Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.   Before I begin I would like to share a content warning, this episode includes discussions about childhood abuse, sexual abuse and sexual assault which could be disturbing for some audiences.   Nichell shares her story today, both the struggles as well as the positives that came from...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.   I would like to share a possible trigger warning, Lori will talk about childhood abuse and briefly mentions suicidal thoughts. If you or anyone you know is struggling please reach out to 988 via text or phone for help! Today I am honored to share Lori’s story, as a Late Discovery Don...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.   Today “Spicy Scott” is sharing her story for the first time!   To protect her identity she is choosing to go by “  Spicy Scott”.   And here is your trigger warning as suicide is mentioned in her story.  If you or anyone you know is struggling with the thought of suicide please call o...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.   Today Jess is sharing her story for the first time!   Jess shares the phrase, “Community is therapy” and that is so true for so many of us, within this community and so many others as you will learn. Many times within this community we talk about how important receiving medical infor...

Send us Fan Mail As so many of us struggle with Mother's Day I wanted to send out a quick message reminding everyone you are not alone and I hope you are taking care of yourself on this Sunday!  Stacy

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.   Again before I introduce today’s episode I want to remind anyone who still wants to be part of an amazing project for NPEs there is a few more days until submissions close for this year’s collage. The project is The Faces of NPE Project, which includes faces of NPEs who submit their...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.   Before I introduce today’s episode I want to share an opportunity to help grow an amazing project for NPEs.  I’m so proud of one of my best friends and fellow NPE for founding this project to grow awareness for NPEs. The project name is the Faces of NPE Project, which includes faces...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.  Today I am sharing Myranda’s story and our conversation!   Myranda shares with us how her relationship with her mother from a very early age was a struggle, that majority of her childhood was spent with her maternal grandparents. And how harsh some of her mother’s words were to her as...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.    On today’s episode you will hear Jamie, the oldest sister and Frannie, the youngest sister share their DNA surprise story, a perspective we don’t hear often. They will share how their Mother always told them that their Grandma (otherwise known as Graham Cracker) was the “knower of a...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.  Today I am sharing Marysol’s story!   It is important to me that everyone who shares their story is able to share it their way, today Marysol shares her story from her writings, it was very important to her to make sure she didn’t lose track of her thoughts so this was her way of hono...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.  Today I am sharing Colleen’s story!    Colleen will share how, from a very young age, that she noticed she didn’t look like anyone in her family and even said she thought she was switched at birth.  We hear this often, that from a  young age so many NPEs noticed something was off, of...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.  Today I am sharing Elizabeth’s story and our conversation!   You will hear Elizabeth share how she always felt different and even asked “why am I so different”.  Through my journey and I’m sure so many of us NPE’s have we hear so many times how different so many felt as children, thes...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast.  Thank you for being here.  Today I am sharing Lily’s story and our conversation!  Lily is the host of the NPE Stories podcast and I am honored to have had this time with Lily!  Lily’s honest conversation about what her relationship was like with her mother leading up to her discovery and how it has been since...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.  Today I am sharing part two of Rebecca’s story and the rest of our conversation!   As Rebecca’s story continues, she shares that first phone call with her raised father after he was told the truth about Rebecca’s paternity.  Rebecca talks about getting her control back after conformin...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.  Today I am sharing part one of Rebecca’s story and our conversation!   As you will hear in her story there is conversation about mental health and some struggles she had and that I hear from so many NPEs so as a trigger warning if you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis the...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.  Today I am sharing Beth’s story and our conversation!   Beth will share how dark her emotions got early in her discovery so this is a trigger warning for anyone who struggles with depression, suicidal thoughts or mental health  If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis the...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast.   We have another episode dropping Tuesday, November 4th, I’m honored to be sharing Beth’s story. As I record this it is the 1st day of November, for those of us in areas that recognize daylight savings time it means we fall back an hour tomorrow morning.  Fall is one of my favorite seasons here in northern Min...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises Podcast. Thank you for being here.   Today I am sharing my conversation with Jenny regarding her story!  First I want to share a few trigger warnings with Jenny’s conversation, part of her story includes childhood sexual abuse and mental health struggles.  If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis there is f...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome,  Today I am sharing Bobbi’s story and our conversation!  I loved my conversation with Bobbi for a number of reasons, one of those reasons is being able to hear her story and perspective from three different angles…yes, 3. Bobbi is able to openly and honestly talk about not only her story but to also speak about her past mistakes and the decisions that were made during har...

Send us Fan Mail Today is a quick impromptu episode sharing some thoughts on my Rebirth Day!   What is a "rebirth day"?  According to A.I. the definition is " an annual celebration of a new beginning or a second chance at life, which can be a life-saving medical transplant, a significant personal milestone like recovery from addiction or trauma, a spiritual conversion, or a societal...

Send us Fan Mail Today's conversation is with Erin and I am honored to have her on my podcast and share the details around her relationship with her mother and also with some of the other individuals in her life.  Erin is someone who co-founded the Hiraeth Hope & Healing Facebook support groups that include Togetherness Heals, bi-weekly Zooms, Retreats and many other wonderful support opp...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies & DNA Surprises podcast, where we will discuss our relationships with our mothers including how they were growing up, leading up to our discovery, during our discovery and since learning our truths. We will have unfiltered conversations about our struggles with our mothers and dive into how we’ve uncovered who we are after her lies...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome, I’m Stacy, the host of Mothers, Lies & DNA Surprises podcast, where we will discuss our relationships with our mothers including how they were growing up, leading up to our discovery, during our discovery and since learning our truths. We will have unfiltered conversations about our struggles with our mothers and dive into how we’ve uncovered who we are after her lies...