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
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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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Recent Episodes
June 2, 2026
The Adoption Paradox: a Conversation with Author Jean Kelly Widner
<p>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. </p><p>https://adoptionparadox.com/</p><p>Mentioned in the episode:</p><p>https://boothcampus.salvationarmy.org/booth_campus/booth-records/</p><p>https://doh.wa.gov/licenses-permits-and-certificates/vital-records/adoptions/original-birth-certificate-adopted-person</p><p>https://adopteerightslaw.com/truth/</p><p>https://savingoursistersadoption.org/</p><p>https://thefamilypreservationproject.com/</p><p>https://www.relinquishedbook.com/</p><p>https://www.thegirlswhowentaway.com/</p><p>https://onadoption.net/</p><p>The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, our opinions. </p><p>The host is not a therapist, a lawyer, or an adoption professional. </p><p>Thank you for listening! </p>
May 26, 2026
Fundamentally Bad: a Survivor's Universal Experience of Spiritual Trauma
<p>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. </p><p>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.</p><p>Dani can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy</p><p>https://hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt-book/</p><p>Mentioned on the podcast:</p><p>https://candacecahill.com/book/</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@maklelan</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@dataoverdogma</p><p>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</p><p>The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, their opinions. </p><p>The host is not a lawyer, a therapist or an adoption professional</p><p>Thank you for listening! Please rate and review the show. We appreciate you. </p>
May 20, 2026
This Feels Familiar: How leaving the system that harmed you can be hard to do. Plus more fun stuff about spiritual trauma!
<p>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. </p><p>Dani can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy</p><p>https://hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt-book/</p><p>https://thebloggess.com/</p><p>https://www.healthcentral.com/mental-health/get-help-mental-health</p><p>The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, their opinions</p><p>The host is not a therapist, a lawyer or an adoption professional</p><p>Thank you for listening!</p>
155 total episodes available with 2 transcripts
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