Episode 1 | Reframing Your Adversity Story
05/14/23 • 12 min
This episode invites you to reframe your adversity story. As a product of the 1980s crack epidemic in the United States, I was separated from my birth mother and went into foster care. This story shares how I now understand my story decades later. I conclude with an empowering message that challenges us to reconceive how we perceive our adversity stories.
About Me
Dr. Zayda Sorrell-Medina is a professor, social scientist, educator, and author. She is also a member and advocate of the foster, adoption, and homeless youth community and a first generation college student.
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This episode invites you to reframe your adversity story. As a product of the 1980s crack epidemic in the United States, I was separated from my birth mother and went into foster care. This story shares how I now understand my story decades later. I conclude with an empowering message that challenges us to reconceive how we perceive our adversity stories.
About Me
Dr. Zayda Sorrell-Medina is a professor, social scientist, educator, and author. She is also a member and advocate of the foster, adoption, and homeless youth community and a first generation college student.
Consulting
Dr. Zayda Sorrell-Medina provides consulting, speaking engagements, trainings, workshops, and more. Learn more by clicking here:
https://www.zaydasorrellmedina.com/consultation.html
Support the Show
Donate to the show contributing to its ongoing production:
- https://www.buzzsprout.com/2171073/support
- https://cash.app/$ZaydaSorrellMedina
Episode Schedule
A new episode is released monthly on the 11th with special releases sprinkled throughout the year.
Social Media
- https://www.instagram.com/zaydasorrellmedina/
- https://www.facebook.com/drzayda/
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Episode 2 | White Diamond: How Foster and Adoptive Parents Can Honor Their Child’s Parents
This episode invites you to think of ways to honor, acknowledge, and recognize your child's family of origin. This is especially relevant if you are a foster or adoptive parent, legal guardian, social worker, educator, or family friend. In this episode, I share how I visited my biological mother who I hadn't visited in forever. Before we departed, she gave me her White Diamond perfume, which I used anytime I wanted to remember by mother. I conclude with key takeaways.
About Me
Dr. Zayda Sorrell-Medina is a professor, social scientist, educator, and author. She is also a member and advocate of the foster, adoption, and homeless youth community and a first generation college student.
Consulting
Dr. Zayda Sorrell-Medina provides consulting, speaking engagements, trainings, workshops, and more. Learn more by clicking here:
https://www.zaydasorrellmedina.com/consultation.html
Support the Show
Donate to the show contributing to its ongoing production:
- https://www.buzzsprout.com/2171073/support
- https://cash.app/$ZaydaSorrellMedina
Episode Schedule
A new episode is released monthly on the 11th with special releases sprinkled throughout the year.
Social Media
- https://www.instagram.com/zaydasorrellmedina/
- https://www.facebook.com/drzayda/
Foster Care, Adoption, and Beyond: Untold Stories - Episode 1 | Reframing Your Adversity Story
Transcript
Welcome, this is your host Zayda Sorrell Medina with the Voice Podcast.
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I was awakened by a loud thump in the middle of the night. I opened my eyes wider and could see a tall man holding my eleven-year-old brother Jonathan, mercilessly by the neck.
Jonathan’s long and lanky legs dangled in midair. His cinnamon-brown face slowly turned pulsing red. He scratched the tall man’s face to fight him off, but the tall man squeezed harder. Jonathan’s arms fell to
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