Unearthing Adoption: Normalizing Positive Perspectives

Episode 23 - Dr. Elizabeth Suter (University of Denver)

Elizabeth A. Suter (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and Affiliated Faculty in the Gender and Women's Studies Program at the University of Denver. She identifies as a feminist, social-justice-oriented interpersonal and family communication scholar. She views the family as a politicized institution animated by the broader discursive, material, and political environment. Primary contexts of study include transracial, international adoption and lesbian co-motherhood. Recently she developed the Critical Interpersonal and Family Communication (CIFC) heuristic, calling for the centering of power, praxis, and reflexivity in contemporary studies of relationships and families. This work appears in the the Journal of Family Communication, Communication Monographs, and Communication Theory. She lives with her partner and two daughters in Denver, Colorado. Email us: tough.love.stories@gmail.com Find us on Instagram @tough.love.podcast

Episode 22 - Jordan Martin-Collins; Adoption Story, Attachment Theory, and Therapy!

Jordan Martin-Collins joins us today to share her adoption story, and also her wealth of knowledge surrounding attachment theory. Jordan is the current Marketing and Media Lead @adoptee.council. For more information about the Adoptee Leadership Council, visit their Instagram @adoptee.council Thank you so much for coming on, Jordan! Find us on Instagram @tough.love.podcast Contact us: tough.love.stories@gmail.com

Episode 21 - Alisha Stickney on "Midnight in the Orange Grove" and her Adoption Experience

"Midnight in the Orange Grove": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12842806/ Interested in being on the show? Know someone who might be? Send us an email: tough.love.stories@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram! @tough.love.stories

Episode 20 - "Adoption Myth-Busters" Ashley Mills Interview

Trigger Warning: Death Contact Ashley for a FREE 30min consultation when you mention the TL Podcast: holdingthehope09@gmail.com Interested in being on the show? Know someone who might be? Email us: tough.love.stories@gmail.com Find us on Instagram! @tough.love.podcast

Episode 19 - "A Weird Kind of Lonely." Interview with Carlos Cady-Reheis

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