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Voices of Adoption

Donna Pope
Adoption
Open Adoption
Reunion
Trauma
Emotional Regulation
Attachment
Adoptee Experiences
DNA Testing
Salt Lake City
Addiction Recovery
Kinship Adoption
Play (child Development)
Sixties Scoop
Baby Scoop Era
Polyvagal Theory
Unadoptively Me
Foster Care System
Homeschooling
Bloom Framework
Faith

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 compl... more

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Two child welfare insiders pull back the curtain on foster care and adoption.

In this episode of Voices of Adoption, host Donna Pope sits down with George Goodlow and Beth Hyerman, hosts of Laughing Through The Struggles, who have spent years in cas... more

He called 22 people, mom or dad, before he learned what family really means. Michael Sheaffer moved through eight foster homes by age six, lost his name and his siblings to adoption, and rebuilt his life one honest relationship at a time. Now he runs... more

For twenty-eight years, Cheryl Parkhurst has worked inside school systems with neurodivergent teenagers, and she has watched the same quiet pattern repeat in adoptive families. A child settles in, the calm honeymoon period passes, and then behavior t... more

Shelby Kilgore was seventeen when she traveled to the country she was born in and met the woman who had named her Beautiful Truth. One trip to South Korea became the beginning of a calling she has spent more than a decade pursuing. In this episode of... more

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Recent Guests

Shelby Kilgore
Filmmaker and Korean American transracial adoptee
Independent filmmaker
Episode: A Korean Adoptee Filmmaker Turning Truth Into Belonging
Sara Bradford
Autism advocate, author, and founder of SJ Childs Global Network
SJ Childs Global Network
Episode: An Autism Advocate's Lessons for Adoptive Families (with Sara Bradford)
Sarah Neff
Birth mother who placed a child for adoption
Open adoption participants
Episode: Open Adoption Meant She Never Had to Say Goodbye (with Sarah Neff)
Jason Coombs
Birth father advocating for involvement and recovery
Brick House Recovery
Episode: What Nobody Tells You About Being a Birth Father (with Jason Coombs)
Ashley Felton
Birth mother who adopted Colton
Heart To Heart Adoptions (through the adoption journey)
Episode: We Got More Love Than We Bargained For
Eric Felton
Birth father and adoptive parent hopeful advocate
Heart To Heart Adoptions
Episode: We Got More Love Than We Bargained For
Hilary Claire
Licensed clinical psychologist
Independent; expert on adoption-related mental health
Episode: What Adoptive Parents Get Wrong About Attachment (And How to Fix It)
Jessica Hanna
devoted mother of nine; nonprofit leader focused on protecting vulnerable children
Fostering Change / Washington state foster care advocacy
Episode: The Childhood Promise That Built a Family of Nine (with Jessica Hanna)
Anna Jinja Mather
Adoptee, author, speaker, host and producer of The Anna Jinja Show
The Anna Jinja Show
Episode: A Korean Adoptee Reclaiming Her Name

Hosts

Donna Pope
Host of Voices of Adoption; Executive Director of Heart To Heart Adoptions; Clinical Mental Health Counselor
Nathan Gwilliam
Co-host of Voices of Adoption; founder & former CEO of Adoption.com

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 4 ratings
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    I really respect these conversations. Donna’s questions are so thoughtful and her guests keep me listening.

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    United States5 months ago

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Questions are well-researched and stay respectful to all voices in adoption.
Thoughtful, compassionate asks make guests comfortable and open up meaningful stories.
Content is highly actionable for prospective adoptive families and professionals.
Hosts create a safe space for difficult conversations without sensationalism.

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Birth Mother Search Leads to 100 Adoptee Story Project
Q: What sparked your decision to search for your birth parents?
A long-standing curiosity about how I came to be, especially after college conversations highlighted that I wasn't biologically related to my adoptive parents, which pushed me to seek out my origins.
The Hiltons' Adoption Journey: Nine Adoptions, Four Countries, One Family
Q: How did you decide to pursue adoption after your quadruplets' tragedy?
We prayed about growing our family, explored surrogacy per a prompting during a general conference, and later turned to LDS Family Services to start the home study and adoption process.
A "Baby Scoop Era" Adoption Story
Q: Can you tell us any more about yourself as we get kind of started with this discussion?
Lorah describes her journey toward self-discovery as the Adopted Chameleon, recounting her origin story in which she learned about her adoption history, the impact of closed adoption, and the ongoing search for her birth family.
This Adoptee Doctor Proves No One Is Beyond Healing
Q: What should adoptive families do to support a child's attachment health after treatment?
Focus on following the child's lead regarding relationships, work on your own attachment issues, and ensure long-term access to therapists or support groups that understand adoption-specific dynamics; prepare for a long, ongoing process rather than a quick fix.
This Adoptee Doctor Proves No One Is Beyond Healing
Q: What are the major pillars of your treatment approach for adoptees with addiction?
Three pillars: first, recognizing and managing the therapist as an attachment figure with boundaries; second, two-therapist model (primary and secondary) to accelerate attachment work; third, comprehensive family involvement and caregiver education to support sustainable change.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Voices of Adoption

What is Voices of Adoption about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Conversations across multiple episodes center on adoption in all its facets—birth parents, adoptees, adoptive families, and practitioners share intimate, practical, and expert perspectives. Key topics include open adoption, attachment and attachment-focused parenting, navigating kinship and interracial families, the realities of infertility and open pathways to parenthood, and systemic issues in foster care and policy reform. Guests range from birth mothers and birth fathers to psychologists and educators, offering actionable insights for listeners who are navigating or supporting adoption journeys, as well as for professionals in the field. The show often emphasizes relationship-building, empathy, and community, with a notable pattern of p... more

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Recent guests on Voices of Adoption include:

1. Shelby Kilgore
2. Sara Bradford
3. Sarah Neff
4. Jason Coombs
5. Ashley Felton
6. Eric Felton
7. Hilary Claire
8. Jessica Hanna

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