The Wholistic Joy Podcast: self-reflection on the go
27 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -This is a personal growth and self improvement podcast. It is a space offering us lessons on how to be happier, how to manage stress and struggle, how to find your path and your purpose, and how to find fulfillment in your life. What have you learnt over your life? What has been your biggest growth area? What moments in your life have shaped who you are and what you bring to the world? We all have something unique and powerful to offer that our life and experiences in it have offered us. In this podcast, I talk to real people about what their life has taught them and how that is manifesting in their life. We explore big, personal growth concepts from an authentic and down to earth place. My hope is that by listening to the growth stories of others and learning from their areas of struggle and reflection, we will leave feeling inspired and empowered to reach our own potential and move through our own areas of difficulty.
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Somatic and Energetic Stress Meditation
June 30, 2021 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBAre you currently dealing with stress and anxiety? Do you want to develop and practice tools to manage your stress? This meditation will bring you from the cognitive experience of your stress, to the more centered somatic (physical body) experience, to an energetic release. By the end of the meditation, the goal is for you to feel calmer, more in control, and far more grounded. You can use this to deal with a current stressor, to manage ongoing stress, or to prepare for future life stressors...
Overcoming Your Struggles with Body Image - a round table discussion
May 26, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBFor the first time, the Wholistic Joy Podcast goes "round table" style in this important, upsetting, and necessary subject of body image. As we share our own stories and struggles around body image and the misery it has caused and continues to cause in our lives, we come away with ways that we can move forward and break the binds that keep us from living at our fullest and most beautiful selves. “It is strange to think about how much of it seeps into our everyday, even if you’re actively tr...
Improve your Relationship by Improving Yourself, With Beatriz Vargas
May 18, 2021 15:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MB“Personal growth is so important, but then we forget to apply it to our marriages or we don’t know how,” Beatriz Vargas In this episode, I am joined by certified coach and podcaster, Beatriz Vargas. We begin our conversation discussing the importance of having a "why" behind what you do. We discuss the power of having a life purpose behind your job and roles. We then go on to talk about the work that Beatriz does, focusing on marriages and wives in particular. What do you do when you want ...
How to stay happy, with Lee Buckton
May 11, 2021 16:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MB“When you are beaming with light, that’s the best way to help someone with their darkness.” On this episode, I talk to fellow South African and friend, Lee Buckton. With spirituality, wellness, and music at the front of his life, Lee is always seeking. In fact, this curious nature brought him across the Atlantic and to Atlanta where he runs his own, thriving dog training business. We talk about how curiosity and continually seeking helps you to grow and discover your true self. He shares t...
Finding Your Path and Your Purpose, with Ben Swafford
May 03, 2021 17:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB“It’s being able to wake up and know that you’re doing what you’re suppose to be doing…and that you found something that lights you up when you do it,” Ben Swafford. Another week, another beautiful conversation. Today, I share reflections with Ben Swafford. Area manager, trainer, and ERYT for CorePower Yoga, Ben's life moved from saying cheers as he poured drinks, to saying Namaste as he teaches yoga. His life is all about movement, on his mat, his snowboard, his paddleboard, and anywhere...
Discovering who you really are, with Sadiqua Bynum
April 26, 2021 16:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBOn the show this week, I am joined by professional stuntwoman and deep thinking yogini, Sadiqua Bynum. Sadiqua is a former UCLA gymnast whose aspirations are to inspire and encourage others to see the light that is inside of them and express the ways in which individuality should be celebrated as this allows us to figure out who we really are. We explore the journey she took in uncovering who she really is, the questions she had to answer, and perceptions she had to extinguish. It wasn't a...
How to get better at listening to your own voice, with Caroline Smith
April 14, 2021 16:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBDo you struggle with listening to your own voice and trusting what that voice is saying? Is your mind overrun by the opinions of others and the influence those opinions have on you? Do you struggle with vulnerability? Today on the show, I talk to Caroline Smith, certified yoga instructor and wellness coach. Through her coaching business, Heal Love Connect, she helps clients using mindfulness, reflection, and action to break through bad habits, form new habits based on their unique needs and...
Ballet and Body Issues
March 04, 2021 12:00 - 12 minutes - 8.7 MBIn this episode I reflect on the experience of taking my 4 year old daughter, Maya, to her first ballet class. This was a magical, proud, and beautiful moment - definitely one for the mom books. However, it also took me down memory lane in terms of my own ballet journey as a child. I started ballet as a way to correct my feet. I was born with a pretty severe case of "pigeon toes". As a result, my options were either to break my legs and reset them or to start ballet super young and do the ...
Why moderation might be the key to peaceful living
February 15, 2021 20:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBIn case you didn't catch last week's episode, this is the new and slightly different Wholistic Joy Podcast. It is self-reflection on the go: real moments, real stories, real life. I keep things raw, unedited, and, as I said, real. In this episode I talk about how hard it is to do the things we know are good for us, like exercising, eating healthy food, and other acts of self care. I then go on to discuss my favorite night out - the SSB night in - and bring up the yogi principle of brahmacha...
Why am I such a failure?
February 11, 2021 14:00 - 11 minutes - 7.61 MBWelcome to the NEW Wholistic Joy Podcast: self-reflection on the go. Real moments, real stories, real life. In this episode, I introduce my new approach to podcasting. Brace yourself, it's a little different to what you're used to. But, it is unedited, raw, and real. I then go on to candidly talk about how harsh we are on ourselves. Have you ever uttered the phrase "I am such a failure"? I have...many times. But as we search our days for evidence to prove this false reality true, what ar...
Another Blue Day, A Different Response
January 28, 2021 20:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBI go through periodic blue days. They come about every other month or so; I wake up and I am just feeling sad. Everything gets harder to do and I find my healthy habits slip far out of my control. I have just come out of another blue period and in this one I realized something, I believe to be, profound. What if these blue days are my heart's way of forcing me to purge all of the unwanted emotions that I have "kept under control"? Kind of like your body getting rid of bad food. What if, inst...
Meditation: Selfish is the ultimate source of generosity
January 24, 2021 00:00 - 10 minutes - 7.22 MBMeditation: What I ask of you is to be selfish; to give to yourself exactly what you need; to fill yourself up with self-love, abundance, and care. I ask you to be selfish, because you, as any other, deserve to feel the fullness of your own heart, soul, and life. Website: wholisticjoywellness.com Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/wholisticjoywellness IG: www.instagram.com/wholisticjoywellness/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/WholisticJoy Pinterest: www.pinterest...
How Do You Respond to Jan 6 With Anything but Rage and Judgement?!
January 20, 2021 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBAs the footage continues to come in from Jan 6 and the storm on the capital, I’ve found myself having to face head on my emotional responses. Watching the violence, the actions that are clearly motivated by hate and anger, it is hard not to respond with my own feelings of anger and, let’s be honest, intense judgement. Is this anger and judgement justified? It certainly feels like it. The more important question is rather: is this how I want to interact with the world? From a place of anger? ...
Meditation: Let Mother Earth Breathe for You
January 15, 2021 19:00 - 8 minutes - 5.91 MBConnect with Mother Earth and all breathing beings through this beautiful visualization and breath meditation. Allow this time of connection to remind you that you are not alone and that your very breath gives life to the beings that provide life in return. Join the Meditation Bootcamp: https://wholisticjoywellness.com/about/workshops/ Website: wholisticjoywellness.com Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/wholisticjoywellness IG: www.instagram.com/wholisticj...
Can you be courageous without being vulnerable?
January 13, 2021 15:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBCan you be courageous without being vulnerable? For the longest time, I too believed that courage meant that you felt no fear. I also believed that expressing your emotions and what makes you feel anxious or scared, was a sign of weakness. Tough girls don't show emotion, or perhaps don't even have emotion to show. Because I have big emotions, big reactions to things that others barely bat an eyelid to, there is something weak and flawed about me. But here's the truth - can you even be coura...
Meditation: Fully Experience Your Joy
January 08, 2021 14:00 - 10 minutes - 7.56 MBSpend some time experiencing your joy; basking in the light, glow, and warmth of how your body experiences the joy you feel. It is easy to feel the fullness of joy when the moment is big and clear, but what about the small moments of joy in between? What joy are we missing in our day to day lives because we are naturally absorbed and distracted by our lives? By practicing and giving space to how joy shows up in our bodies, we give ourselves the opportunity to learn how to notice the small mo...
Release 2020 and Set Your Intention for 2021
December 30, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBIn this episode, I outline the process of setting an intention for your new year. Resolutions set us up to fail, but by setting an intention you can only learn, grow, and succeed. After defining what an intention is, we work through a series of meditations, journaling prompts, and small rituals that will help you to say goodbye to 2020, release what you need to release, and find your guiding principle, your intention, for 2021. There are only a few spots left in the Uncover Your Life Purpos...
Why the World Needs Your Sadness
December 20, 2020 12:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBI get very emotional today. I can't help it. This week has been filled with an internal struggle between the joy of the holidays and the grief over the reality around me. I share why I am feeling so much sadness at the moment, how important this sadness is to feel, and why I am grateful for it. Just a warning, I do tear up a bit, but please don't see that as a reason to avoid listening. Trust me, the world needs you to feel your sadness. Find me: Website: wholisticjoywellness.com Email: w...
How to not lose your s**t this holiday
December 16, 2020 15:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBIn this episode I share a few ways that you can keep the joy and not lose your s**t over the next couple weeks. This time of the year is so crazy. There is so much to get done, so many expectations to meet, including and especially the expectation of having to be happy all the time. I mean, its the most wonderful time of the year, right? The tips I give are simple, easy to implement, and can be applied to absolutely any stressful situation, not just a pandemic Christmas. To get info on the ...
Meditation: what you bring to the world, no one else can
December 16, 2020 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.56 MBWhat you bring to this world, no one else can bring. The value that you add to others' lives, no one else can add. You have a light that deserves to shine brightly. The world deserves to see your light. So shine, amazing human, shine. Website: wholisticjoywellness.com Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/wholisticjoywellness IG: www.instagram.com/wholisticjoywellness/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/WholisticJoy Music by HaTom_music from Pixabay
How to stop the thoughts that are hurting you
December 09, 2020 16:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBIn this episode, I talk about the habitual patterns of thought that are hurting us. We all have a mindset - a way of seeing the world. But is this mindset causing you undeserved pain? Think about it... what is the story you tell yourself far too often, which deep down you know is not true? It lies somewhere in the region of "I'm not good enough", "I am not loved," and "I am useless". Learn how to interrupt these destructive patterns of thought so that they are no longer your go-to. Release t...
Meditation: within the silence of winter lies the magic of possibility
December 09, 2020 16:00 - 13 minutes - 9.6 MBEvery breath is a cycle, just as every life and year is a cycle. As you explore the cycles of your breath, especially the bottom of your exhale - your winter - ask yourself, "what season of life am I in?" With the silence of winter, the emptiness after your exhale, lies the magic of possibility. Trust that the air is coming. Uncover Your Life Purpose Workshop: https://wholisticjoywellness.com/about/workshops/ Find me: Website: wholisticjoywellness.com Email: [email protected]...
Meditation: you are allowed to feel
December 05, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 6.06 MBHow are you feeling today? How is your heart today? Give yourself the gift of just 6.5 minutes to pause, be still, and feel in this short meditation. Experience your world today from the inside out. To learn more about the Uncover Your Life Purpose workshop, click here: https://wholisticjoywellness.com/about/workshops/ Find me: Website: wholisticjoywellness.com Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/wholisticjoywellness IG: www.instagram.com/wholisticjoywellne...
Don't Hurt Yourself Twice - A Life Changing Lesson
December 01, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this episode I talk about how, in any unpleasant experience, we have the potential of hurting ourselves twice. Most of us grew up hearing messages telling us not to feel what we were feeling - "toughen up", "look on the bright side". With these messages, we have become so good at beating ourselves up for having a "negative" emotion, such as sadness or anger. As a result, we end up getting angry because we're angry, disappointed because we're impatient and so on. Today I share the life cha...
You don't have to do it all
November 22, 2020 12:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBWe all go through periods where it is hard to do it all; where simply doing 10% of what we're used to doing feels like an enormous, perhaps even impossible task. In this episode, I talk about how it is ok to NOT do it all. In fact, by simply allowing yourself to only do a little, you are actually doing yourself a huge kindness. I also introduce the amazing lesson that motivation does not lead to action... Quite the opposite. Find me: Website: wholisticjoywellness.com Email: wholisticjoywell...
What makes you valuable?
November 19, 2020 12:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBWhat makes you valuable? Is it how thin you are? How important your job is? Where you live? Today I look at this question... I put so much focus and emotional energy agonizing over things like weight that I have to remind myself of what truly matters. In the end, the things that make others love you is not your pant size nor your income. It's how you make them feel. Find me: Website: wholisticjoywellness.com Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/wholisticjoywellne...
What is that fear?
November 18, 2020 16:00 - 13 minutes - 9.49 MBIn this week's episode, I talk about fear. No, not fear of heights, or spiders, but rather fear of looking stupid. I look at the question of what that fear is that holds us back from fully expressing ourselves. How to find me: Website: wholisticjoywellness.com Email: [email protected] Facebook: Wholistic Joy Wellness IG: @wholisticjoywellness Twitter: @WholisticJoy