Fellow adoptee Lisa Elaine Scott reached out to come back to the podcast to give us all an update on her work on the film "All You Have is Love: Demand, Deception, and the Infant Adoption Industry".

www.allyouhaveislove.com

On June 14th there will be a fundraising event Lisa is hosting through Eventbrite where she will be showing some previously unseen footage, and have general discussion about the film.

You can register to attend through Eventbrite.

Minimum donation to attend is $10, but please give more if you can! She needs the support of our community!

Additional links

All You Have is Love Youtube Channel

Saving Our Sisters Adoption

Family Preservation Project

Katie is a mother of loss to adoption. When she found out she was pregnant she was doing ok, and a freak accident changed everything in an instant for her and her child.

Listen as we discuss her story, her projects, and get to know each other.

The Family Preservation Project

TFPP on Facebook

TFPP on Instagram

TFPP on TikTok

Saving Our Sisters Adoption

All You Have is Love film project

**Trigger warning** We do talk about some triggering subjects such as sexual assault and child abuse, please be aware of that in case these subjects will trigger you. I had a delightful conversation with Brian an adoptee I met at the Untangling Our Roots Summit in Kentucky last year. He was the emcee at the 2024 summit which just happened in Denver last weekend!

He is an actor and he writes plays. His solo show play "Blank" referred to the space on his original birth certificate where he didn't have a name. He performed it all around the country. Just before the pandemic hit he was supposed to premier his second play @atghostkingdom, but alas that was put to a stop when lock down happened, so he got creative again and turned it into a film he recorded on his iPhone! He showed that film at the summit last year, and I was so moved by it. I believe any adoptee can find something to relate to in it.

I asked him about possibly doing a zoom event where we show the film, and do a Q & A with him after, (TBA).

You can watch Brian's film @atghostkingdom here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/ghostkingdom

He can be found on Facebook as Brian Stanton

And Instagram

@thebrianstanton

@atghostkingdom

If you are interested in being a guest on the podcast, please send me an email to info@conversationsaboutadoption.com

Lori is a Jewish first mother who relinquished in the 1990s.

Lori is also a speaker and the author of her book 'From Mistakes to Miracles: A Jewish birth mother's story of Redemption, Hope and Healing'

You can find links to her social media, books, and articles on her website: https://loriprashkerthomas.com

If you are interested in being a guest on the Conversations About Adoption podcast, email me with a very brief overview of your story info@conversationsaboutadoption.com

Cynthia is a mental health clinician with 10 years of experience and a fellow adoptee. We had a great time talking despite a couple interruptions. Our stories are kind of parallel as we are both Gen X but raised by silent generation parents. Parents that teach you to stuff your emotions away, and definitely do not display the negative ones.

I hope you enjoy this conversation!

If you want to be on the podcast email me info@conversationsaboutadoption.com

And you can learn a little more about Cynthia at on her profile on Psychology today.

Please be advised with this episode there is a trigger warning. Alicia talks about domestic violence, rape, child abuse, infant loss, and more. If you are sensitive to these topics, please be advised and practice self-care when listening. She does jump right into it.

Alicia was already the mother to one son and landed in a horribly abusive relationship. She lost one baby, and a short time later was pregnant again, this time with twins. While in a severe post-partum depression she reached out to an adoption agency thinking that might be the one way to keep her new babies safe.... She ended up being severely coerced. She ended up losing her boys to adoption.

You can find Alicia on:

Tiktok

YouTube

Linktree

The other organizations I was talking about.

https://concernedunitedbirthparents.org

https://naapunited.org

If you are interested in being a guest on the Conversations About Adoption podcast, email me with a very brief overview of your story ⁠⁠⁠⁠info@conversationsaboutadoption.com⁠

Welcome to the 40th episode!!!

It's heard to believe!

In this episode I speak with Kristal who is also an adoptee. She lives in Canada with her husband and their three children. Her adoptive parents had sons and always wanted a little girl, and when Kristal was born she filled that space in their family. She has 2 adoptive brothers who are much older than her, she said it was almost like growing up with four parents. Her parents were very supportive regarding reunion, and you will have to watch the film to see exactly how supportive they were, and why. (avoiding spoilers)

Kristal went on a journey to reunite with her indigenous roots and reconnect with her culture and took a film crew along with her resulting in 'Because She's adopted' Trailer

You can find Kristal at the links below!

Social Media:

Instagram @becauseshesadopted

Facebook @BecauseShesAdopted

TikTok @becauseshesadopted

YouTube @becauseshesadopted

If you are interested in being a guest on the Conversations About Adoption podcast, email me with a very brief overview of your story ⁠⁠⁠⁠info@conversationsaboutadoption.com⁠

Curt is a fellow baby scoop adoptee. We had a great time talking, and I enjoyed hearing his story. Here is a little bit about Curt in his own words.

Quick bio

I was a very spirited youth. I started a family at a very young age. I spent the majority of my life in Virginia. I have two daughters and two granddaughters. Currently I live in Las Vegas and have been here for almost nine years. I spend my free time working with a few different charities that I sit on the boards of. I have a love of hot rods and cool cars and I am in a few different clubs. This is my generic story.

My story is like many others and is very odd for me to even tell knowing what I know now. I feel like the deep voice narrator that knows the entire plot from the beginning. The odd part of that is the memory of not knowing and living with the fog of adoption so to speak.

Curt

Curt can be found on Facebook and Instagram.

If you are interested in being a guest on the Conversations About Adoption podcast, email me with a very brief overview of your story ⁠⁠⁠⁠info@conversationsaboutadoption.com⁠