Oxygen for Women with Perry Janssen
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsOxygen for Women is hosted by Perry Janssen Psychotherapist for 30 years, an expert in psychology, mindfulness, meditation, personal growth strategies and skills, creativity and humor. Mother, stepmother, artist, personal development coach, and writer these conversations are aimed at helping women navigate the ever changing terrain of life.
Everything from motherhood – or not- through all the major transitions that might happen in your life. Work, relationships, love, sex,, marriage, divorce, empty-nesting, menopause, midlife and all that goes with the territory of being a women in this world.
Unlock the creativity buried inside you and move to the next level of your life with joy and passion.
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Why Ongoing Self-Discovery can Save Your Quality of Life
November 20, 2019 07:25 - 21 minutes - 21 MBSelf-Discovery should be priority in our life. Many think they know who they are and that it will stay stagnate. However, self-discovery is a process and is crucial as we are influenced at an early age by a variety of places and that can actually repress who we really are. As we get older, we can go through periods of depression, anxiety, and crisis and some of the reasons why we may experience this is because we have not fully discovered who we are and how to be fully that. PerryJans...
A Story about Transitions and Being True to Yourself
November 13, 2019 09:24 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBPerry tells the story about the challenge of being true to yourself and the path you want to take. She shares her own story about how she is going through a transition herself and some of the challenges she is facing. Perry shares some updates on programs that she is offering and an old but new direction in the upcoming year of 2020. Stay tuned to more of the story as it unfolds the next few weeks. PerryJanssen.com Instagram: @perryhjanssen Facebook: Tuning in with Perry Janssen ...
Self-Neglect has Huge Consequences. It is Time to Wake The “EFF” Up!
October 30, 2019 07:51 - 11 minutes - 11.7 MBThere are many excuses that women make to not take care of themselves. However, this has detrimental consequences physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Taking care of yourself doesn’t have to take a long time. Tune in today to find out more. PerryJanssen.com Sign up here for the live training program Instagram: @perryhjanssen Facebook: Tuning in with Perry Janssen Facebook Group: Oxygen for Women email me at [email protected]
Friendship and Why it is Crucial For Your Health and a New Program Announcement
October 24, 2019 06:05 - 20 minutes - 19.7 MBFriendship is one of the most important elements that is crucial to our health and well-being. Learn in this podcast how it will affect your life emotionally and physically. Your quality of life depends on it as well as your lifespan. Also, an announcement about a program that Oxygen for Women is producing. This is an online Intensive Program for women who want to up-level their midlife, navigating the wild emotional terrain of midlife and connecting them to their innate creative self...
Meditation for Stress
October 18, 2019 04:36 - 25 minutes - 22.8 MBStress is an epidemic. It is one of the most pervasive challenges humans face as we are not taught how to deal with it. It is dangerous for our emotional and physical health if gone unchecked and if it is a pattern in your life. Stress reducing meditations are one of the best tools we can practice. It will make our emotional and physical health better, as well as brain health. It boost our happy chemicals in the brain and contribute to making our sleep, communication, work, and quality of...
Psychological Heart Attack
October 09, 2019 04:56 - 18 minutes - 17.6 MBWe know a lot about a physical heart attack. However, did you know that we can also have a psychological heart attack? Our culture tunes into our physical health so much more than our emotional health. However, our emotional health affects our quality and quantity of life in significant ways. Depression, anxiety, addiction, weight issues, panic attacks can all occur if we are not tuned into our emotional health. Tune In! PerryJanssen.com Instagram: @perryhjanssen Facebook: Tuning in wit...
Newsflash for Hot-Flashes
October 02, 2019 06:53 - 18 minutes - 17.9 MBHot-flashes are a common symptom of perimenopause and menopause. These flashes come in a variety of ways and create a lot of angst, anxiety, and frustration for women. Perry talks about her own experience as well as research that can help you deal with them. However, there are really practical ways to deal with them and at the very least to minimize the intensity. Learn more in this week’s podcast. PerryJanssen.com Instagram: @perryhjanssen Facebook: Tuning in with Perry Janssen F...
Coaching Podcast on Self-Sabotage and the Inner Critic
September 18, 2019 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBIn today’s episode Perry has a coaching podcast. In newsletter Perry wrote, she addresses what she calls rewind or redo. In response, a woman wrote Perry to by email to ask her about her self-sabotage. This episode covers 3 main components: Set-Point, Inner-Critic, and Grief as part of self-sabotage. Tune in to find out more about how to get through these challenges. PerryJanssen.com Instagram: @perryhjanssen Facebook: Tuning in with Perry Janssen Facebook Group: Oxygen for Wome...
Navigating Emotions for More Fulfillment
September 12, 2019 16:49 - 16 minutes - 16.5 MBMany time people are pressured to feel happy, which in fact can make people more unhappy. Our feelings and emotions are here to communicate something and if ignored can turn into stress related health issues. In this podcast Perry discusses how and why it is important to listen to your emotions to bring a deeper fulfillment in your life as well as how to approach the more difficult feelings we have. Tune in. PerryJanssen.com Instagram: @perryhjanssen Facebook: Tuning in with Perry Ja...
Why Taking Time is Critical for You and Your Health
September 04, 2019 04:34 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBPerry talks about the epidemic of women feeling too busy to take the time for their emotional and physical health. She talks about 5 major blocks that women deal with in taking time for their health and well-being. There are major consequences when we don’t prioritize our health and our dreams. Self-Neglect is a very real problem and one that needs to be transformed. PerryJanssen.com Instagram: @perryhjanssen Facebook: Tuning in with Perry Janssen Facebook Group: Oxygen for Wom...
Wake-UP Call Before you Have a Emotional, Psychological, Physical, and Loss of Purpose Health Crisis
August 28, 2019 04:00 - 19 minutes - 18.9 MBThis Podcast is a wake-up call for those who want to uplevel their health. Perry’s mission is about creating Optimal Health Psychologically, Physically, and Passion (Purpose). "You are the ONLY person who can take care of you until someone else has to because you decided not to.” This is a quote used in the podcast to awaken you to take exceptional care of your body and well-being and that tuning into yourself is not selfish but crucial so those around you can celebrate your health. ...
How to Deal and Heal Emotions and Feelings
August 21, 2019 04:27 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBThis podcast is focused on how to get your equilibrium with emotions and feelings in midlife. This time can be fraught with a roller coaster of emotions, from kids becoming teenagers, empty-nesting, perimenopause, menopause, marriage and relationship challenges, aging parents, our bodies and life going by and just stress in general.. There is a lot to grapple with.. Because we have not been taught emotional intelligence or EQ, feelings can end up causing both psychological and physi...
The Number 1 Tool for Thriving in Perimenopause and Menopause
August 14, 2019 04:05 - 25 minutes - 24.2 MBPerimenopause and menopause can be a wild ride. The emotional terrain of ups and downs, the relationship changes, and the physical changes with the body can leave us wondering how to get through it and who are we. This podcast will address one of the main tools used to thrive and how to end up with more peace, optimal health, and finding your purpose and passion. It is not time to go invisible but to make yourself more visible to yourself so that you know what it is that you truly need...
Become Visible to You: It Can Save Your Health and Dreams
August 07, 2019 04:05 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBI hear from women all the time how they feel invisible in midlife. However, women have a tendency to put themselves last. We all have heard that self-care is crucial, however in this podcast we address address the consequences of not being visible to yourself first. Move beyond self-neglect into Visibility. PerryJanssen.com Instagram: @perryhjanssen Facebook: Tuning in with Perry Janssen Facebook Group: Oxygen for Women email me at [email protected]
How to Make Your Midlife Passionate and Vital Pt. 3 My Story
July 24, 2019 08:50 - 17 minutes - 17 MBMidlife can have a range of ups and downs. However one of the 3 Pillars that is vital to making midlife more vital and alive is Passion. Sometimes the psychological and physical aspects of midlife can make us have low energy or we can feel a loss of purpose or self. However, discovering different interests and passions is more important than you know. Here is a bit of my story and how you can move through things that are blocking you to a more passionate life. PerryJanssen.com I...
How I Navigate Midlife, the Physical Body, Perimenopause, and Menopause Pt. 2
July 17, 2019 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBThere is a special announcement for listeners so Tune In. This podcast focuses on 3 of the main physical symptoms that Perry has grappled with in midlife. Perimenopause and Menopause can have some major physical challenges. Many women don’t talk about this. So this podcast is focusing on opening the doors to what women are grappling with and how to shift and transform life for the better... PerryJanssen.com Instagram: @perryhjanssen Facebook email me at tuneinwithperryjanssen@gmail....
How I navigate Midlife.. the Physical, Perimenopause, Menopause, Teen Years, and Empty-Nesting Pt. 1
July 10, 2019 06:08 - 26 minutes - 25.5 MBMidlife can be a roller coaster ride. There are highs and lows. However, midlife can be an amazing time if you know how to navigate perimenopause/menopause and all the emotional, body, and relationship changes. Part 1 is and introduction to how Perry has navigated this terrain for herself and other women. PerryJanssen.com Instagram: @perryhjanssen Facebook email me at [email protected]
Surviving and Thriving Empty-Nesting
July 03, 2019 04:00 - 16 minutes - 16.4 MBEmpty-nesting is when your children are either on their way out of living in the family home or have already moved out. Empty-nesting can create a wide range of feelings. Some women can feel an excitement to do the things they have put off while raising children and focusing on family. More often than not, women feel a range of grief, regrets, sadness, and longing. Memories of both the bad and good throughout the upbringing of children can both be wonderful and debilitating. Many can ...
#1 Key to Shifting Mood and Energy (Psychological and Physical Well-being)
June 26, 2019 22:12 - 14 minutes - 14.9 MBDid you know that different types of food massively contributes to making mood and energy worse? In our lives the psychological, physical, and passion are the 3 pillars to creating a vital life. However, there is one culprit that can make matters worse and affect all three. In this podcast I address one of the major contributors to one ingredient that can wreak havoc on: Weight Loss, Addiction, Depression, Anxiety, Panic attacks, IBS and other digestive disorders, the immune syst...
How Using the “Creative” as a Tool Helped a Man get through one of Life’s Toughest Challenges
June 19, 2019 04:00 - 14 minutes - 14.7 MBUsing Creative Tools can be life giving, life transforming, and at times life saving. This podcast is the story of how one man went through cancer and used different creative tools to help him through this journey. Not only did it help him get through this difficult challenge but it changed his purpose in life. Through his photography he brought hope to others. He is now in remission but uses his photography to bring joy and meaning to other’s lives as well. He has inspired many...
How to Transform Your Life through the Creative Series: A Story of Transforming Divorce, Addiction, and Codependency
June 12, 2019 05:48 - 16 minutes - 16.2 MBFinding good tools to help us through life’s challenges can be difficult. We are not taught emotional intelligence as children or how to deal with emotions. However, this is the education we needed the most and didn’t get. As a psychotherapist for 30 years, Perry has brought together some of the most affective tools to help during those times that are the most difficult. One of the tools she uses the most is creativity. While talk therapy can help, creativity can expedite the proce...
The Creative Series: Transforming Weight Issues with Creative Tools EP:16
May 29, 2019 09:00 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBUsing creative tools is one of the most powerful ways to create true shifts with people. Einstein said "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” So I use a variety of creative tools that help get people out of their habitual thinking and into something that will transform their issues at the core. This podcast is about one (of many) women I have coached into transformational weight loss. However, we did entered into the root ...
Get More Energy! EP: 15
May 21, 2019 09:00 - 16 minutes - 23.2 MBMany women I know are regularly telling me how tired they are. Most of them ask how they can get more energy so they can do all they want to in their lives. There are 4 factors covered in this podcast. People Food Passion Activities While they're are many factors that build energy, in this podcast I focus on how these 3 areas drain your energy. In order to build your energy, you also need to look at what my be draining you. No matter how much energy you try to bu...
A Meditation to Help Relieve Insomnia, Anxiety and Panic Attacks EP:14
May 14, 2019 09:00 - 18 minutes - 26.1 MBMeditation for everything especially anxiety, insomnia, and panic attacks. Many people think there are only a few meditations, however, there are many and for different types of challenges we experience in our lives. Today this podcast focuses on a meditation that is a mix of mindfulness and meditation. It is especially helpful for people who are struggling with insomnia, difficulties getting to sleep, anxiety and panic attacks. Meditation is scientifically proven to...
Changing Patterns That Keep You Stuck EP:13
May 07, 2019 09:00 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBOne of the questions I get asked the most is why can’t I change a pattern.. eating, relationship issues, self-care etc. Today we are talking about Changing Patterns that keep you stuck. Change—as much as we want it, can be difficult. Many people come in and say they want real change. Just like we see in New Years Resolutions every year but the rate that people keep those resolutions deteriorates rapidly less than 25% But changing patterns can be very challenging. Wh...
How to have more Joy and Happiness EP:12
April 30, 2019 09:00 - 16 minutes - 23.3 MBWhen people are trying to lose weight they usually have a weight set-point that can be challenging to move. Not unlike weight, we also have emotional set-points as well. Our ability to have more joy, happiness, intimacy, love and more can all have a point that can be moved to higher levels. How we grew up..family, schools, churches, and our culture can all contribute to us having a certain set point. In order to adjust our set-point it is important to understand what our childhood was l...
Women Dealing with Anger EP:11
April 23, 2019 08:00 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBMost of our culture teaches that feelings are right/wrong, bad/good, and positive or negative. Feelings are information that are crucial to our psychological health. While cumulative anger needs to be worked with, anger in general is actually woundedness, trauma, or hurt underneath. By repressing it, you may not find out what you are really needed. Feelings are one of your greatest teachers to finding out what it is that you truly need to heal and to track the original wound. If w...
Introduction To Meditation EP: 10
April 17, 2019 15:17 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MBPerry has been a 30 year practitioner and teacher of meditation Meditation has tremendous benefits from the physical to the psychological. Blood pressure, digestive disorders, IBS, heart issues, structural issues are just a few of the physical issues that mediations can help. Depression, anxiety, eating issues, addiction are just of the few psychological issues that can benefit with certain kinds of meditation. Not all meditations are for all people. There are many types ...
Dealing With Grief EP9
April 02, 2019 09:00 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBWe experience a range of grief. From divorce, empty-nesting, death, our bodies changing, and transitions. Grief can be a very tough experience. Why? Because we are not taught emotional intelligence or how to deal with feelings. We are taught that feelings are bad/good, right/wrong, and positive/negative. Feelings are information to help us deal with what is challenging us and to find out what is truly needed. Perry sees many people incapacitated by grief but there are healthy ways to...
A Key to Joy
March 26, 2019 09:00 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBOne of my primary goals has been to find what brings people through trauma, depression, life transitions, empty-nesting, anxiety, quality and quantity of life and a variety of other life challenges etc.. I’m a research fanatic and am always researching things that will help my clients and students.. One area that may be obvious but I find lacking in many women is the creative and remembering play. While many think as you mature, being creative and playing are for kids, it is actual c...
Resilience and the Heart Ep: 7
March 19, 2019 09:00 - 21 minutes - 30.6 MBWhile we have a physical heart, in my experience we also have a psychological heart. How we treat this heart impacts our ability to be resilience. Resilience is not about being tough. It is ultimately about how we get through challenges and what our well-being is like on the other end of the challenge. How we deal with feelings, how we treat ourselves, and Emotional Intelligence are 3 components that determine healthy Resilience. Tune in to learn more.
One Top Tip for Getting through Conflict and Better Communication EP6
March 12, 2019 09:00 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MBConflict is inevitable. And Communication is crucial. However, we are not taught in our education system to work with either. Every relationship has conflict at some point or another and healthy communication can make or break the relationship. One of the most important tips that I see for relationships has to do with assumptions. People assume they “know” the other person and jump to conclusions so quickly that understanding what is really happening in any conflict is much more compl...
An Honest Conversation About Sex, Desire and Libido
March 05, 2019 10:00 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MBToday's episode is brought to you by my e-book, Five Secrets Every Woman Over 44 Should Know. Today we're talking about sex and libido and women. I cannot tell you how many women have come to me over 30 years and talked about libido and sex. Most of the time what I hear from women is that they are wondering if there is something wrong with them. They can go for years suffering in silence. One of the things that is tough is that people are uncomfortable talking about sex. I've had so many...
Understanding Authenticity in Relationships
February 26, 2019 10:00 - 24 minutes - 34 MBSacrificing Your authenticity in relationships? Did you know you may have codependency or over-caretaking tendencies? In today’s episode we take a look at one aspect of codependency. * Do you edit your feelings for the sake of keeping your relationships? * Do you minimize who you are and your needs in relationships? Many women are raised to attend to their relationships at all cost.. particularly at the high cost of minimizing yourself. This can leave you drained,...
You are Your Primary Relationship and Why Ignoring That is Hurting You
February 18, 2019 17:00 - 21 minutes - 33.9 MBYou have to wake with yourself every day. When you can have your own back, it can transform your life. It’s an understanding of what’s best for you. When you learn to do this regularly all parts of your life get better. Relationships with others can improve. Physical issues and emotional problems will be reduced if not completely eliminated. Including yourself is a daily practice that can change everything. Many issues like anxiety, depression, digestive disorders, migraines and more are r...
Why is Saying NO so Hard?
February 12, 2019 09:00 - 21 minutes - 34.3 MBThis is a BIG topic How we are raised makes a big impact on our ability to say no. How were you treated when you said no when you were a kid? There is a developmental stage that children go through where they learn how to say no. If we don’t learn to say no we are affected from a psychological and neuropsychological point of view. Saying No is an important part of establishing boundaries for our health and well-being. If we override our “no” signals in the body an...
Doing it Scared
January 30, 2019 05:54 - 17 minutes - 28.7 MBAccording to neuroscientists, trying something new that is uncomfortable extends years to your life. When you have a healthy fear, not chronic fear this can add more vitality to your life. Not only that, but it creates more quality to your life. Living in the same pattern can put your life on auto-pilot. Many people want to stay in the comfort zone and don’t know how to deal doing something they might want to do if it brings them fear. By using the skill of the incremental theory th...