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Led By A Heartstring
by Jonah BobongieA weekly podcast following Australian adoptee Jonah on the journey of finding his birth parents. He will share the emotions and on-going journey that adoptees and families face every day through interviews and journals. By the end of each episode, he will be one step closer to finding his biological family.
Copyright: 2023 Jonah Bobongie
Episodes
S3 EP3: Vicki Miller, from Adoptee to Adoptive Parent and a late biological discovery
47m · PublishedA passionate advocate for adoption and an adoptee herself, Vicki understands all sides of adoption, from the good times to the struggles. Whilst living overseas in Fiji as an expat, Vicki fostered a child.
As her partner's business took them back to Australia Vicki heartbreakingly had to leave him in Fiji. Back in Australia, Vicki had numerous failed attempts at in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and natural conception, so she became an adoptive parent to two children.
Vicki is passionate about giving back and works in the not-for-profit sector, currently at Shake It Up Foundation Australia.
S3 EP2: Dara Read, author of 'We Love You Hundreds and Thousands'
49m · PublishedS3 EP2: Dara Read, author of 'We Love You Hundreds and Thousands'
47m · PublishedDara Read, author of 'We Love You Hundreds and Thousands' chats about her personal journey of reconnecting with her birth parents and how this led to her writing a vibrant children's picture book. We also chat about the special connection the book provided her and her birth family after the visit.
Content Warning: This podcast contains strong themes that may trigger emotional distress to some listeners. If you or anyone you know are experiencing distress of any nature, please do not hesitate to find professional support.
Subscribe and stick around, because by the end of every episode, we will be one step closer to connecting with my birth family. You will also have a first-hand insight on the psyche of an adoptee and other issues surrounding adoption in Australia.
Find this project easily on socials @LedByAHeartstring on Instagram, @HeartstringPod on Twitter and you can easily find the page on Facebook for other live updates as they happen.
Led By A Heartstring is a 'Long Way Entertainment' production and is recorded in Brisbane, Australia. New episodes of the podcast are released weekly on a Monday. Send questions and other correspondence to: [email protected]
Original Music by Jonah Bobongie
Produced by Jonah Bobongie.
S3 EP1: Australian Podcast Award & A New Direction For My Journey
29m · PublishedS3 EP1: Australian Podcast Award & A New Direction For My Journey
27m · PublishedCan you believe it's Season 3?! It's been such a long time since we last spoke and a lot has happened. So I catch you up with the last couple of months in my life from winning a Bronze at the Australian Podcast Awards to finding new information that will lead me to my birth family.
Content Warning: This podcast contains strong themes that may trigger emotional distress to some listeners. If you or anyone you know are experiencing distress of any nature, please do not hesitate to find professional support.
Subscribe and stick around, because by the end of every episode, we will be one step closer to connecting with my birth family. You will also have a first-hand insight on the psyche of an adoptee and other issues surrounding adoption in Australia.
Find this project easily on socials @LedByAHeartstring on Instagram, @HeartstringPod on Twitter and you can easily find the page on Facebook for other live updates as they happen.
Led By A Heartstring is recorded in Brisbane, Australia. New seasonal episodes of the podcast are released weekly on a Monday. Send questions and other correspondence to: [email protected]
Original Music by Jonah Bobongie
Produced by Jonah Bobongie.
HIGHLIGHTS: One Year of Led By A Heartstring
26m · PublishedJonah takes you back to listen to some iconic mosts of the podcast as we celebrate 1 Year of Led By A Heartstring!
Subscribe and stick around, because by the end of every episode, we will be one step closer to connecting with my birth family. You will also have a first-hand insight on the psyche of an adoptee and other issues surrounding adoption in Australia.
Find this project easily on socials @LedByAHeartstring on Instagram, @HeartstringPod on Twitter and you can easily find the page on Facebook for other live updates as they happen.
Led By A Heartstring is recorded in Brisbane, Australia. New episodes of the podcast are released weekly on a Monday. Send questions and other correspondence to: [email protected]
Original Music by Jonah Bobongie
Episode produced by Jonah Bobongie & Lauren Pollock for Long Way Entertainment.
S2 EP10: Trust, Rejection and Focusing on Myself
25m · PublishedSubscribe and stick around, because by the end of every episode, we will be one step closer to connecting with my birth family. You will also have a first-hand insight on the psyche of an adoptee and other issues surrounding adoption in Australia.
Find this project easily on socials @LedByAHeartstring on Instagram, @HeartstringPod on Twitter and you can easily find the page on Facebook for other live updates as they happen.
Led By A Heartstring is a 'Long Way Entertainment' production and is recorded in Brisbane, Australia. New episodes of the podcast are released weekly on a Monday. Send questions and other correspondence to: [email protected]
Original Music by Jonah Bobongie
Produced by Jonah Bobongie.
S2 EP9: Jason Herbison and Foster Care Representation in 'Neighbours'
16m · PublishedJoining me today to discuss Aaron, David and Emmett’s storyline in Australia’s longest running and one of the most famous TV soapies, Neighbours is Executive Producer, Jason Herbison. Jason also has personal and deep connections to adoption which we will chat about later in the episode, so stay tuned for that.
Subscribe and stick around, because by the end of every episode, we will be one step closer to connecting with my birth family. You will also have a first-hand insight on the psyche of an adoptee and other issues surrounding adoption in Australia.
Find this project easily on socials @LedByAHeartstring on Instagram, @HeartstringPod on Twitter and you can easily find the page on Facebook for other live updates as they happen.
Led By A Heartstring is recorded in Brisbane, Australia. New episodes of the podcast are released weekly on a Monday. Send questions and other correspondence to: [email protected]
Original Music by Jonah Bobongie
Episode produced by Jonah Bobongie & Lauren Pollock for Long Way Entertainment.
S2 EP8 - Neurological Makeup of an Adoptee with Dr. Hannah Korrel
35m · PublishedDuring discussions with people in my support network, I came across the knowledge and learnings of how the brain connects and controls how your body reacts to certain events. These reactions form from very early ages that you may not even remember clearly as a memory.
I wanted to delve into the topic of neuroscience as this genuinely interested me and made me wonder. I didn’t necessarily want to do this episode on my own, so I invited neuropsychologist, Dr. Hannah Korrel (AKA.No Bull Pysch) to share her knowledge as a qualified clinician. We caught up the other day via Zoom and had a fun and inspiring chat about mental health, neuroscience, how early stages of life is so important and her new book, ‘How to Break Up with Friends’.
Next week on the podcast, the executive producer of Neighbours, Jason Herbison, joins me on the show to discuss the storyline surrounding foster care that featured on the show last year.
Jason also shares his story about adopting his own child with his partner recently and how that impacted the way the Neighbours depicted foster care and the thought of adoption in Australian media.
Subscribe and stick around, because by the end of every episode, we will be one step closer to connecting with my birth family. You will also have a first-hand insight on the psyche of an adoptee and other issues surrounding adoption in Australia.
Find this project easily on socials @LedByAHeartstring on Instagram, @HeartstringPod on Twitter and you can easily find the page on Facebook for other live updates as they happen.
Led By A Heartstring is recorded in Brisbane, Australia. New episodes of the podcast are released weekly on a Monday. Send questions and other correspondence to: [email protected]
Original Music by Jonah Bobongie
Episode produced by Jonah Bobongie & Lauren Pollock for Long Way Entertainment.
S2 EP7: The Birth Lottery with Keren Rowaro
24m · PublishedWe all face the birth lottery when we are welcomed to this world. We don’t get to choose the family we grow up with or where we are born or what colour our eyes are. I think most people in this world have dreams and ideas of how different their life would be growing up elsewhere. We are all in different socioeconomic regions with different benefits and downfalls.
For adoptees, we can go through this lottery many times. Sometimes our families do choose us. Today I chat with social work student, Keren Rowaro, about the birth lottery and her adoption from Papua New Guinea to Brisbane as well. We discuss how we sometimes question how life would be different had we not have been adopted.
Join me next week as I chat with neuropsychologist and author, Dr. Hannah Korrel about anxiety, depression and PTSD which can be caused from growing up in unstable or inconsistent homes.
Adoptees, foster children and vulnerable children are at are higher risk of developing these mental illnesses than those who grow up with their biological families. We have a super chill and cool chat about mental health which ties in with Episode 2 from this season.
Subscribe and stick around, because by the end of every episode, we will be one step closer to connecting with my birth family. You will also have a first-hand insight on the psyche of an adoptee and other issues surrounding adoption in Australia.
Find this project easily on socials @LedByAHeartstring on Instagram, @HeartstringPod on Twitter and you can easily find the page on Facebook for other live updates as they happen.
Led By A Heartstring is recorded in Brisbane, Australia. New episodes of the podcast are released weekly on a Monday. Send questions and other correspondence to: [email protected]
Original Music by Jonah Bobongie
Episode produced by Jonah Bobongie & Lauren Pollock for Long Way Entertainment.
Led By A Heartstring has 40 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 17:45:32. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 25th, 2023 10:09.
