HeyJaredThe Adoption Roadmap Podcast
Your dream is to become a mom. My dream is to help you get there. I am Rebecca Gruenspan, a single mom through domestic adoption and an adoption consultant for over a decade.
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Ep. #152: The Adoption Questions That Surface in the Teen Years | Melissa Smallwood (opens the original)
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Your baby won’t remember the adoption. But your teenager might have a lot to say about it. At 15, Melissa packed a bag and left her grandparents’ home, believing she was running toward her mom and finally getting the family she needed. Instead, she found herself on her own, working full-time at Wendy’s, having dropped out of high school, and pregnant at 16. Today, Melissa is a licensed therapist, former foster youth, mom to seven, and adoptive parent. She has also fostered older children, worked
Ep. #151: Ethical Adoption Practices: What Every Hopeful Adoptive Parent Should Know | Robert LaMarche (opens the original)
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Rob LaMarche has seen adoption from nearly every angle—and he’s sharing what families should know before taking the next step. When Rob LaMarche met Casey at age 11, he was simply his client. Three years later, after a legal battle against a Florida law that prohibited gay people from adopting, Casey became his son. That fight changed the course of Rob’s life, leading him to law school and a career advocating for children and families through adoption. Today, Rob is the executive director and in
Ep. #150: Adoption 101: What You Must Know Before You Start (Replay) (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Adoption Roadmap Podcast, Rebecca Gruenspan—adoptive parent, consultant, and founder of RG Adoption Consulting—takes you inside her signature presentation: a masterclass on the basics of domestic adoption. From her own story of 26 failed IUIs to becoming a single mom through adoption, Rebecca walks you step by step through what it really takes to build your family this way. She covers the questions hopeful parents ask most often—about open adoption, profiles, timelines, an
Ep. #149: The Business Side of Adoption Consulting: Pricing, Hiring & Building Trust (opens the original)
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Thirteen years ago, Rebecca called her own adoption consultant and asked if she wanted a business partner. "Call me back in about a year," she said. "I'm not quite ready." Ten minutes later, Rebecca called back: "Then I'm going to be your competitor. Will you help me?" She had no clients, no marketing plan, and a notebook full of business ideas she'd never once acted on. What she had was a newly adopted son, eight people already asking how she'd done it so fast, and a stubborn feeling that nobod
Ep. #148: Open Adoption, Birth Parents, and Building a Family | Susan Strong (opens the original)
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There’s a difference between choosing adoption… and choosing to embrace everything that comes with it. When Susan Strong’s first round of IVF failed, she didn’t know it would become the beginning of a completely different life. Thirty-four years later, she’s the adoptive mom of two daughters, has lifelong relationships with four birth parents, and has built an open adoption story she never could have planned for. In this honest and deeply moving conversation, Susan shares what she’s learned abou
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