Adoption in Focus will discuss subjects including therapeutic parenting, the adoption process, going to panel, adopting older children, and adopting as a same sex couple. We'd love to hear from you if there are any topics you'd like to hear us discuss or even if you'd like to get involved and share your own experiences.
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Adoption in Focus - Adoption, Trauma, and Identity: Adoptee Chris’ Perspective (00:34:39)
Chris shares his personal journey as an adoptee, reflecting on the lifelong impact of early trauma after being removed from his biological parents as a baby and adopted at the age of two. Although he ...
Adoption in Focus - John's story: The highs and lows of the matching process and bringing your child home (00:47:59)
In this moving and insightful episode, John takes us through the journey he and his partner undertook to grow their family through adoption. He reflects on the emotional highs and lows of the matchin...
Adoption in Focus - Gail’s Story: Parenting Through Trauma and Finding Connection (00:53:37)
This episode offers a heartfelt look at parenting through trauma, neurodiversity and adoption. Our guest, Gail shares her family's journey from the challenges that surfaced with the arrival of a new s...
Adoption in Focus - Leroy - Adoption and Identity in the Black Community (00:26:00)
In this special Black History Month episode, we’re joined by Leroy to talk about adoption within the Black community why representation matters, the challenges that still exist, and how community and ...
Adoption in Focus - Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (00:19:50)
In this episode, the team at Adoption Focus discusses the recent cuts to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) and what they mean for adoptive families. Despite funding being red...
In this episode, we sit down with Sunny, a Sikh mother whose path to adoption led her to embrace a love that transcends cultural boundaries. With remarkable honesty and warmth, Sunny shares her jour...
Adoption in Focus - Jonathan's Journey - Navigating life together into adulthood. (00:35:18)
In this heartfelt episode, we sit down with Jonathan, a father who shares his family's powerful adoption journey from the early conversations and assessment process to welcoming his son James home and...
Adoption in Focus - Amy and Andy - What it means to parent a child they have transracially adopted. (00:40:52)
In this episode of Adoption in Focus, Lisa sits down with Amy and Andy, a couple with four birth children who chose to grow their family through adoption. They share their unique journey of adopting ...
Adoption In Focus - Ben and Aaron's Journey and adopting as LGBTQ+ (00:32:49)
In this episode, we're joined by a brilliant same-sex couple who speak candidly about their journey to becoming dads, from the first steps in the adoption process, the highs and lows, what family life...
Adoption in Focus - Sarah's journey as a single adopter (00:35:58)
In our latest episode Leigh is joined by Sarah, an adoptive mom of two who talks to us about her adoption experiences, right from the moment she decided to adopt to now being used as a bouncy castle b...
Adoption in Focus - Miles on adopting two girls with his husband (00:55:50)
In this episode, Leigh is joined by Miles, who you might know from season two of The Traitors. Miles and his husband adopted two children with Adoption Focus, and here he reflects thoughtfully and ins...
Adoption in Focus - Becoming Grandparents to an Adopted Child (00:20:57)
During this episode Leigh is joined by a set of Grandparents who tell us all about their experience of the adoption process, how they supported their daughter throughout and what it was like becoming ...
Adoption in Focus – Our Positive Experience with Contact (00:33:16)
In this episode, Lisa is joined by one of our adopters to talk about their positive, personal experience around birth family contact. Their discussion covers the benefits and challenges of contact,...
Adoption in Focus - Transracial adoption, heritage and finding birth family with adopted adult Michelle ‘Mother’ Hubbard (00:52:09)
In this episode, Leigh is joined by adoptee, poet, writer, African drummer, and public speaker Michelle “Mother” Hubbard. Michelle shares her experience of transracial adoption, exploring her heritage...
Adoption in Focus - Janette and how being adopted has positively impacted her life. (00:28:33)
For this episode we are joined by Janette who was adopted as a young child. She talks about what adoption means to her, how it has impacted her life positively and what it was like growing up knowing ...
Adoption in Focus - Natalie, the adoption process, early permanence and three siblings. (00:49:56)
In this episode Leigh talks to Natalie about the adoption process, early permanence and contact between siblings. "They were amazing brothers straight away. You see them together and think well, tha...
Adoption in Focus - Adopting brothers and sisters (00:41:29)
We were so lucky to be joined by Jodie who adopted a brother and sister with her partner through Adoption Focus. Jodie talks about the highs and lows of their journey through the adoption process an...
Adoption in Focus - 10 years on (00:35:34)
In this episode, Lisa speaks to Nathan who adopted his children with Adoption Focus 10 years ago. Nathan reflects candidly on his journey as a single adopter, covering areas including expectations ver...
Adoption in Focus - Adoption Support and Parenting with PACE (00:50:29)
We were so lucky for Adoption Focus’ Laura to be joined by Judd and Matt one of our Adoption Focus same sex couples for a fantastic podcast episode about their adoption journey, the adoption support t...
In conversation with Sophie - Adoptee and Adoption Focus panel member (00:26:28)
In this episode Leigh talks to Sophie, an adoptee and one of our panel members. She talks to us about panel and her personal experiences of adoption including the importance of life story work and sup...
Adoption in Focus - CEO Anna Sharkey (00:52:07)
In the first episode, Leigh is joined by Adoption Focus CEO Anna Sharkey. Anna gives a fascinating insight into her background and her personal and professional experiences of adoption, talks about th...
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