Host Dave Roberts interviews Sydney Curtin—author, songwriter, entrepreneur, consultant, and nonprofit board member—about experiences shaping her life and work. Curtin describes childhood instability, her mother’s fatal addiction, being raised by a single father, and entering an abusive relationship at 20 that led to pregnancy. Facing custody fears, she chose an open infant adoption in 2019, naming her daughter Emberlyn to mean “beautiful firestorm,” but says the adoptive parents later moved abroad and effectively closed the adoption. She wrote the workbook “Courageous Considerations” to help expectant mothers and adoptive parents set expectations and ask critical questions. Curtin discusses adoption dynamics, overcommunication vs. expectation setting, and her advocacy for adoption reform, including legally enforceable post-adoption contact agree ...