Colombian Influence
Latinx Adoptees

Season 2

S2E16 - One Year Celebration!

One year into the podcast, where are we now?

Season two, episode one. 2020 has been quite a year for us, as well as so many. But today we focus on our accomplishments thus far, discuss what we've been up to the past few months, new things coming tomorrow, November 22nd, AND what we have in store for 2021!

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S2E17 - Psychology & Adoption

Krista Nelson, from Family Circle Counseling in St Paul, Minnesota, joins us in this episode to address some of the complexities with adoption and mental wellness.

S2E18 - The Meeting with the Orange Chairs

The Meeting with the Orange Chairs is how Erika's origin story began, believe it or not! For this episode, we sat down with Erika's parents, Sally & Lowell, and asked them to tell us about their experience adopting Erika from Colombia.

S2E19 - How to Make a Great First Impression

Resa has always been known for making an entrance, but maybe none like this. For this episode, we sat down with Teresa's(as she's known at home) parents, Mary & Steven and asked about their experience adopting her from Colombia.

S2E20 - Experience as a Transracial Adoptee

Thank you to Mariah for joining us for Black History Month. Mariah is a domestic adoptee from a family that is multi-racial: white parents raising multiple transracial adoptees. Today we discuss the complexities surrounding multi-racial families containing transracial adoptees.

S2E21 - Naming the Problematic Elements of Adoption

In this episode with Kate, we identify and name some of the ways the Savior Complex plays into transracial adoption, as we discuss her experience adopting from Haiti.

S2E22 - Book Club: Primal Wound Chapter 1

Today is day one of our bookclub, discussing Primal Wound Chapter 1!

S2E23 - Book Club: Primal Wound Chapter 2

Today's discussion is all about the missing bond, birth mother fantasies, and the confusion between love & abandonment.

S2E24 - Book Club: Primal Wound Chapter 3

Today's discussion is all about the break in the continuum of bonding, developmental theories in ego development, and...a plate theory?!