Born In June Raised In April: What Adoption Can Teach the World

Jan 30 2025 100 ep. 42 mins 96
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Nationally recognized thought leader, April Dinwoodie, hosts a personal journey while exploring her adoption experience. We follow her as she examines her efforts to find love, identity, family, and connection. Each month April will candidly interview, discuss, and unravel, all matters surrounding adoption.

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Chosen, Searching, and Seen: The Community We Need in Adoption

Jan 30 2025 25 mins  
For many adopted persons, the journey to understanding identity and belonging is filled with complexities, questions, and the need for community. In this episode, host April Dinwoodie is joined by Tracie Carlson, a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and fellow adopted person, to explore how growing up adopted shaped their identities and how finding community became essential

December 2024: Adoption & Evolving Traditions

Dec 23 2024 22 mins  
Host April Dinwoodie sits with producer Kyle Ferreira to discuss how holiday traditions have evolved over the years. April also shares thoughts about the baby in the manger, the nativity and the “Holiday Miracle” as it relates to adoption.

November 2024: Who is Around Your Holiday Table?

Nov 27 2024 24 mins  
In November 2024, host April Dinwoodie sits with Producer Kyle Ferreira to talk about the both/and of her holiday table. April also shares helpful tips for transracially adopted persons when it comes to the holiday season.

October 2024: Adoption, Costumes and Code-Switching

Oct 21 2024 25 mins  
In October 2024, Host April Dinwoodie sits with producer, Kyle Ferreira to talk about the idea behind code switching and wearing masks as it relates to a transracialy adopted persons experiences. We also hold space for April as her birthday approaches later this month.

September 2024: Moving with Confidence & Clarity

Sep 24 2024 28 mins  
This month host April Dinwoodie sits down with producer Kyle Ferreira to talk about the recent Transracial Journeys Camp that April is involved in each year and how beneficial this camp is to building confidence and clarity around some of the more difficult aspects of transracial adoption.

August 2024: Adoption on MY Terms: Language and Agency For Adopted Persons

Aug 29 2024 29 mins  
As the school year kicks off, host April Dinwoodie sits down with producer Kyle Ferreira to have a conversation about language as it relates to expressing experiences of adoption. In this episode, April breaks down the reasons for why she refers to her self as an “Adopted Person”. And why she refers to her parents as either “Parents of Origin” or “Parents of Experience”

July 2024: Freedom, Family, & VP Kamala Harris

Jul 25 2024 18 mins  
With July 4th as a backdrop, this month, producer Kyle Ferreira and host April Dinwoodie have a conversation about thoughts and experiences surrounding freedom and independence. We also discuss representation and the impact VP Kamala Harris.

June 2024: The Father of All Holidays

Jun 15 2024 30 mins  
This month, for Fathers’ Day, I sit down with my producer to have a conversation about my thoughts and emotions at the intersection of adoption and Fathers’ Day.

May 2024: Mothers’ Day & Adoption Reflections with JuneinApril

May 14 2024 30 mins  
This month, just after Mothers’ Day, I sit down with my producer to have a conversation about my thoughts and emotions as it relates to adoption and Mothers’, mothering, and Mothers’ Day

April 2024: I’m Adopted & I Cry A Lot (April Showers Bring May Flowers)

Apr 29 2024 11 mins  
In this episode, host April Dinwoodie shares her very personal journey of sadness, grief, and loss connected to adoption and family separation.