The Adoption Files

Ande Stanley
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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.

  1. 1D AGO

    Feeling naked: continuing the conversation about spiritual trauma

    Please join me as Dani and I talk about the journey so far, in our conversation about spiritual trauma and how we got here. Dani can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy If you are in crisis and need to talk, please reach out to one (or more) of the helplines listed in the link. You matter. 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! Please consider rating the podcast. We are glad you are here.

    1h 17m

  2. APR 26

    Codependency, yuck.

    Please join Dani and I as we continue our conversation using the book Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing by Hillary L McBride as a guide to exploring how spiritual trauma and adoption intersect in our lives as a mother of loss and as an adopted person. Dani can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy https://hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt-book/ https://mhanational.org/resources/co-dependency/ 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!

    1h 18m

  3. APR 22

    The Same , Even if it Seems Different: a conversation with a stepparent adoptee about access to original birth certificates

    Please join me for a conversation with Toronto Canada stepparent adopted person Craig Wallace. https://www.ontario.ca/page/search-adoption-records People who are adopted, even by stepparents, are legally barred from accessing a certified copy of their original birth certificate. Some places allow an adopted person to access a noncertified copy at a specified age. 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

    54 min

  4. APR 19

    Consequences and Compliance : continuing our exploration of how spiritual trauma exists in our lives as a first mom and an adopted person

    Please join me and Dani Joy as we explore the next two Cs of spiritual trauma: Consequences and Compliance. We continue to explore how spiritual trauma plays out in our lives as a mother of loss to adoption and as an adopted person. We are reading the book Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing by Hillary L McBride, PhD https://hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt-book/ https://medium.com/@danijoy 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!

    54 min

  5. APR 16

    To Be Real: a conversation with Elizabeth Barbour, New York Adoptee.

    Please join me as I talk with New York adoptee, Elizabeth Barbour Elizabeth Barbour (she/her) is an adoptee and adoptive mom with 27 years of reunion experience. In 1999, she found her birthmom, birthdad and eleven (!) brothers and sisters. An adoption reunion coach, speaker and author of two books, she’s currently writing her third about building healthy relationships in adoption reunions. Elizabeth helps people find grace and grounding amidst the grief and complexity of the reunion process through self-care, storytelling, and ritual. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina and you can learn more about her at www.elizabethbarbour.com Elizabeth Barbour Links   Websites: www.elizabethbarbour.com and www.sacredcelebrations.com Order Sacred Celebrations book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLTXRL56 New Coaching Program: www.elizabethbarbour.com/solid-ground FB: https://www.facebook.com/elizabethbarbour IG: https://www.instagram.com/elizabthbarbour/     Elizabeth Barbour, M.Ed. Intuitive Life & Business Coach, Healer, Author & Speaker Asheville, NC www.elizabethbarbour.com www.sacredcelebrations.com 828-279-5218   Check out my award-winning new book Sacred Celebrations: Designing Rituals to Navigate Life’s Milestone Transitions Mentioned in the episode: https://www.wearekaan.org/ https://concernedunitedbirthparents.org/ https://savingoursistersadoption.org/ https://thefamilypreservationproject.com/ https://www.alsoknownas.org/ https://adoptionmosaic.com/ https://naapunited.org/ 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 https://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health

    54 min

  6. APR 12

    Catching up with Paige Strickland, pt 2

    Please join me for part 2 of my conversation with Ohio adoptee and author Paige L Adams Strickland Paige can be found places online, including: @paigestricklanddom https://paigestrickland.substack.com/ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7263308.Paige_L_Adams_Strickland https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-talk-about-the-different-types-of-adoption/id1598023322?i=1000585139950 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interview-with-paige-l-adams-strickland/id1598023322?i=1000543557873 Mentioned in this series: https://adopteerightslaw.com/truth/ https://bastards.org/ Adoptee Rights Coalition can be found on facebook 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!

    33 min

  7. APR 12

    Catching up with Paige Strickland: Pt 1 of a conversation about obtaining an Ohio adoption file

    Please join me as I talk with Paige L Adams Strickland, Ohio adoptee and author Paige has been a guest on the podcast in the past. This two episode talks a bit more about just what is included when an Ohio adopted person requests their adoption file. Paige can be found at numerous places online, including: @paigestricklanddom https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/134608472-akin-to-the-truth https://medium.com/@paigeas https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interview-with-paige-l-adams-strickland/id1598023322?i=1000543557873 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-talk-about-the-different-types-of-adoption/id1598023322?i=1000585139950 https://paigestrickland.substack.com/ 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!

    34 min

  8. APR 5

    Coping Strategies; Finding Ways to Live with Loss Pt 2 of my conversation with mom Cindy Shultz

    Please join me as I continue my conversation with mother of loss to adoption Cindy Shultz. We talk about how the loss of a child can lead to substance use, and how the love of a child can lead to sobriety. Cindy Shultz is a mother of church-coerced child loss who transforms lived experience into advocacy. Raised in the shadow of poverty and stigma, Cindy was a mother in crisis when Catholic Charities pressured her into relinquishing her son in a process she felt powerless to stop. This experience of unnecessary child loss is the foundation of her mission to support the systematically oppressed. As the founder of Cindy's Family Preservation Alliance and a volunteer for Saving Our Sisters, she provides pregnant women the education and resource navigation she was once denied. Professionally, Cindy serves as a Wellness and Services coordinator at two local shelters, providing holistic case management for unhoused women. She is a certified Holistic Life Coach, Recovery Coach and Laughter Yoga Leader creating healing centered environments that honor the intersections of trauma, substance use, and family separation. Her work is a living testament that healing is possible and that family preservation is a fundamental human right that must be protected. If you are interested in Coaching or the healing power of Laughter Yoga, join her free Skool community Love Our Laughter. https://www.facebook.com/familypreservationalliance/ https://www.skool.com/love-our-laughter-wellness-5520/about https://savingoursistersadoption.org/ Mentioned in the episode https://www.aa.org/ https://sherecovers.org/ https://recoverydharma.org/ https://celiacenter.org/ https://mentalhealthhotline.org/ The opinions of the host and the 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 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.

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  • Creator
    Ande Stanley
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    150
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Ande Stanley
  • Show Website
    The Adoption Files

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