#57 Adoption, Attachment Styles & Healing with Donna Pope

In this podcast episode, I talk with Donna Pope, adoptive mother of three adults and founder of Heart to Heart Adoptions, an adoption agency she started in 1998 after careers in teaching and medical research, and has run for about 30 years, completing 70–100 adoptions a year. Donna explains key attachment styles (secure, anxious, avoidant, and fearful) and how attachment develops through early caregiver connection. Donna describes challenges adoptees face, the importance of honesty and openness, avoiding a “tug of war” between families, and shares stories from her sons’ experiences, including questions about birth family and reunion. She also mentions an upcoming platform, “Adoptions, Community and Connections,” to connect people across the adoption community through Heart to Heart Adoptions.Find more information: https://hearttoheartadopt.com/about-us/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.