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    How to Create a Homemade BB8 Costume for Your Child

    If your child is anything like Zoom, they really love BB8 from the Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Even before the movie came out last year, my son was asking if…

    October 15, 2016
  • A Fun Halloween Dinner - check out these great ideas: monster mash (potatoes), mummy meatloaf for a main course, and Dracula's dentures for dessert. Click to find the recipes, Save for later! www.jumpstartyourjoy.com
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    Fun Halloween Dinner Ideas: Mummy Meatloaf, Monster Mash (Potatoes) and Dracula’s Dentures

    Happy Halloween! Here are some fun Halloween dinner ideas that are sure to scare and delight your guests. Last night we had dinner with my sister’s family and I whipped up…

    October 31, 2015

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  • Morning gratitudes: thankful for a warm bed and a dog that snuggles, and a boy who comes in to chat with me every morning before we get ready for school. Grateful for quiet. For a half planned vacation and the curiosity of what else will fall into place. Grateful for the nudge to list all the things I know I want in my life and watching them slowly come into focus. Grateful to be an observer and a planner. Grateful for a sister who asked what if and found a camp for all the cousins that looks amazing. And for teachers who work after hours to create magic for their kids. Grateful to have lunch with my mom and to be able to squeeze it in between client calls. Happy Friday, spitfires. 🔥 #morninggratitudes #morninggratitude #sograteful #attitudeofgratitude #choosejoy
  • “Chewie, We’re home.” ⠀ So I literally cheered out loud when I heard that line and saw Han and Chewie walk back aboard The Millennium Falcon in The Force Awakens. ⠀ It’s a pinnacle moment for all three of these characters; Han has finally returned to a place that feels like home, and is acknowledging that Chewie is part of his chosen family. ⠀ ⠀ This week on the podcast, I’m diving deep into nerd-dom and talking all things Millennium Falcon. If I was a spaceship, I would think that being considered someone’s home would be the highest of honors. And, if I could be any spaceship in the galaxy, I’d be the Falcon.⠀ ⠀ Want to learn more about why I’d choose the Falcon? You can listen to the whole episode by clicking the link in my profile. I hope you’ll join me!⠀ #millenniumfalcon #solo #legomillenniumfalcon #kesselrunmillenniumfalcon #chewiewerehome #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #jumpstartyourjoy #starwars
  • If you’re like me, I’m betting you spend some time thinking bizarre and mysterious thoughts and a couple of weeks ago I found myself honestly wondering “if I could be any spaceship in sci fi, what would I chose?”⠀ Well, I chose the Millennium Falcon. And this week, I’m sharing why on the podcast.⠀ Weird? Yes.⠀ Fun? I hope. ⠀ ⠀ Want to learn more about why I’d choose the Falcon? You can listen to the whole episode by clicking the link in my profile. I hope you’ll join me!⠀ ⠀ #millenniumfalcon #solo #legomillenniumfalcon #kesselrunmillenniumfalcon #chewiewerehome #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #jumpstartyourjoy #starwars
  • If I could be any spaceship in the galaxy, I’d choose to be the Millennium Falcon. It’s true! And this week on the show (which you can listen to by clicking the link in my profile), I’m sharing why. As a big sci-fi fan, and someone who has loved Start Wars since I was five, the Millenium Falcon has been a spaceship that I feel I’ve come to know and love, and, it’s role in the Star Wars Franchise has been one that’s full of inspiration and impact. So, when this unusual (OK so it’s pretty weird) idea hit me for the podcast, I decided to run with it.⠀ ⠀ What to learn more about why I’d choose the Falcon? You can listen to the whole episode by clicking the link in my profile. I hope you’ll join me!⠀ ⠀ #millenniumfalcon #solo #legomillenniumfalcon #kesselrunmillenniumfalcon #chewiewerehome #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #jumpstartyourjoy #starwars
  • We went on an adventure today to San Francisco. First stop Westfield for lunch > then SFMOMA > and one with my boy. They have a Sea Ranch exhibit at the MOMA which is interesting plus some crazy spiders that were the highlights. Plus a day with Zoom is always the best 😍 #westfieldsfcentre #sanfrancisco #sfmoma #boymom #discoverandgo #adventureday #presidentsday
  • You are always in choice⠀ In living a busy life, it’s so easy to drop the mindful awareness that you are in choice, in everything that you do. Being “in choice” extends to the choices you are making about your environment and the things around you, and it also is true for your internal voice and inner dialogue.⠀ ⠀ The external piece of being in choice is more obvious for most people: you get to choose what you buy to eat, when you eat it, what roads you take to get somewhere, what you read, what clothes you wear….I think this gives you an idea of the kinds of external choices I’m referencing. ⠀ ⠀ Internally, you also have an internal compass and voice that is very much a part of you, and that makes choices about what things mean. You get to decide what meaning you attach to the actions, words, and decisions that you make and that other people make around you. ⠀ ⠀ Want to learn more about how choice impacts your joy? Join me for this week’s podcast episode. Link is in my profile. ⠀ ⠀ #choose_joy #choice #choice #choose #choices #happinessisachoice #mindset #mindsetreset #mindsetiseverything #entreprenuermindset #lifecoachlife #choosejoy #podcastersofinstagram #jumpstartyourjoy
  • Last week, I went to lunch with my mom and we were talking about her friend, Louise, who used to live across the street from my parents in Kansas City. Louise was one of those lovely, welcoming souls who embodied grace. She moved with a quiet ease in the world, knowing and respecting her own boundaries, while still accepting others for who they were. ⠀ ⠀ Here’s the remarkable thing about Louise, and why the conversation about her became the inspiration for this post and the podcast episode. Louise was a living example of grace and choice. She taught us that when meet someone, you get to choose how you respond to them. You might not like what they do, or how they act, or, something about them might even make you angry. You still get to choose how you act and react to them, and in doing so, you set a tone for how you expect for them to act and treat you in return. The tone you set can be one based in fear (or anger, despair, anxiety, or desperation) , or, one based in love, hope, and joy. It’s your choice.⠀ ⠀ Want to learn more about how choice impacts your joy? Join me for this week’s podcast episode. Link is in my profile. ⠀ ⠀ #choose_joy #choice #choice #choose #choices #happinessisachoice #mindset #mindsetreset #mindsetiseverything #entreprenuermindset #lifecoachlife #choosejoy #podcastersofinstagram #jumpstartyourjoy
  • There are so many ways that choice (and your mindset on choice) impacts the level of joy in your life. This week on the podcast, I’m exploring the topic of choice with these five great angles:⠀ 1. You are always in choice⠀ 2. Are you choosing love, or choosing fear when you make a decision?⠀ 3. Build in the mindfulness of “awareness, choice, action”⠀ 4. Choose graciousness and spaciousness and allow others the room to do the same⠀ 5. Choose to surround yourself with things that inspire you and uplift you⠀ ⠀ Want to learn more about how choice impacts your joy? Join me for this week’s podcast episode. Link is in my profile. ⠀ ⠀ #choose_joy #choice #choice #choose #choices #happinessisachoice #mindset #mindsetreset #mindsetiseverything #entreprenuermindset #lifecoachlife #choosejoy #podcastersofinstagram #jumpstartyourjoy
  • If you’re like me, you juggle a lot of different roles in your home. Mom, planner, rememberer of all the things, chore-doer, calendar keeper, the one who knows what’s in the pantry at any given moment, she who gives the dog his flea meds on time … you get the picture. All this stuff that you’re remembering in the background, silently, to keep things moving in your home, for those people around you? It’s called emotional labor.⠀ ⠀ Does it ever start to feel like a bit much? Want to learn a bit more about how to address it, and create some space and shared standards for yourself, and your partner?⠀ ⠀ I’m thrilled to have Gemma Hartley joining me on the podcast this week to share about her book: “Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward.” ⠀ ⠀ To hear the whole interview, tune into the podcast at the link in my profile.⠀ Thank you for coming on the show this week, @gemmahartley⠀ ⠀ #emotionallabor #emotional_labor #gender_roles #fedup #fedupbook #currentlyreading #bookstagram #bookobsessed #feministliterature #mompreneur #lifecoachlife #choosejoy #podcastersofinstagram #jumpstartyourjoy

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  • Morning gratitudes: thankful for a warm bed and a dog that snuggles, and a boy who comes in to chat with me every morning before we get ready for school. Grateful for quiet. For a half planned vacation and the curiosity of what else will fall into place. Grateful for the nudge to list all the things I know I want in my life and watching them slowly come into focus. Grateful to be an observer and a planner. Grateful for a sister who asked what if and found a camp for all the cousins that looks amazing. And for teachers who work after hours to create magic for their kids. Grateful to have lunch with my mom and to be able to squeeze it in between client calls. Happy Friday, spitfires. 🔥 #morninggratitudes #morninggratitude #sograteful #attitudeofgratitude #choosejoy
  • “Chewie, We’re home.” ⠀ So I literally cheered out loud when I heard that line and saw Han and Chewie walk back aboard The Millennium Falcon in The Force Awakens. ⠀ It’s a pinnacle moment for all three of these characters; Han has finally returned to a place that feels like home, and is acknowledging that Chewie is part of his chosen family. ⠀ ⠀ This week on the podcast, I’m diving deep into nerd-dom and talking all things Millennium Falcon. If I was a spaceship, I would think that being considered someone’s home would be the highest of honors. And, if I could be any spaceship in the galaxy, I’d be the Falcon.⠀ ⠀ Want to learn more about why I’d choose the Falcon? You can listen to the whole episode by clicking the link in my profile. I hope you’ll join me!⠀ #millenniumfalcon #solo #legomillenniumfalcon #kesselrunmillenniumfalcon #chewiewerehome #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #jumpstartyourjoy #starwars
  • If you’re like me, I’m betting you spend some time thinking bizarre and mysterious thoughts and a couple of weeks ago I found myself honestly wondering “if I could be any spaceship in sci fi, what would I chose?”⠀ Well, I chose the Millennium Falcon. And this week, I’m sharing why on the podcast.⠀ Weird? Yes.⠀ Fun? I hope. ⠀ ⠀ Want to learn more about why I’d choose the Falcon? You can listen to the whole episode by clicking the link in my profile. I hope you’ll join me!⠀ ⠀ #millenniumfalcon #solo #legomillenniumfalcon #kesselrunmillenniumfalcon #chewiewerehome #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #jumpstartyourjoy #starwars
  • If I could be any spaceship in the galaxy, I’d choose to be the Millennium Falcon. It’s true! And this week on the show (which you can listen to by clicking the link in my profile), I’m sharing why. As a big sci-fi fan, and someone who has loved Start Wars since I was five, the Millenium Falcon has been a spaceship that I feel I’ve come to know and love, and, it’s role in the Star Wars Franchise has been one that’s full of inspiration and impact. So, when this unusual (OK so it’s pretty weird) idea hit me for the podcast, I decided to run with it.⠀ ⠀ What to learn more about why I’d choose the Falcon? You can listen to the whole episode by clicking the link in my profile. I hope you’ll join me!⠀ ⠀ #millenniumfalcon #solo #legomillenniumfalcon #kesselrunmillenniumfalcon #chewiewerehome #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #jumpstartyourjoy #starwars
  • We went on an adventure today to San Francisco. First stop Westfield for lunch > then SFMOMA > and one with my boy. They have a Sea Ranch exhibit at the MOMA which is interesting plus some crazy spiders that were the highlights. Plus a day with Zoom is always the best 😍 #westfieldsfcentre #sanfrancisco #sfmoma #boymom #discoverandgo #adventureday #presidentsday
  • You are always in choice⠀ In living a busy life, it’s so easy to drop the mindful awareness that you are in choice, in everything that you do. Being “in choice” extends to the choices you are making about your environment and the things around you, and it also is true for your internal voice and inner dialogue.⠀ ⠀ The external piece of being in choice is more obvious for most people: you get to choose what you buy to eat, when you eat it, what roads you take to get somewhere, what you read, what clothes you wear….I think this gives you an idea of the kinds of external choices I’m referencing. ⠀ ⠀ Internally, you also have an internal compass and voice that is very much a part of you, and that makes choices about what things mean. You get to decide what meaning you attach to the actions, words, and decisions that you make and that other people make around you. ⠀ ⠀ Want to learn more about how choice impacts your joy? Join me for this week’s podcast episode. Link is in my profile. ⠀ ⠀ #choose_joy #choice #choice #choose #choices #happinessisachoice #mindset #mindsetreset #mindsetiseverything #entreprenuermindset #lifecoachlife #choosejoy #podcastersofinstagram #jumpstartyourjoy
  • Last week, I went to lunch with my mom and we were talking about her friend, Louise, who used to live across the street from my parents in Kansas City. Louise was one of those lovely, welcoming souls who embodied grace. She moved with a quiet ease in the world, knowing and respecting her own boundaries, while still accepting others for who they were. ⠀ ⠀ Here’s the remarkable thing about Louise, and why the conversation about her became the inspiration for this post and the podcast episode. Louise was a living example of grace and choice. She taught us that when meet someone, you get to choose how you respond to them. You might not like what they do, or how they act, or, something about them might even make you angry. You still get to choose how you act and react to them, and in doing so, you set a tone for how you expect for them to act and treat you in return. The tone you set can be one based in fear (or anger, despair, anxiety, or desperation) , or, one based in love, hope, and joy. It’s your choice.⠀ ⠀ Want to learn more about how choice impacts your joy? Join me for this week’s podcast episode. Link is in my profile. ⠀ ⠀ #choose_joy #choice #choice #choose #choices #happinessisachoice #mindset #mindsetreset #mindsetiseverything #entreprenuermindset #lifecoachlife #choosejoy #podcastersofinstagram #jumpstartyourjoy
  • There are so many ways that choice (and your mindset on choice) impacts the level of joy in your life. This week on the podcast, I’m exploring the topic of choice with these five great angles:⠀ 1. You are always in choice⠀ 2. Are you choosing love, or choosing fear when you make a decision?⠀ 3. Build in the mindfulness of “awareness, choice, action”⠀ 4. Choose graciousness and spaciousness and allow others the room to do the same⠀ 5. Choose to surround yourself with things that inspire you and uplift you⠀ ⠀ Want to learn more about how choice impacts your joy? Join me for this week’s podcast episode. Link is in my profile. ⠀ ⠀ #choose_joy #choice #choice #choose #choices #happinessisachoice #mindset #mindsetreset #mindsetiseverything #entreprenuermindset #lifecoachlife #choosejoy #podcastersofinstagram #jumpstartyourjoy
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