Led By A Heartstring

A weekly podcast following Australian adoptee Jonah on the journey of finding his birth parents. He will share the emotions and on-going journey that adoptees and families face every day through interviews and journals. By the end of each episode, he will be one step closer to finding his biological family.

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Episodes

S1 EP 3: My Sister Is Also Adopted - Jade

Jonah interviews his sister, Jade, who was also adopted into the same family. Jade talks about her outlook on adoption and the impacts it had on her identity and inability to integrate with her adoptive family for personal reasons stemming from adoption. In the second half of the episode, Jonah is curious about the process of contacting birth family and Jade shares how she did this. All of Jade's life banked up to the moment where she could look in a someone and feel like she's looking into a mi...

Jul 12, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 3

S1 EP 2: My Adoptive Mum - Carol

Jonah interviews his mum, Carol, who adopted him in 1998 when he was a baby. Carol talks about why she decided to adopt, how she tried to keep parts of Jonah's culture and heritage with him as he grew up and the processes and procedures of adopting around that time. Hopefully we gage what it is like to be an adoptive parent along every step of the journey up until today; where I am on the search to find my birth family. Jonah also reads a poem very special to any adoptive families hearts, "Legac...

Jul 06, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 2

S1 EP 1: Who Am I?

Jonah explores the feelings and emotional barriers he personally faces every day. You will hear about his upbringing and memories in a linear story of events leading up to today that he pinpoints aspects of his experience with adoption to. These are very important pieces to the puzzle that will help bring together his self-identity puzzle. Content Warning: This podcast contains strong themes that may trigger emotional distress to some listeners. If you or anyone you know are experiencing distres...

Jul 05, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 1

TEASER

Welcome to Led By A Heartstring. My name is Jonah and thanks for joining me on this journey that very few people will experience in their lifetime. I was adopted a 8 weeks old and only now am about to set out to find my birth family and you’re invited to follow along! I hope fill in the missing piece of my identity and answer to that constant pull on my heartstring tugging me back to my origins! I’ve decided to finally open up in raw conversations with those in my life so far and try to reconnec...

May 20, 2020•2 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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