Pour-in Pod: Recent Episodes
Pour-in Podcast
Welcome to the Pour-in Podcast where we develop safe, ongoing relationships so we don’t have to wait for a reason to check on the strong friend. This is our space of pouring into friendship, healing, and purpose.
Join us for the season 2 finale episode! We will be exploring various ways of navigating a quarter-life crisis along with the challenges one might face, including difficulties in communicating with others during this phase. Additionally, we will be discussing some useful tools that can assist in dealing with these experiences. We also explore some tools to support navigating these experiences.
In this episode, we explore the complex world of workplace communication from the perspective of Black women. Join us as we discuss the challenges and triumphs of effectively communicating in professional environments.
We are back for part two of our transformative discussion, where empathy meets understanding. We will delve a little deeper into the complex dynamics that arise when unhealed wounds clash. Join us as we explore these dynamics and offer strategies to create genuine connections while respecting individual boundaries.
Join us for a powerful episode where we explore the art of communication when unhealed wounds collide. We dive deep into effective ways to approach sensitive conversations with empathy and understanding. Tune in to gain valuable strategies to navigate challenging interactions with grace and sensitivity.
We're back with the final episode of the Faith series. Join us as we explore the intersection of faith and forgiveness.
Exploratory Questions:
1. What comes to mind for you when you hear the word, forgive?
2. How can faith play a role in the process of forgiveness, both in relationships and with self?
3. How have you seen forgiveness appear in your life? What's your take on those experiences?
4. How does faith influence the societal perspective of forgiveness?
We are continuing our series on faith! In this episode, we will explore the concept of faith in the context of healing.
Exploratory questions:
What does it mean to be healed?
What are your thoughts about the concept that people need to be healed before entering into certain relationships or doing certain things?
How do you continue to have faith when healing doesn’t occur how you prayed for it to occur?
This episode we are discussing the idea of pouring into faith during the wait!
Explortory Questions:
1. How do you navigate uncertainty and maintain faith during periods of waiting?
2. Can you share a personal experience where faith played a significant role in waiting for a desired outcome?
3. Can you discuss instances where the outcome was different from what you expected, and how faith played a role in accepting that change?
To close out the year, we are doing a series on Faith! This episode we are exploring the concept of faith with work.
Exploratory Questions:
1. Do you subscribe to the concept, that faith without works is dead? If so, what do you make of this saying?
2. Has your understanding of the concept evolved over time? If so, what influenced those changes?
3. Can you share a defining moment where your faith was tested, and you had to exercise your faith by putting forth action? How did you navigate that moment?
Episode 4 is all about boundaries!
Exploratory Questions:
* What is your outlook on the importance of living a life that includes boundaries?
* What has been your experience with establishing boundaries in your life?
* How do you tend to respond when others set boundaries with you?
* If you were to choose a top 3 list of boundaries that are important to you, what would they be?
In episode 3, we are discussing the hot topic of ghosting!
Exploratory Questions:
* What do you consider ghosting? Is it okay to do?
* What has been your experience on the giving and receiving end of ghosting?
* What advice do you have for someone on the giving or receiving end of ghosting?
Episode 2! In this episode, we reflect on the year thus far.
Exploratory questions:
* If you could describe the theme of your 2023 experience in one word or phrase, what would it be? Why?
* How much has your year resembled what you envisioned for yourself in 2023?
* Based on what you’ve experienced this year, what would you say to the version of you from January 2023?
We are back with season 2! We are kicking the season off by discussing the idea of comforting friends in their time of need!
Exploratory Questions:
1. How do you tend to comfort your friends when they are experiencing challenging times in their lives?
2. Do you think it’s best to ask someone what they need during their challenging times or provide them with what you think they may need without asking them first?
3. Have you ever experienced a friend taking the initiative to do what they thought was best for you during your challenging seasons of life? How did that make you feel?
4. Have you ever felt like it was your responsibility to make your friend’s situation better? If so, how was that experience? Was it helpful in developing a healthier connection with that person? Why/why not?
It is the season 1 finale! In this episode, we continue our quote series!
Quote: “It is a blessing to know a free woman. Sometimes she will stop by and hold up a mirror for you. She will help you remember who you are.” Glennon Doyle, Untamed
Exploratory questions:
-What do you make of this quote?
-How well does this quote resonate with you?
-What is your definition of a free woman?
-Have you ever felt like some of your connections and friendships lacked the core competencies of this quote? What was the outcome?
-Have you come across relationships that carried the essence of the quote? What was the outcome?
Rhythm of Life | How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything
Welcome to episode 11 of the Pour-in Podcast! Today, we are continuing our quote series and discussing how behavioral patterns show up in our lives. We share some of the common interpretations of the quote, "how you do anything is how you do everything", and we delve deeper into other perspectives that challenge the reality of this quote. One question we is explore is whether or not having a certain pattern in one area of our life dictates how we show up in other areas of our life.
Thank you for listening to another episode, and witnessing an authentic connection! We hope it encourages you to develop safe, ongoing relationships where there is a consistent, refreshing space for mutual pour-in! Let us know which area of your garden you will be watering until we meet again.
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Back at it with episode 10! This week we are discussing the quote, "A friend to all is a friend to none."
Join us as we dive into this topic with some exploratory questions that might make you want to check your loyalty levels!
We are back with episode 9! This week we are dissecting a quote.
Quote:
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw
Exploratory Questions:
What do you make of this quote?
What does this quote mean to you?
Does this quote resonate with you?
Is there a time when you felt like you were finding yourself?
Is there a time when you felt like you were creating yourself?
Episode 8 is here! In this episode, we are exploring the concept of self-forgiveness!
Exploratory Questions:
1.) What do you think causes people to hold themselves hostage and punish themselves indefinitely after making a bad decision?
2.) What can people do instead of rehearsing painful experiences and allowing them to taint their personal growth?
Welcome back for episode 7! In this episode, we are exploring the benefits of both one-on-one friendships and friend groups!
Questions explored this episode:
What do you think are the benefits of having a friend group? What has been your experience with friend groups?
What do you think are the benefits of one-on-one friendships? What has been your experience with one-on-one friendships?
Do you think there are any drawbacks to either type of friendship? Why/why not?
Episode 6!
In this episode, we explore some of the biggest life lessons and advise the 18-year-old version of us.
Welcome back for episode five! In this episode, we explore the concept of emotional maturity!
Exploratory questions from the episode:
What does society say emotional maturity looks like?
What do you think emotional maturity looks like?
How has emotional maturity and/or immaturity shown up in your life?
We are back with episode 4 and discussing the power of journaling!
Here are the exploratory questions for episode 4:
When did you start journaling?
How has journaling impacted your life?
What is your favorite way to journal?
Episode 3 is here! This week we are discussing boundaries over bloodline!
The exploratory questions for this episode are:
1. What is your definition of family?
2. Is there a difference between family and relatives?
3. What do you think of the saying “blood is thicker than water”?
4. What do you think of the saying, “the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb?”
We are diving in and discussing effective communication in this week's episode!
Here are the exploratory questions for episode 2:
What comes to mind when hearing the term passive-aggressive?
Why is the common consensus to villainize passive aggressiveness as intentional, malicious manipulation?
Please tune in for our first episode!
We naturally lean toward discussions about our healing journey and often experience profound breakthroughs together. So, we decided that inviting others into the conversation may be beneficial.
Here are the questions discussed during this week's episode:
What is your definition of a friend?
What makes a relationship safe?
What is the difference between a pour-in and a pour-out?
We hope you enjoy the introduction to the Pour In Podcast!