Jump Start Your Joy
340 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsJump 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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Ep131: Mandy Ford on Following the Joy of Drawing and Illustration (A Lookback Episode)
April 10, 2018 07:00 - 47 minutes - 53.9 MBAs an illustrator, designer, and artist, Mandy returned to drawing after a fairly long absence. What I’ve noticed about people who have a grasp on joy is that they often are actively making space to do the things they love in their lives. They take the time to listen to what their heart is saying to them, and they are open to the nudges that they get from the universe along the way. In the last month, I’ve been talking a lot about this - and I’m calling “Practicing the vibration of jo...
Ep130: What You Can Learn from Ants About Actively Practicing Joy Everyday with host Paula Jenkins
April 03, 2018 07:00 - 36 minutes - 41 MBThis week on the show, I’m excited to share a solocast all about why joy matters. I recently had a series of aha moments around the interviews with Fred Leblanc and Julia Samuels, along with the work I’ve been doing in Tiffany Han’s Inner Circle - that led me to a realization that joy isn’t just a choice, but it’s a necessity and it’s something we need to make room for everyday, in some way. This big aha moment has roots in four places: Living a joyful life, and being dedicated to joy mea...
Ep129: Rayne Parvis on Your Personal Style
March 27, 2018 07:00 - 49 minutes - 39.1 MBThis week’s interview with personal stylist and coach, Rayne Parvis is one of those special and fun discussions that really feels more like a chat with an old friend than an interview. Rayne and I hit it off from the start, and we laugh so hard in this interview that it’s a total delight to be sharing it with you this week. Rayne has been very joyfully styling clients now for the past few years, and she taps in to her own gift of being able to “see you in your best potential.” She loves he...
Ep129: Rayne Parvis on Your Personal Style
March 27, 2018 07:00 - 49 minutes - 39.1 MBThis week’s interview with personal stylist and coach, Rayne Parvis is one of those special and fun discussions that really feels more like a chat with an old friend than an interview. Rayne and I hit it off from the start, and we laugh so hard in this interview that it’s a total delight to be sharing it with you this week. Rayne has been very joyfully styling clients now for the past few years, and she taps in to her own gift of being able to “see you in your best potential.” She loves he...
Ep128: Friendpreneur Series: Lara Heacock on Practical Kindness
March 22, 2018 07:00This week, I’m delighted to have Lara Heacock joining me for the second installment of the Friendpreneur Series. This series focuses on conversations with friends, who are entrepreneurs. Many of the people are friends I’ve met either through the show (and have been on before!) or through contacts in coaching. I’ve found that starting and running a small business is something very new to many of us, who have grown up without examples of people who are entrepreneurs in our day-to-day. I had ...
Ep128: Friendpreneur Series: Lara Heacock on Practical Kindness
March 22, 2018 07:00This week, I’m delighted to have Lara Heacock joining me for the second installment of the Friendpreneur Series. This series focuses on conversations with friends, who are entrepreneurs. Many of the people are friends I’ve met either through the show (and have been on before!) or through contacts in coaching. I’ve found that starting and running a small business is something very new to many of us, who have grown up without examples of people who are entrepreneurs in our day-to-day. I had ...
Ep128: Friendpreneur Series: Lara Heacock on Practical Kindness
March 22, 2018 07:00This week, I’m delighted to have Lara Heacock joining me for the second installment of the Friendpreneur Series. This series focuses on conversations with friends, who are entrepreneurs. Many of the people are friends I’ve met either through the show (and have been on before!) or through contacts in coaching. I’ve found that starting and running a small business is something very new to many of us, who have grown up without examples of people who are entrepreneurs in our day-to-day. I had ...
Ep128: Friendpreneur Series: Lara Heacock on Practical Kindness
March 22, 2018 07:00This week, I’m delighted to have Lara Heacock joining me for the second installment of the Friendpreneur Series. This series focuses on conversations with friends, who are entrepreneurs. Many of the people are friends I’ve met either through the show (and have been on before!) or through contacts in coaching. I’ve found that starting and running a small business is something very new to many of us, who have grown up without examples of people who are entrepreneurs in our day-to-day. I had ...
Ep128: Friendpreneur Series: Lara Heacock on Practical Kindness
March 22, 2018 07:00This week, I’m delighted to have Lara Heacock joining me for the second installment of the Friendpreneur Series. This series focuses on conversations with friends, who are entrepreneurs. Many of the people are friends I’ve met either through the show (and have been on before!) or through contacts in coaching. I’ve found that starting and running a small business is something very new to many of us, who have grown up without examples of people who are entrepreneurs in our day-to-day. I had ...
Ep127: Julia Samuel on Grief Works, and the Stories of Life, Death, and Surviving
March 20, 2018 07:00 - 46 minutes - 50.3 MBOn the show this week, I’m delighted to be joined by Julia Samuel. She is a British psychotherapist who specializes in grief and bereavement, and founded the UK Child Bereavement charity, that works with children who are grieving, as well as those who are grieving the loss of a child. She is the author of Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death, and Surviving. Julia is a truly delightful person and I really enjoyed getting to speak with her. At first blush, grief may seem to be a strange topic...
Ep126: Content Planning and Strategy for your Podcast, Retreat, or Blog
March 13, 2018 07:00This week on the show, I'm explaining the basics and tactics of content planning and strategy for your retreat, podcast, or blog on this solocast. Learn how to take your idea to a solid plan that you can execute using project management and inspiration. It's one of my favorite topics: Figuring out the building blocks of content strategy for your own brand. I’ll be explaining how this can be applied to planning a retreat (which is where I first started playing with this approach), but it’s al...
Ep126: Content Planning and Strategy for your Podcast, Retreat, or Blog
March 13, 2018 07:00This week on the show, I'm explaining the basics and tactics of content planning and strategy for your retreat, podcast, or blog on this solocast. Learn how to take your idea to a solid plan that you can execute using project management and inspiration. It's one of my favorite topics: Figuring out the building blocks of content strategy for your own brand. I’ll be explaining how this can be applied to planning a retreat (which is where I first started playing with this approach), but it’s al...
Ep126: Content Planning and Strategy for your Podcast, Retreat, or Blog
March 13, 2018 07:00This week on the show, I'm explaining the basics and tactics of content planning and strategy for your retreat, podcast, or blog on this solocast. Learn how to take your idea to a solid plan that you can execute using project management and inspiration. It's one of my favorite topics: Figuring out the building blocks of content strategy for your own brand. I’ll be explaining how this can be applied to planning a retreat (which is where I first started playing with this approach), but it’s al...
Ep125: Energy, Joy, and Cowboy Mouth with guest Fred LeBlanc
March 06, 2018 08:00 - 45 minutes - 38.3 MBFred LeBlanc is the powerfully energetic drummer and lead singer of the band Cowboy Mouth from New Orleans, Louisiana, and I could not be more excited to have him on the show this week. What draws me to Fred is his true dedication to joy, to choosing it, spreading it, his dedication to elevating the vibration and awareness of everyone at his shows. From his lyrics and the way he gets a crowd excited to the way he encourages others, Fred is an amazing example of positivity, love, and good ene...
Ep124: How to Shine with Confidence with guest Tanika Mason
February 27, 2018 08:00 - 56 minutes - 67.5 MBConfidence coach, marketing mentor, and dancer Tanika Mason joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about how to shine with confidence. Tanika shares how to build confidence as an entrepreneur so that you can build a dream business you love.
Ep123: Self Advocacy: Going Beyond Self Care with guest Christy Tending (Friendpreneur Series)
February 22, 2018 08:00 - 48 minutes - 57.3 MBSelf care expert and activist Christy Tending joins host Paula Jenkins for the Friendpreneur Series to talk about self advocacy, becoming a mother, and running a business. Mompreneurs unite!
Ep122: Defining Boundaries, Embracing Kindness, and How to Live Your Most Joyful Life with guest Amy Smith
February 20, 2018 08:00 - 53 minutes - 59.7 MBAmy Smith joins the show to talk about how to set loving boundaries, honor what you need, how to have hard conversations with compassion, self love and kindness. As two life coaches, and joy experts, Paula and Amy have a light and joyfilled discussion.
Ep121: Choosing Love over Fear with guest Ellie Bassick-Trovato
February 13, 2018 07:52 - 54 minutes - 51.5 MBEllie Bassick-Trovato, a life coach, joins me to talk about choosing love over fear, and how choosing love has changed her life. Inspired by "Conversations with God," by Neale Donald Walsch.
Ep120: The Imposter Syndrome: What it’s Trying to Tell you (and How to Deal with it) with host Paula Jenkins
February 06, 2018 08:00 - 36 minutes - 41.9 MBThe Imposter Syndrome pops up when you're following dreams, and it can make you question if you're a fake or a fraud. Host Paula Jenkins talks about how to deal with feeling like an imposter, and how to deal with it if shows up.
Ep119: Living ‘Mighty Well’ with Chronic Illness with guest Emily Levy
January 30, 2018 08:00 - 38 minutes - 28.8 MBEmily Levy of wellness company Mighty Well joins the show to talk about living with Neurological Lyme Disease, starting a company, and becoming a 24 year old CEO. Inspired by her own dissatisfaction with PICC covers, she set out to create something new.
Ep118: The Crossroads of Illusion, Magic, and Joy with guest Vitaly Beckman
January 23, 2018 08:00 - 45 minutes - 45 MBMagician and illusionist Vitaly Beckman joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about how he became an illusionist, his time on Penn and Teller's "Fool Us," how he creates new illusions, and how it all ties into creating joy and wonder.
Ep117: Creating an Inspiring, Actionable, and Joy-filled Bucket List with host Paula Jenkins
January 16, 2018 08:00 - 36 minutes - 40.8 MBIn this episode, learn how to create a bucket list that is full of meaning, and learn how to do some of those things that have been sitting on your list for way too long.
Ep116: Bare Naked Bravery with guest Emily Ann Peterson
January 09, 2018 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.8 MBMusician Emily Ann Peterson shares about developing an Essential Tremor and how courage, bravery, improvisation and defiant expectations have helped her find joy.
Ep115: How to Stop Feeling Like Shit and Live a Kickass Life with guest Andrea Owen
January 02, 2018 08:00 - 57 minutes - 55.8 MBAndrea Owen of Your Kickass Life joins to talk about her new book, How to Stop Feeling Like Shit. Andrea is an author, mentor, & certified life coach who helps high-achieving women let go of perfectionism, control & isolation & choose courage & confidence.
Ep114: Look back lessons: What the Crossroads of Money and Happiness Looks Like with guest Sarah Von Bargen
December 26, 2017 19:34 - 49 minutes - 71 MBSarah Von Bargen of the blog, Yes and Yes joins the podcast to share about the crossroads of money and happiness. By mindfully choosing what you want in your life and understanding what makes you happy, you can learn to make better informed decisions.
Ep113: Why You Need to Make Self Care a Priority and What Is Holding you Back with Paula Jenkins
December 19, 2017 08:00 - 31 minutes - 53.7 MBWe know that self care is important, and yet, it seems like it's the first thing to fall to the wayside when we get overwhelmed or busy. How do you make taking yourself a priority? What's holding you back? Find out with host Paula Jenkins.
Ep112: You're Going to Survive: Wisdom for Rejection, Defeat and Terrible Bosses with guest Alexandra Franzen
December 12, 2017 08:00 - 50 minutes - 77.3 MBAuthor, writer, and entrepreneur Alexandra Franzen joins to share about her new book, "You're Going to Survive." Join us as we discuss how to face and survive rejection, defeat, adversity, online trolls, and other soul crushing experiences.
Ep111: Discovering The Sound of Your Soul and Your Heart's Truth with guest Morgan Bolender
December 05, 2017 08:00 - 59 minutes - 114 MBSinger songwriter Morgan Bolender of viral hit Mary Oliver joins host Paula Jenkins to share about her journey from special ed teacher to full time musician on Kona, Hawaii.
Ep110: Looking at Risk, Vulnerability, Joy, and Possibility (plus an NKOTB Cruise Recap) with host Paula Jenkins
December 01, 2017 21:47 - 28 minutes - 46.7 MBRisk and vulnerability are two key pieces of following joy and possibility in our lives. Host Paula Jenkins talks about how to find your joy, and the role the courage plays. Also a recap on the NKOTB 2017 Cruise and Donnie Wahlberg's inspiring look at joy.
Ep109: Remember Betty: A Lookback Episode with guest Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block
November 21, 2017 07:56 - 35 minutes - 51.3 MBIn this lookback episode, Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block shares about his foundation, Remember Betty, Donnie Wahlberg and Joey McIntyre and his solo album "Look at Me." Features the single "Hold On."
Ep108: Changing the Narrative and Making Joyful Connections with guest Rachael Baribeau
November 14, 2017 07:48 - 49 minutes - 35.2 MBRachel Baribeau of SiriusXM's College Sports Nation and GridironNow joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about her joyful and enthusiastic love of college football, her years as a sportscaster, and how she is working at Changing the Narrative across the nation.
Ep107: The Integrity Advantage with guest Kelley Kosow
November 07, 2017 08:00 - 55 minutes - 54.3 MBKelley Kosow of The Ford Institute joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about her new book, The Integrity Advantage. They share about perfectionism, Debbie Ford, living in alignment, transformation, and being the change you seek in the world.
Ep106: Rituals for Transformation with guests Briana and Dr. Peter Borten
October 31, 2017 07:00 - 55 minutes - 42.4 MBBriana and Dr Peter Borten join host Paula Jenkins to share about their new book, Rituals for Transformation. Learn about creating your own sacred rituals, how to get in touch with what matters to you, and how to find enlightenment.
Ep105: Love, Trust, and How To Connect with Your Spirituality with guest Christine Petty
October 24, 2017 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBChristine Petty of the Free Her Spirit podcast joins the show to talk about learning to love and trust yourself, and how to connect with your own authentic spirituality. Learn about creating sacred space, discovering rituals, and exploring spirituality.
Ep104: Crafting Your Authentic Artistic Career with Money, Meaning, and Freedom with guest Caitlin Greer Meister
October 17, 2017 07:00 - 50 minutes - 70.9 MBCaitlin Greer Meister is a voice actor, educational consultant, and mentor to artists. She joins host Paula Jenkins to share how you can create an authentic artistic career that provides the money, meaning, and freedom you desire.
Ep103: Copywriting, Confidence, and the Joy of Entrepreneurship with guest Jorden Roper
October 10, 2017 07:08 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBJorden Roper joins host Paula Jenkins to share about copywriting, working as a freelancer, starting her own business, and working with entrepreneurs.
Ep102: How To Rediscover Joy When Something You Love Feels Heavy with host Paula Jenkins
October 03, 2017 07:30 - 23 minutes - 27.5 MBIn the Season 3 kickoff, Paula looks at ways to reconnect with joy when something you once loved doing now feels heavy.
Ep101: Season Two Finale: A Round Table On Joy, Finding Inspiration, and Self Care in Difficult Times
August 29, 2017 06:56 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBFor the season 2 finale of Jump Start Your Joy Paula Jenkins hosts a round table discussion with Kate Courageous, Michelle Ward, Laura Simms, Deb Cooperman and Sarah Von Bargen all about joy, inspiration, and self care in difficult political times. See all of the show notes at www.jumpstartyourjoy.com/episode101
A Mastermind Group Shares About the First Two Years of Being an Entrepreneur
August 22, 2017 04:57 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBLife coaches Julie Houghton, Liz Applegate, and Paula Jenkins take a heartfelt look at the challenges and growth of the first two years of being entrepreneurs and starting a coaching business.
Finding Your Voice and Communicating with your Perfect Audience with guest Andi Fairbanks
August 15, 2017 06:44 - 52 minutes - 39.8 MBThis week, I’m honored to have Andi Fairbanks of the podcast Everyday Extraordinaries join me for episode 99 to share about her role as a Creative Communications Consultant. She’s a self described “idea champ,” and works with visionaries and local politicians on public campaigns. Andi Fairbanks is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and consultant, starting her own business just about a year ago. Her work focuses on the human connection, the thing that connects all of us, and she helps visionarie...
Looking Back at Two Years of Podcasting
August 08, 2017 07:54 - 31 minutes - 33.5 MBHost Paula Jenkins looks back at the lessons learned over two years of podcasting - from creating a plan, to following passion, to learning to trust yourself, she shares all about the lessons of following a creative dream.
Following Your Inspiration, Doodling, and Becoming an Illustrator with guest Mandy Ford
August 01, 2017 07:19 - 47 minutes - 47.1 MBThis week it’s my true pleasure to have Mandy Ford joining me for an interview, where she talks about following your inspiration, doodling, and becoming an illustrator. Mandy is a graphic designer, and she returned to drawing after many years after inspiration struck her in a writing class, and she found herself doodling. This led to her posting her art on Instagram, and landing a licensing deal with Home Goods only 4 months later. In this episode, Mandy and I talk about: - her early lov...
Ditching the Mask, and Accepting Who You Are to Find More Joy with guest Sarah Shuttle
July 25, 2017 07:00 - 38 minutes - 38.8 MBThis week I’m super excited to have Sarah Shuttle joining me on the show. She’s the heart and soul behind Verity Road and the site Girl Untold. She’s a brand stylist from England who spent her twenties recovering from alcoholism, anorexia, binge eating and self-harm. She dove deep into healing and fell in love with graphic design. In her own words, “creating visual stories led me out of darkness and into life.” This week, she shares about her journey in finding her voice, how to get past...
Ep95: Choosing Love and Finding a Relationship When You're Single with guest Kira Sabin
July 19, 2017 06:26 - 51 minutes - 58.5 MBThis week, Kira Sabin joins Paula Jenkins to chat about love and relationships. She’s the Troop Leader over at the League of Adventurous Singles where she encourages single women to embrace the awesomeness of singleness, take responsibility of what is “theirs,” and let go of whatever is holding them back. She leads singles to figure out what they want, how to love, making decisions based on love (not fear). She believes in adventures, and breaking down walls, and revising mindset and confid...
Ep94: Find and Share Your Voice, Live Your Purpose with host Paula Jenkins
July 11, 2017 06:25 - 20 minutes - 22.2 MBThis week, I’m doing a solcast about Finding Your Voice. It’s one of those things I’m super passionate about, and that is at the center of my Podcasting class. Today I’m sharing 6 things to consider in finding your voice and following your passion. It might be easier than you think …. let it be easy You probably know more about the message and your voice than you are giving yourself credit for Start with whatever feels like the obvious thing If you feel lost or not sure where to s...
Ep93: Star Wars, General Grievous and the Art of Sound: a Lookback Episode with guest Matt Wood
July 01, 2017 07:02 - 53 minutes - 78.2 MBThis week, I’m thrilled to be sharing what I like to call a look back episode, highlighting a favorite past guest. Early in Season One I had the pleasure of catching up with Matt Wood, who is the voice of General Grievous and R0-GR of Star Wars, and the senior sound editor at Skywalker Sound. I love this story of how he got the role of Grievous, and what’s even more special is that Matt and I went to grade school, middle school, and high school together. And, he offers some amazing thoughts ...
Ep92: How To Bring Your Creative Purpose and Dreams to Life with guest Zoha Abbas
June 27, 2017 07:03 - 51 minutes - 74.6 MBThis week, I’m so excited to be speaking with Zoha Abbas of the site, Multidoer. Zoha is a multipassionate creative, who works with creative people with lots of different passions and interests to move from idea into action. We talk about how to bring your creative purpose and dreams to life. In this episode, Zoha and I talk about: - the definition of a multidoer: a multipassionate person who is action oriented - Zoha's journey from working in creative agencies to being a coach for crea...
Ep91: You Can Reconnect with Your Purpose and Find Your Joy with host Paula Jenkins
June 21, 2017 06:49 - 34 minutes - 54.7 MBHost Paula Jenkins takes a look at the ways to reconnect with your purpose and lists five ways to find your joy in this solocast episode. She reflects on her recent interview with Paul Selig, and seeing Danielle LaPorte while touring for White Hot Truth
Ep90: On Being a Psychic & Medium, and Channeling The Book of Truth with guest Paul Selig
June 13, 2017 07:10 - 31 minutes - 44.7 MBThis week, I’ve got a very special treat for you, it’s an interview with best selling author, psychic, and medium Paul Selig, in the celebration of the release of his new book, The Book of Truth. It’s the first time I’ve had someone channel on the show, and I know you will love this discussion. It’s moving and deeply insightful. The theme for this month, “Your Purpose.” We’ll be looking at the ways you can follow your heart to live the life of your dreams, and how to get in touch with your ...
Ep89: How to Get Past Your "Big Buts" and Create the Career of Your Dreams with Michelle Ward and Laura Simms
June 06, 2017 07:32 - 58 minutes - 84.7 MBCareer Coaches Michelle Ward and Laura Simms join host Paula Jenkins to talk about creating the career of your dreams. They share how to live past the excuses and find the spark and joy that can help you find a career or launch a business that you love. Learn all about: What’s brought them joy in the last year Their 90 Day Business Launch program and how they’ve sold out every time they’ve run it! What’s holding you back from following your creative dream What do to when you’ve got ...