Shelli Welch realizes the ripple effects one individual can have when she chooses to give her baby up for adoption.  TW: Self destructive behavior  Go to <a href= "https://www.mentalhelp.net/depression/hotline/">MentalHelp.net</a> or <a href= "https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline">SAMHSA</a> for more resources. <a href="https://www.2lives.org/">2 Lives</a> is produced and hosted by Laurel Morales, story edited by Camila Kerwin of the Rough Cut Collective, music from Blue Dot Sessions. Annie Gerway is our web designer and creates original illustrations for each episode.

Dylan Wilder Quinn Discovers More Than Their Gender Identity

"We all have two lives. The second begins the moment we realize we have only one."

Stories of people who have faced darkness and how those moments transformed them.

2 Lives is hosted and written by Laurel Morales. Valerie Shively is the assistant producer. Pod art and website designed by Christian Arnder, music from Blue Dot Sessions.