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Finding Inner Belonging After Adoption with Jhorna Hochstedler
Against All Odds Podcast, The Less than 1% Chance with Maria Aponte
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What if belonging isn’t something you find out there, but a home you build inside your body? Maria sits down with Jhorna—a mother, wife, and embodiment healer—whose journey spans transracial adoption across countries, a late diagnosed neurological condition, and the jarring introduction to American racial dynamics. Together we trace how the constant pressure to pass, perform, and fit in drains our energy, and how self compassion and nervous system regulation can restore it so purpose has room to grow.
Jhorna shares how motherhood created the space to face pain without numbing, and why reconnecting with divine intuition became her compass. We dig into the realities of visible identity and invisible privilege—education, language, proximity—and how holding both truths can turn a life into a bridge instead of a battleground. You’ll hear practical methods she uses with clients: guided meditations to establish a safe inner place, body based practices to settle stress, and inquiry that loosens limiting beliefs so a higher self can lead. Maria adds a story of gut led career change that unfolded through uncanny synchronicities, proving that alignment invites opportunity when we act on our yes.
If you’re exhausted by reactivity and hungry for choice, this conversation offers grounded steps. Start and end your day with gratitude to sync heart and mind. Walk in nature if sitting still feels impossible. Practice nonjudgmental awareness so all parts of you can come home. From that wholeness, creativity returns, courage grows, and impact becomes sustainable—whether you’re raising a family, leading a team, or building community. Subscribe, share this episode with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help more listeners find tools for inner belonging and outer change. What practice will you try first?
Connect with Jhorna:
Website: https://www.inner-res.com/
Instagram: @jhornahochstedler
Facebook: Jhorna Hochstedler
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Chapters
1. Welcome And Guest Introduction (00:00:00)
2. Jorna’s Early Life And Adoption (00:02:00)
3. Belonging, Race, And Identity In America (00:05:20)
4. Motherhood As A Catalyst For Healing (00:09:30)
5. Education And Cross Cultural Work (00:13:00)
6. Systems, Diversity, And Survival Mode (00:17:40)
7. Privilege, Passing, And Bridging (00:22:00)
8. Rejection, Oppression, And Resolve (00:27:30)
9. One On One Embodiment And Intuition Work (00:31:30)
10. Staying Connected To Inner Wholeness (00:36:30)
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