This episode’s interview is with Marsha Flowers of Five Blessings Candles in Leavenworth, Kansas. She’s been an entrepreneur for years, making candles and creating “Happiness in a Flicker” with unique scents and joyful names. She has had both a…
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Blake D. Bauer on Giving Yourself Permission to Say That Your Joy Matters
Blake D. Bauer is the author of the international bestselling book You Were Not Born To Suffer. I’m honored to interview him this week on Jump Start Your Joy, and it was interesting that the theme of initiation, struggle,…
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The Courage to Embrace Joy in a World of Uncertainty and Impermanence (and what Princess Diaries, Battlestar Galactica, and Brené Brown teach us about today’s messy middle)
This week’s solocast is a follow up from my first exploration of defining the messy middle. You can find it in episode 267, which was the season opener for season 6. In the last week, we have seen a…
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Molly McGlynn Knoderer on Starting a Business and Writing Your First Book
This week, Molly McGlynn Knoderer joins me on the podcast. Molly is the co-founder of Legacy Concierge Services in Northern California. She also recently published a chapter in her first book, “Awakening and Deepening to Truth.” She has deep…
In this episode, Megan Gallagher joins me to talk about anxiety, and how to navigate it. After living with intense panic attacks (up to 20 a day) and anxiety as a teenager, Megan made it her life mission to…
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Dr. Jeff Spiess on Being Present in Life and Dying with Ease
In this episode of Jump Start Your Joy podcast, I’m delighted to be sharing an interview with Dr. Jeff Spiess. Author of the book, “Dying with Ease: A Compassionate Guide for Making Wiser End-of-Life Decisions,” Dr. Spiess was an…
Welcome to the Season 6 kick off! I’m really excited about this season, and for diving into the focus, which is all about Finding Joy in the Messy Middle. So much of what we knew to be true at…
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The Six Most Joyful and Wonderful Things We Experienced at She Podcasts Live (Episode 209)
This episode was recorded at the She Podcasts conference, courtesy of Buzzsprout. Always on the lookout for joy, and noticing when it shows up, my assistant producer, Mallory, and I were blown away by the amount of joy, care,…
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How to Right-Size Change or Transformation to Fit Your Life (aka Flylady or KonMari?)
Let’s talk about the really big aha moment that I had. back when I originally talked to Marla Cilley (also know as the Flylady). Ten to 15 years ago when I was looking for different ways of approaching cleaning…