Thriving Adoptees - Let's Heal Simon Benn
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Trauma education helps.
This podcast is healing education.
We are all at different place on our healing journey.
If we don't know what we want, we can't get it. I usually start by asking guests, what does healing mean to you? So what does it mean to you - the one reading this blurb. Take some time, journal, ponder, whatever works for you.
What's helping/helped you heal? Listen in. Could the guest's actions help you heal? Worth a go right? Or at least being open to it. Our beliefs are bouncers guarding against new ideas. Beware where your beliefs are getting in the way.
What's hindered your healing? YOU can't get in the way of your healing, only your beliefs can. Or taking action. So find that new therapist when your current one retires. Prioritise your healing. Give yourself grace and take a break if you need to!
Thriving Adoptees helps you along your unique journey with insights from your fellow adoptees.
So that their learnings catalyse your healing.
So why do I love helping adoptees heal?
I was adopted at 5 weeks old and told about it so young I don't ever remember not knowing.
I didn't experience any conscious adoption trauma until I hit 40 when I found out my childhood teddy bear was a gift from my birth mother.
This caused an eruption of anger, feeling rejected and unloved.
That kickstarted a learning journey that led me to heal and then want to help others.
I created the podcast so guests help listeners along their unique healing journey and see their worth.
That's the reason the Thriving Adoptees logo is a diamond.
You are a diamond.
We are all diamonds.
Diamonds whose worth is hidden by our trauma.
But every metaphor has it's limits.
Diamonds have a finite value.
Your value is infinite.
Most podcasts for adoptees focus on stories, we focus on healing.
Email me at simon@thrivingadoptees.com if you'd like to have a chat about being a guest on the show.
There have been 83,000 downloads of the show since launch in April 2021.
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Taking The Power Back With Diego Vitelli
We didn't choose to be adopted. We had no power over what happened to us. So how do we take the power back? What can do to develop our identity on our terms? Powerful stuff from Diego.
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Restored To Wholeness With Tifin Dillon
Do you feel wounded? Do you yearn to feel whole? Tifin started searching for her biological family at 19. Listen in to what she's learned about wholeness since then including insights from coaching and astro-coaching.
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Processing Trauma With Tony Hynes
No-one asks a bereaved person if they've healed from the trauma of their loss. So why should others ask us if we're over the trauma of the loss of our birth family. What if we explored processing trauma rather than healing it? That's Tony's take. Listen in to a different take on relinquishment. It'll get you thinking. And processing.
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Transformation with Sarah Hirebet
Some moments on healing journeys are HUGE - Transformational. They don't come any bigger than what Sarah experienced during labour. Listen in as she shares her lessons from this transformational moment and beyond.
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Curiosity, Glimmers & Experiments With Lilly Anspach
What's wrong with me? Perhaps our most fundamental question. One we can answer intellectually 'nothing'. Or we can see that we are perfect - in theory. But how do we get to that place in our soul, gut or bones. How do we transcend cellular shame to love ourselves unconditionally? Listen into Lilly's learnings on healing. Profound and empowering, just like we like our interviews on Thriving Adoptees. We're still a niche but boy do we go deep to share catalysts. We heal together.
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Breaking Through With Sue Edmonson
Trigger warning: mention of suicide. Sometimes we have to break down to break through. Our biggest insights come in our lowest moments. So what's the biggest insight? The insight with infinite levels: there's nothing wrong with us. All is, in fact, right with us. We are perfect with our imperfections. Listen in as Sue, adopted in the 1950's, shares her breakthrough healing moments.
Customer Reviews
Thriving Together
adoption Simon’s podcast covers a wide range of topics, including mindfulness, self-care, and relationships. This diversity ensures that there's always something for everyone, regardless of their interests or adoption journey circumstances. A binge-worthy show!
Help on our healing journey
Simon is fabulous at welcoming an array of adoptee perspectives on healing. He connects with adoptees from around the globe and offers illuminating conversations that help us all on our healing journey.
Thriving On
Simon has lots of energy and a good spirit. I enjoy listening to him. I highly recommend adding this podcast to your favorites.