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The Adoption Files

by Ande Stanley

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Seeing or Solving: Adoption and Spiritual Trauma

October 19, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

Please join me and guest host Dani Joy as we continue our conversation on adoption and spiritual healing. We are using the book Holy Hurt: Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing, by Hillary L McBride, PhD as a framework for our…
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I did a scary thing. Now I am doing another scary thing and sharing some impressions from attending the annual retreat for Concerned United Birthparents without relistening or editing or anything! Because, why not? https…
Adoption Abolition: A Conversation

October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

What does Adoption Abolition mean? Please join me and my guest Lorah Gerald as we talk about some of our thoughts on this topic. Lorah is a Baby Scoop Era, Domestic US adopted person. She can be found athttps://lorahgerald.com/ There are…
Quality Counts: Early Connections and Big Questions; continuing the conversation on adoption and spiritual trauma

September 28, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

Please join Dani and I as we continue our conversation about adoption and spiritual trauma. We are using the book Holy Hurt: Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing by Hillary L McBride PhD as a scaffold for our conversation. Dani is…
Holding Space: Healing in Relationship

September 21, 2026 · 56 min

Please join Dani Joy and I as we keep working on exploring the spiritual trauma that is adoption! We are using the book Holy Hurt by Hillary L McBride, PhD as a scaffold for our conversation Dani Joy is a mother of loss to adoption, a…

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Turning Towards the Pain: a Continuing Conversation on Spiritual Trauma and Adoption

September 14, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

Please join us as we continue our conversation about spiritual trauma and adoption from our perspectives as an adoptee and as a mother who terminated her parental rights for the purposes of adoption. We are using the book Holy Hurt…
Healing, Recovery, Remaking: Which makes sense for you?

September 7, 2026 · 56 min

Please join me and my guest Dani Joy as we continue our conversation on spiritual trauma and adoption, from the perspectives of an adopted person and a mother of loss to adoption. We are using the book Holy Hurt by Hillary L McBride PhD as…
Gods will or?

August 31, 2026 · 48 min

Please join Dani Joy and me, Ande, as we continue to discuss spiritual trauma and adoption, with the book Holy Hurt by Hilary McBride PhD as a scaffold. The foundation has been established, and now we are beginning the section of the book…
I am terrible at titles. Continuing the conversation about spiritual trauma as people impacted by adoption

August 24, 2026 · 49 min

Yes, I am terrible at titles, and hate to mislead. Just laying that out there. Dani Joy, mother of loss to adoption and me, late discovery adopted person (as well as an intercountry adoptee from foster care in the UK to the US) continue…
Feel the Feelings: continuing our conversation on spiritual trauma

August 18, 2026 · 49 min

Hi! Please join me and my guest host Dani Joy as we continue with the next section of our conversation on spiritual trauma from our perspectives as a mother of loss to adoption and as a late discovery adopted person, raised in white…
How to use Spirituality as a Defense against Discomfort: Spiritual Bypassing

July 26, 2026 · 56 min

Please join us as we continue our conversation around spiritual trauma and adoption as we work our way through the book Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing by Hillary L McBride PhD . Todays' episode…
Your Feelings Matter: the Core Emotions and Spiritual Trauma

July 22, 2026 · 59 min

Please join Dani Joy and I as we delve into the core emotions and how we are born with these crucial forms of communication. We continue to explore how adoption and spiritual trauma intersect, using the book Holly Hurt as a framework for…

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About the show

The Adoption files seeks to provide a place for adoptees and allies to discuss the laws preventing adoptees from accessing their identities, and the emotional and physical challenges adoptees face in the process of dealing with the obstacles we face. We recognize the need to expose the problematic aspects of the adoption industry and the narrative they perpetuate. We will not only talk about the laws and the challenges they create, but also the ways that the mythology around adoption impacts the way we move through our lives, as adopted people and as mothers and other family members.