Category: author
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Jonni Pollard on How To Awaken to the Truth of Who You Are
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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 course and the 1 Giant Mind Teacher Training Academy. As a true multipassionate, he’s also been an actor, and…
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Jump Start Your Joy’s Top 10 Episodes of Season One
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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 the last 52 weeks. This week, I’m sharing the most downloaded episodes, and sharing what made them really special.…
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Andrea Owen on How You Can Make Some Noise, Speak Your Mind and Own Your Strength
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Andrea Owen is back for a third time, and she’s here to talk about her brand new book (released August 31, 2021): Make Some Noise: Speak Your Mind and Own Your Strength. You’re going to love this interview! Andrea and I are talking about the many ways that you can…
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The Top Five Most Memorable Conversations of Season 6 (The Season 6 Finale)
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Season 6 of Jump Start Your Joy has been all about finding joy in the messy middle. In the season finale, I’m looking back and the 5 most memorable conversations I’ve had with guests over the last year. For each one, I’m sharing a bit about what stood out about…
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The Creative Process and Writing ‘Strange Love’ During the Pandemic with Author Fred Waitzkin
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In this episode, I’m delighted to have Fred Waitzkin return for his second interview, this time to talk about his brand new book “Strange Love.” Fred is the author of “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” which is based on his experiences with his son Josh who was a chess prodigy at…
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The Importance of Taking Care of Yourself, Your Health, and Your Own Happiness When You’re a Mom with Heather Chauvin
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It’s a pleasure to have Heather Chauvin back for a second interview on Jump Start Your Joy. She is the podcaster behind “Mom is In Control,” and she has just released a brand new book, “Dying to be a Good Mother.” She has been a social worker, and is the…
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How You Can Choose Love and Acceptance in Hard Times with Barron Steffen
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Barron Steffen is a Siddha Yoga practitioner, a big band crooner, and a widower. He is also the author of the book, “The Final Gift of the Beloved: Her Disappearance – 13 Days,” where he shares the story of the death of his wife Dr. Seana Lowe Steffen and the…
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Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter with Lan Cao and Harlan Margaret Van Cao
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In this interview, I’m joined by Lan Cao and Harlan Margaret Van Cao, who are the mother and daughter team who have written the beautiful duet memoir, “Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter.” Lan Cao immigrated to the United States in 1975, after the end of…
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Blake D. Bauer on Giving Yourself Permission to Say That Your Joy Matters
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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, and hardship as a path to knowing yourself and finding your…