The Lifelong Journey | When Adoption is Just the Beginning
From Fostering Conversation by Welcome Home Youth Advocacy
November 25, 2025 · 34 min · Season 1 · Episode 21
About this episode
Brant and Mike discuss the lifelong complexities of adoption, including integration, identity, and grief experienced by all parties involved.
Brant and Mike dive into the conversation surrounding adoption and the complex lifelong process of integration, identity, and grief for the adoptee, birth parents, and adoptive parents.
People in this episode
Hosts: Brant, Mike
Topics covered
- adoption
- identity
- grief
- integration
- birth parents
- adoptive parents
Keywords
- adoption
- identity
- grief
- integration
- birth parents
- adoptive parents
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