When They Were Young: Amplifying Voices of Adoptees

About When They Were Young: Amplifying Voices of Adoptees

What happens when the adoptee is centered as the hero in their own story? These are whole-hearted conversations with adoptees and adoption experts who are at the forefront of alchemizing adoption trauma into positive impact for you and the rest of the world. Each episode is designed to make you feel empowered, informed and fortified with a variety of methods, healing modalities and expert advice. This is for the adoptee, parents, and the adoption-curious.

Publisher

Lanise Antoine Shelley

Category

education · kids & family · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

28 Jul 2020

Latest episode

2 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

81 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Mar 2025

   Ep. 80 Sara Easterly: Co-Author of Adoption Unfiltered & founder of Adoptee Voices

   Today we have an adoptee who was a guest on episode 50 where we discussed the dangers of calling adoption a blessing. Sara Easterly is an adoptee, essayist, and author of books that include Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies, and award-winning spiritual memoir, Searching for Mom. She is the founder of Adoptee Voices, which supports adoptees in their storytelling. She is also a trained course facilitator with the Neufeld Inst...

2. 

   22 Feb 2025

   Ep. 79 Rae Adoptee Reclaimed & 5 Tips For a Better Life

   Hi again! The idea of adoptees reclaiming themselves have perplexed certain people for awhile now. If you aren’t adopted or haven’t had an in-depth conversation with someone who is adopted you might wonder “What do they need to reclaim?” Today’s guest is Rae from Adoptee Reclaimed. Rae is trauma-informed and versed in child development, brain-body integration, and addiction and abuse recovery coaching. Rae borrows somatic methods and Internal Family Systems which she customizes for adop...

3. 

   11 Jan 2025

   Ep. 78 Eunniri Lee: The power of content creating & Operation Olive Branch

   Happy New Year! This conversation is a great inspiration for this next chapter. Eunniri Lee is a Korean-American activist, visual artist, and adoptee who I stumbled across on Tik Tok. I was instantly intrigued by her multidimensional content, her whimsical makeup and Megan thee Stallion commentary. And the fact that she is an adoptee as well was sprinkles on the top. This conversation covers just about everything. We discuss the importance of sex education and her partners app that ...

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YouTube views

1,112,605,293

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

64 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

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Quality

32

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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