Laura and Katie discuss turning 40, how grief and loss plays out in every-day life, being a late bloomer, and the difficulties of advocating for your own health as a patient. Disclaimer: Laura and Katie are NOT physicians. This podcast is prov

Episode 17: Health updates, Trigger moments, Emotion ranges

Mar 25th, 2024 47m 16s

Laura and Katie give some personal downloads on health and life. They deep dive into how relinquishment triggers experiences outside of human adoption, and talk about learnings and takeaways from therapy. Also, we apologize for Katie's terribl

Episode 16: Health coaching for adoptees, people pleasing, and boundaries with special guest Kate Kelly

Feb 19th, 2024 51m 58s

Kate is a Certified Health Coach who works with fellow adoptees and others to find balance with their health and wellness. Kate believes in a growth mindset and works with her clients on their everchanging identities and how this influences the

Episode 15: Happy 2024, Leaning into therapy and learning to ask for help, Goals for the year

Jan 29th, 2024 55m 1s

Laura and Katie celebrate 2024 by sharing what lessons they want to live by in 2024. They talk about the hardships of asking for help and why it's complicated as an adoptee, and how to lean in on professionals for support. Tune in on Apple or

Episode 14: A solo episode with co-host Katie Gagel, wrapping up 2023 and getting vulnerable.

Dec 27th, 2023 48m 17s

In episode 14, Katie spends time sharing her wins and losses in 2023 and throws in some vulnerability, childhood memories, and therapeutic proud moments of younger Katie. Thanks for joining us on this journey and for tuning in to our podcast th

Episode 13: Accomplishments, Estrangement and what it looks like, and more!

Dec 11th, 2023 57m 59s

In episode 13, Laura and Katie are so happy to come together and discuss our successes, wins, and struggles. In the midst of Katie's great health news and Laura launching a business with her biological mother, it was a really wonderful conversa

Episode 12: Rebecca Berg, Living in our bodies, our relationship with food, and the complexity of adoption within the wellness space

Oct 23rd, 2023 1h 10m

Episode 12, we give a warm welcome to Rebecca Berg! Rebecca describes herself as “human first, dietician second.” She is a registered dietician committed to showing up as her full authentic self in work with clients helping them slow down, ditc

Episode 11: Keeping up with life and the pressures of faking it til you make it

Sep 18th, 2023 39m 19s

Katie and Laura get together after taking some time to recover from illness. They talk about the societal shame of not being "fine," not being able to talk about it, and how it correlates to adoptees' way of making others feel comfortable. Life

Episode 10: Bells Palsy, Doggies, Avoiding Burnout

Aug 7th, 2023 32m 12s

Laura and Katie are back again and they catch up on health, talk about how not to burn out on life, and what's to come at the end of the month. They are super excited to bring back guests and are ready to rock the second half of the year.Ado

Episode 10: Bells Palsy, Doggies, Avoiding Burnout

Aug 7th, 2023 32m 12s

Episode 9: Therapy, Physical Activity, Debriefing missing KAAN/IKAA

Jul 17th, 2023 37m 53s

Katie and Laura are happy to come back to July as our last single episode month! August will resume our solo epsiodes at the beginning of the month and an interview with a guest at the end of the month. WE ARE SO EXCITED for our lineup!!!!We

Episode 8: June Vibes and Wellness Checks.

Jun 19th, 2023 33m 48s

Laura and Katie return in June to check in with each other, where they chat about their own health journeys, what they are learning in regards to healthy thinking and social norms.Hope you enjoy Episode 8! Leave us a message or review!Adopting

Episode 7: Health from Pandemic to Now, Mother’s Day, and Friendship

May 15th, 2023 40m 48s

Laura and Katie had the opportunity to record this episode together, in person! There were check-ins on their personal lives in regards to their own health journeys as well as dove into how our health has transitioned from the start of the pand

Episode 6: Advocacy, Connecting, and Prioritizing Wellness While in Community with Patrick Armstrong

Apr 17th, 2023 1h 14m

We are joined with our favorite human, Patrick Armstrong and deep dive into advocacy, adoption narrative, caring for yourself while maintaining connection within the adoptee community, how to prevent burnout, and what does self care mean in a

Episode 5: Expectations, Self Care, and Processing an Adoption Conference

Apr 3rd, 2023 36m 3s

Katie debriefs some thoughts on attending an adoption conference from this past weekend and Laura shares about how she had a moment of self care while traveling and how that has impacted her intentions for the future as a parent. The discussion

Episode 4: Parts Work, Tarot, and Creativity with Susan Carpenter Sims

Mar 20th, 2023 1h 2m

Episode 4 is out now!Laura and Katie have the amazing opportunity to interview our friend Susan Carpenter Sims. We dive into Susan's journey of using Internal Family Systems therapy, tarot, and collaging and how it has helped connect her to a

Episode 3: Checking In, Anxiety, and H2O

Mar 6th, 2023 31m 40s

Episode 3 is out now!Laura and Katie deep dive into their personal health goals after a month of setting them. They share the challenges, successes, and have real talk about checklists and drinking water. We hope you enjoy this conversation a

Episode 2: Organizing Our Lives with Jenn Chapman

Feb 20th, 2023 1h 12m

Episode 2 is out now!Today Katie and Laura talk to the beautiful Jenn Chapman @chappyplans about organization, planning and how this has been a part of her wellness.Jenn is a Korean-American transracial, transnational adoptee, wife to her hus

Episode 1: Intros and Our Why

Feb 4th, 2023 29m 34s

In the inaugural episode of Adopting Wellness we introduce ourselves, talk about our mission for the podcast, and share our core values - our "why."We also share a bit about our personal 3-month focus areas for wellness and talk about who our

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