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190 - The Gathering Place, An Adoptee Story
Season 11 Episode 190
Emma described her adoption with words and concepts like "purchased", "captor", and "Stockholm syndrome". Those aren't the ideas behind a healthy par…
3 years, 1 month ago
189 - Reckoning With The Primal Wound
Season 11 Episode 189
Rebecca, from Tallahassee, Florida, grew up in a religious home where she was over protected and adoption was not discussed or explored. In reunion, …
3 years, 2 months ago
188 - Junkyard Girl
Season 11 Episode 188
Carlyn (Kar-leen), from Santa Fe, New Mexico, grew up in a junkyard house in a tough relationship with her adoptive mother. Caryln felt over protecte…
3 years, 2 months ago
187 - Through the Eyes Of The Most Vulnerable
Season 11 Episode 187
Today you're going to meet candidate for Congress Maxwell Frost who called me from Orlando, Florida. Maxwell is a transracial adoptee who grew up lov…
3 years, 2 months ago
ADOPTEE REMEMBRANCE DAY #AdopteeRemembranceDay #ARD
Season 11
This is a special episode of the, Who Am I Really? podcast. My guest today is Pamela Karanova, who first appeared on the show on episode 160, "Steppi…
3 years, 2 months ago
186 - No Answers, Just Goodbye
Season 11 Episode 186
Lynn, from Danville, Virginia knew she was adopted, but she never knew the secret that hers was a kinship adoption... and she had always known her bi…
3 years, 2 months ago
185 - Cosmically Related
Season 11 Episode 185
Donna, from Scottsdale, Arizona, had a condition at birth which meant she was going straight to the hospital before her adoption, insuring her detach…
3 years, 3 months ago
184 - Merging Who I Was Supposed To Be With Who I Am
Season 11 Episode 184
Heidi, from Silicon Valley, California, grew up walking on eggshells, crying a lot and "staying small" in her world despite being gifted. She found …
3 years, 3 months ago
183 - The Journey Changes Your Soul
Season 11 Episode 183
Jack from Phoenix, Arizona, said as a boy, he was kept separate from his sister who was biologically related to his parents. While he was interested …
3 years, 3 months ago
182 - Avoiding Dysfunction For My Mental Health
Season 11 Episode 182
David, from San Jose, CA said when he was a kid he knew he was talented and smart but his gifts didn't seem to measure up to his adoptive parents exp…
3 years, 3 months ago