ADOPT YOURSELF

Episodes

1. 17

   17: Healing From Being a Product of Rape with Michelle McManus

   It was so inspiring to interview fellow adoptee Michelle McManus for Episode 17 of the Adopt Yourself Podcast! She shares her courageous story of how she went from thinking the rape of her birthmother was her fault to accepting it as it is while choosing to turn her pain into inspiration to help...

   Dec 3, 2020

   56m
2. 16

   16: Celebrating + Grieving My 32nd Adoption Day

   On this episode I share my thoughts + reflections on processing all that’s been coming up for me with National Adoption Awareness Month, World Adoption Day, + the next day being the 32nd anniversary of my Adoption Day. I talk about the insensitivity of the phrase ‘Gotcha Day’ + encourage all…

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   Nov 12, 2020

   31m
3. 15

   15: Self-Healer Tips for Adoption Awareness Month + Beyond

   November is National Adoption Awareness Month (NAAM) + I’m excited to announce Episode 15 of the Adopt Yourself Podcast is live where I share my Top Self-Healer Tips to support you in navigating anything regarding NAAM! These tips will also assist you in moving through life in general…

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   Nov 3, 2020

   1h 13m
4. 14

   14: Release To Receive

   This week’s share is themed Release To Receive, where I transparently shine a light on the continuous process I’ve been moving through of releasing control + letting go of who I thought I was or “should be” in order to step into being more of who I incarnated here to be I started this podcast to...

   Oct 20, 2020

   39m
5. 13

   13: Acceptance Leads to Unconditional LOVE

   Compassionate acceptance of ourselves + others will bring us more love + unity amid a polarized world… On this week’s episode of the ADOPT YOURSELF podcast I share how acceptance leads to unconditional love. Accepting ourselves allows us to accept others easier, bringing more love into our lives...

   Oct 13, 2020

   34m
6. 12

   12: You Are THE ONE You've Been Looking For

   The affirmation "you are the one you have been looking for" took Ali nearly five years to learn how to embody. On this episode she shares the tools that helped her do so by bringing awareness to her actions then asking herself what was the deeper reason behind her decisions for said actions. Her...

   Oct 5, 2020

   38m
7. 11

   11: Navigating Biological Family Reunions Part 1

   On this episode Ali shares about the challenges she’s faced + is facing with navigating relationships with her biological families + the tools she’s used to move through tiptoeing with her actions + communications careful to not offend anyone so that she can honor her journey more instead of...

   Sep 30, 2020

   39m
8. 10

   10: Gratitude, Grief, + Acceptance for what IS

   Ali is back after a five month hiatus + is recommitted to weekly podcasting, new episodes drop every Sunday! On this open, unedited episode Ali shares about how the practices of gratitude, grieving, + connecting to a power greater than herself that have allowed for her to stay buoyant while…

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   Sep 21, 2020

   56m
9. 9

   9: An Adoptee's Take on Mother's Day

   Ali is back podcasting after taking a break to focus on strengthening relationships with herself, her family, and clients during quarantine of COVID19 outbreak. Mother's Day can feel challenging for adoptees (and non-adoptees), even if we have strong relationships with our mothers. Over the past...

   May 10, 2020

   31m
10. 8

    8: COVID-19 Support + New Offerings

    On this share Ali gives a brief update on her quarantine situation due to the coronavirus outbreak and mentions different offerings to provide support as we all move through this experience together Her offerings: Free content through podcast + social platforms on self-healer tools +...

    Mar 19, 2020

    24m
11. 7

    7: Transmute Fear Into Love: COVID-19 Edition

    Part of adopting yourself is taking full responsibility for your joy and healing. With all that is going on in the world today, especially with the spread of the coronavirus and all the unknowns and uncertainties related to it, it is important to remember that although we might feel fear, we do…

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    Mar 12, 2020

    28m
12. 6

    6: Honor Your Scars

    Our scars shape us into who we are yet sometimes we neglect honoring them in a way that's best for our growth. Ali shares her journey in learning how to honor her scars, particularly the one from her closest near death experience which happened exactly five years ago this week. Part of Ali's...

    Mar 4, 2020

    47m
13. 5

    5: Self-Healer Tip #1: Self-Compassion

    Self-compassion is one of the most important practices for us to cultivate and practice on a daily basis, especially when we’re moving through challenging times Ali shares her journey to a daily practice of self-compassion, with tools on how to acknowledge and embrace your inner critic as well as...

    Feb 27, 2020

    34m
14. 4

    4: Loving through loss + grief

    Through this unedited, open, and briefly interrupted episode Ali shares about transformative losses, shifts, and deaths that she’s experienced along with the learnings and love that were gained from each of them. Change is inevitable, as is loss, as is death. It’s what we do when we are faced…

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    Feb 20, 2020

    1h 29m
15. 3

    3: My Adoption Story

    Ali openly shares her adoption story + her observations with the beauty + pain of adoption as seen on all sides of the adoption triad. She explains how the separation from her birthmother was the root of her fear of abandonment which also left her learning how to feel safe in chaos. Ali voices…

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    Feb 13, 2020

    45m
16. 2

    2: How I got here

    Ali's raw, unscripted, + unedited rant of the general story of how she got here today including some of the big pivots and experiences that make her who she is. On this episode Ali opens up about the most embarrassing moment of her life, her biggest transformations, + the passing of one of her...

    Feb 6, 2020

    52m
17. 1

    1: What does it mean to Adopt Yourself?

    A brief introduction to host + adoptee Ali Jameson along information on what it means to Adopt Yourself. Adopt Yourself was initially started as a coaching program she created + facilitates, yet Ali soon realized it was so much more than just that, it's what she's been actively doing her entire...

    Dec 28, 2019

    9m