Navigating Your Story With A Birth Mom Perspective

Navigating adoption can be a difficult and emotional journey, no matter which perspective you are walking through it. I’d love to support you on your journey! Whether you are considering adoption or have already adopted, there are so many things to talk about and prepare for. Let’s talk! And, don’t forget to visit my shop for downloads and books that are helpful tools for learning and cultivating relationships too.

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Heartfelt Adoption Profile

Your step-by-step guide to writing your profile content to create a book that will authentically reflect you and connect wit her.

This isn’t just adoption profile tips, it’s adoption education from a birth mom perspective.

30 Minute Coaching Call

$50

Have less time or a quick question? Take 30 minutes to chat for support in wherever you are on your adoption journey. From questions to considering as you prepare to adopt, writing your profile book, or how to navigate open adoption, I’m here to answer your questions.

Profile Review

$350

Want an extra pair of eyes plus education along the way? Let me help you with my birth mom lens and having worked on hundreds of profiles. I’ll comb over your book to provide suggestions on content and design. Perfect if you are DIY or updating your book. Includes 1 hour call with me.

One Hour Coaching Call

$100.00

Spend more time diving deeper! Ask questions and discover how to have healthy adoption relationships. If you don't currently have an open adoption relationship- that's okay! There's still so much to talk about and things you can do to honor them in your life.

A road map of what open adoption can be

"The Sixteenth Year: An Open Adoption Memoir" | SIGNED
$14.99

It was the year that changed everything.

When a pregnancy test turns up positive, Leah has some tough decisions to make. At just sixteen, what will she do?

Wrestling with her options for months, she then discovers open adoption: welcoming her daughter into the world while maintaining a connection with her daughter and the adoptive family after the placement. As her heart softens to the sacrifice she knows she needs to make in hopes to better her baby’s life, her life begins to shift too. She finally feels at peace with her decision, but can she trust strangers to uphold their promises?

Leah pulls you into her story as she shares her heart. Vulnerable and tender, The Sixteenth Year offers a raw look into her story, not only through pregnancy and adoption but as a testimony of how God has used broken pieces of her life to heal and grow. From pre-pregnancy to life today and her bond with her teenage daughter, you’ll be inspired by her steps of faith, the grace discovered within her journey, and the transformational approach to adoption.

Perfect for a birth mother gift

Birth Mom Edition "Flourishing Hope" Devotional | SIGNED
$14.99

This isn’t the life we dreamed of

Whether you placed your baby in an adoption plan four days ago or forty years ago, healing after placement can feel like an unexpected journey as a birth mom.

Uncertain future. Relationship tensions. Loneliness. Regret. Guilt. Shame. We never dreamed this would be our story.

Yet, hope can flourish even here.

Filled with hope for the future, this 30-day devotional assures birth moms facing healing in post placement that the Lord is still near. Though this season may feel devastating, God can bring growth and beauty once more– much like the fireweed flower after a forest fire. Drawing from their own experiences, birth moms Katie and Leah share stories of hope and resilience, aiming to inspire others with the message that God's grace and faithfulness are always present. Each day has a scripture to meditate on, an encouraging message, and prompts to write what is on your heart.

This devotional is ideal for personal reading or as a thoughtful gift for a birth mom who could use encouragement

Details:

  • 6 in × 9in paperback

  • 115 pages

  • 30 day devotional

  • Prompted reflection space to write

  • Bonus content

  • Resources

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  • Monthly virtual hangouts with educational topics

  • Holistic retreats for the adoption, foster, and kinship care communities every September

  • Birth mom only retreat every May

  • and more!

Discover the love within open adoption