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This podcast is about connecting. It's about growing. It's about stretching. In society nowadays, it's easy to fall into echo chambers. This is not an echo chamber. Open Adoption Project is a community dedicated to listening and learning, and building relationships based on healthy respect and communication.
The Open Adoption Project focuses on improving adoptee experiences by encouraging open communication between all members of the adoption constellation, nurturing ongoing open adoption relationships and promoting ethical adoption practices. Follow us on Instagram @OpenAdoptionProject and at our website, openadoptionproject.org (http://openadoptionproject.org).
Everyone is welcome here. Considering adopting? Adoptive parents tune in as we listen and learn from adoptees first and foremost. Adopted individuals share a wide spectrum of experiences, including search and reunion. This podcast is a safe space for any perspectives and experiences adoptees and first parents share, while adopters and those wanting to adopt listen and learn. Academics and others also share with us.
This podcast is a passion project. No one here is connected to any adoption agencies. We do not profit from this podcast. It is a volunteer project we embrace to better enable adoptees and birth parents / biological parents to share their stories.
Episode | Date |
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Challenges in Transracial International Adoption with Christelle Pellecuer
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Apr 15, 2024 |
The Openness Guide for Adoptive Parents: What You Should Know About Open Adoption
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Apr 11, 2024 |
“It’s Not Me, It’s You”
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Mar 28, 2024 |
Disenfranchised Grief
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Dec 08, 2023 |
Embryo Adoption
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Nov 30, 2023 |
Belonging Matters with Julie McGue
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Nov 27, 2023 |
Shifting the Focus
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Nov 24, 2023 |
Ruptured Attachments
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Nov 22, 2023 |
Things I Want You to Know: Adoptee Perspectives
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Nov 20, 2023 |
Openness Considerations for Caretakers with Liz Rivera
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Nov 17, 2023 |
Building an Adoption Profile: A Birth Mom’s Tips
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Nov 15, 2023 |
Communication and Community with Sara Jane Schenk
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Nov 13, 2023 |
What Happened to You: Understanding Childhood Trauma with Liz Rivera
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Nov 10, 2023 |
Preserving Culture with Anna Maria DiDio
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Nov 08, 2023 |
Adoption History: Orphan Trains
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Nov 06, 2023 |
From Madagascar to France with Christelle Pellecuer
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Nov 03, 2023 |
“I Don’t Think I Would Have Chosen Adoption Without Openness” with Leah Outten
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Nov 01, 2023 |
More People to Love: Season 3 Recap
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Oct 16, 2023 |
Adoption Through a Scholarly Lens with Professor Abbie Goldberg
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Sep 25, 2023 |
Motherhood: Equal and Different with Stevoni Doyle and Aymee Condie
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Sep 11, 2023 |
Intentional Cultural Connections with Robert Reese
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Aug 28, 2023 |
The Adoption Constellation with Professor Michael Grand
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Aug 07, 2023 |
Boundaries with Hopscotch Songs
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Jul 24, 2023 |
Challenging the “Lucky Adoptee” Narrative with Allison Olson
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Jul 10, 2023 |
The Complexities of Adoption with Eileen Skahill
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Jun 26, 2023 |
ARCHIVE: Juneteenth with the Destiny Adoption Foundation (2022)
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Jun 19, 2023 |
“I Just Wanted to Know She’d Be Okay” with Lauren Eisenhauer
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Jun 12, 2023 |
The Power of Connection with Patrick Hawes
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May 29, 2023 |
Navigating the Complexities of Adoptee Reunion with Heather Rodriguez
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May 15, 2023 |
Search and Support
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May 01, 2023 |
Inclusivity and Openness with Ellie Wynn
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Apr 17, 2023 |
Advocating for Children with Special Needs with Brady Murray
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Apr 03, 2023 |
Open Adoptee Roots with Devanie Roberts
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Mar 20, 2023 |
Open From the Start with Sara VanderHaagen
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Mar 07, 2023 |
Caregiver Discussion of “Instant Family”
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Feb 20, 2023 |
“Goodbye Again” with Candace Cahill
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Feb 06, 2023 |
Open Adoption 101, Part 2
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Jan 23, 2023 |
Open Adoption 101, Part 1
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Jan 09, 2023 |
Basketball, DNA, and Adoption with John Saintignon
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Dec 26, 2022 |
Adoption Themes in “Elf”
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Dec 12, 2022 |
Normalizing Adoptee Feelings with Amy Wilkerson
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Nov 28, 2022 |
Racial Identity Struggles with Amanda Justice
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Nov 14, 2022 |
“Somewhere Sisters” with Erika Hayasaki
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Oct 31, 2022 |
Transitions into Adulthood with Dr. Christina Reese and Eliane Shenk
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Oct 17, 2022 |
Trauma, Transitions, and Therapy with Maria Trimble
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Oct 03, 2022 |
Jamie | Trauma Unaddressed
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Sep 19, 2022 |
Adoptee-Centered Language
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Sep 05, 2022 |
Sara | Supporting Teen Adoptees
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Aug 22, 2022 |
Steph | L'adoption ouverte c'est l'amour
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Aug 08, 2022 |
Cultivating Meaningful Long-Distance Relationships
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Jul 25, 2022 |
Rachel | Seeking Connection
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Jul 11, 2022 |
Juneteenth Special by the Destiny Adoption Foundation
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Jun 19, 2022 |
Season 2 Wrap-up
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May 02, 2022 |
Adoptee Voices
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Apr 25, 2022 |
Michelle | “I Can Still Be Broken-Hearted it Had to Happen”
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Apr 18, 2022 |
Joanna and Matt | “I’m So Grateful it’s This Kind of Open”
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Apr 11, 2022 |
Ana Katia | Fourteen Days
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Apr 04, 2022 |
Shayla | Her Side
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Mar 28, 2022 |
Jared | His Side
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Mar 21, 2022 |
Molly | Listen to Adoptees with Curiosity and Compassion
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Mar 14, 2022 |
Rebekkah | "I Could Have Parented"
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Mar 07, 2022 |
Kim | My Story as a Gestational Carrier
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Feb 28, 2022 |
Shane and Alisha | Fostering Connections
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Feb 28, 2022 |
Melissa and Joseph | Party of 10
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Feb 21, 2022 |
Gina | "My Little Butterfly"
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Feb 14, 2022 |
Michael and Tony | Fostering Little Victories
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Jan 31, 2022 |
Sarah | Adoption Isn't Always Beautiful
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Jan 24, 2022 |
Mary | Tragically Beautiful
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Jan 17, 2022 |
Nate and Kim | Willing to be an Advocate
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Jan 10, 2022 |
Derek | Legal Considerations
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Jan 03, 2022 |
Kaytlin | How Adoption Became My Choice
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Dec 27, 2021 |
Youth Adoptee Christmas Special
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Dec 20, 2021 |
Kim | International Adoption
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Dec 13, 2021 |
Infertility Panel
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Dec 06, 2021 |
Katie | Healing & Open Adoption
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Nov 29, 2021 |
Cathy | Letting Love Lead
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Nov 22, 2021 |
Jeremy | Exposure In Utero, a Medical Perspective
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Nov 15, 2021 |
Emily | My Experience as an Adoptee and an Adoptive Mom
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Nov 08, 2021 |
A Pandemic Placement
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Sep 20, 2021 |
Jori | My Experience as an Adoptee and Birth Mom
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Sep 13, 2021 |
Burgandy | “Courage to Say Yes”
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Sep 06, 2021 |
Kim Perry | Adoption Professional Q&A
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Aug 30, 2021 |
Alexa | “I’m Strong, But That Doesn’t Mean I’m Okay”
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Aug 23, 2021 |
All You Need is Love
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Aug 16, 2021 |
Tamra | “Peace and Confidence in My Choice”
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Aug 09, 2021 |
Five Child Adoptee Perspectives
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Aug 02, 2021 |
DaKota | Growing Up with an Open Adoption
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Jul 26, 2021 |
Happiest Place on Earth
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Jul 19, 2021 |
Five Teenage Adoptee Perspectives
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Jul 12, 2021 |
Melaina | “A Journey to Discover Who I Was”
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Jul 05, 2021 |
Let’s Get Ethical
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Jun 28, 2021 |
A Giant Needle in the Bum
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Jun 21, 2021 |
Crystal | "It's Our Family's Norm"
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Jun 14, 2021 |
Sharolyn | "So Wanted & So Loved"
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Jun 07, 2021 |
Nicole | "A God Wink"
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May 31, 2021 |
The Terrific Teddy Tradition
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May 24, 2021 |
The Mysterious Magic 8 Ball
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May 17, 2021 |
Brianna and Andrew | Ethics in Adoption
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May 10, 2021 |
Oh No, I Said Too Much!
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May 03, 2021 |
Keri | A Birth Mom's Story
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Apr 26, 2021 |
Stuck Like Glue
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Apr 19, 2021 |
Blizzards and Boundaries
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Apr 12, 2021 |
Cultivating a Village
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Apr 05, 2021 |
First Impressions and Second Dates
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Apr 05, 2021 |
The Open Adoption Project
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Apr 05, 2021 |