Episode 36: Finding Joi - An Adoptee's Story with Joi Fisher-Griffith

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, DJ talks with Joi Fisher-Griffith who was adopted at three months old to a wonderful family who she has very close ties to. Growing up as an adopted child taught Joi a lot through constructive conversations with other adoptees, adoptive, and birth parents. This background inspired Joi to not only give her best in exploring the topics of children and adoption but gave her the unwavering audacity to spark conversations on the topic, provide direction and give hope to adoptees, adoptive and foster families.Tune in as we hear how she went about finding the answers to her own questions about being adopted, how long it took her, the effects of those questions, the feelings she had growing up an adoptee and as an adult raising children of her own.Author and entrepreneur Joi R. Fisher-Griffin is an experienced educator, a passionate adoption advocate, and a patron of the arts. After going through her own struggles as an adoptee, Joi wrote her memoir, Finding Joi: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Love. She shared her story so that she could help others who sit in silence about their struggles, and she continues to find ways to be open about adoption, not only with adults but with young people, too. She is the author of two best-selling children’s adoption books Choosing Joi: An Adoptee’s Journey and Finding Belonging and Singing with Joi: There Are Lots of Different Ways to Be a Family. Joi’s books are designed to bring awareness to adoption-sensitive topics and language. TIMESTAMPS• [3:50] “ My story is about really using my voice as an adult adoptee to help younger adoptees…”• [7:22] Joi talks about using Ancestry DNA to start finding family members… • [13:43] Joi talks about meeting her birth mother who is a church pastor…  • [16:50] “Now I'd like to introduce you all to my daughter, Joy Fisher. And she calls me up. She calls up my adoptive parents. She thanks them for giving me the life that they gave me and all that they've done… It was beautiful.”Did you know as a child that you were an adoptee and what kind of questions or feelings did that bring up for you? Tell us about it and tag us on Facebook or Instagram @littleheartsacademy!For more information on the Imperfect Heroes podcast, visit: https://www.imperfectheroespodcast.com/Connect with Us!DJ Stutz -DJ Stutz: https://www.littleheartsacademyusa.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/littleheartsacademy/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littleheartsacademy/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpphCRklDJiFXdS76U0LSQJoy Fisher-Griffith- Website: https://www.findingjoi.usTwitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/findingjoireneeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/findingjoirenee/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/findingjoirenee/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/f Support the showSupport the show.If you like what you hear, we would appreciate your support.  Every little bit helps.https://www.buzzsprout.com/1779847/support