{"podcast":{"title":"The Adoption Files","slug":"the-adoption-files-5610264","podcast_index_feed_id":5610264,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6d7f7e1c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/18270719/18270719-1782272069311-fe173ba22145.jpg","author":"Ande Stanley","episode_count":163,"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T12:18:37.727302+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adoption-files-5610264"},"episode":{"title":"Beyond the Band-Aid: going Deeper into the Examination of Spiritual Trauma and Adoption","slug":"beyond-the-band-aid-going-deeper-into-the-examination-of-spiritual-trauma-and-adoption","published_at":"2026-03-12T02:24:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adoption-files-5610264/beyond-the-band-aid-going-deeper-into-the-examination-of-spiritual-trauma-and-adoption","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adoption-files-5610264","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Beyond-the-Band-Aid-going-Deeper-into-the-Examination-of-Spiritual-Trauma-and-Adoption-e3gajri","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6d7f7e1c/podcast/play/116788530/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-12%2F419834188-44100-2-bae1c969d872e.m4a","summary":"Please join Dani Joy and I as we continue our conversation about spiritual trauma and adoption, using the book Holy Hurt: Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing, by Hillary L McBride, PhD. We have reached page 28, and are talking about McBrides' lists of the physical, social, relational and spiritual symptoms of spiritual trauma. Dani Joy can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy Holy Hurt: https://hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt-book/ https://concernedunitedbirthparents.org/ https://www.facebook.com Adoption Trauma Network https://rainn.org/ https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ 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!","meta_description":"Please join Dani Joy and I as we continue our conversation about spiritual trauma and adoption, using the book Holy Hurt: Spiritual Trauma and the Process…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5721,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-adoption-files-5610264/episodes/beyond-the-band-aid-going-deeper-into-the-examination-of-spiritual-trauma-and-adoption/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adoption-files-5610264/beyond-the-band-aid-going-deeper-into-the-examination-of-spiritual-trauma-and-adoption.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}