Open Adoption Project

By Lanette & Shaun Nelson

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