On today’s show we’re welcoming Ande Stanley, creator and host of the podcast, The Adoption Files. Ande is a late discovery adoptee, only finding out accidentally when they were in their thirties. We talk about how that happened, and the reactions of adoptive family members to Ande finally being in on the secret everyone knew but them. We also discuss how Ande found their way to the adoptee community and how some initial bad interactions, instead of deterring them, instead lead the way to Ande becoming a community builder.

Show Notes

Full episode transcript here.

Recommended Resources

The Adoption Files podcast on Apple or Spotify
The Adoption Files blog
All You Had to Do - Severance Magazine
When Religion Hurts You by Laura E. Anderson, Ph.D.

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