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Jump Start Your Joy

340 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratings

Jump Start Your Joy is a podcast by Paula Jenkins, a business coach and podcast producer living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Inspired by the quote “Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day (Henri Nouwen),” this lively show looks at the inspiration, intention, and action that lead to joy in your life, the world, and other people's lives.

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Episodes

5 Ways to Find More Comfort and Joy (Season 7 Wrap Up)

December 01, 2022 21:25 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB

This week's episode is the finale of season seven where I've been talking all about intentional comfort and how to bring more comfort and ease into your everyday life. If you have not yet listened to the episode where I did the countdown of the top 10 most downloaded episodes, you can tune in here. 1. Choose comfort, and build it into our lives.  I think we are looking for a way to wind down and a way to hold space for the things that we've done and to take a breather. It may be that the...

Become A Wonder Seeker by Adding More Wonder, Magic, and Joy to Your Life with Andrea Scher

October 20, 2022 16:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB

Andrea Scher has thrilled and inspired others for nearly twenty years through her award-winning blog Superhero Journal, her international workshops, her Creative Superheroes podcast, and her joyful e-courses. In this episode, we discuss Andrea’s new book, Wonder Seeker: 52 Ways to Wake up Your Creativity and Find Your Joy Today, and how and she describes why this is the perfect time to tune into the small things that bring you joy. Read the full show notes on my website. Click here. In ...

Three Ways to Reconnect with Intentional Comfort as Inspired by the Art of Gathering

October 13, 2022 15:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MB

Intentional Comfort is the theme of this season, and in this episode I'm taking inspiration from Priya Parker's Art of Gathering, and using her 3 rules of gathering to consider new ways to reconnect with what nourishes, fortifies, and supports you.  While her Ted Talk is about how to interact in groups and gatherings in new ways, I find that her rules and thoughts offer insights on how to connect with yourself, and how to determine what is meaningful to you when looking for intentional comfo...

Empaths and Highly Sensitive People with guest Signe Myers Hovem

October 06, 2022 15:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB

Signe Myers Hovem is a spiritual counselor, an energy worker, and the author of The Space in Between: An Empaths Field Guide. In this interview on Jump Start Your Joy podcast, we are talking about empaths and highly sensitive people (HSPs). If you are a highly sensitive person, or if you have a sense that you may be an empath, then I think you're going to get a lot out of this conversation (which ties so closely to this season's theme of intentional comfort on the podcast). HSPs and empath...

Top 10 Most Beloved Episodes of Season Seven on Jump Start Your Joy (Finale Part One: A Countdown)

September 09, 2022 05:54 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MB

Season 7 was all about "Intentional Comfort." This episode shares the top ten most downloaded and beloved episodes from season 7.  They are: 10. Emma Loewe, author of Return to Nature Listen to the original episode Buy the book 9. 5 Tips to Bring More Mindfulness to You Everyday Listen to the episode 8. Fred LeBlanc of Cowboy Mouth on Finding a Mardi Gras State of Mind Listen to the original episode Buy their best of album. 7. Heather Hall, Author of Step Up and Stand Out...

10 Things That Will Inspire More Passion and Joy in Your Work and Life (Best of Season 7)

August 25, 2022 17:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

Are you looking for ways to define what brings you joy, and identify your passions? In this episode I'm sharing 2 exercises to help figure out what you're passionate about and 10 ways to bring more of that passion to your work and your life. Read the full show notes on my website Introspection - Using the tools above, or working with a coach, a mentor, or a journal can provide a lot of insight for you. It's also important that you take time to heal any sort of past trauma or issues that m...

Still on Fire: Joy, Intuition, and Your Soul's Path with author Renee Linnell

August 18, 2022 18:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

I'm really excited to have author Renee Linnell back on JSYJ!. This is her second time on the podcast, and in this brand new conversation, we're talking about her book that came out on August 16, 2022, which is titled "Still on Fire: A Memoir." Renee first came on the show when her first book, "The Burn Zone," came out.  This book was was all about how she found herself in a cult several years ago. Her new book is a delightful continuation of her amazing craft of storytelling. The themes t...

Return to Nature with Emma Loewe

August 12, 2022 06:40 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MB

Emma Loewe is the co-author of The Spirit Almanac, and she is the senior sustainability editor for mindbodygreen, and she has released the amazing book, Return to Nature: The New Science of How Nature Landscapes Restore Us. In it, she shares the different kinds of landscapes, how they effect your mental health, studies about why they improve your mental health, and things you can do to counter-act the effects of climate change on these landscapes. This discussion fits so well into this month...

Eight Great Ways to Jumpstart Your Creativity and Get Unstuck

August 05, 2022 22:19 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MB

Creativity and joy are closely related. If you're feeling stuck, and need some inspiration on how to tap into creativity - Marion Abrams of Grounded Content and I have 8 ideas for you to jumpstart your creativity and joy. Here they are: 1. Just do the thing. Starting is the hardest part. 2. Double down on what you've been doing. Recommit to it.  3. Take yourself on an "artist's date. " (as inspired by Julia Cameron's book, The Artist's Way) 4. Revisit the source of your inspiration...

Finding Joy and Learning to "Give From Your Overflow" During Stressful Times

July 29, 2022 18:46 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MB

The weighty-ness of the past two years means we're all working through difficult things. Joy is as important now as ever before. Joy gives you room for "overflow" which allows you to be more present & available for the things that matter most. In this episode, I'm sharing: 1. a quote that made me rethink the role of joy in the world, and why we must keep choosing it. 2. How the current news cycle, and use of fear by many politicians and mass media keeps us stuck in feeling like we can'...

Intentional Comfort and Joy in the Midst of Grief with Jenn Oglesbee

June 30, 2022 21:50 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MB

Jenn Oglesbee is a certified life coach and licensed clinical social worker, and the discussions that she and I had last summer on Instagram Live are what me to choose the “Intentional Comfort” for season seven on Jump Start Your Joy. We had a series called “What the Hell?,” and in it we discussed the events of the past couple of years, and how they impacted our lives. Jenn and I share a love of talking about joy, and have both woven it into our work. It’s an honor to have Jenn come back a...

Five Easy Mindfulness Tips to Help You Every Day

June 16, 2022 00:00 - 17 minutes - 16.6 MB

Mindfulness is a great way to find more joy and center yourself. In this time of transition, when things feel difficult, it's great to have a few easy, go-to mindfulness tools.  The five are: 1. Notice your emotions, and share them with someone else. 2. Breathe, as taught by Thich Nhat Hanh. I share his practice of inhaling, exhaling, and smiling. 3. Observe (or spend time in) Nature. As discussed in my previous episode with Emma Loewe, author of Return to Nature, nature has restorat...

Finding and Honoring Your Heart's Second Home

May 17, 2022 18:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB

In tying in with this season's theme of "Intentional Comfort," and the mini series on "Finding Home," I'm excited to share about how finding and honoring your heart's second home. The idea of having homes beyond the physical place you dwell is one that hit me in about 2004, when I attended a retreat at San Damiano in Danville, CA. It became clear to me that some places feel like home, usually because of the community or the connection I had to them. In this episode, I'm sharing a few of thos...

Shelter in Place and Finding Your Way Home with Laura Joyce Davis

April 27, 2022 05:09 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB

Laura Joyce Davis started her podcast, Shelter in Place, just as the pandemic shut California and the United States down on March 17, 2020. We talk about finding joy in hard times, defining the meaning of home, and sheltering in place as parents. Laura is a Minneapolis native who now calls Oakland home. She is an award-winning fiction writer, a Fulbright scholar, a WNYC Podcast Accelerator finalist, and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. She is a mom of three young kids who believe that anyt...

The Body is Not an Apology with Sonya Renee Taylor

April 19, 2022 22:32 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MB

In this interview, I am so honored to be joined by author Sonya Renee Taylor. Sonya is the author of the the New York Times Bestselling book, “The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love.” She just recently released an updated version of that book, and the “Your Body is Not an Apology Workbook: Tools for Living Radical Self Love.” Sonya is joining me to talk all about radical self-love and joy. And, she shares that when we start to love ourselves, we can transform how we intera...

Fred LeBlanc on Finding a Mardi Gras State of Mind

April 05, 2022 18:00 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MB

Fred LeBlanc is back for the third time on Jump Start Your Joy, and he’s joining me this time to talk about his new single, “Mardi Gras State of Mind” and his reflections on how things changed for him (and all of us) during the pandemic. In refreshing Fred style, we also dive into talking about the influences that shape people (including Elvis and Anne Rice), and how dreaming big can change the world. Read the full show notes on my website. In this episode, Fred LeBlanc and I talk about: ...

Stepping Up and Standing Out as an Introvert with Heather Hall

March 30, 2022 00:28 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MB

In this episode of Jump Start Your Joy, I’m so excited to welcome Heather Hall, a transformative Leadership Coach, strategic Executive Coach, and evocative Spiritual Director whom I met through CLCC. She’s also the author of Step Up and Stand Out: 20 Tips for Aspiring Introverted Leaders. Heather helps aspiring introverted leaders, and their managers, connect with their voices and values to bring their ideas and vision to life.  I hope that you enjoy this episode about stepping up and standi...

10 Things That Will Inspire More Passion and Joy in Your Work and Life

March 15, 2022 23:46 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

10 Things That Will Inspire More Passion and Joy in Your Work and Life Introspection - Using the tools above, or working with a coach, a mentor, or a journal can provide a lot of insight for you. It's also important that you take time to heal any sort of past trauma or issues that might be making it hard for you to define or get in touch with your passions. Just start moving and working on things. Lots of times people think that they need to have everything all figured out before they ca...

Long Live the 80s: Arcade Games, Music and an Airbnb with guest Scott Leftwich of Wieners and Losers

March 08, 2022 21:28 - 34 minutes - 30.8 MB

In this interview, I'm excited to be joined by Scott Leftwich. Scott originally started collecting console video games, and then began collecting early arcade games. He now owns 125 video games, and has the largest privately held collection of video games on the East Coast. Once a month, he opens the arcade for "Wieners and Losers," where people can play games for three hours and enjoy hot dogs and other food. He also has a band named Scott Leftwich and The Atarians, and in 2021 he opened an...

Embracing Western and Eastern Medicine to Form Your Own Third Opinion with Dr. Barbara de la Torre

March 01, 2022 19:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB

In this, interview, I'm really excited to be joined by Dr. Barbara de Latorre of Third Opinion MD. She is an amazing doctor who leverages her knowledge of Eastern and Western medicine in a brand new way to help people get in touch with their intuition and navigate the healthcare system, using their own Third Opinion.   In this episode, Dr. Barbara de la Torre and I discuss: How she created Third Opinion MD after being in corporate medicine for many years. The strain that the pandemic put...

Liminal Space: Finding Comfort and Joy in the Space In Between

February 10, 2022 05:38 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MB

Liminal space is defined as the transitional space that can be physical, metaphorical, spiritual, or emotional. Pulling from examples in Disneyland, Proper People, & Station Eleven I'm looking at how we navigate through liminal space when we encounter it. In this episode, I'm discussing: - the definition of liminal space - the four types of liminal space: physical, emotional, metaphorical, and spiritual - examples of liminal space in every day life - intentional liminal space and h...

Content Creation: Podcast Editing, Publishing, Interviewing, Audience Growth and More

January 25, 2022 19:56 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MB

Marion Abrams of Grounded Content joins the show and we're talking all things content creation, with a special lens around pocasts. I know so many of you that listen, have some sort of entrepreneurial pursuit where you are creating content week over week or on a regular basis. And some of those past episodes about content creation and creativity have been the most downloaded here on JSYJ.  Good content all comes back to purpose. What is your mission and why are you creating this thing? T...

Understanding Shared Death Experiences with William Peters (author of At Heaven's Door)

January 19, 2022 04:51 - 56 minutes - 52 MB

In this episode of Jump Start Your Joy, I am interviewing William J. Peters. He is the founder of the Shared Crossing Project and the director of its research initiative. He is the author of the new book, "At Heaven's Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach about Dying Well and Living Better." Recognized as a global leader in the field of shared death studies, he has spent decades studying end of life experiences. He is a practicing grief and bereavement therapist, and he holds deg...

Taking the Best Care of Yourself by Addressing 'Deferred Maintenance' with Self Care Expert Tami Hackbarth

January 12, 2022 06:12 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MB

I'm delighted to have guest Tami Hackbarth back for a second interview on Jump Start Your Joy. Tami is the host of a hundred percent guilt-free self-care podcast, and she runs a very successful coaching business where she works with women to help them define and follow up with self care. In this conversation, we're talking about taking the best care of yourself by addressing "deferred maintenance." In this episode, Tami and I talk about: how to approach deferred maintenance. what happens...

Waking Up to the Truth of Who You Are with guest Jonni Pollard

December 29, 2021 07:53 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB

I truly enjoyed getting to speak with Jonni, and felt myself sinking into the conversation in a deep way. One of the most inspirational parts of the discussion for me was when we walked through the Four Golden Insights, which are the pillars for the work Jonni does. Life is Sacred Love is our Nature – we serve, nature, and find connection Wisdom is our Power – Jonni talks about finding the intelligence of love, and reconciling the appearance of resistance and opposites. We also talked ...

Stasia Savasuk on Finding "Inside Out Congruency" and Wearing Your Word for 2022

December 14, 2021 23:36 - 1 hour - 59.5 MB

Stasia Savasuk is an amazing style coach, and the super power behind Stasia's Style School, The REVEL-You-Tion, and Wear Our Word. She helps women find "inside out congruency," which is all about how you can do the inner work to define your values, and match those in the clothes that you choose to wear. I've thoroughly enjoyed her leadership over the last year, and her program encourages beautiful, authentic growth that has people shining from the inside out. In this episode, Stasia and I ...

Flickers of Joy in Every Season with Marsha Flowers of Five Blessing Candles and Little Bee Scents

December 07, 2021 19:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

I am delighted to be joined for a second time by Marsha Flowers, who is the owner of Five B and Co Candles, and the newly launched Little Bee Scents. In our conversation, she shares how she has listened to her heart to expand her business in new ways. After thinking about what she likes best about candle making (the creativity, creating scents, and community), she realized that she also wanted to help other candle makers (and soap makers too!) bring their dreams to life. In the spirit of men...

Creating Positive Energy in Your Home and Life, with Jacqualyn Jackson

November 30, 2021 19:00 - 43 minutes - 40.5 MB

Jacqualyn Jackson is the small business owner behind Investment Inspectors, LLC, who provides home inspections, home healings, and sound baths. Jacqualyn has embraced her multi-passionate personality by leaning into several of the things she loves to do: offering objective findings for people buying or selling a home, and in nourishing the more spiritual side of things in providing home healings and sound baths. I’m delighted to share how she’s woven these unique offerings into a single busi...

The Top 3 Reflections of 300 Episodes (and 7 Years) of Podcasting

November 23, 2021 18:48 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

It's episode 300!! I'm sharing my top 3 reflections of having a podcast (and a business) over the past 7 years. Hear stories about staying inspired, how to remain consistent, why just starting is the hardest, and all about the magic of trying new things. Thank you to YOU for tuning in, for sharing JSYJ with others, and for bringing joy into the world. I am sending you love, and wishes for comfort and joy. Over the past 300 episodes, I've had some learnings and find myself reflecting on the...

How to Build a Business by Following Your Heart with Amy Bernhardt

November 09, 2021 19:31 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB

Amy started Mimi’s Little Loveys after disability and chronic illness forced her to stop teaching and working with young children. She followed her heart and her own curiosity to create a business that honors her values, and allows her to take care of herself. Amy joins the show to talk about how she's found intentional comfort, and built a life that supports her, and allows her to do the things she loves. In this episode, Amy and I talk about:   The single thing that Amy brought with h...

Tune in to the Conversations that Led to the Theme of Intentional Comfort This Season

November 03, 2021 05:52 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MB

What is Intentional Comfort? Why is it important? I'm sharing 3 conversations that paved the way for comfort to be the season 7 theme. Tune in to hear from Jenn Oglesbee, Ilene Smith, and Julia Samuels and learn more about what intentional comfort. In this episode, I'm taking a look at some of the foundational conversations that paved the way for me to choose a theme of intentional comfort and joy for season seven here on the podcast. 1. One was with Jenn Oglesbee, who is a life coach an...

Tune in to the Conversations that Led to the Theme of Intentional Comfort This Season

November 03, 2021 05:52

What is Intentional Comfort? Why is it important? I'm sharing 3 conversations that paved the way for comfort to be the season 7 theme. Tune in to hear from Jenn Oglesbee, Ilene Smith, and Julia Samuels and learn more about what intentional comfort. In this episode, I'm taking a look at some of the foundational conversations that paved the way for me to choose a theme of intentional comfort and joy for season seven here on the podcast. 1. One was with Jenn Oglesbee, who is a life coach an...

Tune in to the Conversations that Led to the Theme of Intentional Comfort This Season

November 03, 2021 05:51

What is Intentional Comfort? Why is it important? I'm sharing 3 conversations that paved the way for comfort to be the season 7 theme. Tune in to hear from Jenn Oglesbee, Ilene Smith, and Julia Samuels and learn more about what intentional comfort. In this episode, I'm taking a look at some of the foundational conversations that paved the way for me to choose a theme of intentional comfort and joy for season seven here on the podcast. 1. One was with Jenn Oglesbee, who is a life coach an...

Stress Relief, Meditation and the Threads of Yoga with Pamela Seelig

October 27, 2021 03:18 - 51 minutes - 47 MB

Pamela Seelig began her yoga journey more than 25 years ago when an illness (Bell's Palsy) interrupted her Wall Street career. As part of her recovery from that diagnosis, she she began meditating and it brought her some amazing results. Not only did it speed up her recovery, but the impact of meditating at during that time in her life led to a lifelong pursuit of sharing yoga wisdom with others. In this interview, she joins me to talk about Stress Relief, Meditation and "Threads of Yoga," h...

Intentional Comfort and Joy (Jump Start Your Joy Season 7 Kick Off)

October 19, 2021 21:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB

Comfort and Joy is the new theme for Season 7 and I'm thrilled to sharing all about "intentional comfort." After spending time in the messy middle, over the last 18 months our nervous system needs a pause and a reset and some intentional comfort. So that's what we're looking at in this episode. Here's what you'll find: 1. Intentional Comfort: It's the mindful activity of embracing comfort, and finding down time for yourself. It's important because we're all been in a "trauma vortex" sinc...

The Top 10 Episodes from Season One (A Look Back)

September 24, 2021 06:45 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB

Welcome to Jump Start Your Joy's Top 10 of Season One. As I round out the 6th Season of the podcast, I found myself wanting to take a look back at how the show started. Season One was magical, and memorable in so many ways. You can read the full episode notes on my website. Here's the sampling of who you'll hear in this episode: 1. Kathleen Davies, from Episode 1. She is a preaching pastor in Houston Texas, and my former room mate at Yale Divinity School. 2. Matthew Wood, Senior S...

Andrea Owen on How You Can Make Some Noise, Speak Your Mind and Own Your Strength

August 26, 2021 18:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MB

Andrea and I are talking about the many ways that you can make some noise, own your strengths, and speak your mind. It’s a big topic, and it could not come at a better time. At the heart of making noise is first getting comfortable with accepting the unique things that make you great. I know that many times, it feels more comfortable to play down your strengths because maybe somewhere back in your childhood or formative years you were told that you shouldn’t bring too much attention to yours...

John McEuen Shares New Music, and His Book: The Life I've Picked

August 05, 2021 23:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MB

John McEuen reached out to share 2 new songs with us, and I'm releasing "Hey Joe" with the Oak Ridge Boys, and "Back in History" with John Russell in this episode as we listen to John talk about his book, the Life I've Picked. I could not be more excited to share this week’s interview. John is one of the most celebrated and best known banjo players in the world, and has had a long and exciting career in music. It was amazing to get to speak with him about his book, “The Life I’ve Picked,” ...

The Top Five Most Memorable Conversations of Season 6 (The Season 6 Finale)

July 08, 2021 18:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MB

Season 6 has been all about finding joy in the messy middle. In the season finale, I'm looking back and the 5 most memorable conversations I've had with guests over the last year. For each one, I'm sharing a bit about what stood out about our conversation, and, playing a bit of the episode so you can hear them explain things in their own words.  Dr. Jeff Speiss is the author of "Dying with Ease," and he joined me early on in the season. I love that he shared about what he's learned from wo...

Opting Out is an Option: Thoughts on FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

June 24, 2021 18:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

A lot of people are talking about FOMO, especially as the US is opening back up after the pandemic. As everything and everyone starts to come out of quarantine and shelter in place, and we are feeling safer about being in public, it seems that a lot of people are feeling he push to rush back into life, and, rush back to returning to life at the same pace we'd all been keeping in the end of 2019 (if not faster). And, many people are layering this return to "normal" with an urgency to catch up...

Languishing, and One Great Way to Find Your Way Out of the Blah You Are Feeling

June 10, 2021 18:00 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MB

In this episode, I'm talking about the term "languishing," which is something that Adam Grant recently wrote about in the New York Times. His article was titled "There's a Name For The Blah That You're Feeling, and It's Called Languishing." When I read it, it struck me that languishing really is one of the predominant emotions that you find in the messy middle. It's languishing. Isn't full on depression. It's not boredom or anger. It's not any of those. It's just that vague feeling, that thi...

The Creative Process and Writing 'Strange Love' During the Pandemic with Author Fred Waitzkin

May 20, 2021 18:01 - 47 minutes - 44 MB

In this episode, I’m delighted to have Fred Waitzkin return for his second interview, this time to talk about his brand new book “Strange Love.” Fred is the author of “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” which is based on his experiences with his son Josh who was a chess prodigy at age 7. In this new interview, we talk about his latest book (Strange Love), his time during COVID in New York and Costa Rica, and what drew him to write a story based in Costa Rica, and his writing process. What I lov...

Rediscovering Your Unique Path Through the Messy Middle

May 13, 2021 18:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MB

In this episode, I am sharing about a couple of parallel "paths" I've noticed in the past few months: those of Labyrinths, making mindful choices about what to do next, and setting boundaries to support those choices and new directions. Your Unique Path In December 2020 I took a week long course and became a trained labyrinth facilitator. The labyrinth has been around for centuries and is a helpful mindfulness tool, and a lovely walking meditation. It struck me that much like there are pa...

Discovering the Sacred Path of the Labyrinth with guest Lauren Artress

May 06, 2021 18:00 - 51 minutes - 36.2 MB

In this episode, I'm honored to be interviewing Lauren Artress. She is an author, Canon of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, founder of Veriditas, and a spiritual pioneer and a leading force in popularizing the Labyrinth in the US and around the world. I have been fascinated with Labyrinths for years, and this last December became a trained Labyrinth facilitator. I'm excited to have Lauren joining me to talk about her experience with the Labyrinth, The Labyrinth Movement, and how it offers p...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Imperfect Allyship with Erica Courdae

April 29, 2021 18:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MB

In this episode, Erica and are diving in to the important topics of racism in the US, and what it means to be an imperfect ally. I had the pleasure of meeting her at ShePodcasts Live, and I was deeply inspired by her presentation there on imperfect allyship and anti-racism. Erica is an an entrepreneur and certified coach, and her work is focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), imperfect allyship, and imposter syndrome. I deeply appreciate her insights on how white people, like ...

How Intuition Can Help You Find More Joy (And What You Can Learn From Feeling Annoyed)

March 25, 2021 18:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MB

Intuition can give you powerful information about what you want and what brings you joy, but too often we ignore it. What can you learn from intuition, and what can you discover from getting curious about what annoys you?  Get all the show notes and a full transcript at the website. Sign up for Newsletter on my website. Purchase my book, Jump Start Your Joy: Heart-Centered Ways to Find Joy in The Messy Middle

The Importance of Taking Care of Yourself, Your Health, and Your Own Happiness When You're a Mom with Heather Chauvin

March 11, 2021 19:05 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MB

It’s so exciting to have Heather Chauvin back for a second time on the podcast! She has just released her brand new book, “Dying to be a Good Mother” and I was delighted that she reached out to connect again. Our interview is all about her journey with what she learned about self care after being diagnosed with cancer, and how 2020 has changed so much for so many of us.  As a former social worker, and mom of three boys Heather was juggling  family, health and happiness, and in doing so put...

Perspective, Horizons, and Crafting an "Easy Week"

February 26, 2021 00:20 - 17 minutes - 16.7 MB

During the pandemic, it's been hard to find our joy. In this episode, I share how to change your perspective when the horizon shifts, and how to find joy in the messy middle. Also learn about how to craft an "easy week" to bring more joy to your life.   Get all the show notes and a full transcript at the website. Sign up for Newsletter on my website. Purchase my book, Jump Start Your Joy: Heart-Centered Ways to Find Joy in The Messy Middle

How to Discover Self Love, Tenderness, and Transformation with Mackenzie Eason

February 18, 2021 19:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB

In this interview, I’m delighted to be joined by life coach Mackenzie Eason. She is a love and relationship coach who specializes in helping her clients break free from toxic dynamics, develop emotional mastery, clear up communication, reclaim their power, and cultivate unshakable self love. In other words, she’s the most amazing person to have on to talk about how we look at love, how we can learn to love ourselves, and how we can talk about Valentine’s Day in a very different way. In this ...

How You Can Choose Love and Acceptance in Hard Times with Barron Steffen

January 28, 2021 19:00 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MB

Barron Steffen is a Siddha Yoga practitioner, a big band crooner, and a widower. He is also the author of the book, “The Final Gift of the Beloved: Her Disappearance - 13 Days,” where he shares the story of the death of his wife Dr. Seana Lowe Steffen and the 13 days that follow. It is a joy to speak with him, and it is an honor to have him share his journey of saying goodbye to the love of his life, and the peace and joy that came with that journey. Barron now focuses his life’s work on “Th...

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