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Podcast: Happiness Solved
Episode: 09. Grief, Anxiety, and Adoption: Interview with Ashley Banion
Description: 🏫 Ashley enjoys working in an elementary school. 2:46 🥰 Ashley and her husband, Vince, are highschool sweethearts, but they’ve known each other since kindergarten. 4:02 👶 I want to adopt a baby. 7:14 🎌 A free trip to Japan, and Japan’s program for adoption. 8:24 🗾 International adoption takes longer than adoption in the states, so the year-long wait felt like the longest year of Ashley’s life. 12:08 🤯 Ashley received the call that changed her life. 14:58 🎭 Handling the ups and downs of her adoption journey, and coping with mixed feelings. 17:54 ☯️ Loss in adoption. 20:00 🙏 Ash...