I Found Her – Details, episodes & analysis

This week we will finish up Season 3 with just me and Roz talking all things adoption and reunion and sharing what's next for us.

Links + Resources from the episode:

Subscribe to I Found Her on Substack

Visit Emily P. Freeman's episode discussed in our podcast

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In this episode, Roz and I are joined by Jourdan Laws with Noire Adoption, the first Black owned self-matching adoption profile hosting directory for Black/Biracial expectant moms to connect with Black/interracial parents.

You can connect with Jourdan:

https://www.instagram.com/blackadoptionmatters/

https://www.noireadoption.com/

And as always you can connect with Roz and Taya:

https://www.instagram.com/ifoundherpodcast/

https://ifoundherpodcast.substack.com/

https://ifoundherpodcast.com/

Happy New Year! If you've been wondering what the I Found Her podcast is all about you are going to want to listen to this MASH UP of all things Season 1. Hear some of our most provoking thoughts and responses to each other in our very first season. Enjoy:-)

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Website: ifoundherpodcast.com

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Today on the podcast Roz and Taya discuss the lessons they've learned during their first year in the podcast world as they wrap up Season 2.

Here's the link to the fog fazes:

https://www.adoptionsavvy.com/fog-fazes

Please connect with Roz and Taya via:

Website: ifoundherpodcast.com

Merchandise: https://golferbro.com/collections/i-found-her-podcast

Today on the podcast Roz and Taya replay the day they went back to the home for unwed mothers known today as St. Annes Family Services.

Yes 53 years later I finally step onto the grounds of the place I was born and then subsequently placed for adoption. So many emotions played out while we were there, but in all it was a perfect day because it allowed us to connect on a much deeper level. Listen in to our engaging conversation about that day and what made it so special and extraordinary!

We'd like to thank St. Annes for opening their doors to us and allowing us to connect with our past.

https://stannes.org/

As always you can connect with Roz and Taya at:

Website:

ifoundherpodcast.com

Merchandise:

https://golferbro.com/collections/i-found-her-podcast

Today on the podcast Roz and Taya are joined with an amazing couple, Hillary & Kevin Gaines, Resource Parents with the State of California. This engaging conversation gets real about the challenges in finding suitable placement and/or services for youth with complex needs and yet how vital meaningful and developmental relationships are key to improving the life outcomes for system-involved youth. We invite you to listen in as Hillary & Kevin share some of the skills and resources they use to ensure every young person they meet is connected to an adult who cares.

Check out these resources:

Interested in learning more about how to become a foster parent in the state of CA: https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/foster-care/foster-care-and-adoptive-resource/how-to-become-a-foster-parent

Interested in becoming a CASA advocate for and mentor a foster youth: https://nationalcasagal.org/advocate-for-children/be-a-casa-gal-volunteer/

YouTube video on Jethro's Journey featuring Hillary & Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o72-XOMtvM

As always, you can connect with Roz & Taya at:

Website: ifoundherpodcast.com

Merchandise: https://golferbro.com/collections/i-found-her-podcast

Today on the podcast we invite an award winning author, Laura L. Engel to discuss her book, "You'll Forget This Ever Happened: Secrets, Shame and Adoption in the 1960's".

It is the story of Laura, an unwed teenager whose life takes a dramatic turn when she gives birth to her first-born son in New Orleans Louisiana in July of 1967 and is forced to relinquish him for adoption. It is an unforgettable story of a mother’s love and the secret she never forgot. It will answer questions in ways that will surprise you while revealing a world not that long ago that was harsh and judgmental in ways we cannot even imagine today.

Take a listen as Roz and Laura connect on such a deep and profound level as birthmothers...

Here are all the links we spoke about:

Laura L. Engel

https://lauralengel.com/

ADOPTION KNOWLEDGE AFFILIATES

https://www.adoptionknowledge.org

CUB

Concerned United Birthparents

https://www.concernedunitedbirthparents.org

UNRAVELING ADOPTION    (Beth Syverson)

https://unravelingadoption.com

THRIVING ADOPTEES  (Simon Benn)

https://www.thrivingadoptees.com

SAVING OUR SISTERS

https://www.savingoursistersadoption.org

BRAVE LOVE

www.bravelove.org

NAAP

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADOPTEES AND PARENTS

https://www.naapunited.org

BIRTH MOMS REAL TALK

https://www.birthmomsrealtalk.com

ONCE UPON A TIME IN ADOPTEELAND-

Jennifer Dyan Ghoston

https://onceuponatimeinadopteeland.com

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Website: ifoundherpodcast.com

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This week's episode is a re-release that you might have missed on 10/4/23 because it was only published on Spotify due to music rights when playing Stevie Wonder's ''Happy Birthday'' song. We wanted to make sure everyone on all the other platforms gets the opportunity to take a listen to this very special episode celebrating our birthdays!

The I Found Her podcast is a biweekly conversation between a birthmother and the daughter she placed for adoption during the Baby Scoop Era. This podcast chronicles our reunification some 36 years later and sometimes invites a guest on to discuss the complexities of all things adoption and reunion, but with a twist.

Connect with Roz and Taya:

Website: ifoundherpodcast.com

Facebook: facebook.com/ifoundherpodcast.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifounderherpodcast.com

Merchandise: https://golferbro.com/collections/ifoundherpodcast.com

Today on the podcast we invite Dawn Lawless, CEO and Co-Founder of Counseling Connections for Change, Inc. to discuss a holistic model of therapy known as TBRI. Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. TBRI uses Empowering Principles to address physical and environmental needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs and engagement, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors. While the intervention is based on years of attachment, sensory processing, and neuroscience research, the heartbeat of TBRI is connection. Take a listen as Dawn breaks down these key principles.

The I Found Her podcast is a biweekly conversation between a birthmother and the daughter she gave up for adoption during the Baby Scoop Era. This podcast chronicles our reunification some 36 years later and sometimes invites a guest on to discuss the complexities of all things adoption and reunion, but with a twist.

Dawn referenced:

The Connected Child by Karen Purvis, David Cross, Wendy Sunshine

https://www.amazon.com/Connected-Child-healing-adoptive-family/dp/0071475001

Connect with Taya and Roz:

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Welcome back I Found Hers! This time around we invited a self published author into the conversation. Meeting with Nicole Cherie, CEO/Author/Life Coach of Dynamik Transformations. Speaking with Nicole was another amazing opportunity for us to expand the conversation beyond the adoption triad and learn about her journey to self publishing and how she found her God given talent as an author. Her book is available for purchase on Amazon. You can connect with Nicole at https://www.dynamiktransformations.org/.

The I Found Her podcast is a biweekly conversation between a birthmother and the daughter she placed for adoption during the Baby Scoop Era. This podcast chronicles our reunion some 36 years later and sometimes invites a guest on the show to discuss the complexities of all things adoption and reunion, but with a twist.

Connect with Roz and Taya:

Website: ifoundherpodcast.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifoundherpodcast.com

Facebook: facebook.com/ifoundherpodcast.com

Merchandise: https://golferbro.com/collections/i-found-her-podcast