In Adoptees Crossing Lines, I expose the lies and harm of the adoption industry and family policing system. As a Black same-race adoptee reclaiming my story, I challenge systems that profit from family separation. This podcast is truth-telling, healing, and anger intertwined. If you're ready for raw, unfiltered conversations about adoptee trauma and dismantling harmful systems, join me on this journey of reclamation.
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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 [email protected] 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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The podcast and community for globally minded disciples seeking God's justice, mercy and shalom throughout the world.
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Real stories about the joys and challenges of the adoption journey. You'll hear from parents and families who've been through infant and international adoption, foster-to-adopt, and even embryo adoption. These inspiring stories are told from the perspective of the adoptee, birth parent or adoptive parent.
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Nationally recognized thought leader, April Dinwoodie, hosts a personal journey while exploring her adoption experience. We follow her as she examines her efforts to find love, identity, family, and connection. Each month April will candidly interview, discuss, and unravel, all matters surrounding adoption.
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Empower your employees like never before and learn how to own the social share of voice in your industry. Organizations all over the world in every sector are driving strategic competitive advantage by scaling the impact of their employees' voices… and now YOU can too! As we delve beyond the why and get straight to the how so that you can put employee-driven growth at the heart of your organization. Hosted by Bradley Keenan and Lewis Gray of DSMN8.
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As more people adopt plant-based diets or cut back on meat, innovative start-ups are rising to meet the demand for sustainable alternatives to traditional animal products. Anant Joshi, the show host, explores the entrepreneurs behind this movement, reimagining meat, dairy, seafood, fashion, health and beauty in eco-conscious ways. The audience will hear the inspirational stories of these pioneers building the next generation of compassionate companies. The show features exclusive one-on-one ...
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Constellation Conversations: Adoption, Adoptee Voices, and Trauma-Informed Care
Sarah Harper and Brenda Chapel
Adoption is complex, and understanding its impact begins with centering adoptee voices. Join Sarah Harper, a trauma therapist and adoptee, and Brenda Chapel, an open-adoption adoptive parent, as they explore adoption’s nuances with guests from across the adoption constellation—including adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, and professionals. Together, they facilitate meaningful conversations that uncover adoption truths, promote trauma-informed care, and inspire a more compassionate an ...
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Advocacy is a responsibility every destination organization leader should adopt as part of their critical skills in their role. Now more than ever, we are tasked with going beyond just sales and marketing of our destinations and advocating for our community to the world's stage. Each month join Andreas Weissenborn to go through our sector's history on pivotal moments where advocacy was used to change the course of their destination’s future. These are the stories of the architects of destina ...
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Heart-Centered Therapist: Elevating Practice in Mental Health, Relationships, Self-Care and Personal Growth
Sindee Gozansky
Welcome to "The Heart-Centered Therapist: Elevating Practice in Mental Health, Relationships, Self-Care, and Personal Growth," the essential podcast for both new and experienced therapists, and for individuals passionate about enhancing their wellbeing, mental health education and awareness. In addition to solo episodes and guest experts, I offer targeted mentoring for therapists, leveraging my extensive background as a supervisor and couples therapist. We cover a vast array of topics crucia ...
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Stories from Cumberland is a six-part documentary series about the 2019 Youth Media Lab hosted by the University of North Texas Department of Media Arts. Join teaching fellow Rob Upchurch as he highlights the impact this media literacy and production workshop had on a group of young people in foster care.
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KeyLIME+ is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Adam Szulewski and features in-depth interviews with authors and experts as they explore what we think we know about medical education and where we’re going as a field.
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The show all about family; but with gay! Queer mom, Jaimie Kelton, humorously goes in-depth with weekly LGBTQIA+ guests about their families; how they made them, and how they show up in a world that wasn't necessarily designed for them. The mission is to normalize, elevate and celebrate, while confirming that we're just like other parents, trying not to yell at our kids when they still haven't put their shoes on and we're 25 minutes late for school. The end result is a compelling podcast tha ...
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Welcome to Life Beyond Abortion, the weekly podcast hosted by Melissa Ohden, abortion survivor, author, speaker, and founder of The Abortion Survivors Network. Join Melissa as she shares her powerful journey of survival and healing and amplifies the voices of those impacted by abortion, including survivors and their families. Through candid conversations, stories of resilience, and a commitment to truth, this podcast creates a space for inspiration, understanding, and transformation. Whether ...
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Welcome to "Empowerment Through At-Risk Voices," a podcast dedicated to championing the journey of healing and self-empowerment. Hosted by Cynthia Cherise Murphy, this podcast discusses the often challenging but transformative experiences of individuals who have faced trauma, disability, adversity, and discrimination. Cynthia purposely talks slower for disabled audiences, so if you need faster speed, please “2x” your listening experience! In every episode, Cynthia bravely shares her own jour ...
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Hello Momma: A podcast by Moms for Moms
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Every other week, we publish marketing trends, conversations, and more to help destinations grow. We talk with other agencies, CVBs, local governments, and more about what makes them extraordinary. Imagine is a brand strategy and digital marketing agency for tourism, hospitality, and economic development. Learn more about Imagine at https://imaginedc.net.
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The Defender Podcast is a ministry of Lifeline Children's Services where we seek to equip the body of Christ to manifest the gospel to vulnerable children and families. We hope this podcast will provide encouragement, inspiration, and ways to connect with others who have a heart for the orphan.
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Hope Stories with Sr. Josephine Garrett, CSFN explores extraordinary stories of hope hidden within the ordinary lives we lead. Sr. Josephine loves the transformational power and gift of stories, and their ability to reveal deep truths about the purpose and meaning of our lives. As a Catholic Christian writer, speaker, and mental health counselor, Sr. Josephine helps people discover and abide within places and relationships where they can be received wholeheartedly as gift. In the first seaso ...
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Do you want to take your advocacy to the next level? When we know more, we achieve more. When we focus more, we achieve more. Listen as adoptive mother and advocate Marcy shares learnings about learnings, focus, experimentation and much more. Here's the link to Marcy's previous interview: https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/episodes/reasons-fo…
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109: Girl Groomed: Healing from Trauma and Reclaiming Joy with Therapist and Author Carol Odell
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47:01In this episode of the Heart-Centered Therapist podcast, host Sindee Gozansky chats with Carol Odell, a seasoned psychotherapist and author. Carol shares her journey from a traumatic childhood experience in the equestrian world to writing her memoir 'Girl Groomed,' which was a therapeutic process in itself. She opens up about the long-lasting impac…
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Biofortified Corn, Food Security and GMOs with Curt Bowen
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1:03:21It's impossible to ignore the interconnectedness of global justice issues and the complexity of systems that affect societies. Sometimes a system enables people to thrive and other times the system puts people at risk. A clear example of this is looking at food systems and malnutrition in Central America. To help us dive deeper, we have Curt Bowen …
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Melissa Ohden welcomes Kylee Heap from Support After Abortion on Life Beyond Abortion. Heap shares her transition from pharmaceutical research to pro-life advocacy, driven by a call to serve those grieving abortion experiences. She discusses Support After Abortion’s research revealing 22 million Americans needing healing, with only 18% knowing wher…
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[19] Adopter une optique différente : doit-on repenser le DPC pour avoir un impact réel?
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35:54Dans cet épisode de KeyLIME+, Adam reçoit le Dr Sam Daniel et discute avec lui des défis et innovations dans le milieu actuel du développement professionnel continu (DPC). Ensemble, ils explorent l’influence du DPC sur le comportement des médecins, l’importance des normes morales dans le contexte du DPC et les obstacles à un apprentissage efficace.…
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[20] Thinking outside the box: Reimagining CPD for Real Impact
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34:53In this episode of KeyLIME+, Adam is joined by Dr. Sam Daniel as they discuss the challenges and innovations in today’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) landscape. They explore the impact of CPD on physician behaviour, the importance of moral norms when it comes to engaging with CPD, and the barriers to effective learning. Sam shares insig…
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Bonus Replay | Out And Proud With The Mazelins
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56:07This joyful, visibility-filled throwback deserves another listen. Originally aired during our 2023 Pride Extravaganza, this episode features Brian and Alec Mazelin, a gay couple raising their daughter and showing up online as their fabulous, authentic selves. Their story of love, intentional family building, and unapologetic visibility is exactly w…
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Following Our North Star - Niall McKeever
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52:17Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. They become a lot easier with a North Star to follow. Podcaster Niall has interviewed an incredible array of talent in the worlds of healing, consciousness and psychology including my favourite author Rupert Spira. Listen in as we riff on intention, course correction and more. Here's the link to the interview with J…
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Inside the Global Rise of Vegan Advocacy with Julia Reinelt | PLANT CEO #109
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20:08In this inspiring episode of PLANT CEO we welcome Julia Reinelt, Chair of AVA International, for an in-depth discussion on global vegan advocacy and collaboration. Julia shares her journey from discovering Eating Animals to launching the Animal & Vegan Advocacy (AVA) Summits that now span continents—from LA to Nairobi, Delhi, and beyond.👥 Topics co…
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Walking With Humility With Kristin Orphan
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49:57Do you want change for the better? There's a part of us that always thinks it is right. And it feels good to be right. But it gets in the way of the change we want. Of being better. Of connecting better. Listen in as Kristin shares profound lessons on humility, insight and change. Listen to Kristin's previous interview here: https://thriving-adopte…
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Adopted Twice: Kinship, Control, and the Cost of Silence
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52:58In this episode of Adoptees Crossing Lines, Zaira sits down with Kat Shahinian-Buffa to explore the layers of secrecy, grief, and reclamation embedded in kinship adoption. From being adopted the day she was born to uncovering that her sister is also her cousin through a DNA test, Kat walks us through her journey of survival, family deception, and i…
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Who doesn't want more ease? More peace? How? That's the question. Listen in as Jean shares her insights on how insights help us to more ease. With ourselves. With others. As she says so wisely "Compassion is free". That compassion oils our relationships. Jean Kelly Widner is the author of The Adoption Paradox: Putting Adoption into Perspective, a p…
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The Next Generation of Pro-Life Advocates
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27:38Melissa Ohden welcomes Rachel Shipers, Vice President of Operations for Students for Life Action, on Life Beyond Abortion. A former counselor working with foster care youth and rape survivors, Shipers shares how God called her to pro-life advocacy. She discusses Students for Life Action’s push for state-level legislation, including chemical abortio…
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A Jewish Understanding of James 1:27 with Dr. Andrea Siegel
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1:03:42James 1:27 has long been a central biblical text from which our podcast community has drawn from. But to what extent have we delved into the depths of the Jewish context in which James wrote? To help us go deeper on this text and the social implications of true religion, we've invited Dr. Andrea Siegel to the show. Dr. Siegel has years of experienc…
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Do you feel comfortable in your own skin? Being adopted can feel distinctly uncomfortable. Whether that's due to others or ourselves. Listen in as Rabail shares what she learned coming through tricky teenage years and out of the other side. Find out more about Rabail here: https://www.adoptionmatters.org/podcasts/exploring-transracial-adoption/ htt…
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Resilience & Persistence With Betsy Arnold
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50:04How do we bounce back? Keep going when all seems lost? Listen in as adoptive mother Besty and I explore answers to these big questions and more... Betsy Armstrong grew up on a farm in Minnesota, but Chicago captured her country-mouse heart thirty-plus years ago, so she stayed. Betsy is a writer, mom, athlete, and philanthropist who wants to change …
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Bonus Replay | Celebrating What DeSantis Fears (w/ Peggy Gillespie)
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43:49This Pride Month warm-up replay is a must-listen. Peggy Gillespie—author, queer parent, and co-director of Family Diversity Projects—has been celebrating LGBTQIA+ families and underrepresented voices for decades. In this episode (originally part of our Pride Extravaganza), she shares how her work has helped shift hearts and minds across the country…
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Mothering Out Loud: Stacey Gatlin on Advocacy, Identity, and the Yes We Adopt Village
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1:07:17In this Mother’s Day episode, April Dinwoodie sits down with Stacey Gatlin—founder of Yes We Adopt—to explore Black adoption, parenting after loss, and building community that centers authenticity and healing. Stacey shares her path through infertility, post-adoption depression, and the creation of Yes We Adopt—a platform that uplifts Black adoptiv…
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Public Affairs Consultant for the Abortion Survivors Network Sarah Moe joins host Melissa Ohden on Life Beyond Abortion. Sarah shares how her sister Nancy, born with microcephaly and cerebral palsy, shaped her resolve to end abortion. Facing societal judgment and calls for abortion, Sarah embraced compassion, now driving her ASN advocacy. She discu…
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"Other people's opinions of us are none of our business." Winston Churchill. I love that quote. For me it's about doing what feels authentic to me. Being me. Doing me. I could never have imagined that the starting point for our conversation - stigma - was going to empower my advocacy. Make me bolder. Listen in and see where this episode takes you. …
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Inside Barclays' Viral Creator Club With Catherine McFarlane
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42:17In this episode, Catherine McFarlane from Barclays reveals how their Creator Club is helping to redefine their employer brand and supporting early-career employees in becoming confident, authentic content creators. She discusses how they have built a scalable approach to creative training, the power of unlocking storytelling skills in emerging tale…
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[18] No pain, no gain: The importance of desirable difficulty in medical education
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37:01Description: In this episode of KeyLIME+, Adam speaks with educational psychologist Anique de Bruin, exploring the concept of desirable difficulty in medical education. They discuss how well-designed challenging learning conditions can enhance long-term learning and knowledge transfer, despite the initial struggles that learners might face. The con…
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Deserving To Thrive With Doug Henderson
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1:00:53Do feel different? Less than? Do you deserve to thrive? Doug always felt different. But he didn't know he was adopted until he was 12. Listen as we dive into insights, sobriety and more in this profound and empowering episode. Check out Doug's book - There Are More Like Me: Search, Reunion, and Synchronicity in Adoption here: https://www.amazon.co.…
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The Path To Empathy Laura Engel & Hannah Andrews
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39:52Another episode with a difference courtesy of two ladies with huge hearts. Empathy for others in the adoption constellation is foundational to thriving and communication. Listen in as birth mother Laura and adoptee Hannah explore the path to empathy. Hannah Andrews was born in Chicago and was adopted as an infant during the Baby Scoop Era. She was …
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Raised by Auntie, Called Mom: The Complicated Truth of Kinship Adoption
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50:59In this powerful episode, attorney and pro-Black adoptee Aretha Frazier shares her story of being adopted by her aunt in a kinship placement that was far from simple. From navigating family loyalty and control to confronting abuse and the myth of gratitude, Aretha opens up about what it really meant to grow up in a household where blood ties didn’t…
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Delivering On The Promise With Fraser McKinlay
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46:18The Promise is that Scotland's children and young people will grow up loved, safe and respected. This episode dives into how Fraser, his team and partners are delivering on that. We explore resilience, expectations and more. Fraser has been Chief Executive of The Promise Scotland since September 2022. Prior to that, he spent 16 years working for Au…
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Wrestling with the Problem of Evil with Dr. Chris Palmer
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47:15War. Famine. Poverty. Violence. Natural Disasters. Working in humanitarian spaces puts us up close and personal with some of the worst kinds of evil and suffering. In the face of it all, we follow a God who is both all good and all powerful. How do those two realities compute? It's a quandary that has been around a long time and we've invited South…
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Abortion survivor Michele Lyman joins host Melissa Ohden in this powerful Life Beyond Abortion episode. Michele shares her journey of learning at 17 that her mother attempted an illegal abortion in 1965, surviving a back-alley procedure. She discusses the shame and identity struggles that followed, and how the Abortion Survivors Network brought hea…
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108: Creating Impact Through Advocacy and Community Building with Halina Brooke, LPC
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1:00:42In this episode of the Heart-Centered Therapist podcast, host Sindee Gozansky chats with Halina Brooke, LPC, a champion for change in the therapy world and founder of the Jewish Therapist Collective. You’ll love the energy and inspiration that Halina brings, as she shares her advocacy journey, from changing laws to guiding fellow therapists. We tal…
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The most effective approaches to doing justice will acknowledge nuance and there is wisdom in maintaining tensions in the work God has called us to. Central to the work of global development is how we work among at risk children and youth and there are a lot of principles to balance in that space. In this solo episode of the podcast, Brandon Stiver…
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Join Melissa Ohden on Life Beyond Abortion with Renae Kitchin, executive director of Found and Woven. Renae shares how her Kansas City nonprofit offers free recovery groups, retreats, and a new trauma-informed curriculum to heal men and women after abortion. With 76-78 million abortions annually worldwide, she emphasizes compassion, debunking myths…
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[17] Retour à l’essentiel – La théorie de la charge cognitive en formation médicale
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56:05Dans cet épisode, le Dr André Tricot, psychologue spécialisé en formation et chercheur, se joint à Adam pour explorer en profondeur la théorie de la charge cognitive. Ils discutent des répercussions de cette théorie sur l’enseignement et l’apprentissage de différents groupes d’âge dans des contextes variés, dont celui de la formation médicale en pa…
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Nonbinary Pregnancy, Known Donor Family Building, and Fighting Cancer Together | Casey & Sarah
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1:04:01Casey and Sarah share their beautiful, uniquely queer family-building journey—featuring a known donor (Sarah’s brother!), a nonbinary pregnancy, chestfeeding after top surgery, and building a milk-sharing network. Plus, we dive into Sarah’s breast cancer diagnosis and how their love and resilience are carrying them through. Full of heart, humor, an…
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At times our trauma threatens to overwhelm us. To overcome us. But how would it be to see that we are bigger than our trauma? Not just to see that. To feel it. To let go of blame. To be free. Listen in as Cher and I dive deep into understanding, forgiveness and more. Cher became a passionate advocate for children and decided to help children break …
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Special Needs Adoption: Season Shares About Adoption After Finalization [S8E16]
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1:08:20You may not have intended to adopt a child with special needs, or perhaps you did. Regardless of how you arrived at this point, you find yourself searching for answers online and scheduling doctor appointments in hopes of finding the right path for your child. If this resonates with you, this episode is so important. Adoption is a journey, and ofte…
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Surveillance, Saviors, and Screens: Media & Adoption with J Way
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57:54In this episode of Adoptees Crossing Lines, Zaira is joined by her editor, cinephile, and dear friend J Way. Together, they dive into how adoption narratives are portrayed in film and television, from tropes like the “grateful orphan” to more realistic depictions of systemic harm. J Way shares their experience as a transracial adoptee, the cultural…
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107: Navigating Countertransference: A Guide for Couples Therapists with Sindee Gozansky, LCPC
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20:52In this episode of the Heart-Centered Therapist podcast, host Sindee Gozansky dives into the important topic of countertransference in couples therapy. She explains what countertransference is and why it's something all therapists experience. Sindee shares relatable examples like favoring one partner, feeling triggered by anger, and avoiding confli…
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Chapter One and the Innocent People Project with Jeff Forney
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46:51In April 2025 I sit down with Jeff Forney, a photographer specializing in advertising, music and celebrity portraiture. Jeff is currently working on “The Innocent People Project” - taking photos of adoptees and sharing their stories. In this episode we dive into the reasons behind starting this project, what it has meant to him and so much more!…
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Are you feeling out of balance? I know I do sometimes. And often because our perspective is to narrow. Listen in as Danny shares a broader, and deeper, perspective on thriving. Powerful and thought provoking. If we want our kids to grow, we need to grow. So how do we do that? Danny shares a wealth of insights into how we can grow based on a lifetim…
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Procore’s Melissa Heidmiller: Getting Internal Buy-In for Advocacy
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34:41In this episode, Melissa Heidmiller from Procore discusses the evolution of their employee advocacy program. From switching advocacy tools to starting onboarding again, she outlines the strategies that have led to measurable results. Learn how Procore utilized its new employee advocacy platform and how it's connected advocacy to personal and profes…
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Join Melissa Ohden, abortion survivor and host of Life Beyond Abortion, as she talks with Thea Berry, outreach coordinator at the Abortion Survivors Network. Thea shares her family’s journey adopting their son Milo, who survived two failed chemical abortions. Learning of his survival in the NICU, Thea faced the weight of his story and found communi…
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Kim and Katie walk us through their ultra-intentional path to queer family building: from meeting online and moving in together lesbian-fast, to getting certified as foster parents just in case, to navigating a heartbreaking late miscarriage after IUI in a clinic, to finding success through home insemination—and thawing donor sperm under a boob. As…
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[16] From inoculation to exposure: A new approach to teaching stress management in simulation
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38:05Description Adam and guest co-host Charlotte Alexander speak with physician and applied anthropologist, Dr. Eve Purdy about the nuances of team stress management in simulation training. The conversation highlights the importance of getting stress management training right during high-pressure simulations. Adam, Charlotte and Eve explore how teams c…
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The Human Impact of Closing USAID with Heather Taylor
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55:42There is no doubt that the international development sector has changed drastically and permanently over the last couple of months. Starting with the closure of the vast majority of USAID programming, other donor countries have also withdrawn support from the global poor. Joining the show to guide us through what it looks like for Christians to sta…
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Join Melissa Ohden, abortion survivor and host of Life Beyond Abortion, as she welcomes Lauren Eden from Georgia. Lauren’s mom halted a second-trimester abortion, leading to her birth at 26 weeks—a story of fear, miracles, and redemption. Raised by her biological parents, Lauren learned at 21 of her survival, sparking a journey of forgiveness and p…
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Seeing Our Inherent Goodness With Matthew McCall
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52:57There's no such thing as bad kid. There's no such thing as a bad adult. Although that doesn't stop us feeling bad right? Listen in as Matthew and I dive under our beliefs and trauma to see the inherent goodness at our core. Matthew McCall started at The Home in 1998 as a Child Care Worker. Matthew has held virtually every client serving role at The…
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Known Donor, Known Love: Kait, Sophie & Oliver’s Story
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53:20What happens when your best friend offers to help you make a baby? Jaimie sits down with Kait and Sophie—two queer folks trying to build their family—and their longtime friend (and now known donor!) Oliver. Together, they open up about the winding road that led them to one another, how a heartfelt email changed everything, and the love, planning, a…
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Mutual Aid as Resistance: Building Systems of Care
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20:41In this solo episode of Adoptees Crossing Lines, Zaira dives deep into the power and necessity of mutual aid. Drawing from personal reflection, historical examples like the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords, and global efforts from Sudan to Florida, this episode highlights how mutual aid has always been about survival. Zaira explores how mutu…
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Walking Each Other Home With Chasity Galyon
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58:44Is trauma getting in the way on your journey to home? To peace? Is your ego pulling you off the path? Adoptive mom Chasity was adopted by her step-father whilst she was in pre-school. Listen in as we explore the journey home, obstacles and more... Connect with Chasity at https://www.linkedin.com/in/chasity-galyon-2b4994250/ https://alovingoptionado…
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106: Reaching For Beautiful - A Mother's Journey: Love, Grief, and Healing with Sally McQuillen
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55:00In this deeply moving episode of the Heart-Centered Therapist Podcast, Sindee Gozansky sits down with psychotherapist and author Sally McQuillen to talk about love, loss, and what it means to keep going. Sally opens up about her heartbreaking journey of tragically losing her son, Christopher, and how that experience shaped her as both a mother and …
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