Your Host, Mardie Caldwell...

Mardie Caldwell broadcasts from the beautiful Northern California Foothills. Adoption is close to her heart in many ways, and has become her life's work.

As a Certified Open Adoption Practitioner, Mardie is the Founder and CEO of Lifetime Adoption Center in California. Facilitating more than 120 adoptions each year, Lifetime has become one of the largest adoption centers in the country. Working nationwide, Lifetime's caring staff supports each woman as they consider their pregnancy choices, while encouraging waiting adoptive families throughout their adoption journey. Mardie has designed an adoption program that is personalized for each individual that contacts her center, and provides around-the-clock availability for any birthparent considering adoption.

Mardie later founded Lifetime Adoption Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit adoption charity. Lifetime Foundation was established to assist birthmothers in fulfilling their dreams through providing college scholarships for women who have chosen adoption. It has grown to now include offering grants to assist with special needs adoptions and provide more assistance for birthmothers through the new Birthmother Blessings program.

As an Adoption Author and Expert, Mardie has had the opportunity to reach out and share her adoption experience with others around the world. Both of her books, AdoptingOnline.com and Adoption: Your Step by Step Guide have won numerous awards, including the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award. They are both widely recommended by many, including Dr. Laura Schlesinger who hailed Mardie's book as the "ultimate guide to adoption".

Many people were first introduced to Mardie through one of her appearances in the media as an adoption expert. Most recently, she was featured on NBC's The Today Show. She has made many media appearances including TV (including CNN, Fox, NBC, Dr. Laura), numerous national radio interviews, and is widely sought for print articles.

Mardie finds her role as an adoptive mother to be the most important. The path that led Mardie to her son more than twenty years ago is one that was life-changing, as she often shares through her own testimony.