Original Origins: Meaningful Conversations About Adoption

Shaylah Nichols, LSW

Original Origins Podcast is a show dedicated to telling the various stories in the adoption community. Hosted by a social worker, adoption professional, and daughter of a transnational adoptee, Original Origins explores the complexities of adoption by interviewing members of the community, and opening the door for discussion. read less
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Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Identity
Feb 21 2024
Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Identity
Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/

Episodes

Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Identity
Feb 21 2024
Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Identity
Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/
Korean Adoptee Connects with Biological Sister on 23andMe
Nov 21 2023
Korean Adoptee Connects with Biological Sister on 23andMe
All You Can Ever Know: https://bookshop.org/p/books/all-you-can-ever-know-a-memoir-nicole-chung/16008810?ean=9781948226370Primal Wound: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-primal-wound-nancy-n-verrier/8799049?ean=9780963648006Found: https://www.netflix.com/title/81476857Fox Girl: https://bookshop.org/p/books/fox-girl-nora-okja-keller/11648789?ean=9780142001967Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/
Adoptive Mom Shares Her Journey: Grief and Loss, Open Adoption, and Post Adoption Blues
Nov 3 2023
Adoptive Mom Shares Her Journey: Grief and Loss, Open Adoption, and Post Adoption Blues
Instant Family: https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Family-Mark-Wahlberg/dp/B07KFPM9BVThe Story of my Open Adoption: https://www.amazon.com/Story-My-Open-Adoption-Storybook/dp/1646110889/ref=asc_df_1646110889/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=508963787488&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9731415696526670147&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032809&hvtargid=pla-1213030542871&psc=1Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/
Hawaii State Senator Glenn Wakai Speaks on Adoption from Japan
Aug 22 2023
Hawaii State Senator Glenn Wakai Speaks on Adoption from Japan
https://www.thehawaiiherald.com/2016/08/22/cover-story-meeting-mitsuru-shimabukuro-hawaii-senators-past-launches-new-mission-in-japan/Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/
Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Rejection
Aug 1 2023
Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Rejection
Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/
Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Loss
Jun 28 2023
Understanding the Seven Core Issues in Adoption: Loss
Three Identical Strangers: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Identical-Strangers-Tim-Wardle/dp/B07F7YWTKHWebsite: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/
Native Hawaiian Adoptee Shares Experience Re-Connecting to 'Ohana, Self, and Culture
Jun 21 2023
Native Hawaiian Adoptee Shares Experience Re-Connecting to 'Ohana, Self, and Culture
All You Can Ever Know: https://bookshop.org/p/books/all-you-can-ever-know-a-memoir-nicole-chung/16008810?ean=9781948226370Hapa Tales and Other Lies: https://www.amazon.com/Hapa-Tales-Other-Lies-Memoir/dp/1732484708Twinsters: http://twinstersmovie.com/our-story#our-story-1Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/
Happy Pride! Single Gay Dad Shares His Adoption Experience
Jun 14 2023
Happy Pride! Single Gay Dad Shares His Adoption Experience
Daddy Squared: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-squared-the-gay-dads-podcast/id1435971347The Science of Parenting Adopted Children: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-science-of-parenting-adopted-children-a-brain-based-trauma-informed-approach-to-cultivating-your-child-s-social-emotional-and-moral-development-ar/9978152?ean=9781785927539A Really Good Enough Parent Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-really-good-enough-parent/id1686999805Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/
Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself: My Experience as the Daughter of an Adoptee
Jun 6 2023
Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself: My Experience as the Daughter of an Adoptee
Crying in H Mart: https://bookshop.org/p/books/crying-in-h-mart-a-memoir-michelle-zauner/19630554?ean=9780525657743Side by Side: https://sidebysideproject.com/Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/
Adoptee from Hawaii Reunites with Birth Family, with Guest William Mann
Jun 1 2023
Adoptee from Hawaii Reunites with Birth Family, with Guest William Mann
Return to Seoul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anhvJyUD_n4Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul: https://bookshop.org/p/books/chicken-soup-for-the-adopted-soul-stories-celebrating-forever-families-jack-canfield/14857432?ean=9781623611163Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/
Operation Baby Lift, DNA Testing, and Vietnamese Food with Steve George
May 16 2023
Operation Baby Lift, DNA Testing, and Vietnamese Food with Steve George
Ozia Originals Kava Kava Candy: https://oziaoriginals.com/product/kava-kava-candy/Family Tree DNA Testing: familytreedna.com/groups/se-asia/aboutLion Movie: https://www.amazon.com/Lion-Dev-Patel/dp/B01MT3LMT4Daughter from Danang Documentary: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/daughter/Forget Me Not Documentary: http://www.finalcutforreal.dk/forget-me-notWebsite: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/
Adoption, Identity, and Social Work with Noelani Lommasson
May 9 2023
Adoption, Identity, and Social Work with Noelani Lommasson
Found: https://www.netflix.com/title/81476857China's Hidden Children: https://www.amazon.com/Chinas-Hidden-Children-Abandonment-One-Child/dp/022635251XWonder Boy: https://www.netflix.com/title/81325861Website: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/
Birthdays, Transracial Adoption, and New England Culture with Brenna Holmes-Mumford
May 3 2023
Birthdays, Transracial Adoption, and New England Culture with Brenna Holmes-Mumford
Somewhere Between: https://somewherebetweenmovie.com/One Child Nation: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.1eb70c80-9671-b01a-f383-190cf5ff1d18?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wbWebsite: https://www.afamilytree.org/podcastInstagram: @afamilytreehihttps://www.facebook.com/afamilytreehi/