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Jump Start Your Joy®

This vibrant show dives into the inspiration, intention, and actions that bring a positive outlook to life, even in challenging times. Lovingly curated as a retreat from the everyday, each episode invites you to step outside routine and engage with uplifting stories and fresh perspectives. Guided by Henri Nouwen’s reminder that “Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day,” the show explores how resilience and purpose can turn ordinary moments into opportunities for joy.
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Jun 30, 2022

Jenn Oglesbee is a certified life coach and licensed clinical social worker, and the discussions that she and I had last summer on Instagram Live are what me to choose the “Intentional Comfort” for season seven on Jump Start Your Joy. We had a series called “What the Hell?,” and in it we discussed the events of the past couple of years, and how they impacted our lives. Jenn and I share a love of talking about joy, and have both woven it into our work.

It’s an honor to have Jenn come back a year later, and share more about her own journey. In December of 2021, Jenn lost her sister to a rare form of brain cancer. She has been open in sharing about how the grief has shown up in her life, and how losing someone as close as a sibling has felt. She and I had had an interview on the books at the end of last year, and she asked to reschedule our discussion until after she felt ready to talk about things. And, she offered to dive into how finding and making space for intentional comfort in the midst of grief has looked for her over the past few months.

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Jenn Oglesbee’s website: https://www.jennoglesbee.com/

Our three Instagram lives from last summer: Part One Part Two Part Three

The mashup of the three Instagram Lives, as heard on Jump Start Your Joy

In this episode, Jenn Oglesbee and I talk about:

  • her joy as a child, doing dance parties, writing, and playing
  • the uncertainty involved around her sister’s illness and diagnosis, and navigating supporting her during the COVID pandemic
  • the difference between coaching and therapy
  • looking for the little joys in life during hard times, even when joy feels like it is hard to grasp
  • the grief and uncertainty that many of us felt during the pandemic
  • surrendering to grief
  • giving yourself permission to take a break for emotions other than grief during mourning
  • how writing can help you process big emotions
  • sharing what feels right, to the right people, when you are ready
  • reconnecting with joy
  • how she jump starts her joy: with downtime, making time for creativity, giving yourself permission to look weird and feel foolish

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