The Adoption Files

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 explores the concept of spiritual bypassing as a coping mechanism to avoid feeling our core emotions. Joining me again today is Dani Joy, mom, homesteader, exvangelical.
Dani can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy
https://hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt-book/
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!

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 our discussion.
Dani Joy can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy
https://hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt-book/
Mentioned in the episode:
https://www.relinquishedbook.com/
https://savingoursistersadoption.org/saving-our-sisters-about-us/
https://thefamilypreservationproject.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!

Please join Dani Joy and I as we continue our conversation about spiritual trauma and adoption. We are using the book Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing by Hillary L McBride, PhD as a scaffold for our conversation. We just started Chapter 5!
How do the roles of victim, villain and rescuer play out in your life? What do they have to do with spiritual trauma? With adoption? Let us know what you think after you join us for the episode.
Dani Joy can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy
She loves to hear from people!
https://hillarylmcbride.com/books/
https://mental-health-matters.org/2021/01/20/what-is-the-karpman-drama-triangle/
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!

Please join Dani Joy and me as we continue to discuss spiritual trauma and adoption. I am a Late Discovery, Intercountry adopted person. Dani is a mother of loss to adoption.
Dani can be found at https://medium.com/@danijoy
https://hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt-book/
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/generational-trauma
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12220155/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6378493/
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, therapist, or an adoption professional
thank you for listening

Please join Dani Joy and I as we continue to explore spiritual trauma using the book Holy Hurt by Hillary L McBride Phd as a scaffold for our discussion. How might these spiritual wounds relate to Dani's experience as a mother of loss to adoption? How has my being an adopted person been shaped by spiritual trauma? In this installment we talk about the return to the familiar, even when the familiar hurts.
Dani Joy is a mother of loss to adoption, a homesteader and blogger. She can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy
https://hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt-book/
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355967
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24881-cptsd-complex-ptsd
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.