In this series Bethany shares about her families intentional slow rhythms. She talks about how not only does it create a opportunity for deeper connection but she also shares how she has seen her children really thrive. Bethany and her husban

Growing Up Black in a White Family, an Interview with Trans-racial Adoptee Hannah Matthews

Feb 28th, 2020 57m 38s

In this Episode Kelli talks with Trans-racial Adoptee Hannah Matthews. They explore the challenges of what it was like for Hannah to be black but raised in a white family. Hannah challenges adoptive parents to put the needs of their children

Lets Figure It Out Together, with Cameron Lee Small

Jan 10th, 2020 38m 4s

Cameron Lee Small, trans-racially adopted from Korea, is a licensed clinical counselor. He is the face behind Therapy Redeemed and provides all his services online. Cam and I talk about his personal experience with adoption, his relationship

Nothing is Conventional in Adoption with Christa Jordan

Dec 6th, 2019 1h 2m

Christa is a wife, mom through international adoption, total coffee snob, Disney obsessed, and believes most life lessons can be learned from Mary Poppins. She and her husband are both former social workers turned writers, and she’s doing all t

Raising Children Who Experience the World Differently with Lindsay Leiviska

Nov 26th, 2019 1h 13m

This week on Beauty Is Rising, Kelli speaks with Lindsay Leiviska. Lindsay is a Christian wife, mom of three and an educator with a Masters degree in Teaching. She has been working with children for over 20+ years in a variety of capacities a

Providing Support Around Adoption is My Life's Passion with Astrid Castro

Nov 19th, 2019 53m 41s

This week on Beauty Is Rising, Kelli speaks with Astrid Castro. Astrid has a degree in sociology with an emphasis in adoption. For twenty plus years, she has traveled the country to lead youth groups, present workshops on transracial parenti

Tapping Into Your Power as an Adoptee

Nov 12th, 2019 1h 5m

This week on Beauty Is Rising, Kelli speaks with Michelle Madrid-Branch. Michelle is an author, speaker, international adoptee, and global advocate for women and children; specializing in the areas of adoption, foster care, abandonment recove

Creating Belonging Through Compassion and Love

Nov 5th, 2019 29m 18s

This week on Beauty Is Rising, Kelli speaks with Monique Scrip. Monique is a wife and adoptive mom of three boys. Having adopted 3 boys from foster care, she says her kids have been a blessing to that is far more than she could ever bless th

Combatting Post Adoption Depression

Oct 29th, 2019 45m 51s

This week on Beauty Is Rising, Kelli speaks with Karissa Barber. Karissa is an award-winning professional actress, emcee and playwright. She married her college sweetheart and they celebrated their 15th year of marriage recently. They live i

Providing the Opportunity of Full Potential

Oct 22nd, 2019 47m 34s

This week on Beauty is Rising, Kelli speaks with Melissa Smallwood. Melissa is a foster/adoption advocate, wife to Mike, mom to seven children, five of whom have been part of their family through adoption or foster care. Using her professi

Adoption | When Things Fall Through

Oct 15th, 2019 1h 12m

This week on Beauty is Rising, Kelli speaks with Rebecca Harvin. Rebecca and I connected through our stories of adoption. Both of us have our own Ethiopian adoption stories, albeit with different endings, but the lessons that have been lear

Heather Avis

Oct 8th, 2019 47m 14s

This week on Beauty is Rising, Kelli speaks with Heather Avis. Heather is a wife who has been married for 17 years and a mom to three adoptive children -- Mason, age 11, Truly, their daughter, is 8, and August, who is 5. All three were born

Jami Amerine

Oct 1st, 2019 59m 34s

This week on Beauty is Rising, Kelli speaks with Jami Amerine. Jami is an author, speaker, royalty artist, and Etsy shop owner. She is a wife and mom to 6 children, 4 of whom are biological, ages twenty-four to five. Her and her family curren

Nicole Walters

Sep 24th, 2019 48m 17s

This week on Beauty is Rising, Kelli speaks with Nicole Walters. Nicole runs NicoleWalters.com and is the founder and CEO of her company. But before she started her own company, she was a corporate executive. She is an adoptive mom and a

My Journey Back to Ethiopia

Jul 30th, 2019 32m 20s

This week on Beauty is Rising, Kelli recounts the adoptions process she experienced when adopting her daughter from Ethiopia. This month marks the two year anniversary of Kelli’s family bringing their daughter home and being reunited as a fami

Johanna Cannelongo Pt. 2

Jul 23rd, 2019 41m 47s

This week on Beauty Is Rising, Kelli speaks with Johanna Cannelongo for Pt. 2 in this 2 part series. Johanna is a mama of 8 children - 4 naturally and 4 “supernaturally” by the gift of adoption. She lives in Maryland on a little farmette wit

Johanna Cannelongo Part One

Jul 16th, 2019 1h 5m

This week on Beauty Is Rising, Kelli speaks with Johanna Cannelongo. Johanna is a mama of 8 children - 4 naturally and 4 “supernaturally” by the gift of adoption. She lives in Maryland on a little farmette with her husband and family. Her husb

Jordyn Glaser

Jul 9th, 2019 56m 17s

In this week’s episode, Kelli speaks with Jordyn Glaser. Jordyn has been married to her husband for 13 years. She is the mother to two biological children as well as two adopted children. They live on a small farm in Oregon. She has most rece

Micah Johnson

Jul 2nd, 2019 54m 46s

On today’s episode of Beauty is Rising, Kelli speaks with Micah Johnson. Micah has worked with children and their families for over 20 years. First in education and mentorship programs, and now through her business, Seeing Color. At Seeing

Beth Guckenberger

Jun 25th, 2019 24m 11s

In today’s episode, Kelli talks with Beth Guckenberger. Beth and her husband Todd, live in Cincinnati, Ohio, where they serve as co-executive directors of Back2Back Ministries. Not only is Beth heavily involved in her executive director resp

Kim de Blecourt

Jun 18th, 2019 55m 49s

In today's episode, Kelli connects with Speaker and Author Kim de Blecourt. Kim is an award-winning author, international speaker and executive director of Nourished Hearts, a non-profit serving orphaned and vulnerable children in Ukraine. Her

Alex Fitten

Jun 11th, 2019 49m 25s

Today Kelli talks with fellow adoptive mom, Alex Fitten. Alex is the host of The Adoptive Mom Podcast which is a space to help women feel connected, empowered, and encouraged to stand in the fire for kids from hard places. She and her husband B

Lauren Huss

Jun 4th, 2019 1h 9m

In today's episode, Kelli is chatting with friend & adoptive mom Lauren Huss about their family's journey bringing home "Team Huss". They have 7 children ranging in age from 7-20: 6 adopted, 1 biological. 2 young girls, 5 grown boys. All of th

Jenna McKnight

May 28th, 2019 58m 46s

Today Kelli talks with fellow adoptive mom, Jenna McKnight. As an adoptive mother of a child with reactive attachment disorder, Jenna was all too familiar with the complicated emotions associated with adoption. Redeemed through prayer and fello

Bryan Post

May 21st, 2019 56m 10s

In this episode, Kelli is talking with Bryan Post. Together they discuss the way that our adoptive children react to stress, fear & overwhelm. Bryan is the founder of The Post Institute and is widely renowned as one of America’s foremost chil