The Adoption Files

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.

The Adoption Files is a science podcast hosted by Ande Stanley, with 169 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Ande Stanley hosts The Adoption Files, a science show with 169 episodes published.

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  The Adoption Files

  Quality Counts: Early Connections and Big Questions; continuing the conversation on adoption and spiritual trauma

  Sep 28, 20261h 6m

  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 a mother of loss to adoption, a writer, a homesteader and an advocate for the rights of mothers and adopted people. She can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy https://substack.com/@danijoy https://www.facebook.com/joyfuldj Holy Hurt https://www.hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt https://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health The host and their guest's opinions are just that, their opinions. The host is not a lawyer, a therapist or an adoption professional Thank you for listening!

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  The Adoption Files

  Holding Space: Healing in Relationship

  Sep 21, 202656 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 homesteader, a writer and an ally. She can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy https://substack.com/@danijoy https://www.facebook.com/joyfuldj https://www.hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt https://health.clevelandclinic.org/grounding-techniques https://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, their opinions The host is not a lawyer, a therapist or an adoption professional Thank you for listening!

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  The Adoption Files

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

  Sep 14, 20261h 3m

  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: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing as a scaffold. You can find Dani Joy at: https://www.facebook.com/joyfuldj https://substack.com/@danijoy/note/p-191085730 https://medium.com/@danijoy https://www.hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt Mentioned in the episode: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mennonite https://faithalone.org/grace-in-focus-articles/what-is-free-grace-theology/ Mentioning religions in the notes does not mean that the host or the podcast are recommending these religions or their beleifs The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, their opinions The host is not a lawyer, a therapist or an adoption professional https://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health Thank you for listening!

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  Healing, Recovery, Remaking: Which makes sense for you?

  Sep 7, 202656 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 a guide for our discussion. https://medium.com/@danijoy https://www.hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt https://youtu.be/3e0-SsmOUJI?si=LfXUJu2f59sjqdTh https://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, our opinions The host is not a lawyer, a therapist or an adoption professional Thank you for listening!

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  The Adoption Files

  Gods will or?

  Aug 31, 202648 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 that discusses actively processing our trauma. We are working through this in real time, unscripted. Let us know if any of this feels familiar! Dani is a mother of loss to adoption, a homesteader and a writer. She loves to hear from people. She can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy https://www.hillarylmcbride.com/ https://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, their opinions The host is not a lawyer, a therapist or an adoption professional Thank you for listening!

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