<p> In this open and reflective conversation of A Home and Healing for Every Child, Board Member and Adoptee Gabrielle Stricker-Phelps sits down with Ambassador and fellow Adoptee Jonah Bobongie for a conversation about growing up, identity, and the many sides of adoption.  </p><p>Jonah shares what it was like to grow up in Brisbane with a loving adoptive family while feeling disconnected from his Papua New Guinean roots and how that shaped his understanding of culture, identity, and belonging. Together, Gabi and Jonah explore the support they found in their families and friends, the early awareness they had of being adopted, and how stigma can linger even in the most positive of adoption stories.  <br /> </p><p>From Launching <em>Led By A Heartstring </em>and finding the time to live life as a young adult, Jonah is able to reflect on the power of storytelling, the nuances in family, the strength that can come from healing in a way that can come in a way that doesn’t fit with society’s expectations of what an adoptee’s journey “should” look like.  <br /> <br />This is a conversation about connecting, choice, and the importance of making space for all adoption stories.  </p><p><a href="https://ahomeforeverychild.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Help us find #aHomeForEveryChild</em></a>  </p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Get in touch:  </strong></p><p>You can find out more about us at <a href="http://www.adoptchange.org.au/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>www.adoptchange.org.au</em></a>   </p><p>Like this episode? Share your thoughts with us on  </p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/adoptchangeau/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Instagram</em></a>   </p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AdoptChangeAU/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Facebook</em></a>  </p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/adopt-change/?viewAsMember=true" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>LinkedIn</em></a> </p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Show credits:  </strong></p><p><strong>Host:</strong> Gabrielle Stricker-Phelps<em>, Adopt Change Board Member</em> </p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Jonah Bobongie<em>, Adopt Change Ambassador</em> </p><p><strong>Audio Producer:</strong> <a href="https://www.fernandamdedic.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Fernanda Dedic</em></a><em>, Adopt Change</em>  </p><p><strong>Executive Producers:</strong> <em>Emily Hikaiti, Adopt Change, Ashton Kobler, Adopt Change, Renée Leigh (Carter), Adopt Change</em> </p>

A Home and Healing for Every Child

Adopt Change

In between cultures, fully myself: Jonah Bobongie on belonging, stigma and owning Your experience.

AUG 11, 202520 MIN
A Home and Healing for Every Child

In between cultures, fully myself: Jonah Bobongie on belonging, stigma and owning Your experience.

AUG 11, 202520 MIN

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<p> In this open and reflective conversation of A Home and Healing for Every Child, Board Member and Adoptee Gabrielle Stricker-Phelps sits down with Ambassador and fellow Adoptee Jonah Bobongie for a conversation about growing up, identity, and the many sides of adoption.  </p><p>Jonah shares what it was like to grow up in Brisbane with a loving adoptive family while feeling disconnected from his Papua New Guinean roots and how that shaped his understanding of culture, identity, and belonging. Together, Gabi and Jonah explore the support they found in their families and friends, the early awareness they had of being adopted, and how stigma can linger even in the most positive of adoption stories.  <br /> </p><p>From Launching <em>Led By A Heartstring </em>and finding the time to live life as a young adult, Jonah is able to reflect on the power of storytelling, the nuances in family, the strength that can come from healing in a way that can come in a way that doesn’t fit with society’s expectations of what an adoptee’s journey “should” look like.  <br /> <br />This is a conversation about connecting, choice, and the importance of making space for all adoption stories.  </p><p><a href="https://ahomeforeverychild.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Help us find #aHomeForEveryChild</em></a>  </p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Get in touch:  </strong></p><p>You can find out more about us at <a href="http://www.adoptchange.org.au/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>www.adoptchange.org.au</em></a>   </p><p>Like this episode? Share your thoughts with us on  </p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/adoptchangeau/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Instagram</em></a>   </p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AdoptChangeAU/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Facebook</em></a>  </p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/adopt-change/?viewAsMember=true" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>LinkedIn</em></a> </p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Show credits:  </strong></p><p><strong>Host:</strong> Gabrielle Stricker-Phelps<em>, Adopt Change Board Member</em> </p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Jonah Bobongie<em>, Adopt Change Ambassador</em> </p><p><strong>Audio Producer:</strong> <a href="https://www.fernandamdedic.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Fernanda Dedic</em></a><em>, Adopt Change</em>  </p><p><strong>Executive Producers:</strong> <em>Emily Hikaiti, Adopt Change, Ashton Kobler, Adopt Change, Renée Leigh (Carter), Adopt Change</em> </p>