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Adoption in Focus
Adoption in Focus is our adoption podcast series discussing adoption from a range of perspectives.
Guests on this adoption podcast have included adult adoptees, professionals, grandparents, and adopters from all backgrounds, each with their own unique experiences and areas of interest.
These include adopting brothers and sisters, LGBTQ+ adoption, transracial adoption, adopting as a single person, birth family contact, the matching process and the early permanence pathway.
We have many more episodes lined up and ready for release.
Podcasting since 2024 • 23 episodes
Adoption in Focus
Latest Episodes
Adoption in Focus - Alex's journey adopting an older child as a single parent
In this episode we’re joined by Alex, a single adopter who shares her honest and deeply personal experience of welcoming an older child into her life. Alex reflects on what first drew her to adopting a child over the age of five, an...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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36:43
Adoption in Focus - Jo & Joe: Navigating Birth Family Contact
In this episode Lisa talks with Jo and Joe about one of the most important and often daunting parts of adoption: contact with birth family.They’ll share their journey from the early stages of adoption through meeting their daughter’s...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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38:54
Adoption in Focus - Adoption, Trauma, and Identity: Adoptee Chris’ Perspective
Chris shares his personal journey as an adoptee, reflecting on the lifelong impact of early trauma after being removed from his biological parents as a baby and adopted at the age of two. Although he has no conscious memory of this time, becomi...
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Episode 21
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Adoption in Focus - John's story: The highs and lows of the matching process and bringing your child home
In this moving and insightful episode, John takes us through the journey he and his partner undertook to grow their family through adoption. He reflects on the emotional highs and lows of the matching process, the importance of pati...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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47:59
Adoption in Focus - Gail’s Story: Parenting Through Trauma and Finding Connection
This episode offers a heartfelt look at parenting through trauma, neurodiversity and adoption. Our guest, Gail shares her family's journey from the challenges that surfaced with the arrival of a new sibling to the healing and connection that fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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