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Trauma Practitioner and Adoptive Mom Stacy Uhrig Redefines Adoption Anxiety

Stacy Uhrig brings a dual perspective to the adoption conversation that few practitioners can match. As a certified trauma care practitioner trained through the Global Trauma Institute, a mother throu

by Donna Pope // Feb 14, 2026

Beyond Grateful: The Real Anxiety Behind Adoption

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 atta

by Donna Pope // Feb 13, 2026

Beyond Grateful: The Real Anxiety Behind Adoption

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 atta

by Donna Pope // Feb 13, 2026

Adoptee Transforms Loss Into Life Purpose Through Authentic Healing Journey

Elmarie Arnold's story represents the resilience and strength that defines the adoptee experience. As a successful writer who transformed her deepest challenges into wisdom and service, she demonstrat

by Donna Pope // Feb 06, 2026

How This Adoptee Found Her Voice by Returning to Her Roots

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 apar

by Donna Pope // Feb 05, 2026

How This Adoptee Found Her Voice by Returning to Her Roots

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 apar

by Donna Pope // Feb 05, 2026

What a Birth Mom in Recovery Taught This Foster Mom About Addiction

Christina Dent never expected foster care to change her worldview. But when she and her husband started fostering in 2014, their second placement shattered everything she thought she knew about addict

by Donna Pope // Jan 30, 2026

Why Punishing Pregnant Women Doesn't Protect Their Babies

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 he

by Donna Pope // Jan 30, 2026

Why Punishing Pregnant Women Doesn't Protect Their Babies

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 he

by Donna Pope // Jan 30, 2026

What 620 Podcast Episodes Taught This Adoptee About Healing

In this continuation of his conversation with Donna Pope on Voices of Adoption, Simon Benn of the Thriving Adoptees podcast, delivers a message that may surprise adoptive parents eager to help their c

by Donna Pope // Jan 22, 2026

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

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

by Donna Pope // Jan 22, 2026

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

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

by Donna Pope // Jan 22, 2026