Podcast Episodes

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

Please join Dani and I as we continue to grapple with how spiritual and religious trauma have impacted our lives both through the lens of adoption an…

3 months, 1 week ago

All Tied Up: Spiritual and Religious Trauma

Join Dani Joy and I as we talk about what we have learned so far as we finish Chaper 2 of Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process o…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Please join Dani Joy and I as we continue to talk about spiritual trauma and adoption, using the book Holy Hurt: Understadning Spiritual Trauma and t…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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

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 Pr…

4 months ago

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

Please join Dani and I as we continue to explore the intersection of adoption and spiritual trauma. We continue to use the book Holy Hurt: Understand…

4 months ago

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

Please join me and Adriana Rockefeller as we talk about what has happened in her fight to be recognized as a person since we spoke early last year in…

4 months, 1 week ago

The Mom Myth: thoughts on my conversation with Cindy Shultz

Just a short episode sharing some of what came up for me after talking with mom Cindy Shultz. Reconciling the reality of how the adoption industry us…

4 months, 1 week ago

Open Adoption is Not the Answer: a conversation with Cindy Shultz

Please join me as I talk with mom Cindy Shultz about her experience with open adoption.

Cindy Shultz is a mother of church-coerced child loss who tra…

4 months, 1 week ago

Fragmentation: continuing the conversation . Holy Hurt and Spiritual Trauma, episode 2

Please join mom, adoptee advocate, writer and homesteader Dani Joy and me as we continue to explore the intersection of spiritual trauma and adoption…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Be a Partner in Something Powerful: a conversation with Sullivan Summer, Lora Alegria and Lilly Anspach, the Board of Adoptees for Family Preservation

Please join me as I speak with the board of Adoptees for Family Preservation. AdopteesFFP.org was formed with the goal of supporting advocacy and edu…

4 months, 3 weeks ago