“I think in society we should be asking everyone all the time “aren't you grateful to be alive?” Just in general. So I think it's unfair that society often spins a question on adoptees of that they need to have some sort of obligation to feel g

Rooting Your Boundaries

Dec 8th, 2022 36m 39s

Shownotes: “You don't always know what your boundaries are until they're pushed or until they're questioned. And often you're still learning if you're even allowed to set a boundary. Because there's that whole notion of well, once you're here,

Make Change Now feat. Isaac

Nov 30th, 2022 40m 32s

“I'm Black in the Mumford And Sons moments and I'm Black in the Kendrick Lamar moments and I guess it's not as much of this badge that I have to show anymore.” Meet Isaac. "I'm the founder of Etter Consulting. We specifically consult around tra

Love Yourself & F Everyone Who Doesn't

Nov 29th, 2020 35m 59s

Meet Garrett, a Black, transracial adoptee within a domestic open adoption. Garrett's adoptive parents are white. "You Can't Live Your Kid's Life" "I don't care what other people think about me because I love myself. If you're gonna love me for

Two Adoptees Uncensored

Nov 22nd, 2020 39m 25s

Shownotes: Meet Christopher: "I use he/him/his pronouns. I identify as a queer transracial adoptee. I was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, formerly known as Saigon, Vietnam. I was adopted from Vietnam when I was about a year old. I grew up in

My Birth Father Was A Facebook Search Away

Nov 22nd, 2020 31m 2s

Meet Olivia, a transracial adoptee who identifies as Black, specifically Jamaican, bisexual, and sis female. She lives with her two white moms and little sister who who is also Black. One of her moms is also an adoptee. "I went from no birth fa

Racism And Racial Reconciliation

Nov 8th, 2020 34m 57s

Meet Katelyn (our guest AND cohost!) I'm an international adoptee from ZhuZhou, Hunan Province, China, and I'm both the same race and interracial adoptee. I identify as a cisgender, heterosexual woman, and I'm also a follower of Jesus and Chris

Feeling Expendable in the System

Oct 25th, 2020 34m 50s

Meet Shawn, an alum of the foster system who is also a kinship adoptive parent. Shawn identifies as Black and male. He lives with his fiancee and his nephew "What it's like to be a foster child? The word I like to use is EXPENDABLE." "That's wh

Put Your Shit Aside with Oliver

Oct 25th, 2020 30m 8s

Meet Oliver Jennings, an African-American man, adopted at 22 months, into a same-race adoption with a single mother. He's also a new father. "You gotta put your shit aside. It's not about how you feel, and them reaching out to their parents isn

Adoptees Must Be Centered Starting Now

Oct 25th, 2020 11m 7s

Welcome to our new podcast, Listening To Adoptees. We’re your hosts. I’m Katelyn, I’m Asian American, cis female, I go by she/her/hers and I’m a transracial and same race international adoptee from China and identify as a follower of Jesus! I’

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