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242 - Maintaining My Present Peace
Season 15 Episode 242
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Baya called me from Basking Ridge, New Jersey. She was raised in Germany by parents who grew up in p…
1 year, 3 months ago
240 - I Was Hoping That Somebody Would Love Me
Season 15 Episode 240
Jim, from Gilroy, California, Jim was born in the early 1960s in San Jose, California. His adoption story is complex, shaped by the trauma and loss h…
1 year, 3 months ago
239 - Stolen From My Homeland
Season 15 Episode 239
Moses is an adoption trauma educator and therapist, but his own personal journey as an adoptee is one of hardship and resilience. To use his words, M…
1 year, 3 months ago
041 – I’ve Finally Gotten Myself To A Sense Of Peace
Season 2 Episode 41
After two years in foster care, Janet was adopted into the foster family. An interracial woman, she grew up in a white midwestern community in Ohio. …
1 year, 4 months ago
Deep Rooted Issues Of Shame And Guilt
Season 6 Episode 122
John called me from Charlotte, NC, but his story starts in Ontario Canada. He shares how he grew up in a strict home and how even though he was misch…
1 year, 4 months ago
138 - She Never Thought She Would See Me Again
Season 8 Episode 138
Marilyn called me from Southeast Tennessee. When she met her natural mother, she finally learned the story of what the woman had been through as the …
1 year, 4 months ago
124 - I Didn't Do Anything To Him
Season 6 Episode 124
Gayla called me, with her best friend Lisa, from Georgia. Gayla said she was loved so much by her adopted parents that you never would have known she…
1 year, 5 months ago
087 – A Journey To Find Out Where I Came From
Season 4 Episode 87
When he was a kid, Bill saw clues here and there that he was adopted, but no one ever actually said it. It wasn’t until he called an uncle he’d never…
1 year, 5 months ago
137 - Searching For Mom
Season 7 Episode 137
Sara, from Seattle, Washington, was an over achiever adoptee who was secretly struggling and going off the rails. She intentionally avoided babies un…
1 year, 5 months ago
104 – You’re Obviously One Of Us
Season 5 Episode 104
Karen is from Stratford, Ontario, Canada. She shares her story of growing up a woman of color who stood out in her family and community.
Locating her …
1 year, 5 months ago