Jump Start Your Joy

Author: Paula

  • Joyful Friday: Discovering The Joy of Scruffy Hospitality and Crappy Dinner Parties

    Joyful Friday: Discovering The Joy of Scruffy Hospitality and Crappy Dinner Parties

    Hi friends! I’ve been playing around with a way to celebrate Fridays and share the inspiring, happy, joyful stuff I find with the world. This week is all about discovering the joy of scruffy hospitality and crappy dinner parties. There’s so much out there that’s real, it’s hard, and some days…

  • What Failure Can Teach You About Balance

    What Failure Can Teach You About Balance

    This week’s episode is a solocast, and I’m sharing my thoughts about what the fear of failure can teach you about balance. As a project manager over the course of 17 years, one of the hardest lessons I had to learn was to let people (including myself) “fail.” Even with the…

  • Your Own Breath as an Antidote to Overwhelm

    Your Own Breath as an Antidote to Overwhelm

    Gently confronting overwhelm in our daily lives can feel like a monumental endeavor. Many of us crave more calm. Seeking that in the midst of endless to-do lists and bottomless demands on our time and attention may actually yield the opposite. Looking for the quick fix or simply “getting away…

  • Building Virtual Teams & Growing Your Small Business with Tess Blankenship

    Building Virtual Teams & Growing Your Small Business with Tess Blankenship

    I’m super excited to have Tess Blankenship on the show this week to share about building virtual teams and growing your small business. Tess is a powerhouse that helps small businesses grow, by providing the virtual (remote) resources that help fill in the gaps. She has an amazing background of…

  • The Courage of Being Imperfect with Lara Heacock and Stephanie Ducharme

    The Courage of Being Imperfect with Lara Heacock and Stephanie Ducharme

    It’s huge treat to have Lara Heacock and Stephanie Ducharme join me for this round table on the courage of being imperfect. The three of us are participating in the Courage in Action Telesummit, an 11 day interview series all about courage. All three of us as coaches, and attended…

  • What Does Work-Life Balance Really Mean?

    What Does Work-Life Balance Really Mean?

    The term “work-life balance” has gotten a bad reputation in recent years, and in some instances it feels like the word “balance” has become synonymous with busy-ness for the sake of being busy. Balance really means so much more than juggling endless tasks, and there are a lot of good,…

  • Finding Balance, Gaining Roots & Wings with Christy Tennery-Spalding

    Finding Balance, Gaining Roots & Wings with Christy Tennery-Spalding

    My dear friend, Christy Tennery-Spalding joins me for the Season 2 opener to talk about all things balance, and about our new course, Roots & Wings. I love having Christy on the show because she has such a loving, no-nonsense way of approaching self care. As a self care mentor,…

  • Jump Start Your Joy Season 1 Finale & Greatest Hits Part 1 with Host Paula Jenkins

    Jump Start Your Joy Season 1 Finale & Greatest Hits Part 1 with Host Paula Jenkins

    It’s the Jump Start Your Joy  season 1 finale and greatest hits, and I’m so thrilled to be looking back and sharing a true “year of joy.”  In this episode, I look back at some of the stand out moments and most memorable interviews, and share my own thoughts on…

  • Saying Yes to Creativity and Doing What You Love with Tiffany Han

    Saying Yes to Creativity and Doing What You Love with Tiffany Han

    I’m thrilled to have Tiffany Han, creative brand strategist for highly creative women, join me for this week’s show where she shares about what saying yes to creativity and doing what you love has meant in her life. Tiffany has been a life coach, business coach, and has recently segued…