Adopting Wellness Podcast
Katie Gagel & Laura Summers
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Hey friends! Laura and Katie here. We are two adoptee BFFs who love creating experiences and spaces so adoptees around the world feel less alone. We understand the difficulty of navigating the hard stuff and wanted to curate an ongoing conversation about how we move from acknowledging our traumatic experiences as adoptees to wellness, health, and healing. Adopting Wellness will bring authenticity to the challenges and rewards of showing up for yourself, as well as sharing adoptee stories through interviews of how others have tackled adversity and are moving toward a healthier life. We are so excited you are here and hope you come along with us to learn, listen, and be empowered.
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Episode 20: Fortune tellers, navigating change, and where in the world has Laura and Katie been?!
This episode is catching up with two old friends who unintentionally took a break from podcasting for a year. We catch up with updates on our health, our lives, and learnings from the last year. We…
Episode 19: Alana Hook - Fierce Advocate and Therapist
Today we are joined by the fierce and wonderful Alana Hook. Alana is a domestic, infant, private closed adoption in reunion. Alana is a masters level clinician who works in public defense as an…
Episode 18: Turning 40 and reflections on it.
Laura and Katie discuss turning 40, how grief and loss plays out in every-day life, being a late bloomer, and the difficulties of advocating for your own health as a patient. Disclaimer: Laura and…
Episode 17: Health updates, Trigger moments, Emotion ranges
Laura and Katie give some personal downloads on health and life. They deep dive into how relinquishment triggers experiences outside of human adoption, and talk about learnings and takeaways from…
Episode 16: Health coaching for adoptees, people pleasing, and boundaries with special guest Kate Kelly
Kate is a Certified Health Coach who works with fellow adoptees and others to find balance with their health and wellness. Kate believes in a growth mindset and works with her clients on their…
Episode 15: Happy 2024, Leaning into therapy and learning to ask for help, Goals for the year
Laura and Katie celebrate 2024 by sharing what lessons they want to live by in 2024. They talk about the hardships of asking for help and why it's complicated as an adoptee, and how to lean in on…
Episode 14: A solo episode with co-host Katie Gagel, wrapping up 2023 and getting vulnerable.
In episode 14, Katie spends time sharing her wins and losses in 2023 and throws in some vulnerability, childhood memories, and therapeutic proud moments of younger Katie. Thanks for joining us on…
Episode 13: Accomplishments, Estrangement and what it looks like, and more!
In episode 13, Laura and Katie are so happy to come together and discuss our successes, wins, and struggles. In the midst of Katie's great health news and Laura launching a business with her…
Episode 12: Rebecca Berg, Living in our bodies, our relationship with food, and the complexity of adoption within the wellness space
Episode 12, we give a warm welcome to Rebecca Berg! Rebecca describes herself as “human first, dietician second.” She is a registered dietician committed to showing up as her full authentic self in…
Episode 11: Keeping up with life and the pressures of faking it til you make it
Katie and Laura get together after taking some time to recover from illness. They talk about the societal shame of not being "fine," not being able to talk about it, and how it correlates to…
Episode 10: Bells Palsy, Doggies, Avoiding Burnout
Laura and Katie are back again and they catch up on health, talk about how not to burn out on life, and what's to come at the end of the month. They are super excited to bring back guests and are…
Episode 9: Therapy, Physical Activity, Debriefing missing KAAN/IKAA
Katie and Laura are happy to come back to July as our last single episode month! August will resume our solo epsiodes at the beginning of the month and an interview with a guest at the end of the…
Episode 8: June Vibes and Wellness Checks.
Laura and Katie return in June to check in with each other, where they chat about their own health journeys, what they are learning in regards to healthy thinking and social norms.Hope you enjoy…
Episode 7: Health from Pandemic to Now, Mother’s Day, and Friendship
Laura and Katie had the opportunity to record this episode together, in person! There were check-ins on their personal lives in regards to their own health journeys as well as dove into how our…
Episode 6: Advocacy, Connecting, and Prioritizing Wellness While in Community with Patrick Armstrong
We are joined with our favorite human, Patrick Armstrong and deep dive into advocacy, adoption narrative, caring for yourself while maintaining connection within the adoptee community, how to prevent…
S1E5 Episode 5: Expectations, Self Care, and Processing an Adoption Conference
Katie debriefs some thoughts on attending an adoption conference from this past weekend and Laura shares about how she had a moment of self care while traveling and how that has impacted her…
Episode 4: Parts Work, Tarot, and Creativity with Susan Carpenter Sims
Episode 4 is out now! Laura and Katie have the amazing opportunity to interview our friend Susan Carpenter Sims. We dive into Susan's journey of using Internal Family Systems therapy, tarot, and…
Episode 3: Checking In, Anxiety, and H2O
Episode 3 is out now! Laura and Katie deep dive into their personal health goals after a month of setting them. They share the challenges, successes, and have real talk about checklists and drinking…
S1E2 Episode 2: Organizing Our Lives with Jenn Chapman
Episode 2 is out now! Today Katie and Laura talk to the beautiful Jenn Chapman @chappyplans about organization, planning and how this has been a part of her wellness. Jenn is a Korean-American…
S1E1 Episode 1: Intros and Our Why
In the inaugural episode of Adopting Wellness we introduce ourselves, talk about our mission for the podcast, and share our core values - our "why." We also share a bit about our personal 3-month…
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Adopting Wellness Podcast has published 20 episodes since February 2023, covering topics in Documentary, Health & Fitness.
Adopting Wellness Podcast is currently sporadic with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 48m.
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