Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive

Simon Benn
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Let's thrive. Thriving Adoptees helps adoptees thrive. What does thriving mean to you? Healing? Post Traumatic Growth? Evolving? Listen in as we explore what's helped adoptees do all that... Email me at simon@thrivingadoptees.com if you'd like to have a chat about being a guest on the show. There have been 93,000 downloads of the show since launch in April 2021.

  1. 20 hr ago

    Muscular Love With Brian Newsome

    Loving kids with trauma takes a different sort of love, a muscular love. Listen in as Brian who leads a non profit supporting foster and foster/adoptive parents take on muscular love, connecting no matter what and more.... Find out more about Brian at: https://fosteringhopefoundation.org/ https://www.facebook.com/fosteringhopefoundation/ https://www.instagram.com/fosteringhopefoundation/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/fostering-hope-foundation/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bnewsome1/ Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

    Muscular Love With Brian Newsome

  2. 3 days ago

    Primordial Wholeness With Kit Myers & Simon Benn

    Kit interviews me about my counterculture take on healing. Primordial Wholeness - what is it and how does it help adoptees? We dig deep and debate on whether we can / how to uncover our wholeness underneath our trauma. Kit Myers is an associate professor in the Department of History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. He was previously a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Merced. His teaching interests include the study of race as a social, relational, and intersectional category of difference and power. His forthcoming book, The Violence of Love: Race, Adoption, and Family in the United States, with University of California Press (2024), uses interdisciplinary methods of archival, legal, and discursive analysis to argue that while adoption is imbued with love, violence is attached to adoption in complex ways. The book comparatively examines the transracial and transnational adoption of Asian, Black, and Native American children by White families to understand how race has been constructed relationally to mark certain homes, families, and nations as spaces of love, freedom, and better futures against others that not. Myers has also published journal articles in Adoption Quarterly, Critical Discourse Studies, Adoption & Culture, and Amerasia. He serves as on the executive committee for the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of California, San Diego in ethnic studies and his B.S. in ethnic studies and journalism from the University of Oregon. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kit-myers-21463417/ Here's where I interviewed him https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/episodes/the-logic-mystery-of-healing-kit-myers Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

    Primordial Wholeness With Kit Myers & Simon Benn

  3. 4 days ago

    They Don't Want Us To Heal With Leah Sutterlin

    They Don't Want Us To Heal...Leah's words stopped me dead in my tracks when we first spoke. Surely everybody wants the best for us all? Listen and make your own mind up... Leah Sutterlin serves as the Adoption Communication Manager for National Council For Adoption. Leah comes from a business and technology background and is passionate about writing and data-driven storytelling. She also brings lived experience as an adoptee from China and previous work experience with organizations like the Christian Alliance for Orphans and Help One Child in the foster care and adoption space. Leah earned a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She and her husband, Spencer, reside in the SF Bay Area in California and love traveling and experiencing new cultures. https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidson125/ https://adoptioncouncil.org/ https://www.facebook.com/AdoptionCouncil/ https://www.instagram.com/adoptioncouncil/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-council-for-adoption/ Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

    They Don't Want Us To Heal With Leah Sutterlin

  4. 5 days ago

    Mind, Heart & Body Thriving With Jody Jester

    What does it take to thrive in all areas of our lives? Listen in as Jody shares her learnings on thriving mentally, emotionally and physically. Lots of priceless insights to help you thrive... https://www.bridgealife.com/ https://www.facebook.com/BridgeALife1/ https://www.instagram.com/bridge.a.life/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jody-jester-91b744bb/ Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

    Mind, Heart & Body Thriving With Jody Jester

  5. 4 Sept

    Steadfast Tenacity With Jillana Goble

    We are told that when we're going through tough stuff, to keep going. But what does that take? More than resilience? Listen in as Jillana talks steadfast tenacity, growth and humility. Powerful! Here's more about today's guest from her website: I’m Jillana. Five remarkable kids who have stretched and shaped me all call me Mom. Together, my husband and I have redrawn the picture of traditional family, grafting children from hard places – and their families – into our circle. Some stay for a season, and others for a lifetime. Parenting is sacred work, and I honor each and every family who is taking on this task of loving and caring for children from hard places. Nobody slips through the cracks here, and it is my deepest desire to encourage, inspire, and walk with you through it all. https://jillana-goble.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jillanagoble/ https://www.instagram.com/jillanagoble/ https://everychildoregon.org/ https://www.facebook.com/everychildoregon/ https://www.instagram.com/everychildoregon Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

    Steadfast Tenacity With Jillana Goble

  6. 3 Sept

    Thriving Together With Jane Richardson

    Together we thrive. Listen in as Jane dives deep into the power of community to help us navigate the tough times. Uplifting, hopeful and powerful. You're going to love this. Here's a bit about Jane Jane Denny Richardson was promoted to Executive Director in August 2023 after spending 5 years as the Program Director at Friends of Foster Children. Jane is determined to make positive changes to the child welfare system and the community and believes that FFC is the change agent to assist in moving the system forward. She is excited to continue to grow the agency and be a support to the dependency system. She has over 30 years of experience in working in non-profits, advocating for at-risk children and their families in the fields of substance abuse, domestic violence, and child welfare. Prior to FFC, she spent years working as a supervisor in the dependency system and helped create the Extended Foster Care program for Palm Beach County and continues to advocate within the community for teenagers in foster care. Jane has a degree from Slippery Rock University’s School of Social Work. She has also obtained Certification in Ethical Leadership from the University of South Florida. She has been trained in Trauma Informed Care and has a certification in child welfare case management from the Florida Certification Board. Jane is proud of her Pittsburgh area roots but equally as proud to now be an active resident in the Lake Worth Beach community where she has lived for the last six years. https://www.friendsoffosterchildren.com/ https://www.instagram.com/friendsof_fosterchildren/ https://www.facebook.com/FFCPBC https://www.youtube.com/@FFCPalmBeach Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

    Thriving Together With Jane Richardson

  7. 26 Aug

    Prioritising Peace With Janeen Jones

    What's your top priority? How much of the time are you making decisions from that top priority? Listen in as adoptee Janeen shares insights on living from our top priority, being intentional and navigating life's emotional rollercoaster. Inspiring and empowering. https://www.ifoundmeinc.miami/ https://www.instagram.com/ifoundme.miami/ https://www.facebook.com/janeen.jones.921 https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeen-jones-4531723b/ Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

    Prioritising Peace With Janeen Jones

  8. 24 Aug

    No Matter What With Claire Cox

    Where do we find the courage to keep going no matter what? Claire and her husband were on the point of ending their first fostering placement. They're now raising 9 kids, 6 adopted from foster care, 2 biological kids and another who they are in the process of adopting. So what happened? Listen in as dive deep into persistence, resilience and keeping on keeping on. Somehow Claire also finds time to be Director of Adoption Resources at Unite Ministries Louisiana. Find out more here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairegoudeaucox/ https://www.facebook.com/unitefostercare https://www.uniteministries-louisiana.org/ https://www.instagram.com/UNITEfostercare Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

    No Matter What With Claire Cox
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Let's thrive. Thriving Adoptees helps adoptees thrive. What does thriving mean to you? Healing? Post Traumatic Growth? Evolving? Listen in as we explore what's helped adoptees do all that... Email me at simon@thrivingadoptees.com if you'd like to have a chat about being a guest on the show. There have been 93,000 downloads of the show since launch in April 2021.

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