Episode 12: Karen Peters

Karen Peters, Registered Clinical Counsellor talks about the decision she and her husband Chris made to grow their family through adoption.  With a very special conversation on what it can mean to adopt interracially, Karen shines a light on their eye-opening and heart wrenching opportunity to learn and actively dismantle their white privilege as parents while celebrating and instilling black culture and identity in their beautiful girls.  Learn of the additional gifts this couple discovered in maintaining an open adoption and encouraging a relationship with the birth families of both daughters. 

 

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Cindy Thompson

Certified Executive Coach, Psy. M. & Possibilitarian

A Resilience Project is a podcast inspired by the complex, raw, and sometimes messy experience of what it means to be human. It is impossible to navigate this world without adversity. Through our guests’ stories we will discover key elements that can move us from surviving to thriving. Together we can build a story of resilience.