473 episodes

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.

Thriving Adoptees - Let's Heal Simon Benn

    • Education
    • 5.0 • 7 Ratings

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.

    Making Friends With Shame Nicky Hammond

    Making Friends With Shame Nicky Hammond

    Trying to push away, numb or suppress tough emotions is exhausting and a short term fix if it works at all. We have to feel it to heal it. Nicky shares wisdom bombs to help us heal, including one that really landed for me - making friends with shame. It's so counter to what we normally do.

    • 1 hr 12 min
    Accepting To Heal With Stephen Sterne

    Accepting To Heal With Stephen Sterne

    As a wise man once said to me, what we resists persists. So how do we accept the tough stuff we've been through? How do we get to the peace that lies at the other side? Listen in as Stephen shares hard won learnings. Powerful!

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Freed From Trauma With Jude Hung

    Freed From Trauma With Jude Hung

    Has trauma imprisoned you? Created a trauma bound identity that feels like a life sentence? Listen in as Jude shares the hard won insights that have set her free. This interview was originally a Facebook Live. The first live an in person interview we've done on Thriving Adoptees. It's one of the most powerful and freeing of all 450 plus episodes. We hope it catalyses some insights for you.

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Being Whole With Lorah Gerald

    Being Whole With Lorah Gerald

    Is your brain stuck in trauma? Do the same old feelings keep coming back? Listen in as Lorah shares insights across all the levels of healing - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and relational - so we can be whole.

    • 1 hr 9 min
    Finding Wholeness Within With Andrew Glen

    Finding Wholeness Within With Andrew Glen

    Have you sought validation from others or through your career? Pursued relationships in the hope that someone else can save you only to find out that didn't work? Listen in as Andrew shares his learnings on finding validation and wholeness within.

    • 58 min
    My Life Is Mine Now AJ Bialo

    My Life Is Mine Now AJ Bialo

    Freedom. Elusive for some of us. Practically impossible for others. Listen in as AJ shares how she's found freedom, the healing power of writing and much more. Powerful and empowering. Listen in with big ears.

    • 1 hr 1 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
7 Ratings

7 Ratings

Splinkee ,

Great podcast

Love the guests Simon finds - some really interesting discussions. Really great show that was a great find last year and I continue to enjoy.

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Damon

Really enjoying this podcast, great guests. Really interesting. Damon just nails it!!!

Stef Cyb ,

Beautiful, profound explorations

Beautiful, profound explorations into the nature of reality and who we really are at essence through the lens of adoption. Incredibly insightful and helpful.

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