What a season finale! I am still reeling from the whole thing and feel I need to just quickly go over it all to process what I’ve just seen at Sìleas and Seumas’ renewal of vows.

All seemed to be going to plan and like any good showstopper – the whole ensemble were present, every one of them looking stunning and glam. Then out of the blue Sìleas fixed Seumas with a long, hard stare, and didn’t mince her words…”Seumas MacSuain, tha mi ag iarraidh sgaradh pòsaidh”….i.e Sileas wants a divorce.

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Well I am just literally putting away my smelling salts and coming back to earth after that end of episode bomb shell.

Episode 2 of ‘An Clò Mòr’ has just come to a glorious end and I loved every minute of it. Handsome Irish stranger Rory has finally told Sìleas who he really is, Sìleas is gobsmacked and then suddenly, as if on cue, the whole village is plunged into darkness

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How To Use Your Voice Workshop: In July 2022, we had the amazing opportunity to present at the Catalyst Foundation’s Vietnam Culture Camp that hosts families across the US who have adopted from Vietnam.

Our workshop for adoptees aged 10-17 focused on the way in which you can empower yourself by using your voice to speak about your story. At Whatever Next?, we believe that using your voice is the key to changing dominating narratives in adoption.

We asked campers and counsellors, who are all adoptees, to do a short voice recording with us about anything that they had on their minds.

We hope you enjoy this episode that celebrates the community that has been built around the Catalyst Foundation and the friendships and memories that it has brought with it.

Read more about the Catalyst Foundation at catalystfoundation.org

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***Disclaimer***

Please be advised that the guest's audio was recording from Vietnam with her internet connection very poor. That in turn has led to the quality of her audio to be quite patchy.

Addie and Jo interview Caroline Nguyen Ticcaro who is the founder of the Catalyst Foundation. Caroline was a Vietnam refugee and became an adoptive mother to twin daughters who are now beautiful young women.

Together, they discuss Caroline’s experience of creating the Vietnam Culture Camp which is an an annual family conference for those who adopted children from Vietnam. Since Addie’s younger sister was adopted from Vietnam, her family attended Caroline’s camp for many years in her childhood. Caroline discusses her experience of becoming a mother but also a Vietnamese mother since she herself was raised in a predominantly white community in Minnesota. Caroline touches on her thoughts about race in transracial adoption, the significance of mental health awareness among adoptive families, and where she sees Vietnam Culture Camp going in the future.

For more information about Caroline and the Catalyst Foundation go to www.catalystfoundation.org or you can find her on Facebook and Instagram @catalystvietnam

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