We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 Join us for a transformative experience as we share an adoptee virtual workshop hosted by Laurie and Claire, where they explored the power of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping and Somatic Breath…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode of the Empowered Adoptee Podcast, we sit down with the incredible Phoenix Song, a queer, nonbinary, trans Korean adoptee who has been helping people free their voices, rhythms, and body …

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode of the Empowered Adoptee Podcast, we take a deep dive into the Hero’s Journey and its profound connection to the orphan archetype, especially as it relates to the adoptee experience. Dra…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 Laurie, Jolie, and Claire answer all your questions about The Empowered Adoptee Retreat in this Q&A session. A little backstory about the retreat, we intentionally curated a unique experience for Korean…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 Sooki Jalali was part of the first wave of Korean adoptees and grew up in her orphanage as a “house mother” from age 5 until approximately 12 or 14 yrs old, when she was adopted to a single mother and h…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode of the podcast, Jolie Wermter joins Laurie and Claire for a panel discussion on Intersectional Identity, which will be a topic of one of the workshops at our upcoming KAD retreat - The E…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode, we sit down with Ji Young, a Korean adoptee who has been living in Seoul for five years and she shares how her unique experiences has led her to incredible strength, resiliency, inner w…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 Join Laurie, Claire, and Jolie while we share exciting live updates about our upcoming Empowered Adoptee Retreat! The Empowered Adoptee Retreat is a transformative journey for Korean Adoptees of all gen…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 DeLa Dos is a Korean adoptee from Washington, D.C. who works in DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion). Join us as DeLa shares their story of growing up Asian in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Me…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode of the podcast, Laurie and Claire share podcast updates and exciting upcoming events. Claire is currently in Seoul, and the Dream Team will be livestreaming from The Empowered Adoptee Po…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Mihyun Lee, a Somatic Movement Therapist who works with Korean adoptees on their healing journeys. She uses somatic movement to help her clients tap into…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 Join us as we explore the significance of community, support networks, and chosen family for adoptees who are seeking true belonging and happiness. We discuss how adoptees can often feel disconnected fr…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode, we delve into the complex and problematic history of Asian misrepresentation in media. From enduring stereotypes and personal impacts, to the broader impact on society, we uncover the l…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode, we delve into the complex issue of estrangement in adoption, exploring the nuanced experiences of adoptees while we navigate relationships. Understanding the adoptee experience is cruci…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 Join us as we sit down with Nate Choi, a Korean adoptee who overcame open heart surgery as a baby and shares his inspiring journey of healing and resilience. Nate opens up about his experiences navigati…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 Join us as we take a deep dive into our stories and insights about what it's like growing up as transracial adoptees in the dark about health issues and how we reclaimed our power over our own personal …

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 Join us as we sit down with Jolie Wermter, a bi-racial daughter to Claire and second-generation Korean Adoptee, for a captivating conversation about what being Korean means to her, and how she has navig…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode, guest Dr. Hollee McGinnis shares her journey of her reclamation of her culture and all that she lost that day she was adopted - including her language, her food, and her people. Listen …

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 Kirsten is a KAD from PA who has been in reunion with her birth mother for over 10 years. Just recently she traveled to Seoul, Korea to meet her birth mother for the first time since she was adopted. Ge…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode, guest Lauren Schlesinger, an empowered KAD, shares her inspirational mental health journey and the impact that adoption trauma had on her life. She also shares tools and healing modalit…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode, we dive into our reflections about the events, discussions, and healing modalities after holding our first Empowered Adoptee Retreat. Get ready to hear our vulnerable stories and connec…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 This episode is a special treat because we feature guests from our recent KAD retreat. Kyungmi and Sun are two Korean Adoptees who attended The Empowered Adoptee Retreat this past weekend. They both sha…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this Episode, we delve into the concepts of a "fixed" vs. a "growth" mindset and how to shift the way we experience our relationships. Laurie and Claire discuss their own journeys to a growth mindset…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode, we delve into the movie "Return to Seoul," focusing on the story of Freddie, a 25-year-old Korean adoptee who grew up in France. Freddie's narrative is one of profound identity crisis a…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this vulnerable episode, we unpack how the adoption journey leaves lasting impressions on our attachment styles and relationship dynamics. Laurie and Claire share what our process of empowering our p…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 Join us for a unique episode as we explore the transformative power of Somatic Breathwork through a hands-on session led by Claire, with participant Laurie. A somatic breathwork practice combines consci…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 Join us for a unique episode as we explore the transformative power of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) through a hands-on session led by Laurie, with participant Claire. Discover how EFT, using light …

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 How does learning the history of Korean adoption shape our identity? How do we learn from history so that we can gain deeper understanding of our stories and possibly change the narrative? In this contr…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 When visiting Korea, did you feel like you were "home"? Did you feel like you were seen as you are and treated as you like to be treated? In this episode, we share our heartfelt stories about visiting K…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode, we dive into our process of shifting our mindset. How do we transform our limiting beliefs and old identities so that we can become our true authentic selves? Get ready to hear our vuln…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episdoe, we delve into our own adoption journeys and share insights about our healing. We explore the topics of relationships, trauma responses, addiction, coping mechanisms, and healing modalit…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 In this episode, we discuss our personal experiences as transracial and transcultural adoptees growing up in White America. We explore the concept of the "other" or "gray" space, and how adoption has sh…

We would love to connect with you and hear from you! Please send us a text and share your story to let us know what’s on your mind and your heart 💜 On this pilot episode of the Empowered Adoptee Podcast, hosts Laurie Vogler and Claire Magenheimer, both Korean Adoptees, open up about their own adoption and healing journeys. They share deeply persona…