Original Origins: Meaningful Conversations About Adoption

Shaylah Nichols, LSW
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Original Origins Podcast is a show dedicated to telling the various stories in the adoption community. Hosted by a social worker, adoption professional, and daughter of a transnational adoptee, Original Origins explores the complexities of adoption by interviewing members of the community, and opening the door for discussion.

  1. 02/21/2024

    Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Identity

    Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

  2. 11/21/2023

    Korean Adoptee Connects with Biological Sister on 23andMe

    All You Can Ever Know: https://bookshop.org/p/books/all-you-can-ever-know-a-memoir-nicole-chung/16008810?ean=9781948226370 Primal Wound: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-primal-wound-nancy-n-verrier/8799049?ean=9780963648006 Found: https://www.netflix.com/title/81476857 Fox Girl: https://bookshop.org/p/books/fox-girl-nora-okja-keller/11648789?ean=9780142001967 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

  3. 11/03/2023

    Adoptive Mom Shares Her Journey: Grief and Loss, Open Adoption, and Post Adoption Blues

    Instant Family: https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Family-Mark-Wahlberg/dp/B07KFPM9BV The Story of my Open Adoption: https://www.amazon.com/Story-My-Open-Adoption-Storybook/dp/1646110889/ref=asc_df_1646110889/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=508963787488&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9731415696526670147&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032809&hvtargid=pla-1213030542871&psc=1 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

  4. 08/22/2023

    Hawaii State Senator Glenn Wakai Speaks on Adoption from Japan

    https://www.thehawaiiherald.com/2016/08/22/cover-story-meeting-mitsuru-shimabukuro-hawaii-senators-past-launches-new-mission-in-japan/ Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

  5. 08/01/2023

    Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Rejection

    Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

  6. 06/28/2023

    Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Loss

    Three Identical Strangers: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Identical-Strangers-Tim-Wardle/dp/B07F7YWTKH Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

  7. 06/21/2023

    Native Hawaiian Adoptee Shares Experience Re-Connecting to 'Ohana, Self, and Culture

    All You Can Ever Know: https://bookshop.org/p/books/all-you-can-ever-know-a-memoir-nicole-chung/16008810?ean=9781948226370 Hapa Tales and Other Lies: https://www.amazon.com/Hapa-Tales-Other-Lies-Memoir/dp/1732484708 Twinsters: http://twinstersmovie.com/our-story#our-story-1 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

  8. 06/14/2023

    Happy Pride! Single Gay Dad Shares His Adoption Experience

    Daddy Squared: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-squared-the-gay-dads-podcast/id1435971347 The Science of Parenting Adopted Children: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-science-of-parenting-adopted-children-a-brain-based-trauma-informed-approach-to-cultivating-your-child-s-social-emotional-and-moral-development-ar/9978152?ean=9781785927539 A Really Good Enough Parent Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-really-good-enough-parent/id1686999805 Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcast Instagram: @afamilytreehi https://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

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Original Origins Podcast is a show dedicated to telling the various stories in the adoption community. Hosted by a social worker, adoption professional, and daughter of a transnational adoptee, Original Origins explores the complexities of adoption by interviewing members of the community, and opening the door for discussion.

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