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Once Upon A Time...In Adopteeland

Jennifer Dyan Ghoston

Through an audio drama and episodes of thought-provoking conversations, the listening audience can learn some of the issues faced by those affected by relinquishment and adoption. The adoptee is at the center of all conversations had with other members of the adoption constellation.

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186. Simon Benn: "Be Inspired and Empowered by Your...

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2024/07/23

Simon Benn was adopted at 5 weeks old and told so young he doesn’t ever remember not knowing.He didn't experience any conscious adoption trauma until 40 when he found out his childhood teddy bear was a gift from his birth mother.This caused an eruption of anger, feeling rejected and unloved.That kickstarted a healing journey exploring trauma, my roots and who he is. Simon spent 17 years doing this and continues to be fascinated by healing, growing and thriving. He’s interviewed over 400 people about

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01:02:38

185. Marcie Keithley: "Finding Meaning is the Fuel of...

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2024/07/16

Marcie J. Keithley,is an author, speaker, master storyteller and CoFounder of theNational Association of Adoptees and Parents (NAAP)She retired as Vice President of Retail Bank Management and Merrill Lynch after serving the financial industry for over 32 years.A first/birth mom in reunion since 2008, she co foundedIndiana Adoptee Networkand testified moultiiple times throughout the years in support of OBC access for the sister organization,H.E.A.R. Hoosier For Equal Access to Records,where she

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55:27

184. Dr. Katherin Elizabeth (K E) Garland: "In Search...

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2024/07/09

Dr. Katherin Elizabeth (K E) Garland is an award-winning creative nonfiction writer, blogger, and author based in Florida. She uses personal essays and memoir to de-marginalize women’s experiences with an intent to highlight and humanize contemporary issues, such as reproductive rights, intergenerational trauma, adoption, and mental health issues. Her work has appeared in several online magazines and anthologies, including Midnight & Indigo and Chicken Soup for the Soul. Garland’s debut memoir,

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53:03

183. Lisa Bouler: "Resiliency and Faith"

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2024/07/02

Lisa K Bouler is a returning guest.She was born and adopted in Chicago. From an early age her adoptive parents shared her adoption story and encouraged her to search for her biological family. With their support, she eventually found out she was not only a big sister to her parent’s biological child, but a big sister to her own four biological siblings. Lisa is the mother of two phenomenal young adults aged 22 and 25. She has been in education for 34 years. In her spare time, she runs marathons,

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45:33

182. Dr. Stephen Rowley: "The Lost Coin: A Memoir of...

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2024/06/25

Dr. Stephen Rowley became a psychotherapist after a rich and varied career in K-12 and higher education. He earned his B.A. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a major in English and Psychology. He also earned a Ph.D. in Administration and Policy Analysis from the Graduate School of Education of Stanford University and an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Rowley holds a license as a Mental Health Counselor (LMHC, #LH61080171) in

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54:55

181. Autumn: "FOG Lifters and Smog Grifters"

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2024/06/18

Rebecca Autumn is a returning guest to the podcast.Rebecca Autumn Sansom is a documentary filmmaker, event planner, and non-profit director. Her films, including Reckoning with the Primal Wound (2023) and Trainsforming America (2012), have screened at film festivals and public and private events throughout the United States. She is the founder and director of the non-profit, the WAVYS, that hosts a music awards show annually in New York City with generous support from the NYC Mayor's Office of Media

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01:04:36

180. Mee Ok Icaro: "Holding Compassionate Space"

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2024/06/11

Mee Ok Icaro(pronounced “Mee Oak Ee-car-oh”), is a unique and powerful voice in the world of visionary medicine and personal growth. As a Writer, Book Doula, Sacred Medicine Advisor and Integration Specialist, Life Purpose Coach and Guide, Mee Ok is dedicated to helping individuals heal and find their path in life. Skilled in Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry approach, a method she has personally integrated for over a decade to transform her own life, she integrates many teachings from a variety of

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46:11

179. Shelise Keum Mee Gieseke: "Head of Operations at...

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2024/06/04

Shelise Keum Mee Gieseke (s/hers) is the head of operations at Adoption Mosaic. She has worked in the adoption community as an editor, educator, and administrator for over 10 years, including editing and curating the blog Land of Gazillion Adoptees and the online magazine Gazillion Voices. Shelise is also an intercountry Korean, interracial adoptee who was adopted as an infant by a white family and raised on a farm in Minnesota. She has three siblings who are biological children of her adoptive

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46:25

178. Becca Flatt: "Adoptee Beacon" and "Conscious...

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2024/05/28

Becca Flatt is a Mixed Race, Black and white, closed, domestic infant, interracial adoptee. Becca’s biological family and adoptive family mirror each other; however, Becca, being mixed race, does not share the racial identity of either set of her parents.Becca Graduated from The University of SouthernCaliforniawith her Master’s in social work and a concentration in mental health in 2014. Becca provides mental health treatment to transracial, interracial, and same-race adoptees of color in

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46:59

177. Rebecca Wellington: "Who Is A Worthy Mother?: An...

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2024/05/21

Rebecca Wellington currently teaches in the School of Education at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. She holds a doctorate in education history from the University of Washington. Rebecca’s career in education started 26 years ago on the ocean, sailing around the world on a traditionally rigged tall ship. Through this two-year global circumnavigation Rebecca trained for a US Coast guard captain’s license and went on to work in outdoor education, which sparked her love of teaching

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48:47

176. Louise Browne: "Adoption: The Making of Me"

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2024/05/14

Louise Browne is a baby scoop-era adoptee from the United States living in California. She Co-Hosts a podcast, Adoption: The Making of Me, that helps to get adoptees' stories out in the world to help change the narrative around adoption.Hosting Adoption: the Making of Me has brought questions and past feelings to the surface about why she had always felt the way she did. Sharing this journey of discovery with the adopted community has proven to be a life-changing experience.Louise enjoys spending

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01:08:43

175. Jennifer Poole: "Openness in Adoption as an...

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2024/05/07

Jennifer Poole was adopted as an infant in a closed adoption. She holds a Masters Degree in Interfaith Pastoral Counseling, where she wrote her thesis on “Openness in Adoption as an Opportunity for Spiritual Growth”. It was during this time, in 2001, that she initiated her reunion with her birth mother and later with her birth father.Passionate about supporting families, she is certified in Hand in Hand Parenting, Redirecting Children’s Behavior, the Enneagram, and Whole Person Design Life Coaching

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174. Edward Di Gangi: "Mothers, Mothering and the...

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2024/04/30

Edward Di Gangi is a returning guest.Adopted at birth, Edward Di Gangi was born and raised in New York City. Although he knew for most of his life that he was adopted, it wasn’t until he approached his 70thbirthday that he began to search for the identity of his birth mother. His journey and the many surprising discoveries he made as he searched are recounted in his memoir,The Gift Best Given. Edward and his wife now live in Hillsborough, North Carolina. He is a popular book club presenter and

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01:13:33

173. Heather G. Marshall: "When The Ocean Flies"

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2024/04/23

Heather G. Marshall is an adoptee, author, speaker, teacher, and traveler. Her short fiction has been published in a variety of journals, including Black Middens: New Writing Scotland, and Quarried, an anthology of the best of three decades of Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel. Her first novel,The Thorn Tree, released in 2014 (MP Publishing).When the Ocean Flies,Heather’s second novel (Vine Leaves Press), released in February 2024. Her TED talk, “Letting Go of Expectations,” centers around her adoption

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44:12

172. Michael Knox: "Not Lucky, Nor Chosen"

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2024/04/16

Michael Knox was adopted in 1961 in Illinois. He grew up with two younger sisters; 1 adopted 1 bio. His family moved to Southern California when he was five. He has been married for 38 years and has three wonderful children and two granddaughters. He worked in the television industry for many years and moved his family to Atlanta work on Olympics and never left Atlanta.Around 2002, Michael started running, biking and swimming one thing led to another and he started doing Iron Man triathlons.If you

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48:51

171. Valerie Naiman: "Mystic Masquerade, An...

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2024/04/09

Valerie Naiman is the author of the newly released bookMystic Masquerade, An Adoptee's Search for Truth,which was compiled from decades of diaries and journals she wrote during her biological & spiritual search. Valerie is also a singer, story-song writer and is working on an album of her adoptee story songs. Besides that, she's a founder of the first permaculture designed eco-village in North America called Earthaven Eco-Village. As an onotologist studying the art of beingness, she's become a

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170. Eva Asperalis: "Adoption in Adulthood"

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2024/04/02

Eva Asprakis was raised in South London by her American mother and Cypriot stepfather, who subsequently adopted her. She now lives in Nicosia with her partner, and is the author of two contemporary fiction novels.https://www.eva-asprakis.comhttps://www.instagram.com/eva.asprakisMusic by Corey Quinn

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01:15:32

169. Leslie Pate Mackinnon, LCSW: "Do Us Justice"

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2024/04/02

Leslie Pate Mackinnon, L.C.S.W. resides in North Carolina and presents nationally and internationally on issues that impact families conceived through adoption and third party reproduction. She trains therapists, agencies, and universities across the U.S. on the complex issues that accompany adoption and ART. She offers individual consultation and supervision groups for therapists and provides more intensive training seminars and workshops for professionals looking to become adoption and MPE

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168. Monica Hall: "Practically Still a Virgin"

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2024/03/26

Monica Hall was born in Canada, adopted by American parents, and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. Growing up in a house filled with dysfunction, Monica rebelled against her strict Catholic parents in a downward spiral of delinquency. After being raped and finding out she was pregnant, her parents pushed her to up give her daughter–her only known blood relative– for adoption. Her experiences as an adoptee and a mother who relinquished a child for adoption kicked off a decades-long search for family and

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167. Marilyn Mendenhall Waugh: "A Search Angel"

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2024/03/19

Marilyn Mendenhall Waugh is the Director of Adoption Concerns Triangle of Topeka, a search and support group serving those in Northeastern Kansas, and past president of the American Adoption Congress. She is a frequent conference presenter on ethical search and reunion techniques. For the past 28 years, Marilyn has volunteered in the Post Adoption Services of the Kansas Division for Children and Families and was presented their 2014 Kansas Service Award."Four Birthmothers-For Mothers", a film by

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