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  • Create Your authentic artistic career
    acting mulitpassionate podcast Season 3 Uncategorized

    Ep104: Crafting Your Authentic Artistic Career with Money, Meaning, and Freedom with guest Caitlin Greer Meister

    This week, I’m so honored to have Caitlin Greer Meister to share about her role as a voice actor, an entrepreneur, a mentor to artists, and educational consultant. She has a…

    October 17, 2017
  • Star Wars, General Grievous, and the Art of Sound
    acting podcast Season 2

    Ep93: Star Wars, General Grievous and the Art of Sound: a Lookback Episode with guest Matt Wood

    This 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…

    July 4, 2017
  • acting artist author choosing joy coaching podcast

    Ep53 Jump Start Your Joy’s Top 10 Episodes of Season One

    Hi 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…

    September 1, 2016
  • Burlesque and the Power of Vulnerability with Velvet O'Claire
    acting coaching podcast

    Episode 42: Burlesque and the Power of Vulnerability with Velvet O’Claire

    Velvet O’Claire is a burlesque performer and it’s my pleasure to have her on the show to talk about burlesque and the magic of being vulnerable and authentic. Velvet had her…

    June 14, 2016
  • Cory Huff on the Art of Storytelling and Staying Curious
    acting artist author coaching podcast

    Episode 39: Jump Start Your Joy with guest Cory Huff on The Art of Storytelling and Staying Curious

    Today’s interview is with Cory Huff of The Abundant Artist, and he joins me to talk about the art of storytelling, and his ability to stay curious. Cory works with artists…

    May 19, 2016
  • Nellie Oleson Interview Alison Arngrim
    acting author podcast

    Episode 15: Alison Arngrim on Beyond Surviving: Embracing the Gifts of Nellie Oleson

    Alison Arngrim played Nellie Oleson for seven years on the hit show, Little House on the Prairie. She is often described as the “acid tongued hellcat” of the show, the small…

    December 15, 2015
  • Matthew Wood General Grievous in Star Wars
    acting artist podcast

    Episode 3: Matthew Wood (the voice of General Grievous in Star Wars) on Crafting Joy in the Crossfade

    For episode 3, I’m super excited to share this interview with Matthew Wood, who is the voice of General Grievous in the Star Wars, Revenge of the Sith and The Clone Wars. When…

    September 22, 2015

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  • In this week’s podcast episode, I’m joined by author Fred Waitzkin @fred_waitzkin who wrote “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” and has released “Deep Water Blues.” I had the pleasure of asking him about his creative process, and found his answer to be very inspiring. ⠀ ⠀ “If I'm working on a book or even an essay and I have a sense for it,. I think of myself as being inside the bubble and it’s very protected. It's a very special place and a writer has to be protective of himself if he's inside that bubble. To really cultivate it, like cultivating a garden. Remain inside that bubble as long as you can, because if you're in the bubble, that pre-analytic place where you have a general idea of what you want to say, It's coming from a deep place. ⠀ ⠀ Then what happens is that the world gets in the way of writing. You get a phone call or worse than that, you have to leave town for a week and then you come back to your office, try to enter the story, and you notice you're not in the bubble anymore. You're outside the bubble, and it can be hard to get right back in again. You have to be very, self protecting. You know when you're working well and you don't want to any interruptions. You don't want to be bothered. You don't want to go on vacations, you don't want to do anything. Just want to do that work as long as you're in that sacred place.”⠀ ⠀ How do you approach your own creative process?⠀ ⠀ Want to hear more? Join us for the whole discussion, listen in and subscribe to @jumpstartyourjoy in Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify , visit the the link in my bio.⠀ ⠀ #doitfortheprocess #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #creativelifehappylife⠀ #carveouttimeforart #creative #podcast #jumpstartyourjoy #fredwaitzkin
  • Fred Waitzkin @fred_waitzkin is the author best known for “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” the story about his son Josh, who was a chess prodigy at age six. It’s with great pleasure that I have Mr. Waitzkin on the show to talk about his new book, “Deep Water Blues.” ⠀ ⠀ Having been familiar with the story of Josh, and his journey in the chess world, it was a treat to get to talk to Fred about his role as an author, father, a fisherman, and story teller. As a child, Fred loved fishing, and he loved hanging out with his own father. While he didn’t love school, he did love reading, and devoured Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea” when it was released in Life Magazine for free, two weeks before it came out as a book. It’s no surprise that Fred’s latest book is a tale about the sea, and the idyllic city of Rum Cay, filled with fishermen. ⠀ ⠀ To join us for the whole discussion, listen in and subscribe to @jumpstartyourjoy in Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify , visit the the link in my bio.⠀ ⠀ #doitfortheprocess #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #creativelifehappylife⠀ #carveouttimeforart #creative #podcast #jumpstartyourjoy #fredwaitzki
  • What are some of your favorite podcasts?⠀ I'm sitting down to record my intros for tomorrow's Jump Start Your Joy episode, and I'm curious about what shows you love. Let me know in the comments 😄 ⠀ ⠀ Some of mine?⠀ Biz Chix with Natalie Eckdahl @bizchixpodcast⠀ The Lively Show with Jess Lively @jessclively⠀ Tending Your Life with Christy Tending @christytending⠀ Super Soul Conversations with Oprah @supersoul⠀ ⠀ #favoritepodcast #podcastlistener #womenpodcaster #imperfectlyperfect #dowhatmakesyouhappy #podcastersofinstagram #womenpodcasters #selflovewarrior #jumpstartyourjoy #podcastcommunity #trypod #podcastlove
  • How do you find your own happiness, and make it the core of what you do?⠀ In this week’s podcast episode, Anabell @personal.dreamcatcher talks about happiness coaching being all about looking at your limiting beliefs, and recognizing how much you actually hide your happiness under so many layers of limiting beliefs, often of things, often going back to beliefs that you grew up with. She says, “It's so important to really know your core and what makes you personally happy, what happiness actually means to you personally, because it means something different for everyone.... And because we live today in a society that is so loud, and it's there's so much noise around us, we get drawn into that noise and we don't really know anymore.” ⠀ ⠀ It’s by finding your center, and identifying what’s going in your internal landscape, you can grow from a place that is authentic. And that’s where your happiness is.⠀ If you haven’t yet tuned in this week, you can find the link to the podcast in my profile.⠀ ⠀ And, tell me, how have you found happiness this week?⠀ ⠀ #choosehappiness #joy #laughter #love #innerhappiness #innerjoy #smile #spreadlaughter #enjoylife #carefree #sharekindness #spreadjoy #sharegoodness #giggles #loveyourself #podcast #jumpstartyourjoy
  • Thank heavens for good friends and co working sessions that naturally morph their way into lunch. I’m grateful for my biz buddy and dear friend @christytending - thank you for meeting up and for the long conversations about business and life and everything that goes with it. and also thank God for this dark mocha. And Miss Karen and her story time. ☕️ by @cvcafe4 #coworkers #coworkersbelike #entrepreneur #entrepreneurlife #bizbesties #podcastlife #darkmocha #ileftthehousetoday #greatfriends #podcastproducer #choosejoy
  • In this week’s podcast episode, I’m really thrilled to have the dream catcher coach herself, Anabell Bender @personal.dreamcatcher joining me to talk about believing in your dreams, and allowing yourself to live a happy and authentic life. In addition to coaching, Anabell is a a multi-passionate, and has had a lot of experience with the creative process. You can only imagine the massive amounts of joy, delight, and laughter that come from this conversation. It’s one you’re not going to want to miss.⠀ ⠀ Anabell and I talk a ton about what it means to tap into what makes YOU happy, and how it’s so important to define that for yourself as an intentional, mindful, and purposeful pursuit. ⠀ ⠀ Want to learn more about how you can do this for yourself?⠀ Tune in this week - the link is in my profile.⠀ Thank you for joining me, Anabell!⠀ ⠀ #choosehappiness #joy #laughter #love #innerhappiness #innerjoy #smile #spreadlaughter #enjoylife #carefree #sharekindness #spreadjoy #sharegoodness #giggles #loveyourself #podcast #jumpstartyourjoy
  • Mission San Jose in Fremont. I drove past it on the way to my dentist appointment this morning and after the dentist only took 20 mins to do a filling (she’s clearly a wizard) I decided to use that extra time and take a tour. Having moved to California at the end of 4th grade I missed the Missions and state history stuff. I don’t think that excuses me from not realizing that there’s a Mission about 20 minutes from my house 😂 #missionsanjose #missionsanjosé #fremontcalifornia #hometowntourist #missionsofcalifornia #franciscan #northerncalifornia #thingstodoafterthedentist #play #choosejoy #stopandsmelltheroses
  • Guest Kedma Ough @kedmaoughmba considers a super hero cape to be a part of her uniform when she is working because it acts as a powerful reminder that each of us can make amazing things happen in our lives. In her journey as an entrepreneur, Kedma chose to follow her own heart, and is a successful consultant for differently abled people and their needs. She also helps entrepreneurs secure funding for bringing their dreams to life. She’s a powerful example of what happens when you follow your dreams regardless of what society may tell you is not possible or won’t be lucrative, and proving people wrong on both fronts. As entrepreneurs, it’s important to let go of the “shoulds;” and to find a way to make a window where people tell you there’s a wall.⠀ Thank you for joining me, Kedma!⠀ If you want to tune in, you can find the link in my profile. ⠀ #empoweringwomen #womeninbusiness #successfulwomen #mompreneur #womenentrepreneurs #independentwoman #personalgrowth #businesschicks #joy #podcast #jumpstartyourjoy
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