In tying in with this season's theme of "Intentional Comfort," and the mini series on "Finding Home," I'm excited to share about how finding and honoring your heart's second home. The idea of having homes beyond the physical place you dwell is one that hit me in about 2004, when I attended a retreat at San Damiano in Danville, CA. It became clear to me that some places feel like home, usually because of the community or the connection I had to them. In this episode, I'm sharing a few of those places, what they mean to me, and how you can also find and honor your heart's second home.
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Resources
Laura Joyce Davis on Jump Start Your Joy, talking about Shelter in Place
San Damiano Retreat in Danville, CA
Kennolyn Camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains
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Laura is a Minneapolis native who now calls Oakland home. She is an award-winning fiction writer, a Fulbright scholar, a WNYC Podcast Accelerator finalist, and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. She is a mom of three young kids who believe that anything is possible if you have a cape, a crown, and a very good book (she doesn’t disagree). In past lives she’s been a collegiate running coach, a Big Ten athlete, an award-winning a cappella singer, and a blue ribbon winner at the 4-H county fair. Both at Shelter in Place and in Laura’s past writing are grounded in the conviction that changing our communities begins with changing ourselves.
In this episode, Laura and I talk about:
Resources:
Shelter in Place Podcast website
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Sonya Renee Taylor and I talked about:
– her early joys of creating radio shows with her friend
– slam poetry festivals, and how entering them fed her soul
– how “The Body is Not an Apology” got started
– how the Genesis story in the Judeo-Christian tradition relates to shame and body image
– how to tell if your joy is coming from an altruistic place, or if it may have residue on it
– embracing radical self love
– why radical self love is not easy work
– the indoctrination of all of us in a society where the hierarchy has a vested interest in keeping us from embracing self love
– giving from your overflow, and how that can help you steer clear of burnout
– that choosing to spread radical self love feeds itself, and creates room for more radical self-love
Resources
Sonya Renee Taylor’s Website
The Body is Not an Apology Website
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Sonya Renee Taylor on Unlocking Us with Brene Brown
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for mindbodygreen, and she has just released the amazing book, Return to Nature: The New Science of How Nature Landscapes Restore Us. In it, she shares the different kinds of landscapes, how they effect your mental health, studies about why they improve your mental health, and things you can do to counter-act the effects of climate change on these landscapes. This discussion fits so well into this month’s theme of “finding home,” and I hope you love this conversation about the return to nature with Emma Loewe.
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In this episode, Emma Loewe and I talk about:
Resources
Emma Loewe’s book, “Return to Nature: The New Science of How Natural Landscapes Restore Us” on Bookshop.org
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Fred LeBlanc is back for the third time on Jump Start Your Joy, and he’s joining me this time to talk about his new single, “Mardi Gras State of Mind” and his reflections on how things changed for him (and all of us) during the pandemic. In refreshing Fred style, we also dive into talking about the influences that shape people (including Elvis and Anne Rice), and how dreaming big can change the world.
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In this episode, Fred LeBlanc and I talk about:
Resources
Mardi Gras State of Mind by Cowboy Mouth
The Things You Wanted to Do by Cowboy Mouth
The Secret of Life by Dr.Joseph Murphy
Fred LeBlanc’s Frist Two Interviews On Jump Start Your Joy
Fred LeBlanc of Cowboy Mouth on Learning to Create Your Own Joy From the Inside Out (Open Wide)
Energy, Joy, and Cowboy Mouth with guest Fred LeBlanc
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In this episode of Jump Start Your Joy, I’m so excited to welcome Heather Hall, a transformative Leadership Coach, strategic Executive Coach, and evocative Spiritual Director whom I met through CLCC. She’s also the author of Step Up and Stand Out: 20 Tips for Aspiring Introverted Leaders. Heather helps aspiring introverted leaders, and their managers, connect with their voices and values to bring their ideas and vision to life. I hope that you enjoy this episode about stepping up and standing out for introverts with Heather Hall.
In this episode, Heather and I discuss:
Resources:
Heather Hall’s website: Discover with Heather
Step Up and Stand Out: 20 Tips for Aspiring Introverted Leaders by Heather Hall
Connect with Heather on LinkedIn
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Resources
Brene Brown’s “Living Our Values” Exercise
ClaimPodParity List and Website
Jen Edds of Brassy Broadcasting Company (she created the #ClaimPodParity song)
Heather Hall, Coach for Introverts
Interview with Lauren Artress about Labyrinth
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In this interview, I'm excited to be joined by Scott Leftwich. Scott originally started collecting console video games, and then began collecting early arcade games. He now owns 125 video games, and has the largest privately held collection of video games on the East Coast. Once a month, he opens the arcade for "Wieners and Losers," where people can play games for three hours and enjoy hot dogs and other food. He also has a band named Scott Leftwich and The Atarians, and in 2021 he opened an 80s themed Airbnb in his home. I hope you enjoy this conversation celebrating the 80s!
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In this episode, Scott Leftwich and I talk about:
Resources
Long Live the 80s! Wieners and Losers Website (find out more about the arcade)
Scott Leftwich and The Atarians
Scott's 1980s themed Airbnb in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Scott and Wieners and Losers on The Daily Woo
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In this, interview, I'm really excited to be joined by Dr. Barbara de Latorre of Third Opinion MD. She is an amazing doctor who leverages her knowledge of Eastern and Western medicine in a brand new way to help people get in touch with their intuition and navigate the healthcare system, using their own Third Opinion.
In this episode, Dr. Barbara de la Torre and I discuss:
Resources
Dr. Barbara de la Torre's Website: Third Opinion MD
Dr. Barbara de la Torre's Podcast: Third Opinion MD Podcast
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Episodes with Dr. Shelly Smith-Acuna on Third Opinion MD: Part One and Part Two
Fashion by Mayhem on Instagram
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In this episode, Lauren and I talk about:
- the labyrinth and what it is
- her journey in finding the labyrinth in Cathedral de Chartres, France
- the role of the labyrinth at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco - both now, and during the AIDS epidemic
- the Holy Fool and how it relates to the Labyrinth
- Hand labyrinths: how they work and how they came about
- The parallels and metaphors of our lives and the walk of the labyrinth
Resources
Lauren Artress' Website
Veriditas Website
World Labyrinth Locator
Interview with William J Peters on JSYJ
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Liminal space is defined as the transitional space that can be physical, metaphorical, spiritual, or emotional. Pulling from examples in Disneyland, Proper People, & Station Eleven I'm looking at how we navigate through liminal space when we encounter it.
In this episode, I'm discussing:
- the definition of liminal space
- the four types of liminal space: physical, emotional, metaphorical, and spiritual
- examples of liminal space in every day life
- intentional liminal space and happenstance liminal space, and how they are different
- 5 ways to work with liminal space when you encounter it in your life
Resources
Interview with William J Peters on JSYJ
What is Liminal Space on "A Liminal Space"
The Impact of Liminal Space on Mental Health on Very Well Mind
Liminal Space at Disney Parks by Offhand Disney
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Marion Abrams of Grounded Content joins the show and we're talking all things content creation, with a special lens around pocasts.
I know so many of you that listen, have some sort of entrepreneurial pursuit where you are creating content week over week or on a regular basis. And some of those past episodes about content creation and creativity have been the most downloaded here on JSYJ.
Good content all comes back to purpose. What is your mission and why are you creating this thing? This applies to whatever it is that you are making if you are an entrepreneur, whether that be social media, videos, blog posts or written work, etc. It all comes down to your filter and purpose, and offering up something that other people want to engage with.
What is a podcast? Is it the same as a video on YouTube? Is it another word for interview?
How do you approach editing a podcast or other content? What do you need to know about crafting something for an audience?
What about publishing options? (specific to podcasting - where do you publish, why you need a podcast host and more)
And, how do you grow your podcast or following? What are the best methods?
Be sure and check out part one of this episode over on Grounded Content.
Resources
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In this episode of Jump Start Your Joy, I am interviewing William J. Peters. He is the founder of the Shared Crossing Project and the director of its research initiative. He is the author of the new book, "At Heaven's Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach about Dying Well and Living Better." Recognized as a global leader in the field of shared death studies, he has spent decades studying end of life experiences. He is a practicing grief and bereavement therapist, and he holds degrees from Harvard and UC Berkeley. In this interview, we are talking about understanding shared death experiences.
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In this episode, William J. Peters and I discuss
Resources
At Heaven's Door (the book) by William J. Peters
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I'm delighted to have guest Tami Hackbarth back for a second interview on Jump Start Your Joy. Tami is the host of a hundred percent guilt-free self-care podcast, and she runs a very successful coaching business where she works with women to help them define and follow up with self care. In this conversation, we're talking about taking the best care of yourself by addressing "deferred maintenance."
In this episode, Tami and I talk about:
Resources
Tami's Deferred Maintenance program (sign up here)
Tami Hackbarth’s website
100% Guilt Free Self Care Podcast on Apple Podcasts
Tami on Instagram
Signe Myers Hovem is a spiritual counselor, an energy worker, and the author of The Space in Between: An Empaths Field Guide. In this interview on Jump Start Your Joy podcast, we are talking about empaths and highly sensitive people (HSPs).
If you are a highly sensitive person, or if you have a sense that you may be an empath, then I think you're going to get a lot out of this conversation (which ties so closely to this season's theme of intentional comfort on the podcast). HSPs and empaths notice the energy around people and places and things, and this can be overwhelming to them. The Empath's Field Guide, and this conversation, offers a lot of insight on how to manage your energy, hold space, and work with your gifts.
In this episode, Signe Myers Hovem talk about:
Resources
The Space in Between: An Empaths Field Guide by Signe Myers Hovem
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