Thriving Adoptees - Let's Thrive

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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. 15h ago

    Finding Ted With Ted Leonhardt

    To what extent do you play a persona to fit in? It was second nature for adoptee Ted and something he did to extremes. And it brought success in the world. It became so core to the way he navigated life that he was oblivious to it, until he wasn't. Listen in as we talk authenticity, epiphanies and more... Here's a bit about Ted from his website "I was adopted. My place in the family was conditional from the start. I was parked with strangers off and on for years. I developed a deep passivity as a way to survive — hiding my real nature, curling into that little ball of shame that was always there when someone wanted to bully me. I became an expert at reading rooms, sensing when things were off, staying quiet when speaking up felt dangerous. Those instincts, once liabilities, became the core of my practice. I know what freeze looks like from the inside. I know the difference between a person who's disengaged and one who's just afraid to speak. And I know — because I lived through it — that the passive behavior learned in unsafe environments doesn't stay in childhood. It follows people into conference rooms, client meetings, and conversations with their own teams for the rest of their lives. Age as an assetI turned eighty recently, and I say that with genuine pride. I've watched the same cycles repeat across decades. Challenges that feel unprecedented usually follow familiar patterns. I've also learned what doesn't matter. I no longer chase growth for its own sake. I focus on a small number of engagements where I can have real impact — and I still have the energy for it. I can outrun my teenage grandsons." https://tedleonhardt.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedleonhardt/ 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.

    Finding Ted With Ted Leonhardt

  2. 1d ago

    Firing On All Cylinders with Carolyn Bishop

    We all function better in life when we are firing on all cylinders. But what helps us do that? Listen in as adoption professional Carolyn shares what works for her. It might work for you... Find out more about Carolyn and the company she works for here: https://arrow.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/arrow-child-and-family-ministries/ https://www.facebook.com/arrowcfm/ https://www.instagram.com/arrowcfm/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-bishop-lmsw-lcpaa-6437b523/ 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.

    Firing On All Cylinders with Carolyn Bishop

  3. 2d ago

    Coaching & Thriving With Yvonne Howard & Tammy Murphy

    Using what we've learned to help others is one of the most powerful things we can do in life. It brings profound meaning to the tough stuff we've been through. It's alchemy. Lead that's weighed us down becomes gold that shines. Listen in as adoptees and coaches Yvonne and Tammy share some of their learnings. Yvonne Howard is the owner and principal coach at Unmasked Coaching, with 25+ years' experience as a former licensed counselor, educator, and consultant.  As a biracial adoptee from a closed adoption, she understands the search for belonging. She works with adult members of the adoption triad, specializing in mental fitness and authenticity.  Yvonne pairs compassion with radical honesty and genuine curiosity, believing everyone already holds their own answers.  Wife, mother of two adults and two dogs, she loves knitting and exploring new places, people, and flavors.  Her practice is grounded in her 3 Gs: Grace, Gratitude, and Goodness.  Unmasked Coaching  Here are a few words from Tammy Murphy: "I am an adoption attuned certified professional. When I start my coaching business I will be coaching adult adopted women. My niche is Surviving the Daughter Wound. The name of my coaching service will be Life! Despite Adoption." Links:  FB- Early Discovery Adoptee IG-comingoutthatfogisamutha   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.

    Coaching & Thriving With Yvonne Howard & Tammy Murphy

  4. 6d ago

    Changing Our World With David White

    Epiphanies change our world. But how do they happen? Listen in as founder and adoptive dad David shares what's changed his world. Profound and empowering. David holds an MBA in Corporate Finance and an MSW in Child Welfare. After spending 12 years working in corporate finance, he decided to pivot his career into serving individuals who are severely marginalized. He worked at two child-focused non-profit organizations prior to founding Fostering Great Ideas in 2011.David was an Adjunct Professor with Clemson University’s MBA in Entrepreneurship program for ten years. He taught Community Impact Entrepreneurship: bringing entrepreneurial spirit to difficult world problems.David enjoys hiking, gardening, cycling, and spending time with his family. https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwhiteinnovative/ https://fgi4kids.org/ https://www.facebook.com/fgi4kids https://www.instagram.com/fgi4kids/ 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.

    Changing Our World With David White

  5. Sep 22

    Honoring Culture With Elizabeth Bucher

    One of the most important drivers of transracial adoptees' thriving is honoring their culture. Listen in as adoptive mom and adoption professional Elizabeth shares what she's learning about thriving raising her son who was adopted from South Korea. Find out more about Elizabeth here: https://hopeadoptionagency.org/ https://www.facebook.com/hopeadoptionagency https://www.instagram.com/hopecenteradoptions https://www.linkedin.com/company/hope-center-adoptions/ 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.

    Honoring Culture With Elizabeth Bucher

  6. Sep 21

    Hyper Focus With Steve Fournier

    What do you want? For others? For Yourself? Listen in as ex pilot, now non-profit leader Steve shares insights on persistence and relentless hyper focus. Powerful and empowering. Here's a bit about the Burke Center from their website. All children deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to flourish. Through therapeutic treatment, foster care, and adoption and reunification, our ultimate goal is to help children rebuild their lives in a manner that will break the cycle of abuse and give them the tools necessary to excel. Find out more  https://burkecenterforyouth.org/ https://www.facebook.com/burkecenterforyouth# https://www.instagram.com/bcfydriftwood/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve4nier/ 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.

    Hyper Focus With Steve Fournier

  7. Sep 19

    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

  8. Sep 16

    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
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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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