Jump Start Your Joy

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  • Learn How To Do a “Stop, Start, Continue” to Figure Out What Fits in Your Life

    Learn How To Do a “Stop, Start, Continue” to Figure Out What Fits in Your Life

    A few weeks ago, I was joined by the very amazing Casey Jourdan of the Steady She Grows podcast. Casey is a business strategist, war veteran, Purple Heart recipient, and a multipassionate like many of the readers, here. After coming home from Iraq with physical injuries and post traumatic stress,…

  • What Happens When You Allow Yourself to Actually Listen to the Music? How to Lay the Foundation of Being Truly Present For Joy in Your Life

    What Happens When You Allow Yourself to Actually Listen to the Music? How to Lay the Foundation of Being Truly Present For Joy in Your Life

    I recently had the pleasure of having Laura Li, a transformational life coach and the podcaster behind “Quietly Bohemian” join me on the podcast. You can listen to the full episode by clicking here. We had a really fun discussion about how she’s inspired by the band Depeche Mode, which…

  • What Happens When You Trust The Way, and Find Your Warrior Self?

    What Happens When You Trust The Way, and Find Your Warrior Self?

    Welcome to the first “Three Joyful Things” for the new decade!  The month of January has been all about looking at how you can set a foundation for a new year. This week, I want to spend some time with an inspiring quote about the beautiful simplicity, which looks at…

  • How to Capture Joyful Core Memories So You Can Return to Them Whenever You Want

    How to Capture Joyful Core Memories So You Can Return to Them Whenever You Want

    In one of my early episodes, I shared a bit about how I like to try and capture joyful core memories by taking a snapshot of a moment in my head. I think of it as a way to keep a hold of the joy I feel in an individual…

  • The Best Books to Help You Build A Creative Business and Create a Creative Process That Works for You

    The Best Books to Help You Build A Creative Business and Create a Creative Process That Works for You

    As I have embarked on my creative and entrepreneurial journey over the past several years, I’ve found myself drawn to non-fiction books more so than at any other time in my life. My favorites sit above my desk in the kitchen, and they are probably the same books you hear…

  • Bringing Your Dream Business to Life: Darling, What if You Fly?

    Bringing Your Dream Business to Life: Darling, What if You Fly?

    One of the themes that I’m picking up is that of saying yes to your dreams. It’s easy to push your dreams aside, even do things that sabotage your true calling – because it’s scary, or because very validly, you’re not quite ready for the risk that making the leap…

  • What Could Be Possible if You Dedicated A Whole Year to Something?

    What Could Be Possible if You Dedicated A Whole Year to Something?

    When I started my podcast in 2015, there were two pieces of advice that I took to heart when I began crafting the show: be consistent, and, make a commitment to publishing for a year. This seemed super ambitious, and admittedly kind of daunting, because a year felt like a…

  • Tapping Into What Delights and Nourishes You

    Tapping Into What Delights and Nourishes You

    Sometimes Joy gets thought of as a flash in the pan moment, here in a heartbeat, something that you barely notice, and something that is gone as quickly as it arrives. Sometimes Joy is that general feeling of happiness you have around holidays or a birthday; still fleeting, but found…

  • Great Reasons to Start Any Creative Pursuit

    Great Reasons to Start Any Creative Pursuit

    Have you wanted to start a podcast, but aren’t sure where to start? Enroll in my 5 day “Plan Your Podcast Challenge” for free, by clicking here. Have you Ever had one of those ideas that just won’t leave you alone? It keeps finding it’s way into your thoughts, and…