Category: Adoption
Adoption, Adoption Questions, Birth Mothers, Blog, Life After Adoption
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE. I’ve been helping people through adoption for 30 years, and these are the three things that cause the most problems—not because they’re impossible, but because nobody explains how they actually work. Pitfall...
Adoption, Adoption Questions, Birth Mothers, Blog, Closed Adoption, Life After Adoption
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE. Let’s be honest – when people first start exploring adoption, they usually picture the happy ending: bringing their child home, family complete, hearts full. And while that beautiful moment is absolutely...
Adoption, Birth Mothers, Birthparent Stories
Adoption & Beyond is a partner agency with BraveLove – a pro-adoption movement dedicated to changing the perception of adoption by acknowledging birth moms for their brave decision – and together we bring you some honest stories directly from birth parents. Watch...
Adoption, Adoption Questions, Birth Mothers, Blog, Closed Adoption, Life After Adoption
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE. If you’re considering adoption and feeling like you’ve just walked into the world’s most confusing corn maze blindfolded, don’t worry – I’ve got your back. Look, I get it. When you...
Adoption, Birth Mothers, Birthparent Stories
Adoption & Beyond is a partner agency with BraveLove – a pro-adoption movement dedicated to changing the perception of adoption by acknowledging birth moms for their brave decision – and together we bring you some honest stories directly from birth parents. Watch...
Adoption, Adoption Questions, Birth Mothers, Blog, Closed Adoption, Life After Adoption
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE. Building your adoption team is like assembling the Paperwork Avengers. You’re going to need social workers, attorneys, financial planners, counselors, and basically everyone except a partridge in a pear tree....
Adoption, Adoption Questions, Birth Mothers, Blog, Closed Adoption, Life After Adoption
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE. Starting the adoption process feels like being a fish out of water, except the water is actually paperwork, and the fish is you frantically googling “what does a social worker actually do?” Let me break down...
Adoption, Adoption Questions, Birth Mothers, Blog, Closed Adoption, Life After Adoption
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE. O snailClimb Mount Fuji,But slowly, slowly!- Kobayashi Issa Sometimes families tell me that the adoption process feels like trying to solve a thousand-piece puzzle in the dark. Confusing, overwhelming, and sometimes you...
Adoption, Adoption Questions, Birth Mothers, Blog, Closed Adoption, Life After Adoption
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE. So you’re starting your adoption journey and wondering whether to spill the beans to your family right away, or wait until you’re on the way to bring your child home. This is actually a bigger decision than you...
Adoption, Adoption Questions, Birth Mothers, Blog, Closed Adoption, Life After Adoption
Check out the video on my YouTube channel HERE.  We need to talk about one of the hardest parts of family building: moving from infertility to adoption. This is heavy stuff, and if you’re drowning in this decision right now, I see you. There’s no...