20 THINGS ADOPTION PODCAST with Sherrie Eldridge
Adoptive parents are more than aware that their child has suffered great loss in relinquishment, and they long to create a haven of love for their child.
However, many times, the adopted child pushes love away. This can be because of RAD and the trauma that keeps hijacking the child’s brain.
Some children don’t exhibit pushback behavior until their teen years or when they are searching for their biological roots.
Adoptive parents must prepare themselves for this possibility by hearing the stories of other parents. They will realize:
1. They are not alone.
2. The pushback isn’t proof of ineffective parenting.
3. Their child can heal.
However, many times, the adopted child pushes love away. This can be because of RAD and the trauma that keeps hijacking the child’s brain.
Some children don’t exhibit pushback behavior until their teen years or when they are searching for their biological roots.
Adoptive parents must prepare themselves for this possibility by hearing the stories of other parents. They will realize:
1. They are not alone.
2. The pushback isn’t proof of ineffective parenting.
3. Their child can heal.
Stay tuned for upcoming podcasts and updates about my upcoming book.
Episodes
22 episodes
From Fear to Love: Healing and Hope in Adoption with Brian Post
In this heartfelt and transformative episode, Sherry Eldridge sits down with esteemed guest Brian Post, a renowned adoption and child behavior expert. Brian, an adoptee and former foster child, shares his compelling life story—from his early ex...
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36:21
Virginia Wells: Addressing Grief and Loss in Adoption
In this conversation, Sherrie Eldridge interviews Virginia Wells, an adoptive mom and author, about her experiences and insights. They discuss the challenges of adoptive parenting, the importance of preparation and realistic expectations, and t...
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28:58
Jocelyn Williams' Adoption Journey and Attachment Theory
Jocelyn Williams, a developmental movement consultant, discusses the importance of movement-based solutions for infant and child development. She emphasizes the significance of the first year of life in building the foundation of neurology and ...
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36:35
Dafna Lender, LCSW, Explains Why RAD Diagnosis Is Outdated
Dafna Lender, LCSW, is a Licensed Social Worker and Certified Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapist. Experts such as Besssel van der Koklk applaud her work.When Sherrie Eldridge asks her about the term "Reactive Attachment Disorder," qui...
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35:15
Author Keri Williams Addresses Reactive Attachment Disorder
In this episode, I talk with award-winning author and advocate, Keri Williams, about her two-decade journey as a foster and adoptive parent, highlighting the challenges of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). Keri shares her personal adoption ex...
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32:15
Author Karen Springs Encourages Parents Who Adopted Children Internationally
Karen Springs provides cutting-edge research about how adoptive families wit kids adopted from overseas have progressed. In her new book—THE BACKSEAT OF ADOPTION, she shares How the families she worked with in Europe are currently progres...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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34:26
Adoptee Julie Ryan McGue's Search for Origins
What could be more exciting than to be an adopted person and find the family that you never knew existed?
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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24:38
Navigating Adoptee Birthdays
Hi, my friends. Well, we're going to visit the subject of adoptee birthdays again today. I just recently had one. I'm well into my seventh decade of life, and I look back and I realize that there are so many things that I couldn't say or explai...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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17:09
Sherrie Encourages Younger Fellow-Adopted Children
Sometimes, adopted children get discouraged about numerous meltdowns and need encouragement from someone who's been there--author Sherrie Eldridge. Eldridge crafted this short message just for the children by sharing the reason for ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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13:22
Susan Tebos Shares Book for Adopted Teens
And I'm very excited about this guest that's going to be talking with me during the next segment. It is Susan Tebows, who is the author of, we've Been There, true Stories, surprising Insights, and Aha Moments for Adopted Teens. Susan is a write...
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32:40
Dafna Lender LCSW, Describes Adoptee Loss
Teen and adult adoptees will be encouraged by such a gifted therapist as Dafna Lender LCSW. Dafna shares initially how her upbringing challenged her to be a voice for those that have no voice. Hearing her validation of the adoptee loss is...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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15:13
Ron Nydam Ph.D. Revisits Adoption and Relinquishment
Ron Nydam, Ph.D., is a highly respected and beloved pastor, speaker, author, counselor, and teacher in the field of adoption. For the last two decades, he educated international audiences about relinquishment and adoption. These two...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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22:27
Derek Clark Urges Fostered Teens to Never Give Up
Derek Clark’s life is one of resilience and redemption. As achild he suffered unthinkable child abuse, abandonment andemotional distress before being turned over to the psychiatrichospital at age five. His 13 years in the San Franci...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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34:54
The Hot Potato of Adoptee Anger
Bronwen interviews Sherrie on a rare topic--adoptee anger. They discuss the two kinds of anger and emphasize the fact that anger itself is good--its a God-given emotion that warns us if something is wrong, like the red light on a dashboard.&nbs...
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17:35
One Mom's Story about Adopting Internationally
Bronwen Smith, a mom who adopted from Korea, shares the real-life struggles and joys of adopting internationally. Learn how she and her husband decided to adopt, how they chose the country to adopt from, what it was like to take off in th...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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22:11
The Trauma Wound of Adoptive and Foster Moms
Not only must adoptive and foster moms understand the depth of their child’s pre-adoption pain, but also their own trauma wound. “What wound?” they may say. “My child is the one with the deep wound, not me. Don’t be ridiculous.” Ado...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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16:44
Adopted Kids May See Adoptive Mom As An Enemy
Sometimes, adopted kids see their adoptive moms as an enemy. Does that mean there's something wrong with them? Bad genes? Bad character? A million times, no! Adoptees have been deeply wounded, first through the loss of their first mothers, and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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19:58
What Kind of Love Adoptees Really Need
This podcast reveals how adoption's parent/child relationships oftentimes become strained and explains that the strain is not the fault of parent nor child. Five adoptive moms give real-life examples of strain. Sherrie Eldridge reveals t...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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21:41
Preparing for Adoptee Push Back
Relationships between adoptive moms and their kids will involve more stress than bio kids and parents. If an adoptive mother isn't educated about this reality, she may conclude that her parenting is inferior--"I thought it was me and my ina...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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26:44
The Dance of Adoption
There are many adoptive parents whose adopted children can't receive their love. If we liken it to a dance, the adopted child may delight in stepping on the parent's toes. Sherrie Eldridge explains why this happens from an adoptee perspective, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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19:47
Junk Transforms to Treasure
Podcast #2Many adoptees and foster children haven't been told that it's possible to find freedom from their painful past. Sherrie reviews the literature that's been available, especially that of Nancy Verrier's THE PRIMAL WOUND. T...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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19:54
Good News for the World of Adoption!
Sherrie Eldridge introduces herself as a veteran adoptee and adoption author, but enthusiastically invites adoptive, birth, foster, step parents and her fellow adoptees to join her in discovering wonderful new research and experience in the wor...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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8:52