Podcast

The Adoption Files

Author: Ande Stanley
Feed episode count: 163
Official site: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley
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Summary

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.

Episodes

Jul 22, 2026 · not_requested

Your Feelings Matter: the Core Emotions and Spiritual Trauma

Duration seconds: 3543
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Your-Feelings-Matter-the-Core-Emotions-and-Spiritual-Trauma-e3mcl39

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Jul 12, 2026 · not_requested

Victim, Villain, Valiant Hero: The Drama Triangle and Spiritual Trauma

Duration seconds: 3004
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Victim--Villain--Valiant-Hero-The-Drama-Triangle-and-Spiritual-Trauma-e3lu98i

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Jul 8, 2026 · not_requested

Let's: See What Develops: The Essentials. Continuing the conversation on spiritual trauma

Duration seconds: 3939
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Lets-See-What-Develops-The-Essentials--Continuing-the-conversation-on-spiritual-trauma-e3lesc3

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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

Returning to the Familiar: When we keep going back to things that hurt

Duration seconds: 2282
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Returning-to-the-Familiar-When-we-keep-going-back-to-things-that-hurt-e3l9t3j

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Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested

What we need from the beginning: Continuing the conversation on spiritual trauma

Duration seconds: 3193
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/What-we-need-from-the-beginning-Continuing-the-conversation-on-spiritual-trauma-e3l9poi

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Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested

Alert: California SB 381. California adopted people need your support

Duration seconds: 478
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Alert-California-SB-381--California-adopted-people-need-your-support-e3l3mjn

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Jun 10, 2026 · not_requested

The Culture we Swim in, Pt 2. Spiritual Trauma is NOT fun!

Duration seconds: 2392
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/The-Culture-we-Swim-in--Pt-2--Spiritual-Trauma-is-NOT-fun-e3kkk9t

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Jun 7, 2026 · not_requested

The Culture we swim in: continuing the conversation on spiritual trauma and adoption

Duration seconds: 3330
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/The-Culture-we-swim-in-continuing-the-conversation-on-spiritual-trauma-and-adoption-e3kfgv6

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Jun 2, 2026 · not_requested

The Adoption Paradox: a Conversation with Author Jean Kelly Widner

Duration seconds: 3274
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/The-Adoption-Paradox-a-Conversation-with-Author-Jean-Kelly-Widner-e3k75cu

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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

Fundamentally Bad: a Survivor's Universal Experience of Spiritual Trauma

Duration seconds: 3973
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Fundamentally-Bad-a-Survivors-Universal-Experience-of-Spiritual-Trauma-e3jrkau

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May 20, 2026 · not_requested

This Feels Familiar: How leaving the system that harmed you can be hard to do. Plus more fun stuff about spiritual trauma!

Duration seconds: 3889
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/This-Feels-Familiar-How-leaving-the-system-that-harmed-you-can-be-hard-to-do--Plus-more-fun-stuff-about-spiritual-trauma-e3jkjio

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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

System Erasure; Ecological Systems Theory and adoption. More on Spiritual Trauma and Adoption

Duration seconds: 4315
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/System-Erasure-Ecological-Systems-Theory-and-adoption--More-on-Spiritual-Trauma-and-Adoption-e3jbe0o

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May 10, 2026 · not_requested

Happy Mother's Day?

Duration seconds: 1404
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Happy-Mothers-Day-e3j63n6

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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

Feeling naked: continuing the conversation about spiritual trauma

Duration seconds: 4641
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Feeling-naked-continuing-the-conversation-about-spiritual-trauma-e3it56u

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Apr 26, 2026 · not_requested

Codependency, yuck.

Duration seconds: 4676
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Codependency--yuck-e3icinb

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Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested

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

Duration seconds: 3242
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/The-Same---Even-if-it-Seems-Different-a-conversation-with-a-stepparent-adoptee-about-access-to-original-birth-certificates-e3i7043

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Apr 19, 2026 · not_requested

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

Duration seconds: 3213
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Consequences-and-Compliance--continuing-our-exploration-of-how-spiritual-trauma-exists-in-our-lives-as-a-first-mom-and-an-adopted-person-e3i19ju

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Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested

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

Duration seconds: 3262
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/To-Be-Real-a-conversation-with-Elizabeth-Barbour--New-York-Adoptee-e3htuit

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Apr 12, 2026 · not_requested

Catching up with Paige Strickland, pt 2

Duration seconds: 1992
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Catching-up-with-Paige-Strickland--pt-2-e3hp1dh

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Apr 12, 2026 · not_requested

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

Duration seconds: 2026
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Catching-up-with-Paige-Strickland-Pt-1-of-a-conversation-about-obtaining-an-Ohio-adoption-file-e3hp12e

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Apr 5, 2026 · not_requested

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

Duration seconds: 3724
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Coping-Strategies-Finding-Ways-to-Live-with-Loss-Pt-2-of-my-conversation-with-mom-Cindy-Shultz-e3hdg78

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Apr 2, 2026 · not_requested

Control: figuring out how spiritual forms of control have played out

Duration seconds: 4854
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Control-figuring-out-how-spiritual-forms-of-control-have-played-out-e3hac1a

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Mar 23, 2026 · not_requested

All Tied Up: Spiritual and Religious Trauma

Duration seconds: 3976
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/All-Tied-Up-Spiritual-and-Religious-Trauma-e3gsi9k

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Mar 19, 2026 · not_requested

Tiny, Little Happy Bows: How Trauma Lives in the Body. Continuing the conversation on Spiritual Trauma and Adoption

Duration seconds: 4567
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Tiny--Little-Happy-Bows-How-Trauma-Lives-in-the-Body--Continuing-the-conversation-on-Spiritual-Trauma-and-Adoption-e3gn9bd

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Mar 12, 2026 · not_requested

Beyond the Band-Aid: going Deeper into the Examination of Spiritual Trauma and Adoption

Duration seconds: 5721
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Beyond-the-Band-Aid-going-Deeper-into-the-Examination-of-Spiritual-Trauma-and-Adoption-e3gajri

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Mar 8, 2026 · not_requested

Finding Our Way: Continuing the Conversation Concerning Spiritual Trauma and Adoption

Duration seconds: 6113
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Finding-Our-Way-Continuing-the-Conversation-Concerning-Spiritual-Trauma-and-Adoption-e3g3ner

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Mar 4, 2026 · not_requested

Adriana Calin is still fighting to be recognized as a person: A Romanian Adoptee/ Human Trade Victim

Duration seconds: 4842
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Adriana-Calin-is-still-fighting-to-be-recognized-as-a-person-A-Romanian-Adoptee-Human-Trade-Victim-e3ftell

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