Who benefits from your allyship? Is it just the people you are advocating for? Episode 008 explores a common ally thinking error and argues that your allyship matters even more than you think! Links & Resources: Grab a copy of my free allyship guide "Step 01: Listen" Find me on Instagram @jamiekcorbin This podcast is produced by Day Three Studios
What common threat jeopardizes our allyship journeys? Denial. It’s the first step of twelve step programs for a reason—if we can’t see the problem, we certainly won't seek a solution. If our allyship is the solution, we have to fight against our own denial to identify our connection to the problems. Helpful Links: Grab a copy of my free allyship guide "Step 01: Listen" Find me on Instagram @jamiekcorbin This podcast is produced by Day Three Studios
How does the way we think about grace impact our adoption and allyship journeys? This is not an exaggeration—it can be the difference between repeatedly hurting our loved ones with our good intentions or making meaningful progress in helping them feel seen, heard, and valued for who they are and what they experience. In this episode we talk about how every adoption and allyship journey is going to need a big and bold kind of grace and how to go about finding it. Links & Resources: Episode 004: Expectations Grab a copy of my free allyship guide "Step 01: Listen" Find me on Instagram @jamiekcorbin This podcast is produced by Day Three Studios
What does every allyship journey have in common? It’s a life long learning experience. Jamie lends her teacher insight into the learning process, explains why all meaningful learning is challenging and offers several strategies to push through when things get tough, so you’re less likely to give up and walk away from becoming a better ally. Links & Resources: Grab a copy of my free allyship guide "Step 01: Listen" Find me on Instagram @jamiekcorbin This podcast is produced by Day Three Studios
What’s the big deal about expectations? Jamie starts at the beginning by establishing clear expectations for her listeners: what they can expect from her and what they can expect from their own allyship journeys. She then acknowledges the power expectations have to negatively impact the health of our relationships and outlines a clear process to take some of that power back. Links and resources: Read more of my story at jamiekcorbin.com Grab a copy of my free allyship guide “Step 01: Listen” Find me on Instagram @jamiekcorbin This podcast is produced by Day Three Studios
What’s the most meaningful way to live into our adoption stories? After two episodes of exploring the pain, grief, and tension that co-exist with the joy and love of adoption, Jamie shares what she has found to be the most meaningful way to live into her adoption stories—allyship. She tells about her first real experience realizing that allyship is earned, offers her definition of allyship, and gives her listeners encouragement that allyship skills can be learned just like anything else. Links and resources: Read more of my story at jamiekcorbin.com Grab a copy of my free allyship guide “Step 01: Listen” Find me on Instagram @jamiekcorbin This podcast is produced by Day Three Studios
Are you ready to uncover the tension that exists in every adoption story? In this episode Jamie explores the beautiful and the painful parts of adoption stories as she takes inventory of what she has been adopted into and out of. She encourages those connected to adoption to take their own honest inventory and hold space for the hard things. Jamie also shares what she has learned about the purpose of pain and offers an idea for a baby step we can all take towards healing. Links & Resources: Read more of my story at jamiekcorbin.com Grab a copy of my free allyship guide “Step 01: Listen” Find me on Instagram @jamiekcorbin This podcast is produced by Day Three Studios
What does every adoption have in common? In this episode Jamie shares a little about her adoption stories (spoiler alert: she has two!), how they are connected, and the most important thing for people to understand about adoption. She also shares about the game-changing strategy she learned to help her cope through processing all of her complicated emotions around adoption. links & resources: Grab a copy of my free allyship guide "Step 01: Listen" Find me on Instagram @jamiekcorbin Kyndal May – Taking Baby Bump Service’s Childbirth Education Class and Doula Training are in my personal Hall of Fame for early parenting decisions. Feelings Inventory & Needs Inventory – I know it sounds awkward, but I dare you to try this! Repeat after me, “I am feeling and I need .” Day Three Studios – This podcast is produced by Karin Aiello with Day Three Studios, whose encouragement, professionalism, brilliance, and love have made it easy for me to share hard things so honestly and publicly. Looking for a transcript? Find it on jamiekcorbin.com.
What do adoption and allyship have to do with one another? EVERYTHING. Join host, Jamie K. Corbin as she briefly shares the intentions behind the podcast—spoiler alert, it has everything to do with helping adoptive parents become better allies for their children and it also has everything to do with how our adoptions into the family of God lead us to allyship, whether we have adopted kids or not! links & resources: Grab a copy of my free allyship guide "Step 01: Listen" Find me on Instagram @jamiekcorbin Day Three Studios – This podcast is produced by Karin Aiello with Day Three Studios, whose encouragement, professionalism, brilliance, and love have made it easy for me to share hard things so honestly and publicly. Looking for a transcript? Find it on jamiekcorbin.com