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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Ep88: Four Awesome Ways to Find What Fits in Your Life
May 30, 2017 07:15 - 22 minutes - 25.3 MBHost Paula Jenkins shares four ways to find what fits in your life, exploring the work of Tara Mohr and Pema Chodron. Discover how commiting to yourself. gaining inspiration from gift goals, trusting in what calls to you, and finding a community.
Ep87: How to Live a Delightful, Curious, Joyful Superhero Life with guest Andrea Scher
May 23, 2017 07:02 - 54 minutes - 48 MBThis week, Andrea Scher joins me to share all about so many magical and joyful things, and how to find more of that magic and joy in your life. You may know Andrea from her blog, Superhero life, or from the popular and life changing class, Mondo Beyondo. She also just started her own podcast, The Creative Superheroes Podcast, which I have been enjoying immensely. She has an ease and a joy about her that just draws you in, and I know you’re going to love this episode because we hit it off. Th...
Ep86: Discovering More Money and More Happy Right Now with guest Sarah Von Bargen
May 16, 2017 05:08 - 51 minutes - 51.7 MBThis is the third week of May’s “Finding What Fits, and I’m thrilled to have Sarah von Bargen joining me today! The theme for May is “Finding what Fits;” where we’re taking a look at how to find what feels right for you in career, money, and life. You may know Sarah from her inspiring “Yes and Yes” blog; and what you may not know is that she’s recently launched a “More Money More Happy” bootcamp, where she shares how to create a relationship with money that leads to well, more money, and mor...
Ep85: How to Find what Fits in your Life with host Paula Jenkins
May 09, 2017 05:51 - 18 minutes - 20.9 MBHost Paula Jenkins discusses four steps for you to find what fits in your life in this solocast episode. Following these steps will lead to more joy, happiness, and contentment in your life by working with inspiration, intention, action, and courage.
Ep84: How to Be Everything with guest Emilie Wapnick
May 02, 2017 05:23 - 52 minutes - 52.8 MBEmilie Wapnick of Puttylike joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about her new book, How to Be Everything: A Guide for Those Who (Still) Don’t Know What They Want to be When They Grow Up and to talk about finding what fits for your life.
Ep83: Look Back Lessons: Creating Your New Business With Heart and Respect with guest Jennifer Lee
April 25, 2017 06:07 - 48 minutes - 49.2 MBGuest Jennifer Lee, author of the Right Brain Business Plan, joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about how to create a business you love, one that is built with heart and respect.
Ep82: Look Back Lessons: Celebrating Your Unique Voice and Message with guest Holly Becker
April 18, 2017 05:52 - 46 minutes - 49.8 MBFor episode 82, I’m super excited to revisit the interview with Holly Becker. You probably know her from decor8, the very popular interior design blog that she started a decade ago. She has inspired me and countless other bloggers and creative people to share their voice with the world, and led the charge in celebrating your unique voice.
Ep81: Look Back Lessons: Finding Time For What's Important with Kris Nations
April 11, 2017 05:20 - 41 minutes - 46.3 MBJewelry Designer and Entrepreneur Kris Nations joins host Paula Jenkins in this look back episode to share about how she has found time in her life to balance the priorities of having a family and starting and running a business.
Ep80: The Crossroads of Courage and Creating Habits with guest Kate Courageous
April 04, 2017 05:53 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBThis week, rounding out Courage Month, I’m joined by Kate Courageous. She’s a life coach, creator of the Courageous Living Coach Certification, the Coaching Blueprint, and the author of Your Courageous Life. I’ve worked with Kate for the last couple of years as a mentor coach in her coach certification program, and she is a powerhouse of knowledge, and as she says “Practicing Courage is her expertise, Teaching others to make courage a habit is her vocation.” Kate joins me this week to share ...
Ep79: The Courage of Choosing Love with guest Stephanie Dalfonzo
March 27, 2017 06:17 - 53 minutes - 54.3 MBGuest Stephanie Dalfonzo joins Paula Jenkins to talk about choosing love over fear, choosing joy, the law of attraction, joy as the highest level of emotions, how to face stress and anxiety, and a breathing practice for stress.
Ep78: The Courage of Marketing Yourself or Your Small Business with Deirdre Fentem
March 21, 2017 04:49 - 56 minutes - 43.6 MBDeirdre Fentem of Little Red Promotions joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about the courage it takes to market yourself, and how to make yourself shine in social media. She shares about becoming an entrepreneur, and working in anti-human trafficking.
Ep77: Saying Yes to Courage with Host Paula Jenkins
March 14, 2017 06:48 - 34 minutes - 37.9 MBHost Paula Jenkins shares about Saying Yes to Courage, and the four ways to follow courage in your life. She weaves in examples of the courage displayed by the lead character of Moana in this fun & light hearted look at courageously following your heart.
Ep76: The Courage to Transform Trauma and Grief with guest Iman Gatti
March 07, 2017 06:49 - 59 minutes - 42.7 MBGuest Iman Gatti joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about the courage of facing trauma and grief, and share her own journey of being orphaned at age 6, to go on to become a coach, grief recovery counselor, and motivational speaker.
Ep75: Foundations of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam with guest Alexis Donkin
February 28, 2017 07:10 - 57 minutes - 48.1 MBIn this episode, we talk about: - Alexis’ early interest in anything creative that merged with the natural world around her - How society has found itself in a space where we are frightened by anything that seems different - That we need to extend our hands as friends and embrace our human neighbors Judaism’s history of struggle, and basis in a search for ethics - How we can see the historical message in sacred text and look to apply it to todays world - That the Quran (also spelled Qu...
Ep74: Curiosity as a Foundation for Living with guest Helen McLaughlin
February 21, 2017 06:38 - 56 minutes - 50.6 MBThis week, I’m really thrilled to have Helen McLaughin on the show. She’s a curiosity coach, and in the last two years she’s gone from having a 9 to 5 job as an executive assistant to being a coach, getting married, and living full time on the road. I wanted to talk to her about what it’s like, finding a foundation while living a life that is constantly in motion. I know you’ll love hearing her answer! In this episode we talk about: - Helen’s love of creating and making books as “places f...
Ep73: Discovering the Foundations of Joy with host Paula Jenkins
February 14, 2017 08:06 - 27 minutes - 26.3 MBI now see this as an early way of setting a foundation of joy in my life. As I actively sought out, and said yes to the things that were coming from a place of love, I was also choosing joy. I was choosing joy and inviting it further into my life. And this is what creating a foundation of joy is all about. It’s recognizing that you make a choice to seek out joy, and you make a choice to include joy in your life. And why is this important? Because setting up a foundation of joy is setti...
Ep72: Crafting a Beautiful Life by Tapping In To Structure, Sweetness, and Space with Briana and Dr. Peter Borten
February 07, 2017 07:39 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBBriana Borten and Dr. Peter Borten join host Paula Jenkins to talk about how to create the foundations of joy using structure, sweetness, and space. The Bortens are the authors of a new book, the Well Life.
Ep71: Living a Wonderful Gluten Free Life with guest Connie Curtis
January 31, 2017 07:46 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBConnie Curtis joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about gluten free living, and how to thrive and love a gluten free life style. Connie is a allergy and gluten free specialist.
Ep70: Mindfully Crafting Your Most Amazing Year Yet (Plus A Women's March Update)
January 24, 2017 07:53 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBThis week is a solocast about a mashup of things: first, Paula shares about her experience at the Women’s March this last weekend in San Francisco, and then dives into the importance of taking time each year to take inventory of your life, see what’s working, and do what she likes to call, some “pruning.” Here are the five ways of crafting your most awesome year yet, from this episode: 1. Do you have room on your plate? 2. What is it that you want to do with this one, precious life? 3....
Ep69: Journaling Your Way Through Life with guest Deb Cooperman
January 17, 2017 07:20 - 53 minutes - 49.8 MBGuest Deb Cooperman joins host Paula Jenkins to share about journaling as a great way to get in touch with the true you. She explains how to start journaling each day, how to get past blocks, and how it's a great tool for people in the new year.
Ep68: Creating Mindfulness and More Joy in Your Life with Jo Casey
January 10, 2017 08:18 - 55 minutes - 51.5 MBJo Casey joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about mindfulness. Jo also shares about her journey starting a coaching business, and how new coaches navigate the territory of becoming an entrepreneur. Full notes: bit.ly/joyep68
Ep67: Finding Joy in Uncertain Times with host Paula Jenkins
January 03, 2017 07:22 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBIn the midst of the shifting world events, I’ve felt weighed down recently. In this episode, I’ll talk about how it takes real courage to follow a muse like Joy in hard times, and following joy, and love, and our own hearts is more important now, than ever before. I’ve spent a lot of time mulling over why joy has felt so awkward recently, and why it still beckons me on. And, I’ve found a lot of uplifting quotes and thoughts from others to share with you, too. 1. Define what’s true for you ...
Ep66: A Commitment to Joyfully Uplifting Others During the Holidays with Danny Williams and Steven Hundal
December 13, 2016 08:34 - 52 minutes - 48.9 MBI'm so thrilled to have Danny Williams and Steven Hundal join me for this episode to share all about the play they will be starring in at the Children's Creativity Theater in San Francisco entitled "Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some)." Danny and Steven are both multi-passionate, renaissance souls. These guys juggle work and families, and are putting on this play to support charities for the holidays. They truly have made a commitment to joyfully uplifting others during the holid...
Ep65: Repurposed Faith: Breathing New Life into Your Quiet Time with Rosie Williams
December 07, 2016 07:04 - 52 minutes - 48.9 MBRosie Williams joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about her newly published book Repurposed Faith: Breathing New Life into Your Quiet Time.
Ep64: Flashback: Hope, Love, and Serious Creatures with guests Amber and Brady Black
December 01, 2016 06:58 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBIn this flashback episode, Amber and Brady Black of the art site Serious Creatures join host Paula Jenkins to discuss their work as educational directors of Home of Hope Lebanon, where they teach abandoned and abused, and refugee children.
Ep63: How to Find and Pack Your Suitcase of Happiness with guest Mark Jaffe
November 16, 2016 07:43 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBI'm thrilled to have Mark Jaffe, author of "Suitcase of Happyness," as my guest. Mark is a former Walt Disney executive, and he has spent a good deal of his life looking at how to cultivate happiness. At a young age he realized that his happiest life was not something out of reach. He studied, observed, cultivated, and ultimately enjoyed an enduring happiness through a singular focus on identifying what worked and what didn’t. In this episode, Mark and I talk about how to find and pack your ...
Ep62: Daring to be Courageous, Vulnerable, and Human with guest Christy Tending
November 08, 2016 21:26 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBChristy Tending joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about how courage and vulnerability can add depth and beauty to your life, and lead you to a place that is lovingly and completely human.
Ep61: How To Find Your Inner Calm in the Midst of this Chaotic Presidential Election with host Paula Jenkins
November 03, 2016 07:30 - 33 minutes - 33.8 MBIn this solocast episode, I'm diving head first into how you can find your inner calm in the midst of this chaotic Presidential Election. To set the stage, this episode is focusing on what's going on behind the emotions and intensity of this election, and what each of us can do recenter ourselves. Whether you support Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, it's likely that you are feeling fearful about the outcome of the election. So let's take a look at what you can do, even when it feels like the...
Ep60: How To Connect with Your Muse and Lead a Breakthrough Life with guest Matt Marr
October 26, 2016 07:30 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBGuest Matt Marr of the Dear Mattie Show joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about finding your muse, narrative therapy, what to do about bullying, and his work with Camp Brave Trails, a LGBTQ youth leadership camp.
Ep59: Finding Joy with Star Wars in the Yard with guest Russell Hurst
October 18, 2016 21:20 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBRussell Hurst joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about his Star Wars in the Yard Instagram account, toy photography, his work at a news station, and how he brings joy to people every day on taking photos and telling stories on Instagram.
Ep58: How to Flourish: A look at Positive Psychology with guest Michelle McQuaid
October 12, 2016 06:33 - 58 minutes - 54 MBMichelle McQuaid joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about the science of positive psychology. We talk about grit, wellbeing, the mastery curve, and why mindfully choosing joy is good for your health.
Ep57: What Failure Can Teach You About Balance with host Paula Jenkins
October 04, 2016 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MBHost Paula Jenkins shares around what failure can teach you about finding balance in your life. What happens when you label something as a "failure?" How can you get past the right and wrong thinking and see failure as a healthy thing?
Ep56: Virtual Teams and Freelancing with Tess Blankenship
September 20, 2016 19:30 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBTess Blankenship joins host Paula Jenkins to share about the joys of delegation, hiring virtual teams, freelancing and entrepreneurship. We chat about creating process, and knowing when and how to hire for business growth.
Ep55: The Courage of Imperfection with Lara Heacock and Stephanie Ducharme
September 13, 2016 08:37 - 49 minutes - 48.6 MBLara Heacock and Stephanie Ducharme join host Paula Jenkins to talk about courage, imperfection, perfectionism, and the vulnerability, love, and awareness it takes to drop the mask and live our true lives.
Episode 54: Finding Balance and Gaining Roots & Wings with Christy Tennery-Spalding
September 08, 2016 07:35 - 48 minutes - 47.9 MBIn this Season 2 opener, host Paula Jenkins and Christy Tennery-Spalding discuss balance, your internal landscape, & external processes (including breathing and meditation practices), and processes to support balance. We introduce our Roots & Wings class.
Episode 53: Jump Start Your Joy's Top 10 Episodes of Season One
September 02, 2016 06:02 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBHi friends! Welcome to Jump Start Your Joy's Top 10 of Season One. Last week, as part one of the season finale, I shared some of the most memorable moments of the last 52 weeks. This week, I'm sharing the most downloaded episodes, and sharing what made them really special. Many of the guests sent an update on "What joy has looked like for them" since we last spoke. The result is a fun, heartfelt, joyful finale to a year that has been life changing for me.
Jump Start Your Joy's Top 10 Episodes of Season One
September 02, 2016 06:02 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBHi friends! Welcome to Jump Start Your Joy's Top 10 of Season One. Last week, as part one of the season finale, I shared some of the most memorable moments of the last 52 weeks. This week, I'm sharing the most downloaded episodes, and sharing what made them really special. Many of the guests sent an update on "What joy has looked like for them" since we last spoke. The result is a fun, heartfelt, joyful finale to a year that has been life changing for me.
Episode 52: Season Finale Part 1: A Year of Joy with host Paula Jenkins
August 23, 2016 16:53 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBHost Paula Jenkins revisits favorite and standout memories as she looks back on a year of podcast episodes. Highlights? "Pants Drama," Nellie Oleson, Purpose vs Passion, Facing your Fear, practicing radical gratitude, acceptance, and hospitality.
Episode 51: Saying Yes to Creativity and Doing What You Love with Tiffany Han
August 16, 2016 07:25 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MBI'm thrilled to have Tiffany Han, creative brand strategist for highly creative women, join me for this week's show where she shares about what saying yes to creativity and doing what you love has meant in her life. Tiffany has been a life coach, business coach, and has recently segued into working as a brand strategist. And, she's the host of the wildly popular podcast, Raise Your Hand. Say Yes.
Episode 50: Creating Jewelry with Heart, Soul, and Sisterhood with Kris Nations
August 09, 2016 06:04 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBKris Nations, jewelry designer and small business owner, joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about her inspiration in starting Kris Nations in 2004, and shares what it's like to work with her sister, and what has changed in her business over the years.
EP49: How to Face Change Like a Pro with Host Paula Jenkins
August 03, 2016 18:27 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBWhen you facing any sort of change, whether it be a something you choose (think changing careers, buying a house, etc) or something that happens to you (think losing a job, illness, losing a family member), you rely on "process" to get through the change. And before you glaze over because I'm using the coachy word "process," I encourage you to stick with me here. This stuff is actually pretty interesting! What I'm diving into here is the idea that there are really two types of process, and w...
Episode 48: How To Bring Your Creative Dream to Life with Jump Start Your Joy Host Paula Jenkins
July 27, 2016 06:38 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBHost Paula Jenkins shares about how to bring your dreams to life, how to get past whatever is keeping you stuck, and the steps to start taking actiong, today.
Episode 47: Jump Start Your Joy with guest Cam Adair on Living a Life of Purpose after Video Game Addiction
July 19, 2016 10:25 - 58 minutes - 54 MBCam Adair of Game Quitters joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about how he has dealt with video game addiction in his own life and started a community to support others wanting to live a life of purpose.
Episode 46: How to Form Habits and Routines to Create More Joy in Your Life with Flylady Marla Cilley
July 12, 2016 09:01 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBFlylady Marla Cilley joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about how to form habits and routines to create more joy in your life. Lots of great ideas for keeping your home and family feeling happy and loved.
Episode 45: Jump Start Your Joy with guest Sharon Aldeguer on Embracing Joy and Living Your Bucket List after Brain Surgery
July 05, 2016 22:10 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBSharon Aldeguer joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about embracing joy and living her bucket list after having brain surgery to remove a large tumor. An inspiring and love filled interview.
Episode 44: What Overwhelm is Telling You with host Paula Jenkins
June 28, 2016 23:06 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBPaula Jenkins talks about what overwhelm is telling you, and shares the four things you should do if you feel overwhelm or anxiety in your life. For the full show notes go to www.jumpstartyourjoy.com/overwhelm
Episode 43: Meeting Addiction Support with Love and Compassion with Melissa Sue Tucker
June 23, 2016 05:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBMelissa Sue Tucker of Addiction Support Podcast and Sixty Seconds of Solitude joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about facing addiction support with love, compassion, and kindness.
Episode 42: Burlesque Dancing and the Power of Vulnerability with Velvet O'Claire
June 14, 2016 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBBurlesque dancer Velvet O'Claire joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about purpose, passion, authenticity, femininity, sexuality, gender roles, power, and burlesque. It's a show you won't want to miss.
Episode 41: Finding Connection and Support as an Entrepreneur with Liz Applegate and Julie Houghton
June 07, 2016 08:47 - 57 minutes - 53 MBJulie Houghton and Liz Applegate join host Paula Jenkins to talk about connection, collaboration and community in finding support as new entrepreneurs. We also share about our mastermind group, and how it's helped us navigate starting our own businesses.
Episode 40: Five Ways to Add Joy to Your Life with Host Paula Jenkins
May 31, 2016 08:33 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBFive Ways to Add Joy to Your Life - host Paula Jenkins shares her top five ways to jump start your joy, and talks about various topics such as wellness and self care, love, gratitude, surrounding yourself with good people and following your heart.