Beyond The Margins with Jen Chambers

Send us a text This Body Scan Meditation is part of the meditation series on The Courage Checklist to help support you in your courageous action. Start the year with this Body Scan Meditation and Box Breath exercise. I like this as a calming practice to use whenever I need to feel grounded. Try a meditation practice like this one a couple of times a week, to start, and see if it helps you be less...

Send us a text In an effort to share what I do when I'm not writing or podcasting, I want to share a seres of medatations to support you. I'm starting with "Holiday Help: a Meditation for Letting Go." I've had a lot of very fine teachers in my life. This year, I became cerified to teach Meditation and Breathwork through the Yoga Alliance. It's a tool I love to share i...

Send us a text We're talking "Work-Life Balance: Balancing Courage and Career" today. Work-life balance is so important in maintaining overall health and well-being, but it's one of the hardest things to achieve. We discuss the courage to prioritize self care, strategies for effective time management, and nurturing your courage in career choices. Resources mentioned in this epi...

Send us a text For Weird Wednesday, today's episode of our Wednesday series Mayhemporium has five of the most unusual, strange cases of crime from the Pacific Northwest. Without giving too much away, these cases are definitely ones that will stick out as some of the weirdest I've read, without being overly violent. Today's assortment includes: The Barefoot Bandit,The Portland Pooper...

Send us a text The Enchanted Forest amusement is a true labour of love for the Tofte Family and a real hidden gem of Oregon. Located in Turner, Oregon, just south of Salem, it is easily accesible on I-5. I will get my name engraved on the plaque at The Challenge of Mondor some day. Or maybe buy a brick to support them- go to their website to check that out. The Lodge at Hot Lake Springs was built...

Send us a text William Sullivan is the author of 23 books in historical fiction, fiction, plays, & even children's genres, but he is most well-known for his Oregon Hiking Guides. He’s been featured in many features & columns in papers like Oregon newspapers like the Eugene Weekly, The Register-Guard, and the Salem Statesman-Journal. I first met Bill as a shaky, nervous first-time auth...

Send us a text Gilly is not just a wizard, but a sunflowery force. I was lucky enough to sit down with their Wizardness over a couple of hours and had a magical conversation about faeries, activism, and doing what feels right for your shiny soul by spreading love wherever you can. I’m honored to have Gilly as my featured guest. This week we chat more about having the courage to be yourself on the...

Send us a text Gilly is not just a wizard, but a sunflowery force. I was lucky enough to sit down with their Wizardness over a couple of hours and had a magical conversation about faeries, activism, and doing what feels right for your shiny soul by spreading love wherever you can. We hung out so long that I’m pleased to say this is a three-part episode with two of those coming next week. I’m honor...

Send us a text This week we're replaying a show from a couple of years ago. Despite my lack of editing expertise at the time (forgive me), the interview is wonderful, and I'm excited to re-introduce listeners to Wendy Harrop, proprietor of The Phineas Wright House and host of the Say Yes To Yourself Podcast. This was one of our most listened-to shows! To find out more about the Say Yes T...

Send us a text Do you want to finally get that book written? I hear time and time again that people have "writing a book" on their Courage Checklists. I get it! It's scary. It's terrifying actually. I wrote a new book that I hope will help. It's what has worked for me in writing many nonfiction books. I call it Nonfic: 30, because the idea is that you do small things every...

Send us a text A frank conversation with best selling author, coach and psychologist Nellah Mx about her new book, A Stripper: From Japan Through Switzerland Into the Deepest Secrets of Her Soul. We also chat about her advocacy, her work, and how her life was shaped by both her experiences and by someone who gave her speech therapy. I learned in this episode: How strength & persistence can get...

Send us a text In this episode, I shared my ideas about how I've been able to feel successful in living with chronic illness. I include a couple action steps and thoughts from my own experience. I also shared the books that have been on my mind this week, including: Enchantment, by Katherine May An American in Scotland, by Lucy Connelly A Sinister Revenge, by Deanna Raybourne, and All That Is...

Send us a text Julie Zaruba Fountaine, Well-being Specialist/Facilitator/Coordinator and Founder of EMPOWER Possible, LLC, talks with us today about empowering yourself and tips for structuring your life for doing so. We also talked about books, (one of my favorite things, of course!). I'm starting the books Daring Greatly and The Gift of Imperfection by Brene Brown and Fierce Self-Compassion...

Send us a text This episode has a more fully realized blueprint of how to take actions on hopes and dreams, once they've been made into goals. Also includes book recommendations by Anne Lamott. Download a Free Printable SMART Goal Setting Worksheet here. Support the show Thank you for listening! Jennifer Chambers www.jennifer-chambers.com IG: @jennifer_chambers_ This is a public episode. If y...

Send us a text  First up in this episode, we will discuss the importance of setting clear goals and how to go about defining them. I'll link a free download of a sample tracker called "Symptom Tracker" on the @thecouragechecklist Instagram page, click the Linktree --> "Resource Downloads" page, --> Symptom Tracker, or HERE . For today’s second half, we’re doing a min...

Send us a text Maya is an entrepreneur, podcaster and mom who shared her story of courage with me, detailing how she left the life she knew to follow a path true to her heart and values. Today, hear how she left the 9-5 and turned her life into one where she has quality time to spend with her children, as well as run a business and host her own successful podcast, Fearlessly Divine. Things I learn...

Send us a text Today's solo show is all about the Checklist. Yeah, I talk about it with people on the show all the time. But how and why should you make a Courage Checklist? We explain it all today. Plus, why they're good for your mental health, a quick confidence-boosting meditation, and an exercise to jumpstart your List. We name-dropped two of the show's favorite resources for co...

Send us a text What a great talk with Entrepreneurial Mum Coach Avril Brown! She and I talk healing, balance, how to thrive, parenting, and more. Follow her Instagram for more about Avril, advice, and how to join her programs.  Look for these four things I learned from Avril: - The importance of regulating the nervous system - How crucial meeting one's basic needs can be - Connecting back to...

Send us a text Today on The Courage Checklist I was pleased to talk with author, life/wellness coach, and community health worker Stephanie Butler. Her website bio states: "Stephanie is a  registered social service worker and a life and wellness coach who has always been drawn to helping others. Her compassion springs from her own experiences overcoming addictions, depression, anxiety and tra...

Send us a text Part of my recovery process as an adult included both yoga and mediation. Although now I'm now certified to teach in both Hatha and Adaptive Yoga, it was intimidating for me at first.  Yoga also became a way for me to reconnect with both mind and body and bust through daily stressors. Even as a person with disabilities that can make mobility hard, I love exercising, but sometim...

Send us a text I had an enlightening time with marketer & social media practitioner Chris Burns. He's an adjunct professor at UW-Wisconsin Oshkosh and co-founder of Lux Level Media. He's a very dedicated, thoughtful entrepreneur who owns multiple businesses and dedicates time to help others grow theirs, and  "educates and helps businesses understand how to effectively use digita...

Send us a text In my job as a publisher at Groundwaters Publishing, we get many submissions by those who are courageous enough to share their creativity. The writing ranges from memoir to fiction, poetry to nonfiction articles. Our motto at Groundwaters is, "bubbling up in our good time," an allusion to the nature of water and a reference to the wet and forested western Oregon area where...

Send us a text A conversation with Sahara Rose, Certified Wellness Coach and Consultant and Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist, about her path to multiple successful businesses and a life of travel and service. She explains how she built the network and life she wanted to see. Things I learned from Sahara Rose: Invest in yourself and your business, & work on your money mindset Do any job...

Send us a text We speak with entrepreneur and coach Linda Brand, host of the Empowered podcast, about her life, businesses, animals,  and challenges with misdiagnosed illness. Jennifer also shares a bit about her own experience with chronic illness in a conversation about the subject.  Key takeaways from Linda: Continue seeking spirituality and meaning Keep learning from multiple sources Do what s...

Send us a text Chambers speaks with coach and speaker Barbara Nixon on what it takes for people to Smash Your Own Ceiling. Nixon has made a long career of helping others achieve their dreams, and shares some of her secrets on this episode. We also share a lovely Courage Checklist by friend of the show Rain Elizabeth Stickney from the Every Moment Is Sacred Podcast, and some lists from "What W...