Adoption
Explore adoption as a path to parenthood with expert advice from adoption professionals and real-life perspectives from families who have experienced domestic adoption, international adoption, and adoption from foster care.
Adoption Support Group
This group is open to anyone considering adoption or in the process of building their family through adoption.
This group typically meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7p EST.
Elizabeth & Maria’s Journeys: The Art of Healing
In our latest episode, we welcome Maria and Elizabeth, the co-founders and co-directors of The ART of Infertility, to share their personal experiences with infertility and their collaborative advocacy work. Though their individual family building journeys...
Alexis’ Journey: Reframing the Concept of Family
This episode of the AllPaths podcast features a conversation with Alexis Eyler, the Executive Director of On Your Feet Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting birth parents post-placement. On Your Feet Foundation, founded in 2001,...
Jodi’s Journey: One from Each Column
This episode features speaker and author Jodi Mitchel Tolman, who shares how she and her husband navigated multiple paths over six years to build their family after facing challenges with fertility. Their family ultimately consisted of three children: one...
The Unexpected Roadblock: Out-of-State Adoptions in Massachusetts
Featured in the AllPaths Magazine, 2025 Volume 1 by Kayla Bortlik Imagine you’re a hopeful adoptive parent who lives in Massachusetts, in the final stages of adopting a baby from a different state. The adoption process seems to be running smoothly, until...
Karen’s Journey: “I was so focused on being pregnant that I lost sight of wanting to be a mom.”
This episode features an in-depth discussion with Karen about her journey through infertility and adoption. She openly shares the challenges she faced, including the emotional toll of successful fertility treatments, the impact that family building struggles...
Andy’s Journey: Mourning the loss of what you thought your family was going to be.
Andy Lamb shares his story of male infertility, mental health struggles, and the reinvention of who he was and what really mattered in life and family on his journey to become a father. Now a parent to three girls adopted through foster care, Andy supports...
Adoption from Foster Care
Join Liz Joyal, Director of Family Support Services for the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange, to learn about the process of adopting through the foster care system, including how it differs from other types of adoption; requirements of prospective...
Friendship is Essential for Your Mental Health
Guest post by Kelly Pramberger “Some people arrive and make such a beautiful impact on your life you can barely remember what life was like without them.” -Anna Taylor My husband and I made three trips to Guatemala during our journey to become a family. In...
What Prospective Parents Should Know About Adoption Home Studies
Guest Post by Nancy Rosenhaus, L.I.C.S.W. Adoption is an incredible way to grow your family. Whether you already have children in your home, or you have longed to become a parent for some time now, adopting a baby is the start of a new and exciting chapter....
A Beautiful Life Together
Featured in the RNE Magazine, 2023 Volume 2 By Bill and Stephanie McNulty We met and began dating in March 1997, and have been happily married since May 2004. We each consider the other our best friend and have always had a beautiful life together. We wanted...
Parenthood After Cancer was Worth the Wait
Guest Post By Megan Scherer, Mom to Elliott and Co-Founder of Worth the Wait Charity When my husband was diagnosed with testicular cancer three years into our marriage, I knew life was going to change but never expected these twists and turns and the happy...
Zero Doubt: The Journey to Our Family
Maybe not everyone will want to stand on a mountaintop and declare their infertility, but I do it with a purpose. Infertility happens to more people than you think and there’s no shame in what you’re going through.