Adoption in Focus

• Adoption in Focus - Becoming Grandparents to an Adopted Child

  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 grandparents to an adopted child. If you've adopted with Adoption Focus and would like to speak about your experiences, please email us at [email protected].  If you have any requests for podcast topics you’d like us to cover, we'd love to get those too.

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• Adoption in Focus – Our Positive Experience with Contact

  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, preconceptions, worries and what their children's experiences were like. Adoption Focus adopters with queries or concerns about contact can speak to our adoption support team anytime. If you have any questions about this episode or would be interested in joining us on a future podcast yourself, please email us at [email protected].

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• Adoption in Focus - Transracial adoption, heritage and finding birth family with adopted adult Michelle ‘Mother’ Hubbard

  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, finding her birth family and forming her own identity. 

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• Adoption in Focus - Janette and how being adopted has positively impacted her life.

  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 she was adopted.If you've adopted with Adoption Focus and would like to speak about your experiences, please email us at [email protected].  If you have any requests for podcast topics you’d like us to cover, we'd love to get those too.

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• Adoption in Focus - Natalie, the adoption process, early permanence and three siblings.

  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, that's just how it was meant to be.""Being open to that help, support and advice and note being embarrassed to ask for it, to us is massive.""It is amazing, it is hard work, but it is amazing, we feel really privileged to be adopters. To be able to be part of their life."If you've adopted with Adoption Focus and would like to speak about your experiences, please email us at [email protected].  If you have any requests for podcast topics you’d like us to cover, we'd love to get those too.

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