Heather Featherston

About Heather

Heather Featherston serves as Vice President of Lifetime Adoption and has been with us since 2002. A recognized adoption speaker and adoption specialist, Heather brings more than 20 years of experience helping women with unexpected pregnancies in understanding their choices in modern adoption. She is also gifted in guiding adoptive families through the unique journey of adoption after experiencing infertility.

Heather holds an MBA and combines her leadership experience with a deep personal commitment to adoption education. She is the co-author of Called to Adoption, co-host of the Let’s Talk Adoption podcast, and a frequent speaker at conferences, clinics, and professional trainings nationwide.

Her work is grounded in compassion, honesty, and a belief that adoption should always be shared as an option in a way that respects and empowers women to make an educated decision about their pregnancy. Clients often describe Heather as approachable, steady, and encouraging, someone who sees each adoption story as uniquely important.

Faith and Adoption

Heather often speaks about the role of faith in adoption, describing it as a place where God’s hand is clearly at work. She shares that while it’s easy to want to control outcomes, the greater blessing is often seen in trusting God’s plan. One of her favorite themes is surrender, learning to let go of expectations and open our hands to receive what God has for us. This perspective also shapes Heather’s leadership at Lifetime Adoption, where she encourages women, adoptive families, and professionals to approach modern adoption with openness, hope, and trust.

Adoption Speaking and Training

As a national adoption speaker, Heather shares practical insight, heartfelt encouragement and real-life adoption stories with audiences ranging from medical staff and pregnancy center workers to adoptive parents and church communities. Her most requested topics include:

• Modern open adoption and how it differs from past adoption practices
• Common myths and misconceptions about adoption
• How to talk about adoption with women abortion determined
• Preparing families for open adoption and ongoing contact
• Sharing adoption with every pregnant patient

Speaking Experience

Heather has presented at national and regional conferences, led workshops, and spoken at hundreds of webinars and online trainings. Her speaking experience includes:

• Heartbeat International Annual Conference
• Care Net National Conference
• AAPLOG’s Michael Bluefin Conference
• Many state and regional pregnancy conferences
• Many state and regional family and faith gatherings
• Virtual summits and professional trainings

She has also been featured in publications including National Catholic Register, Human Life Alliance and other professional outlets, and is a frequent guest on radio programs and podcasts.

Her Approach

Heather’s leadership style at Lifetime mirrors her speaking style: warm, approachable, and practical. She blends real-life adoption stories with professional expertise and practical tools. Whether she is speaking to a national audience or talking with a family one-on-one, Heather’s goal is the same: to ensure adoption is presented accurately, compassionately, and with hope.

Why Informed Pregnancy Decisions Matter

Too often, adoption is misunderstood. Women today still think it is the same as foster care or believe that choosing adoption means “giving up.” Heather works to dispel those myths and to show that modern adoption is built on respect, openness, and choice.

Her greatest passion is ensuring that every woman making a pregnancy decision understands adoption as one of her real and modern options, thereby knowing enough to make an informed decision.

“Adoption is not goodbye forever,” Heather explains. “Yet too many women today are making decisions about their pregnancies without ever having modern adoption clearly explained to them. A woman cannot truly make an informed choice if she hasn’t been given the information and support she deserves.”

Looking for an Adoption Speaker?

Heather is available for conferences, trainings, webinars, and media interviews. She also regularly connects with Lifetime’s adoptive families and birth mothers through private webinars, podcasts, and client support.

To reach Heather, please contact Lifetime Adoption at 1-800-923-6784.
 

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