Episodes 39
Avg. Duration 50m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (2)
Since Jun 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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Voices of Adoption amplifies authentic stories from across the adoption triad - birth parents, adoptees, and adoptive families - along with adoption service providers. Host Donna Pope, Executive Director of Heart To Heart Adoptions and Clinical Mental Health Counselor and her co-host Nathan Gwilliam, founder & former CEO of Adoption.com, create a safe space for honest conversations about the complexities of adoption. Birth parents share their journeys of love, loss, and healing. Adoptees discuss identity, belonging, and their lived experiences. Adoptive families open up about challenges and beautiful moments. Adoption service providers offer insights from their professional experience supporting families throughout the process. Each episode bridges different perspectives within the adoption community, helping listeners understand that every adoption story is unique yet connected by common threads of resilience and hope. These conversations don't shy away from difficult emotions or complex questions. Instead, they honor the full spectrum of adoption experiences with empathy and respect. Join us for stories that educate, inspire understanding, and remind us that every voice in the adoption community matters.

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S1E40 What Adoptive Parents Get Wrong About Attachment (And How to Fix It)

May 08, 2026 50m

Adoptive parents pour everything into becoming parents. And then the real work begins. Dr. Hilary Claire, clinical psychologist and author of The Motherhood Reset, joins Donna Pope to untangle the…

S1E39 The Childhood Promise That Built a Family of Nine (with Jessica Hanna)

Apr 21, 2026 1h 2m

Foster mom of nine Jessica Hanna made a childhood promise: any child in her care would stay until a permanent solution existed. In this episode of Voices of Adoption with host Donna Pope, Jessica…

S1E38 Trusting the Mystery on Your Path to Parenthood

Apr 15, 2026 52m

Spirit baby medium Kelly Ann Meehan has spent over a decade telling parents their child may already be reaching for them before arrival. In this episode of Voices of Adoption with host Donna Pope,…

S1E37 A Korean Adoptee Reclaiming Her Name

Apr 07, 2026 43m

Korean adoptee Anna Jinja Mather avoided her story for decades. At 47, she finally stopped running and started choosing herself. Her journey will change how you see belonging. In this episode of…

S1E36 Adoption Preferences and Being Honest About Your Limits

Mar 24, 2026 27m

What if the key to a successful adoption match was simply being yourself? Libby and Cory Rhoads share their adoption journey, sharing their beliefs in creating an authentic profile book and building…

S1E35 Early Childhood Expert Says Play Is the Missing Link in Adoption

Mar 13, 2026 43m

Early childhood educator Danielle Baker shares why defining family values and prioritizing unstructured play are the two things adoptive families need most.Values and Play in Adoptive…

S1E34 3 Myths About Homeschooling That Keep Adoptive Parents Stuck

Mar 02, 2026 49m

Kristina and Herbert Heagh-Avritt explain why education at home builds stronger attachment, better life skills, and more confidence for adopted children.Rethinking Education for Adopted…

S1E33 BLOOM Framework Creator Reveals the Feeding Struggles Many Adoptive Families Face

Feb 24, 2026

Lena Livinsky, speech pathologist, BLOOM framework creator and host of The Livin'sky Podcast, shares why adopted children often struggle with food and what parents can do about it.Feeding Challenges…

S1E32 Beyond Grateful: The Real Anxiety Behind Adoption

Feb 13, 2026

In this candid conversation with trauma care practitioner and adoptive parent Stacy Uhrig, host Donna Pope of Voices of Adoption explores the complicated space where gratitude, loss, anxiety, and…

S1E31 How This Adoptee Found Her Voice by Returning to Her Roots

Feb 04, 2026

Elmarie Arnold discovered her authentic voice through life’s most challenging moments, transforming decades of silence into a mission of hope for the adoption community. Adopted as a newborn in…

S1E30 Why Punishing Pregnant Women Doesn't Protect Their Babies

Jan 29, 2026

In this episode of Voices of Adoption, host Donna Pope sits down with Christina Dent, founder of End It For Good, a nonprofit working to shift how we approach drugs and addiction from punishment to…

S1E29 Diamonds, Not Trash Cans: A Path to Thriving for Adoptees with Simon Benn

Jan 22, 2026

In this continuation of our two-part conversation with Simon Benn, host of the Thriving Adoptees podcast, Donna Pope host of Voices of Adoption, digs deeper into what it actually takes to move toward…

S1E28 Rock, Paper, Scissors: A New Metaphor for Adoption Healing with Simon Benn

Jan 14, 2026

In this episode of Voices of Adoption, host Donna Pope interviews Simon Benn, creator and host of Thriving Adoptees, a podcast with over 620 episodes dedicated to helping adoptees heal, grow, and…

S1E27 She Was Rejected at 19, Then Found Both Families at 36: One Adoptee's Reunion Journey

Jan 02, 2026

In this episode of Voices of Adoption, host Donna Pope interviews Tarcia Smith, host of the Adoption Journey podcast and co-founder of Black Adoptees Meetup. Tarcia shares her personal adoption…

S1E26 Korean Adoptee Therapist Says Gratitude Should Not Silence Grief

Dec 23, 2025

In this episode of Voices of Adoption, host Donna Pope interviews Rachel Forbes, a Korean American adoptee and licensed clinical social worker who specializes in trauma-informed therapy. Adopted from…

S1E25 Building Bridges Between Adoptive and Biological Families

Dec 17, 2025

Colton was adopted at three months old into a family where four out of five children were adopted. Growing up black in a white family felt regular until others started pointing out the differences.…

S1E24 This Adoptee Doctor Proves No One Is Beyond Healing

Dec 12, 2025

In this episode of Voices of Adoption, host Donna Pope interviews Dr. Brett Furst, a clinical psychologist and adoptee who specializes in treating adult adoptees struggling with substance abuse and…

S1E23 Families Without Borders: How Open Adoption Rewires Love, Identity & Legacy

Dec 01, 2025

In this episode of Voices of Adoption, hosts Donna Pope and Nathan Gwilliam interview Linda Sexton, an adoptive mom who became an open adoption pioneer over 30 years ago when she and her husband were…

S1E22 Adoptee Reunites With Birth Mom Who Waited 40 Years

Nov 24, 2025

Liz DeBetta always carried a deep intuition that her birth mother loved her and was thinking about her. As a domestic infant adoptee who grew up in a loving family in New Jersey, she discovered at 14…

S1E21 Chosen, Connected, Forever: A Life Shaped by Adoption with Gene Trowbridge

Nov 18, 2025

In this episode of Voices of Adoption with host Donna Pope, Gene Trowbridge shares his perspective as both an adoptee and adoptive parent. His multi-generational adoption story includes a childhood…

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Voices of Adoption has published 39 episodes since June 2025, covering topics in Kids & Family, Parenting.

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