on 23andMe

   All You Can Ever Know: https://bookshop.org/p/books/all-you-can-ever-know-a-memoir-nicole-chung/16008810?ean=9781948226370 Primal Wound: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-primal-wound-nancy-n-verrier/8799049?ean=9780963648006 Found: https://www.netflix.com/title/81476857 Fox Girl: https://bookshop.org/p/books/fox-girl-nora-okja-keller/11648789?ean=9780142001967 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

3. 

   3 Nov 2023

   Adoptive Mom Shares Her Journey: Grief and Loss, Open Adoption, and Post Adoption Blues

   Instant Family: https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Family-Mark-Wahlberg/dp/B07KFPM9BV The Story of my Open Adoption: https://www.amazon.com/Story-My-Open-Adoption-Storybook/dp/1646110889/ref=asc_df_1646110889/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=508963787488&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9731415696526670147&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032809&hvtargid=pla-1213030542871&psc=1 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

4. 

   22 Aug 2023

   Hawaii State Senator Glenn Wakai Speaks on Adoption from Japan

   https://www.thehawaiiherald.com/2016/08/22/cover-story-meeting-mitsuru-shimabukuro-hawaii-senators-past-launches-new-mission-in-japan/ Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

5. 

   1 Aug 2023

   Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Rejection

   Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

6. 

   28 Jun 2023

   Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Loss

   Three Identical Strangers: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Identical-Strangers-Tim-Wardle/dp/B07F7YWTKH Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

7. 

   21 Jun 2023

   Native Hawaiian Adoptee Shares Experience Re-Connecting to 'Ohana, Self, and Culture

   All You Can Ever Know: https://bookshop.org/p/books/all-you-can-ever-know-a-memoir-nicole-chung/16008810?ean=9781948226370 Hapa Tales and Other Lies: https://www.amazon.com/Hapa-Tales-Other-Lies-Memoir/dp/1732484708 Twinsters: http://twinstersmovie.com/our-story#our-story-1 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

8. 

   14 Jun 2023

   Happy Pride! Single Gay Dad Shares His Adoption Experience

   Daddy Squared: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-squared-the-gay-dads-podcast/id1435971347 The Science of Parenting Adopted Children: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-science-of-parenting-adopted-children-a-brain-based-trauma-informed-approach-to-cultivating-your-child-s-social-emotional-and-moral-development-ar/9978152?ean=9781785927539 A Really Good Enough Parent Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-really-good-enough-parent/id1686999805 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

9. 

   6 Jun 2023

   Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself: My Experience as the Daughter of an Adoptee

   Crying in H Mart: https://bookshop.org/p/books/crying-in-h-mart-a-memoir-michelle-zauner/19630554?ean=9780525657743 Side by Side: https://sidebysideproject.com/ Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

10. 

    1 Jun 2023

    Adoptee from Hawaii Reunites with Birth Family, with Guest William Mann

    Return to Seoul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anhvJyUD_n4 Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul: https://bookshop.org/p/books/chicken-soup-for-the-adopted-soul-stories-celebrating-forever-families-jack-canfield/14857432?ean=9781623611163 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

11. 

    16 May 2023

    Operation Baby Lift, DNA Testing, and Vietnamese Food with Steve George

    Ozia Originals Kava Kava Candy: https://oziaoriginals.com/product/kava-kava-candy/ Family Tree DNA Testing: familytreedna.com/groups/se-asia/about Lion Movie: https://www.amazon.com/Lion-Dev-Patel/dp/B01MT3LMT4 Daughter from Danang Documentary: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/daughter/ Forget Me Not Documentary: http://www.finalcutforreal.dk/forget-me-not Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

12. 

    9 May 2023

    Adoption, Identity, and Social Work with Noelani Lommasson

    Found: https://www.netflix.com/title/81476857 China's Hidden Children: https://www.amazon.com/Chinas-Hidden-Children-Abandonment-One-Child/dp/022635251X Wonder Boy: https://www.netflix.com/title/81325861 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

13. 

    3 May 2023

    Birthdays, Transracial Adoption, and New England Culture with Brenna Holmes-Mumford

    Somewhere Between: https://somewherebetweenmovie.com/ One Child Nation: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.1eb70c80-9671-b01a-f383-190cf5ff1d18?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

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