Dear Spin Sisters...
38 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -Dear Spin Sisters takes an honest, sometimes emotional, mostly funny look at women of multiple generations and how each views situations differently. Join them as they explore the thoughts that keep us spinning, the memories we savor, and the very acts it takes to reach for our dreams.
The authors of the podcast Dear Spin Sisters and the book, Shut Your Mouth, also openly discuss mother daughter relationships, the good, the bad, and the hopeful ways each navigate their journey. A dear friend Amy Stevens put her impressions of the cover art into words better than they could. "I immediately thought of the spin of my life, all my moments and experiences. Keeping tight those golden cherished moments. Keep flying and trying. Light and high is a grand view, while helping others to get there too."
They believe that knowing your mother's story ultimately creates your own perspective of the life lessons you've learned along the way.
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A Story About Ayahuasca
February 22, 2024 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBThe tables are turned in this episode as Teri Hirss takes the mic and interviews Jayne on her first experience with the ancient plant medicine Ayahuasca. In November, Jayne attended four Ayahuasca ceremonies that changed her life. Listen in as she tells how her life has been transformed following her journey. To learn more, follow them on IG and for more information about upcoming retreats, go to Luminosity Retreats!
Let's Talk About Psilocybin Research!
February 12, 2024 20:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBJayne and Teri go deeper into the discussion regarding psilocybin recreational and therapeutic uses referencing the current research to make a case for using this plant medicine to help people break out of old patterns and beliefs. Learn: The difference between micro and high dose and why both are beneficial Current recommendations based on the research Ways to boost the benefits of psilocybin during integration Jayne and Teri run wellness retreats for women with a variety of needs who ...
Psilocybin Journeys: An update from two clinicians!
January 30, 2024 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBJoin Jayne as she welcomes back Teri Hirss to continue the conversation about their adventures with plant medicine, specifically psilocybin medicine and why "set and setting" are critical to the journey and the outcome. During this episode, Jayne and Teri offer an update on the past several weeks researching what's found in the literature and journaling their pre and post-medicine insights. To learn more, find them on their website. To learn more, follow them on IG and for more informatio...
Our First Psilocybin Experience
January 22, 2024 20:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBJoin my special guest, Teri Hirss as we venture into our first plant medicine experience. This year's podcast will focus on connection - connecting to the earth through plant medicine and ceremony, connecting to each other at a time on this planet when isolation and collective trauma are common place - and finding like-minded women who know to their core that belonging and finding a mutual purpose will be the answer. With that in mind, we've founded Luminosity Retreats to hold space for wom...
CJ & Roxy Together Again 2022
January 30, 2022 21:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBCJ welcomes Roxy back as a guest on the Dear Spin Sisters Podcast. This episode covers a broad range of topics from the celebration of their completion of Nena's Bones, a screenplay based on their book Shut Your Mouth! to some updates made to the podcast for 2022. They discuss the labor shortages seen in healthcare and in education and they offer advice to land on a goal for 2022 and commit to the steps to get there. Check out their business site VanRock Productions To learn more, follow th...
To Nurses! A Happy New You in 2022
January 10, 2022 00:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBThis episode is dedicated to the front line, to the nurses who have stood by thousands of patients who died of COVID in 2021. The host, Jayne Van Brunt, talks about burnout, her fear that nurses are leaving in droves and that healthcare will be devastated. But she also has hope that a massive movement is afoot to turn the face of nursing around. https://www.burnout.spinsavorsoar.com 2022 will be a defining year in healthcare as nurses decide to stay or to go. Jayne hopes with the help of...
Christmas 2021
December 20, 2021 02:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBJayne aka CJ (Calamity Jayne) updates the listeners on the screenplay and tells a funny story about asking for help and learns an important lesson regarding shadow selves. The episode focuses on naming feelings, and that there are more than three emotions, according to Brene Brown (Atlas of the Heart) there are 38? Jayne also talks about the healthcare crisis and her plan to make a change in 2022. To learn more, follow them on IG and for more information about upcoming retreats, go to Lum...
CJ Turns 59!
October 18, 2021 05:00 - 14 minutes - 9.82 MBOn this episode, CJ talks about setting yourself up for a year where your dreams come true by answering a few clarifying questions and by creating a vision board. Jayne also tells the listeners what she's worried about because of the Covid vaccine mandate and why she had a nice birthday despite the worries. CJ will join Roxy later this week to finish the screenplay and to "hopefully" tape an episode! To learn more, follow them on IG and for more information about upcoming retreats, go to Lu...
The Mandate
September 26, 2021 23:00 - 13 minutes - 9.18 MBJayne Van Brunt aka Calamity Jayne describes her emotions surrounding the recent WA state mandate which has effected her and those around her. The first episode without Roxy is difficult as CJ realizes collaboration is much more fun than going solo. Jayne discusses resources she has found helpful to navigate her FFTs (see BreneBrown.com for more on that) and why naming emotions has been a breakthrough. These are trying times we all thought would be over by now. If you're a burned out nurse...
Hello Again from CJ & Roxy
August 09, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBCJ & Roxy are back following a break to work on their screenplay. They share exciting news about Roxy and update listeners on their plans to finish out 2021! To learn more, follow them on IG and for more information about upcoming retreats, go to Luminosity Retreats!
What's New in CJ and Roxy's World
June 13, 2021 21:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBJoin Calamity and Roxy as they discuss this week's favorite movie, books, and podcasts. Find out what's happening with the Big Emma screenplay and take a few minutes to think about how you're doing moving towards the big dreams you set for 2021. June is half way done and that means, six months are already gone in 2021! Time races on...! To learn more, follow them on IG and for more information about upcoming retreats, go to Luminosity Retreats!
Mother's Day Special: A Daughter's Interview w/Roxy
May 10, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBRoxy interviews CJ's daughter, Taylor as a gift for Mother's Day. To learn more, follow them on IG and for more information about upcoming retreats, go to Luminosity Retreats!
CJ & Roxy What's Happening
April 28, 2021 02:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBOn this episode, Roxy admits to yelling at a traffic cop and both talk about why it's so hard to take a pause before reacting to an external stimulus, despite all efforts to do otherwise. They also announce the closing of their Facebook accounts following several issues with hacking. You can find them on Instagram where they will post links to their podcasts, but you can also follow them on iTunes, iHeart radio, and Spotify. And finally, all of the episodes of the Dear Spin Sisters podcast...
CJ & Roxy Weekly Update: Screenplay On Location!
April 18, 2021 23:00 - 13 minutes - 9.44 MBJoin Calamity Jayne and Roxy on location for the first time in months as they continue their journey towards producing an actual screenplay! Listen in as they discuss the steps they've taken so far to put ideas and scenes on paper. They talk about the movies they've watched and what they liked about them as they continue to learn the secrets of writing a great movie. And they announce the taping of another mother/daughter interview to be released this week. To learn more, follow them on ...
CJ & Roxy Weekly Update: Screenplay Adventure Continues
April 11, 2021 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBListen in as CJ & Roxy talk about how they've managed to fit their desire to write a screenplay into their normal and busy lives. They discuss how choices are important and managing the drama that is life in order to focus on what they want. What do you want? How do you manage to take the steps to get closer to what you want? Writing a screenplay may not be on your list, but CJ & Roxy offer some tips on the daily mindfulness required to do what is on your list! To learn more, follow the...
CJ & Roxy Weekly Update: Screenplay Adventure
April 05, 2021 06:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBWhat's new for Calamity Jayne and Roxy this week as they continue to learn more about writing a screenplay. Join the discussion as they consider different ways to join the stories of three women spanning multiple generations. Weigh in on the Facebook group with your favorite movies about women! And if you haven't seen the following movies, CJ and Roxy recommend you add them to your must see list! 1) Thelma and Louise 2) The Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood 3) How to Make an American...
CJ and Roxy Screenplay Update
March 28, 2021 07:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBThere is so much to learn about the tips and tricks to telling a great story! CJ and Roxy talk about last week and the lessons learned about being screenplay writers. They also play with ideas about the best way to adapt the book to the screenplay. As they've learned so far, their favorite movies did not necessarily follow the rules and possibly for that reason alone, captured audiences in a different and meaningful way. Homework for CJ this week includes taking the ten initial scenes an...
CJ and Roxy Screenplay Update
March 21, 2021 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.33 MBJoin CJ and Roxy as they share updates on their progress towards completing a screenplay adapted from their book, Shut Your Mouth! Come along for the journey as they learn tips and tricks to putting together a screenplay that will grab producers' attention. And of course, join the Dear Spin Sisters Facebook group to add your own ideas/suggestions for CJ and Roxy.
Mothers and Daughters Interview Series: The A's
March 15, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBJoin Calamity Jayne and Roxy as they interview a lovely mother/daughter duo. The conversation is lively, honest and multi-generational. The episode is a perfect example of how women of different ages can view the same issue with very different perspectives. This is the second interview of the monthly women's series focusing on relationships with women and the stories of the women who helped to shape them. To learn more, follow them on IG and for more information about upcoming retreats, g...
Here's What We Learned_2
February 14, 2021 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBCJ & Roxy offer their weekly update on learning to write a screenplay adapted from their novel, Shut Your Mouth. As they mention, while the listeners may not be interested in writing their own screenplay, the tips to setting out goals to accomplish a dream apply no matter what you desire in 2021. So grab a cup of tea, and listen in as they discuss what happened last week and what their homework looks like for this week. To learn more, follow them on IG and for more information about upcom...
S2E2 CJ & Roxy Interview Mothers & Daughters
January 31, 2021 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBIn the second season of Dear Spin Sisters, Calamity Jayne and Roxy begin exploring other women's familial stories by asking questions about the important female figures that helped to shape them. During this first of many monthly events to come, they interview two old friends on location in Sayulita, Mexico where they join to celebrate Roxy's sixtieth birthday. As a gift, they were both willing to be interviewed and you won't want to miss the very open and authentic impressions they shared o...
Season 2 Launch: Executing 2021 Plans
January 24, 2021 20:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBJoin Calamity Jayne and Roxy as they review season one, introduce season two plans, and discuss their own vision to create a screenplay and treatment for their book Shut Your Mouth: Advice I Ignored, Lessons She Taught by October 17, 2021! In this departure from 2020, they take a look at creating dreams through intentional planning, mindfulness, and setting a vision. The 2021 Season will include weekly updates regarding the steps they're taking to reach the dream, ah ha moments from the we...
Screw New Years Resolutions
December 28, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBCalamity Jayne and Roxy explore 2020, the good things they learned from a very unique and complicated year, and the experiences they will let go of as they bring in the New Year with you. They share a few tips on ways to create a new year that will deliver on your hopes and dreams, knowing that first, you must allow space for new by letting go of the old. Join them for a few laughs from the lessons they've learned and get ready for a great celebration in Mexico in January. Screw New Years R...
Let It Go
December 20, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBCalamity Jayne and Roxy explore why it's sometimes so difficult to let go of the judgements that cause us ongoing pain and sometimes bitterness or self-loathing. They talk about not only the blame and hurt others may place on us but how often times, it's what we do to ourselves that is hardest to forgive. And without forgiveness, they argue, is it possible to let go? They talk about ways to move through the thoughts that keep us stuck reliving the past in order to let go of the pain such as ...
Judge Judy
December 13, 2020 22:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBIn this episode, Calamity Jayne and Roxy explore the various ways we judge and have a little fun with their own rules for life. When in your life did you feel judged harshly or wrongly for your actions? When did you judge others in a similar manner? We all have innate tendencies to judge and the question is, by understanding that we all can judge, what would happen if we chose the opposite for a change? What if we believed, despite the differences, that both opinions could be right? Life is ...
Hope Smells Like Warm Bread
December 06, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBCalamity Jayne and Roxy explore reasons to be hopeful at a time in our lives when many traditions surrounding the holidays have been put on hold one more time. In this episode they remember some simple examples of what hope meant to them as children and how that changes once you've grown and taken on the added responsibilities of parenting. They also offer some tips you might try if you're finding this time of the year difficult. To learn more, follow them on IG and for more information ...
Book Club SHUT YOUR MOUTH Introduction and Idaho The Dog
November 30, 2020 05:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBThe first in a series of book readings, Calamity Jayne begins reading the book, SHUT YOUR MOUTH: Advice I Ignored, Lessons She Taught by Renee Louisa Rockow and Jayne Van Brunt. Working together, Calamity Jayne and Roxy completed the book in less than a year and published in May of 2020. The story follows Roxy from her youngest memories of family and the many places they lived, describing the often tumultuous mother-daughter relationship she experienced. It's a story about acceptance, forg...
The Good Life
November 23, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBThe Good Life deals with current events and heading into the holidays, still managing isolation and the reality that life is not changing soon. Calamity Jayne and Roxy discuss favorite Thanksgiving memories and being grateful. Their advice in these trying times is to find a way to remain in the moment especially when it is so difficult to do so. Everyone has their own definition of the good life and it only takes being reminded of what has been lost to get us focused back on what's important...
Bewitched
November 08, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBDuring this episode, Calamity Jayne and Roxy explore why both conscious and unconscious state dreams play important roles in the inspirational part of who we are. By practicing a few tips, they explain ways to remember more about our unconscious dreams and also how we might better understand the meaning behind them. They also discuss the importance of living in the moment, allowing quiet space to dream and to simply be a woman without the every day worries and responsibilities we take on. An...
The Boogeyman: Halloween Special Edition
October 25, 2020 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBWere you a child that loved to be scared? Did you go out of your way as a teenager to find the next scary movie to watch? Do you still? What is the scariest movie you've ever seen? When we get scared, it forces an adrenaline rush, that for many, is addicting. Others, are fear averse. Roxy and Calamity Jayne explore the whys behind each type of person and also, the difference between fake, or perceived fear, and the normal fears we experience today. They also discuss how to manage fears and r...
The Chrysalis
October 11, 2020 04:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBIn this episode, Calamity Jayne and Roxy explore true transformation and the sometimes painful moments one experiences when taking action to create permanent change. A Chrysalis, is the hard exoskeleton formed by one butterfly as another is protected within during development. In simple terms describes the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly. Join them as they discuss transformational moments in their lives that would not have been possible without pain and fear. Are you ready to bi...
Shut Your Mouth!
September 27, 2020 04:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBJoin Calamity Jayne and Roxy as they discuss moments in life when it would have been a good idea to hold their tongue, but more likely times when they should have spoken up. Women continue to find their voices in moments when either by nature, or nurture, they've been taught to remain quiet and small. Shut Your Mouth explores men and women's nature to use words, sometimes a huge number....sometimes very few to express themselves and how studies show, women are naturally wired to use a lot mo...
S1E6 A Fork In The Road
September 13, 2020 04:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBJoin Calamity Jayne and Roxy as they discuss the choices one makes, first as a young woman, then later in life. Was the decision to go to college, or stay home the first difficult choice you had to make as a young adult? Is regret about choices made inevitable? They both argue that difficult choices never go away and that you'll always have to choose one if you are to move forward in life. "When it comes to a fork in the road, take it!". Just choose one direction and enjoy the journey to whe...
S1E5 Be A Good Girl!
August 31, 2020 02:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBCalamity Jayne and Roxy explore the differences multiple generations of young ladies might have experienced moving from their original family unit into what they claim is a new one called, high school. They tell stories of what often defines the group, tribe, or gang one might join based on many different reasons. High School is likely, they argue, young women's first experience in pulling away and beginning to define who they want to be in the world. The theme of this episode is stereotypes...
S1E4 It's Just Spilled Milk
August 16, 2020 00:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBOn this episode, Calamity and Roxy explore the nurture side of the nature-nurture theory. Do we develop coping mechanisms in order to survive the family unit as we age? Join them as they share a story about Shonda Rhimes and her Year of Yes while also considering their own behaviors of yes and no. Are you a yes person or a no person? What are the positive and negative outcomes of being a yes or a no person? To learn more, follow them on IG and for more information about upcoming retreats, g...
Are You a Lucy or an Ethel Personality Type?
August 02, 2020 02:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBChallenging Carl Jung's analytical theories that personalities are hard-wired at birth, Calamity Jayne and Roxy take a look at their own childhoods to test the theory and spend time considering best friends, Lucy and Ethel from the I Love Lucy sitcom that originally ran from October 15, 1951 to May 6, 1957, which in today's sitcom world would be considered a short run with only 180 episodes. But the I Love Lucy show has stood the test of time, with more than 40 million viewers. Join Calamity...
Nordstroms Is On Fire!
July 15, 2020 05:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBWhat happens when you try to unplug in an effort to brainstorm, or simply to take a break? Nordstroms Is On Fire! is the second episode in the Dear Spin Sisters podcast with Calamity Jayne and Roxy. Listen in as they describe an embarrassing encounter with an upset millennial in Sonoma County when they tried to get away from the world for a weekend. The humorous story ends with what they learned and how they wished for a do-over. To learn more, follow them on IG and for more information abo...
Time Out, Universe!
July 04, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBDid the universe put us in time out? Join Calamity Jayne and Roxy as we discuss not only the issues surrounding the pandemic, but the lessons we may have learned along the way. Time Out, Universe! is the first episode in season one of the Dear Calamity podcast, where we explore relationships, connections, and why women are hardwired to spin on thoughts, how we become so busy that savoring the moments can feel almost impossible and why we often put our desires to soar on the back burner. T...