Elmarie Arnold

Un-Adoptically Me: A Terrifying and Liberating Memoir — Audiobook Narrated by Author Elmarie Arnold

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Award-winning adoption trauma memoir by Elmarie Arnold — narrated by the author herself. “Some books don’t just tell a story — they demand to be felt.” Born Baby X — a soul without a name, a heart without a home — Elmarie Arnold spent a lifetime navigating the primal wound of adoption. Through 88 intimate snapshots , she lays bare: The unseen wounds The silent battles The lifelong search for self, truth, and belonging Raw. Intense. Devastatingly honest. This is not a performance. It is a reckoning. _______________________________________________________________________________ What listeners a...

Author

Elmarie Arnold

Category

Society

Podcast website

foreverfree.co.za

Latest episode

Jun 23, 2026

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Episodes

The Journey Continues to Eljoshijka | UAM Outro 23.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me — My story. My truth. My voice. | The Journey Continues to Eljoshijka The eighty-eight snapshots are complete. Now, a word from the Cave Studio — and an invitation into the next turn of the spiral. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically ✨ Free gift — Eljoshijka complete ebook: https:...

Thank You | UAM Closing Credits 16.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me — My story. My truth. My voice. | Closing Credits At the end of the final snapshot, a word from the studio: this memoir was written by the woman who lived it, and narrated by the same woman who survived it. The story started and ended here. Thank you for embarking on this epic journey of self-discovery with me. Please be reminded that your story, your truth, and your voice matter...

Shedding Skins | UAM Snapshot 88 16.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 88: She's That Ready I stand as a lioness shedding skins in the moonlight, finally realizing that my hero's journey was merely a sacred odyssey of coming home to the eternal self I never truly left. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon): h...

The Luminous Thread | UAM Snapshot 87 16.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 87: Stardust and Destiny Deciphering the seals of a cosmic Rosetta Stone, I discovered that the threads of my life were woven into a celestial loom that even used a chilling star of violence to reaffirm the miracle of every moment. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒...

Wrapped in Thorns | UAM Snapshot 86 16.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 86: A Gift of Thorns I emerged from the light of liberation to find that adoption is often a gift wrapped in thorns, accompanied by a card penned in blood that commands the adoptee to be grateful it's not worse. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical boo...

The Tale of Eluna | UAM Snapshot 85 16.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 85: The Tale of Eluna In a garden filled with sun-kissed roses, a lone moonbloom discovered that her petals were not a mistake, but a beacon designed to illuminate a hidden path for the night-dwellers. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon)...

The Fragrance of Presence | UAM Snapshot 84 15.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 84: The Primal Trauma Sheltered by a mythical sanctuary on a supermoon night, I relived the five eternal days where I was a soul without a name, finally reconciling three identities into the awe-inspiring fragrance of a singular presence. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptica...

A Radiant Newborn Star | UAM Snapshot 83 14.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 83: Forever Georick Amidst the sharp fragments of a shattered mirror, a voice from the other side whispered a message of short-sightedness and sorrow, finally birthing a radiant newborn star within my soul. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical book (Am...

The Golden Bridge | UAM Snapshot 82 13.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 82: The Tree I looked at the sentinel of his sanctuary and realized that in the ultimate threshold between life and death, the tree had become the golden bridge for his passage into forever. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon): https://m...

Slaughtering My Words | UAM Snapshot 81 12.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 81: Remnants Walking through a somber waltz of half-empty wine glasses and artistic wreckage, I stood before a morgue identifying a peaceful face that had finally slaughtered my entire dictionary of words. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical book (Ama...

A Savage Animal's Bellow | UAM Snapshot 80 11.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 80: Hourglass Shattered A dark and depraved force ripped the heart from my chest in a single sweep, leaving my spirit to seep into the sands of an utter annihilation I could only describe as a savage animal's bellow. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physica...

The Stellar Tempest | UAM Snapshot 79 10.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 79: Soul Sisters As we marked a sisterhood anniversary by setting my mother's spirit free into the waves of Muizenberg, a phone call at sunset unleashed a stellar tempest that consumed the phoenix in fiery despair. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical...

The Daily Feather | UAM Snapshot 78 09.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 78: Footloose and Feathered We hit the open road to find a wild heart in Africa, embarking on a quest for a daily feather that would eventually lead me back to a rock where my father's spirit still soars with the fish eagles. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own th...

A Great Remembering | UAM Snapshot 77 08.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 77: A Sacred Journey Within the secretive hours of a hidden moon, I found myself at the threshold of a great remembering, where an oracle card's face stirred a depth of anguish that transcended my own physical vessel. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physic...

Standing in the Fire | UAM Snapshot 76 07.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 76: Wounded Roots Faced with an ultimatum that threatened to pulverize my integrity, I chose to stand in the fire of my own truth, even as it severed the fragile bond of a relationship I had spent a lifetime trying to save. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the...

The Miracle U-Turn | UAM Snapshot 75 06.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 75: The Miracle Move Standing at a gas station with my heart in my throat and my world in the lurch, I watched an empty truck pull in like a divine U-turn sent to prove that the impossible is merely a test of energy. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physica...

Sevens and Cycles | UAM Snapshot 74 05.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 74: Of Sevens and Cycles While a sacred messenger appeared seven times on the road to reinforce my faith, a phone call from a daughter in tears finally slammed the door shut on a twenty-three-year chapter of trauma. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical...

Tracking Rainbows | UAM Snapshot 73 04.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 73: Tracking Rainbows, Finding Treasure I prayed for a concrete sign that would shout our new names, and a celestial arc appeared to bathe a thatched-roof house in a luminous halo at the exact moment we arrived. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical boo...

Prophecy of the Pomegranate | UAM Snapshot 72 03.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 72: What If? A gentle breeze scraped the thorns of an acacia tree and whispered a question that challenged the very pinnacle of the life I thought was my final destination. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon): https://mybook.to/un-adopti...

The Unwelcome Visitor | UAM Snapshot 71 02.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 71: The Courage to be Vulnerable Returning from a European dream to find an unbridgeable chasm, I realized that a sinister force was lurking in the shadows, sabotaging the very bonds I held most dear. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon):...

Bling and Barefoot | UAM Snapshot 70 01.06.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 70: Bling and Barefoot on the Beach What I thought was a simple seafood dinner in a coastal village turned into a secret sixty-minute countdown to a barefoot wedding just meters from where we first met. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon...

The 5-5-5 Deluge | UAM Snapshot 69 31.05.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 69: Divine Portals and Deluges After a decade of dust, a numeric trinity beckoned a deluge that shook our sandstone walls and transformed a barren basin into an overflowing oasis in a single, electric night. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical book (A...

The Sheriff's Shadow | UAM Snapshot 68 30.05.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 68: The Unwelcome Visitor A dust cloud on a peaceful horizon transformed into a ravenous beast when a sheriff handed me a sheaf of papers that smelled of malevolence and a predator's refusal to let go. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon)...

A Ravenous Beast | UAM Snapshot 67 29.05.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 67: Desert Dreams and Daughters Surrounded by the vibrant dune bashing and luxury of Dubai, I finally tasted the reciprocity of a child's kindness, unaware that a ravenous beast was already building a case to hunt me down. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the p...

The Phoenix Frequency | UAM Snapshot 66 28.05.2026

Un-Adoptically Me | Snapshot 66: Rising from the Ruins I saluted my own consecrated ruins and watched as a phoenix frequency transformed target practice and quad-bike adventures into a celestial canvas of radiant renewal. 🎧 Stream the full series: https://foreverfree.co.za/listen88 📖 Read along (exclusive ebook): https://foreverfree.co.za/un-adoptically 🛒 Own the physical book (Amazon): https:/...

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