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The tables are turned in this episode as Teri Hirss takes the mic and interviews Jayne on her first experience with the ancient plant medicine Ayahuasca.  In November, Jayne attended four Ayahuasca ceremonies that changed her life. Listen in as she tells how her life has been transformed following her journey.

Jayne and Teri go deeper into the discussion regarding psilocybin recreational and therapeutic uses referencing the current research to make a case for using this plant medicine to help people break out of old patterns and beliefs. Learn: The difference between micro and high dose and why both are beneficial Current recommendations based on the research Ways to boost the benefits of psilocybin dur...

Join Jayne as she welcomes back Teri Hirss to continue the conversation about their adventures with plant medicine, specifically psilocybin medicine and why "set and setting" are critical to the journey and the outcome. During this episode, Jayne and Teri offer an update on the past several weeks researching what's found in the literature and journaling their pre and post-medicine i...

Join my special guest, Teri Hirss as we venture into our first plant medicine experience. This year's podcast will focus on connection - connecting to the earth through plant medicine and ceremony, connecting to each other at a time on this planet when isolation and collective trauma are common place - and finding like-minded women who know to their core that belonging and finding a mutual pu...

CJ welcomes Roxy back as a guest on the Dear Spin Sisters Podcast. This episode covers a broad range of topics from the celebration of their completion of Nena's Bones , a screenplay based on their book Shut Your Mouth ! to some updates made to the podcast for 2022. They discuss the labor shortages seen in healthcare and in education and they offer advice to land on a goal for 2022 and commit...

This episode is dedicated to the front line, to the nurses who have stood by thousands of patients who died of COVID in 2021. The host, Jayne Van Brunt, talks about burnout, her fear that nurses are leaving in droves and that healthcare will be devastated. But she also has hope that a massive movement is afoot to turn the face of nursing around.  https://www.burnout.spinsavorsoar.com 2022 will be...

Jayne aka CJ (Calamity Jayne) updates the listeners on the screenplay and tells a funny story about asking for help and learns an important lesson regarding shadow selves. The episode focuses on naming feelings, and that there are more than three emotions, according to Brene Brown (Atlas of the Heart) there are 38?  Jayne also talks about the healthcare crisis and her plan to make a change in 2022...

On this episode, CJ talks about setting yourself up for a year where your dreams come true by answering a few clarifying questions and by creating a vision board. Jayne also tells the listeners what she's worried about because of the Covid vaccine mandate and why she had a nice birthday despite the worries. CJ will join Roxy later this week to finish the screenplay and to "hopefully&quot...

Jayne Van Brunt aka Calamity Jayne describes her emotions surrounding the recent WA state mandate which has effected her and those around her. The first episode without Roxy is difficult as CJ realizes collaboration is much more fun than going solo. Jayne discusses resources she has found helpful to navigate her FFTs (see BreneBrown.com for more on that) and why naming emotions has been a breakthr...

CJ & Roxy are back following a break to work on their screenplay. They share exciting news about Roxy and update listeners on their plans to finish out 2021!

Join Calamity and Roxy as they discuss this week's favorite movie, books, and podcasts. Find out what's happening with the Big Emma screenplay and take a few minutes to think about how you're doing moving towards the big dreams you set for 2021. June is half way done and that means, six months are already gone in 2021! Time races on...!

Roxy interviews CJ's daughter, Taylor as a gift for Mother's Day.  

On this episode, Roxy admits to yelling at a traffic cop and both talk about why it's so hard to take a pause before reacting to an external stimulus, despite all efforts to do otherwise. They also announce the closing of their Facebook accounts following several issues with hacking. You can find them on Instagram where they will post links to their podcasts, but you can also follow them on i...

Join Calamity Jayne and Roxy on location for the first time in months as they continue their journey towards producing an actual screenplay!  Listen in as they discuss the steps they've taken so far to put ideas and scenes on paper. They talk about the movies they've watched and what they liked about them as they continue to learn the secrets of writing a great movie. And they announce t...

Listen in as CJ & Roxy talk about how they've managed to fit their desire to write a screenplay into their normal and busy lives. They discuss how choices are important and managing the drama that is life in order to focus on what they want. What do you want?  How do you manage to take the steps to get closer to what you want? Writing a screenplay may not be on your list, but CJ & Rox...

What's new for Calamity Jayne and Roxy this week as they continue to learn more about writing a screenplay. Join the discussion as they consider different ways to join the stories of three women spanning multiple generations.  Weigh in on the Facebook group with your favorite movies about women! And if you haven't seen the following movies, CJ and Roxy recommend you add them to your must...

There is so much to learn about the tips and tricks to telling a great story! CJ and Roxy talk about last week and the lessons learned about being screenplay writers. They also play with ideas about the best way to adapt the book to the screenplay. As they've learned so far, their favorite movies did not necessarily follow the rules and possibly for that reason alone, captured audiences in a...

Join CJ and Roxy as they share updates on their progress towards completing a screenplay adapted from their book, Shut Your Mouth! Come along for the journey as they learn tips and tricks to putting together a screenplay that will grab producers' attention. And of course, join the Dear Spin Sisters Facebook group to add your own ideas/suggestions for CJ and Roxy.

CJ & Roxy offer their weekly update on learning to write a screenplay adapted from their novel, Shut Your Mouth. As they mention, while the listeners may not be interested in writing their own screenplay, the tips to setting out goals to accomplish a dream apply no matter what you desire in 2021. So grab a cup of tea, and listen in as they discuss what happened last week and what their homewor...

In the second season of Dear Spin Sisters , Calamity Jayne and Roxy begin exploring other women's familial stories by asking questions about the important female figures that helped to shape them. During this first of many monthly events to come, they interview two old friends on location in Sayulita, Mexico where they join to celebrate Roxy's sixtieth birthday. As a gift, they were both...

Join Calamity Jayne and Roxy as they review season one, introduce season two plans, and discuss their own vision to create a screenplay and treatment for their book Shut Your Mouth: Advice I Ignored, Lessons She Taught by October 17, 2021! In this departure from 2020, they take a look at creating dreams through intentional planning, mindfulness, and setting a vision.  The 2021 Season will include...

Calamity Jayne and Roxy explore 2020, the good things they learned from a very unique and complicated year, and the experiences they will let go of as they bring in the New Year with you. They share a few tips on ways to create a new year that will deliver on your hopes and dreams, knowing that first, you must allow space for new by letting go of the old. Join them for a few laughs from the lesson...

Calamity Jayne and Roxy explore why it's sometimes so difficult to let go of the judgements that cause us ongoing pain and sometimes bitterness or self-loathing. They talk about not only the blame and hurt others may place on us but how often times, it's what we do to ourselves that is hardest to forgive. And without forgiveness, they argue, is it possible to let go? They talk about ways...

In this episode, Calamity Jayne and Roxy explore the various ways we judge and have a little fun with their own rules for life. When in your life did you feel judged harshly or wrongly for your actions? When did you judge others in a similar manner? We all have innate tendencies to judge and the question is, by understanding that we all can judge, what would happen if we chose the opposite for a c...

Calamity Jayne and Roxy explore reasons to be hopeful at a time in our lives when many  traditions surrounding the holidays have been put on hold one more time. In this episode they remember some simple examples of what hope meant to them as children and how that changes once you've grown and taken on the added responsibilities of parenting. They also offer some tips you might try if you&apos...