Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories

By: Louise Browne & Sarah Reinhardt
  • Summary

  • Two adult adoptees, Sarah Reinhardt and Louise Browne, delve into all things adoption - from their perspectives as adult adoptees.

    Each season Sarah and Louise recap a chapter from a book centered on adoption and then interview a guest. Sarah and Louise come out of the 'fog' in real-time through Seasons One and Two and are advocating for change in the adoption industry. They want to give voice to all adoptees. Adoptee stories are needed to reframe the narrative around adoption.

    Sarah and Louise, two former business partners who had a successful ice cream truck in Los Angeles, team up again - this time in frank and honest conversations about all things adoption from the adoptee perspective. Both were adopted shortly after birth, but they had very different experiences.

    These will be intimate conversations, but also fun - because Sarah and Louise know how to lighten things up and have a good time. They also have an uncanny ability to get to the heart of a subject with anyone who crosses their path - so conversations will take many turns.

    © 2024 Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories
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Episodes
  • Rebecca: Who Is a Worthy Mother?
    Nov 19 2024

    Rebecca is an adoptee, mother, teacher, historian, and award-winning author of the recently published ‘Who Is a Worthy Mother'? An Intimate History of Adoption.’ Rebecca was driven to write a history of adoption in the United States from the perspective of an adoptee and to honor the memory of her older sister and the truth of brave women everywhere. Rebecca teaches in the School of Education at the University of Puget Sound and lives in Seattle with her husband and two daughters.

    To find Becca: https://www.rebeccawellington.com/

    You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker
    Here is a link to order her book: bookshop link.

    Magic Mind Adoptee 20 Link
    USE THE CODE AND LINK TO RECEIVE 20% OFF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
    magicmind.com/adoptee20

    RESOURCES for Adoptees
    S12F Helping Adoptees
    Gregory Luce and Adoptees Rights Law
    Joe Soll & other adoptee resources
    Fireside Adoptees Facebook Group
    Reckoning with the Primal Wound Documentary
    Dr. Liz Debetta: Migrating Toward Wholeness Movement
    Hiraeth Hope & Healing
    Moses Farrow - Trauma therapist and advocate
    National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 1-800-273-8255 OR Dial or Text 988.
    Unraveling Adoption with Beth Syverson
    Adoptees Connect with Pamela Karanova

    Thank you to our Patreons! Join at the $10 level and be part of our monthly Zoom /ADOPTEE CAFE community. This is an adoptee-only space. We do appreciate all of our patrons. The next meeting is December 7th @ 1 pm ET

    Support the show

    To support the show - Patreon.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Ann Fessler: The Girls Who Went Away. S8, Finale.
    Nov 12 2024

    Ann Fessler is an author, filmmaker, and installation artist. Her work addresses the gap between the authoritative history one learns in history books, and that same history as understood by those who lived it. She has spent more than thirty years bringing stories of ordinary people, and the first-person narratives of adoption, into the public sphere through her visual works and Writing.

    Fessler traveled the country to interview more than 100 women who lost children to adoption during the 28 years that followed WWII when a perfect storm of circumstances led to an unprecedented 1.5 million non-family surrenders. With the support of a 2003-04 Radcliffe Fellowship at Harvard, Fessler researched the history of the era and later combined her research and interviews in a non-fiction book, The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Lost Children to Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade (The Penguin Press, 2006).

    The book, which places the women’s stories within the social history of the time period and her own story as an adoptee was called “wrenching, riveting” by the Chicago Tribune; “a remarkably well-researched and accomplished book” by the New York Times; and “a blend of deeply moving personal tales, bolstered by solid sociological analysis—journalism of the first order” by the San Francisco Chronicle. The Girls Who Went Away was chosen as one of the top 5 non-fiction books of 2006 by the National Book Critics Circle and was awarded the Ballard Book Prize, given annually to a female author who advances the dialogue about women’s rights. In 2011, The Girls Who Went Away was chosen by readers of Ms. magazine as one of the top 100 feminist books of all time.

    Website: annfessler.com
    Instagram:
    @annfessler_artist
    Film by Ann Fessler: A Girl Like Her

    The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler

    Exciting News!
    We will be reading and discussing: You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identify, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker in Season 9.
    Here is a link to order her book: bookshop link.

    Magic Mind Adoptee 20 Link
    USE THE CODE AND LINK TO RECEIVE 20% OFF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
    magicmind.com/adoptee20

    RESOURCES for Adoptees
    S12F Helping Adoptees
    Fireside Adoptees Facebook Group
    Reckoning with the Primal Wound Documentary
    Dr. Liz Debetta: Migrating Toward Wholeness Movement
    Hiraeth Hope & Healing
    Moses Farrow - Trauma therapist and advocate
    Unraveling Adoption with Beth Syverson
    Adoptees Connect with Pamela Karanova

    Thank you to our Patreons! Join at the $10 level and be part of our monthly Zoom /ADOPTEE CAFE community. This is an adoptee-only space. The next meeting is

    Support the show

    To support the show - Patreon.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Julie: For this Adoptee, Belonging Comes from Within
    Nov 5 2024

    Julie Brumley is a trauma-informed adoptee coach who has been coaching men and women for more than 15 years to overcome addictive behaviors and heal the primal trauma of abandonment. She is also the CEO of Coming Home to Self, a company dedicated to helping adoptees heal. After her own birth mother tried to abort her twice, she found herself frozen in an unconscious trauma response for decades until she found the power of somatic trauma healing. Now, she uses somatics, nervous system regulation, personal experience, and her master's in counseling to help other adult adoptees find their way out of their own trauma and into a life of radical self-belonging.

    The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler

    Exciting News!
    We will be reading and discussing: You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identify, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker in Season 9.
    Here is a link to order her book: bookshop link.

    Magic Mind Adoptee 20 Link
    USE THE CODE AND LINK TO RECEIVE 20% OFF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
    magicmind.com/adoptee20

    RESOURCES for Adoptees
    S12F Helping Adoptees
    Gregory Luce and Adoptees Rights Law
    Joe Soll & other adoptee resources
    Fireside Adoptees Facebook Group
    Reckoning with the Primal Wound Documentary
    Dr. Liz Debetta: Migrating Toward Wholeness Movement
    Hiraeth Hope & Healing
    Moses Farrow - Trauma therapist and advocate
    National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 1-800-273-8255 OR Dial or Text 988.
    Unraveling Adoption with Beth Syverson
    Adoptees Connect with Pamela Karanova

    To connect with Julie:
    https://www.instagram.com/juliebrumley_/
    https://www.facebook.com/julierasbrum/
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/theresilienceprojectforadoptees

    Thank you to our Patreons! Join at the $10 level and be part of our monthly Zoom /ADOPTEE CAFE community. This is an adoptee-only space. We do appreciate all of our Patreons. The next meeting is November 9th @ 1pm ET









    Support the show

    To support the show - Patreon.

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    1 hr and 6 mins

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