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Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive

Let"s thrive. Thriving Adoptees helps adoptees thrive. What does thriving mean to you? Healing? Post Traumatic Growth? Evolving? Listen in as we explore what"s helped adoptees do all that... Email me at simon@thrivingadoptees.com if you"d like to have a chat about being a guest on the show. There have been 93,000 downloads of the show since launch in April 2021.

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00:55:01

Lightening The Load With Craig Hyman

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/08/28

Do you wish you were carrying less emotional baggage? Listen in as Craig shares the things that have helped and are helping lighten his load from meeting Nancy Verrier and Ram Dass and much, much more.Find out more about Craig at:https://www.facebook.com/insideoutadoptionGuests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

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01:10:12

Our Inherent Health Liam O Mahony

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/08/20

What if there's an inherent health within us that drives us? A Self that's untouched by trauma? How would knowing that make a difference to how we feel about ourselves? Listen in as Liam dives into his experience to reveal a finding overflowing with hope.Liam O Mahony is an adoptee, an accredited Psychotherapist and Addiction Counsellor with over nine years of experience working with adults and adolescents. He is associated with the Centre for Self-Leadership Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), a

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01:06:27

Viscerally Whole With Elizabeth Barbour

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/08/15

Have you felt separate? Alone? Elizabeth felt so separate that she thought she was an alien. So how did she get to that visceral feeling of wholeness? A deep dive into healing. Because that's where the gems are.Here's a bit about Elizabeth from her website:I’m an adult adoptee living in reunion with my birth family. Since 1999, I’ve known my birth mom, my birth dad and my eleven (!!!) brothers and sisters. And, in 2011, my sweet husband Eric and I adopted our daughter Riley. She is the love of our

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00:50:28

Healing All Our Parts With Kathy Mackechney

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/08/14

Trauma sits frozen in time within the part of us that experienced the trauma. For those relinquished at birth it's newborn who's lost their mother. Parts work (also known as Internal Family Systems IFS) heals those parts. Our Self is untouched by trauma. Our Self heals our parts. It does that by accepting, loving and giving them the recognition that they've never had before. Listen in as adoptee and IFS therapist Kathy shares how we heal all our parts.Here's a bit about Kathy from her website:Long

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00:54:56

Reclaiming Our Wholeness Yael Dubin

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/08/13

Does healing seem like a journey to you? A long, arduous trip. What if wholeness were closer? Something we can see and feel sooner? Listen in as Yael and dive deep into revealing and reclaiming our wholeness.Here's a bit about Yael:"My personal experience as a bisexual Jewish woman, a practitioner of Mussar, an adoptee, a divorcee, a “bonus mom” and a “career transitionist” have given me a deep repository of strength and skills as well. As a mindfulness-based coach, I help people who are at turning

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00:57:34

Healing Evolution With Guest Host Jude Hung

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/08/08

How's your healing evolving? Are we ever whole? Listen in as guest host Jude flips the script on me. Her questions on healing were great! They're well worth you asking yourself. Do my answers bring you an insight or two? There's only one way for you to find out...I was adopted at 5 weeks old and told so young I don’t ever remember not knowing. I didn't experience any conscious adoption trauma until 40 when I found out my childhood teddy bear was a gift from my birth mother.This caused an eruption of

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01:17:30

Growth & Change With Corie Skolnik

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/08/06

We only have to heal if we've been sick or damaged. But what if this perspective is off? Listen in as therapist and teacher Corie shares a fresh perspective on growth and change.Find out more about Corie and her book at:https://www.facebook.com/corieskolnickhttps://corieskolnick.com/orfan/Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

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01:04:32

From Anger To Peace With Quinn Wolverton

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/08/02

Our anger can be explosive, scaring ourselves as well as others. It's often a central part of our trauma as well as coming out of the fog. So how do we find peace? Where do we find peace? Listen in as Quinn shares his insights on finding peace.https://novacatfilms.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/quinn-wolverton-4285662b2/https://www.instagram.com/novacatfilms/Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you

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00:59:52

Superpowered With Stephanie Flores-Koulish

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/08/01

Changing the narrative requires changing the narrators. What narrative would empower you? What if being adopted has given you superpowers? How would that perspective power you? Listen in as Stephanie shares her thoughts about becoming superpowered and other healing insights.More about Stephanie at:https://www.loyola.edu/school-education/academics/graduate/curriculum-instruction/https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-flores-koulish-5792919/ Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed

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01:00:57

The Gift Of Trauma With Tim Perdion

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/07/31

How do you see your trauma? Does it scare you? Has the lead to you pushing it away? Suppressing it? Would a new relationship with trauma improve your life? Listen in as Tim shares key learnings on his journey to seeing trauma as a gift.Tim Perdion, born Thomas Griffin Demchak on March 1, 1969, was adopted shortly after birth. Despite growing up in a seemingly perfect family, he struggled with anger, depression, and anxiety. Discovering his biological roots at 46 unveiled complex family secrets,

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00:53:28

Turning Pain Into Purpose With Mallory Joest

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/07/30

What have you done with your trauma? Turning the tough stuff you've been through into work to empower others is one of the most healing things we can do. Listen in as Mallory shares learnings from her life including what she discovered about herself adopting her daughter. We touch on empathy, ending self-judgement and more...powerful and insightful. Enjoy.Mallory is an intercountry transracial adoptee and a former foster, now adoptive, mom. She has a profound awareness of the challenges faced by

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00:06:29

What if? A SHORT episode with Simon

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/07/29

Gabor Maté says that the feeling we are not good enough is actually a belief that we are not good enough. And that's important given so many of us feel less than. Do beliefs seem more bustable than trauma seems healable? Listen in as I explore belief busting, hope and more in this short episode.Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

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01:02:15

Lucky Bastard With Anthony Akerman

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/07/24

What if time ISN'T the greatest healer? What is? Anthony lost a wife through divorce, his adoptive mother who died and his birth mother for the second time. All in one year. How did he cope? What did he learn? Listen in as he shares some of his greatest healings. And we go deep on the healing power of realisations.About his book Lucky BastardWhen he was ten years old, the author was told he’d been adopted. It was a seismic event that turned his world upside down. Nobody was who he thought they were

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01:01:03

Growth and Transformation for Adoptees Webinar Audio

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/07/18

The need to heal the “Primal Wound” assumes we are wounded. It is important to remember that it's based on the perspective of adoptive mother Nancy Verrier, NOT an adoptee. It can leave us feeling: *stuck with the belief we cannot heal. *unsure of what to do next for the best. *pathologized for an event we had no choice in. *More and more adoptees are questioning the wound narrative and wanting to take back their power. Post Traumatic Growth is an altogether more empowering, hopeful and positive

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01:07:41

Awe, Joy & More With Lena Skahill

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/07/12

Would you like more joy and awe in your life? Who wouldn't? Listen in as Lena shares how nature brings out awe from within for moments that blow our minds (in a good way). And this is all backed up by the science of awe.Here are links to the science of awehttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/05/awe-by-dacher-keltner-review-the-transformative-power-of-wonderhttps://onbeing.org/programs/dacher-keltner-the-thrilling-new-science-of-awe/Here is a link to Lena's

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00:43:51

Trusting The Healing Process With Flik Dolby

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/07/11

Flik believes she chose to be adopted. What???? Perhaps one of the most challenging things I've heard in over 500 episodes. Listen in and find out why she believes this. Ooodles of insight into grace, acceptance, peace, the mind body connection and more. We go deep. Where the great stuff is buried.Find out more about Flik:https://www.therebalancecentre.com/Here are links to the books I

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00:55:30

Peace With Elle Klassen

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/07/10

Does the term healing resonate with you? It doesn't for Canadian adoptee Elle. For her it's all about peace and feeling better. And being at peace with not knowing. Listen in as she shares how growing up with evangelical adoptive parents impacted her. And what's helped - and continues - to help her to peace.Here's Elle's bio from the Adoption The Making Of Me podcastElle Klassen is a Canadian who was born to a young woman of nineteen years of age in 1970. She was relinquished and then placed with

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00:58:04

Different, Not Wrong With Anthony Lynch

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/07/09

How hard are you on yourself? Self judgement is rife amongst us. It's always there. Until it isn't. Listen in as we go deep on grace, easing up and giving ourselves some slack.Bio:Anthony Lynch is a Jamaican-white adoptee based in London. As a research assistant at Coram, the UK's oldest Children's charity, they use their lived experience to inform policy and practice in the Adoption space.Links:Anthony's work: https://linktr.ee/inbetweenlinesorgLinkedIn:

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01:06:09

Active Healing With Julie Brumley

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/07/08

Time and time again I've heard that healing is a very active pursuit. A very conscious decision to make what is unconscious to conscious. Listen as Julie shares profound learnings from her healing journey.Here's the link to download the items Julie mentioned:https://cominghometoself.co/socialHere's the link to the book I

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00:58:30

Opening Our Hearts To Ourselves With Jo Willis

Thriving Adoptees - Let"s Thrive ·

2024/07/02

Have your feelings scared you? Terrified you? Have you closed your heart to save you heartache? Listen in as Jo shares what she's learned about opening our hearts to ourselves to heal. Profound and enlightening. You're going to love this.https://www.jowilliscoach.com/jos-adoption-storyhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-willis-444ab03b/Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

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