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Simon Benn

@_simonbenn

#Adoptee. Speaker. Podcaster. https://nitter.cf/t.co/znqSjsTwL6…

 Wetherby, England
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Joined January 2012
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Check out my new episode What's Your Superpower? With Jennifer Teele - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
What's Your Superpower? With Jennifer Teele | Thriving Adoptees

What's Your Superpower? With Jennifer Teele | Thriving Adoptees

Do you tend to focus on your weaknesses or strengths? It's so normal to focus on weaknesses. But what's your superpower? Listen as adoptive mother and adoption...

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Check out my new episode Double The Love With Anastasiya Martinez - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Double The Love With Anastasiya Martinez | Thriving Adoptees

Double The Love With Anastasiya Martinez | Thriving Adoptees

Can we have too much love in our lives? Surely not. Listen in as adoptee and therapist Anastasiya adopted from Russia at 16 just 3 months after her mother's...

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Check out my new episode Settling Down With Derenda Schubert - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Settling Down With Derenda Schubert | Thriving Adoptees

Settling Down With Derenda Schubert | Thriving Adoptees

Settling down is amongst the greatest gifts we can give ourselves. Coming from calm helps us relate better. Listen as adoptive mother, child psychologist and...

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Check out my new episode What Can I Learn From This? With Sara Gordon - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
What Can I Learn From This? With Sara Gordon | Thriving Adoptees

What Can I Learn From This? With Sara Gordon | Thriving Adoptees

What if life's trials and tribulations happen FOR us not to us? What if the tough stuff happens for us to learn? Life feels easier from that perspective. What...

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Check out my new episode Talk Therapy Isn't Enough With Patricia Meyer - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Talk Therapy Isn't Enough With Patricia Meyer | Thriving Adoptees

Talk Therapy Isn't Enough With Patricia Meyer | Thriving Adoptees

How can talk therapy heal preverbal trauma that we have no words for? It can't. So what do we do instead. Listen in as we dive deep into healing with adoptee...

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Check out my new episode All Good With Corrie Kielty - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
All Good With Corrie Kielty | Thriving Adoptees

All Good With Corrie Kielty | Thriving Adoptees

Being all good with the past has a strange way of empowering us to change more in the future. Listen as Corrie shares learning about acceptance, without fear...

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Check out my new episode Lifelong Learning With Kelly Hughes - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Lifelong Learning With Kelly Hughes | Thriving Adoptees

Lifelong Learning With Kelly Hughes | Thriving Adoptees

When we know better, we do better. This podcast is about sharing what we've learned so we can do better. Listen in as Kelly, mother of four including 2 by...

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Check out my new episode Outside Of Ourselves With Vicki Spriggs - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Outside Of Ourselves With Vicki Spriggs | Thriving Adoptees

Outside Of Ourselves With Vicki Spriggs | Thriving Adoptees

Looking for more meaning? Stepping outside of ourselves is where we find meaning. It's where we feel connected, passionate and at one. Listen in as Vicki shares...

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Check out my new episode Our Souls Are Whole With Michelle Irene - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Our Souls Are Whole With Michelle Irene | Thriving Adoptees

Our Souls Are Whole With Michelle Irene | Thriving Adoptees

What if we are whole under our trauma? Whole despite our trauma? Listen in as we go deep to see, feel and know our whole soul with adoptee Michelle. Profound....

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Check out my new episode True To Yourself With Shannon Enoch - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
True To Yourself With Shannon Enoch | Thriving Adoptees

True To Yourself With Shannon Enoch | Thriving Adoptees

What does being true to you mean to you? Listen in as adoption professional Shannon shares her insights on stopping pleasing others, authenticity and more. Find...

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Check out my new episode Commitment With Michelle Becker - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Commitment With Michelle Becker | Thriving Adoptees

Commitment With Michelle Becker | Thriving Adoptees

Raising kids is tough. Some clichés become clichés they are true. Listen in as adoptive mother and advocate Michelle shares her learnings on commitment,...

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Check out my new episode Somatic Healing With Anna Ecklar - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Somatic Healing With Anna Ecklar | Thriving Adoptees

Somatic Healing With Anna Ecklar | Thriving Adoptees

Talk therapy isn't great for pre-verbal trauma - a truism that keeps on coming up on the podcast. So what is? Listen as we dive into somatic healing and more...

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Check out my new episode In The Likeness Of God With Amber Knowles - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
In The Likeness Of God With Amber Knowles | Thriving Adoptees

In The Likeness Of God With Amber Knowles | Thriving Adoptees

How does knowing that we are made in the likeness of God help believers thrive? Listen in as adoptive mother and non profit leader Amber explores the...

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Check out my new episode Quality Of Relationship With Kathleen Shiels - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Quality Of Relationship With Kathleen Shiels | Thriving Adoptees

Quality Of Relationship With Kathleen Shiels | Thriving Adoptees

“Relationship-based trauma must be healed relationally.” Dr Karyn Purvis, co-founder of TBRI.  For adoptees, separation from our birth mother can be our...

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Check out my new episode Finding Ted With Ted Leonhardt - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Finding Ted With Ted Leonhardt | Thriving Adoptees

Finding Ted With Ted Leonhardt | Thriving Adoptees

To what extent do you play a persona to fit in? It was second nature for adoptee Ted and something he did to extremes. And it brought success in the world. It...

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Check out my new episode Firing On All Cylinders with Carolyn Bishop - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Firing On All Cylinders with Carolyn Bishop | Thriving Adoptees

Firing On All Cylinders with Carolyn Bishop | Thriving Adoptees

We all function better in life when we are firing on all cylinders. But what helps us do that? Listen in as adoption professional Carolyn shares what works for...

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Check out my new episode Coaching & Thriving With Yvonne Howard & Tammy Murphy - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Coaching & Thriving With Yvonne Howard & Tammy Murphy | Thriving...

Coaching & Thriving With Yvonne Howard & Tammy Murphy | Thriving...

Using what we've learned to help others is one of the most powerful things we can do in life. It brings profound meaning to the tough stuff we've been through....

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Check out my new episode Changing Our World With David White - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Changing Our World With David White | Thriving Adoptees

Changing Our World With David White | Thriving Adoptees

Epiphanies change our world. But how do they happen? Listen in as founder and adoptive dad David shares what's changed his world. Profound and empowering. David...

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Check out my new episode Honoring Culture With Elizabeth Bucher - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Honoring Culture With Elizabeth Bucher | Thriving Adoptees

Honoring Culture With Elizabeth Bucher | Thriving Adoptees

One of the most important drivers of transracial adoptees' thriving is honoring their culture. Listen in as adoptive mom and adoption professional Elizabeth...

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Check out my new episode Hyper Focus With Steve Fournier - thrivingadoptees.com/episode… via @beamly
Hyper Focus With Steve Fournier | Thriving Adoptees

Hyper Focus With Steve Fournier | Thriving Adoptees

What do you want? For others? For Yourself? Listen in as ex pilot, now non-profit leader Steve shares insights on persistence and relentless hyper focus....

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