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  • Headbands of Hope with CEO Jess Ekstrom
    entrepreneur joy podcast Season 4

    Headbands of Hope with CEO Jess Ekstrom (Episode 169 and 206)

    Jess Ekstrom is the energetic CEO and founder of Headbands of Hope, and the developer of the Mic Drop Workshop. I had the pleasure of meeting Jess in Atlanta last year,…

    October 1, 2019
  • How to Start a Business When You Have a 9 to 5 Job with host Paula Jenkins
    entrepreneur joy podcast Season 4

    How to Start a Business When You Have a 9 to 5 Job with host Paula Jenkins (Episode 171 and 205)

    This week on the show, I’m taking a look at how I grew my business while working a 9 to 5 job. I’ll walk you through the inspiration, intention, and actions…

    September 24, 2019
  • Kelly Denithorne on Transgender Advocacy, Education, and Fashion
    confidence podcast Season 4

    Kelly Denithorne on Transgender Advocacy, Education, and Fashion (Episode 189 and 204)

    Kelly Denithorne is an educator, transgender advocate, and the blogger behind “Unordinary Style.” Kelly started her blog in 2010, and began it as a place to explore with her love of…

    September 17, 2019
  • Stasia Savasuk on Dressing for Confidence and Joy
    confidence joy podcast Season 4

    Stasia Savasuk on Dressing for Confidence and Joy (Episode 181 and 203)

    Stasia Savasuk is an amazing style coach, has an outstanding Tedx Talk, and is the founder of Stasia’s Style School. She’s joining me on the show, and I’m delighted to share…

    September 10, 2019
  • How to Embrace Joy, Even When it Feels Hard with host Paula Jenkins
    choosing joy podcast Season 4

    How to Embrace Joy, Even When it Feels Hard with host Paula Jenkins (Episode 184 and 202)

    This past weekend, my family and I went to a reunion for a summer camp that my sister and I attended, and then later were counselors for, during college. Think of…

    September 3, 2019
  • Jonni Pollard on How To Awaken to the Truth of Who You AreJonni Pollard on How To Awaken to the Truth of Who You Are
    author podcast Season 4

    Jonni Pollard on How To Awaken to the Truth of Who You Are (Episode 168 and 201)

    Jonni Pollard is a meditation and wisdom teacher, with his teachings stemming from the Vedic tradition. He’s the author of “The Golden Sequence,” co-founder of the 1 Giant Mind Learn Meditation…

    August 27, 2019
  • choosing joy podcast Season 4

    Jump Start Your Joy’s Top 10 Podcast Episodes of Season 4

    This week’s show is Part 2 of the Season 4 finale: Jump Start Your Joy’s Top 10 Podcast Episodes of Season 4. Join me as I count down the top ten…

    August 20, 2019
  • You are always in choice.
    choosing joy podcast Season 4

    Top Ten Things I’ve Learned in Four Years of Podcasting (Season 4 Finale Part 1)

    As I close out the fourth season of Jump Start Your Joy, I am looking back at the top ten things that I’ve learned along the way. If someone had told…

    August 13, 2019
  • Franciscan Spirituality and Living A Life of Adventure with Sister Michelle L’Allier
    podcast Season 4 spirituality

    Sister Michelle L’Allier on Franciscan Spirituality and Living A Life of Adventure

    Sister Michelle L’Allier is a Franciscan Sister from Minnesota, and I’ve had the absolute pleasure of getting to know her through leading retreats at San Damiano Retreat here in the San…

    August 6, 2019
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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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