A deep dive into Sam’s mind when it comes to adoption. How it’s changed his outlook on other adoptees, how it’s impacted big events in his life, and most importantly how it's helped him as continues parenting.
We had the honor of sitting down and chatting with Lillian Wolfe, a PhD student at Stanford University, who also happens to be a transracial Chinese adoptee! She is researching adoptees and how family support influences how they form their raci
Today's podcast is about life, love, stress, & setbacks - what's going on and how to cope moving forward. Life - what's newLove - thoughts after attending Jay Shetty's 'Love Rules' eventStress - new ways to focus before a panic attackSetbacks -
Pain, embarrassment, shame, and fear followed us for the first week. The mental toll was something neither of us was ready for. It was sure a valentine’s day we’d never forget!
A day late and a buck short - BUT HEY, we’re still here getting our voice out into the world wide webs. :) Sam is a champ for handling Meg’s family in MN and Meg talks about why she wakes up at 4am every morning.
Living in NYC has been detrimental to how people judge Sam. He questions if it’s in his mind or if it’s truly his skin color that limits his ability to be himself.
Even in unexpected circumstances, we move forward. As Sam says, "we must have that next-play mentality". In football, if you mess up in a play you can't dwell because you have the rest of the game to prove you still got it. NEXT PLAY.
We had a week off work and it felt like a nice practice run to not having a 9-5 job. We discuss a few goals for 2023 and you get to hear me (Meg) go down a giant rabbit hole and Sam pulling me back out at the end. That's why we're a team - we g
Let's finally talk about something we've been tip-toeing around for the past 2 years. Divorce, custody, attorneys...you can hear how shaken up we still are. Progress has been made and the most important part is how both sides have Maya's best i
These conversations can get so intense and unexpected - sometimes I (Megan) want to hit that power-off button and end in the middle of a sentence but I know it's best to push through.We had such a solid conversation but at 1 hour it got erased
We start by listening to an audio clip explaining the deeper meaning of the movie 'Fight Club'. Sam breaks down part of the clip and relates it to his life - having no father and questioning what to do with this dwindling feeling of masculinity
More specifically...Brown Peruvian adoptees parenting in a rich neighborhood in NYC - but that's only to get super specific. :') Sam's a bit more sensitive to the daily stigmas he faces in NYC and you can hear his pain when he speaks about bein
Maya, Sam’s daughter, asked if we could do a ‘girls talk’ podcast episode without daddy!She talks about:-the drama that’s happening in first grade (we tried to change the names of the people we talk about)-what she likes to do for fun-what she
WE’RE BACK. In this episode, we talk about the insecurities we have about what we’re wearing. The things that affect what we wear:-Being adopted-Being a parental figure-Comparing ourselves to what others are wearing-Still feeling like kidsWe al
Saturday night and we’re feeling just right! We knew we wanted to bike downtown to eat some fish tacos…but the rest of the night was in the air and we’ll ramble about it on this episode of Life of the Lost. https://www.instagram.com/lovesupay/
Imposter syndrome runs rapid in the adoption community but Sam didn’t recognize it until this past week. He's been struggling with this when it comes to his job and being a parent. We speak about how he’s viewing imposter syndrome and how he ho