The Adoption Files

Please join me and Dani Joy as we continue our conversation about the intersection of spiritual trauma and adoption. We are talking trauma, just nonstop, processing! It's so fun. Come have fun with us! We are using the book Holy Hurt; Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing as a scaffold for our conversations.
Dani can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy
I can be found here, pretty much.
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
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Please join me and Dani Joy as we continue to address spiritual trauma from our lived experience as a mother of loss to adoption and as a late discovery adopted person.
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, therapist, or an adoption professional.
Thank you for listening!

Please join me for my conversation with Jean Kelly Widner, a domestically adopted person who is the author of The Adoption Paradox: Putting Adoption in Perspective. Jean is a Baby Scoop Era adopted person from Washington who has found herself as an Accidental Tourist in the paradox that is living adopted.
https://adoptionparadox.com/
Mentioned in the episode:
https://boothcampus.salvationarmy.org/booth_campus/booth-records/
https://doh.wa.gov/licenses-permits-and-certificates/vital-records/adoptions/original-birth-certificate-adopted-person
https://adopteerightslaw.com/truth/
https://savingoursistersadoption.org/
https://thefamilypreservationproject.com/
https://www.relinquishedbook.com/
https://www.thegirlswhowentaway.com/
https://onadoption.net/
The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, our opinions.
The host is not a therapist, a lawyer, or an adoption professional.
Thank you for listening!

Please join Dani Joy and I as we continue our conversation about spiritual trauma using the book Holy Hurt by Hilary L McBride PhD as a guide as we explore how this has impacted us as a mother of loss to adoption and as an adopted person.
Both Dani and I come from a Christian religious tradition, and we speak to our own lived experience as people deconstructing from religion and from the adoption narrative.
Dani can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy
https://hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt-book/
Mentioned on the podcast:
https://candacecahill.com/book/
https://www.youtube.com/@maklelan
https://www.youtube.com/@dataoverdogma
If you are experiencing distress and need to talk, please reach out to one of the trained responders or to someone you feel safe with: 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 rate and review the show. We appreciate you.

Please join me and mom Dani Joy as we wrap up chapter 3 in our discussion of spiritual trauma using the book Holy Hurt by Hilary L McBride PhD as a guide. In this episode we talk about how leaving can end up being more of the same, and why that happens. We also talk about characteristics of marginalized groups that intersect with our experiences with adoption.
Dani can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy
https://hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt-book/
https://thebloggess.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 therapist, a lawyer or an adoption professional
Thank you for listening!