Just & Joyful with Kristin Carver Smith

Are you struggling with how to stop overthinking every time you need to speak up? In this episode of the Just & Joyful podcast, host Kristin Carver Smith (KCS) sits down with Samara Bay, the global expert on leadership out loud and author of the bestselling book, Permission to Speak , to help us understand some of the complicated dynamics that keep so many of us quiet. If you’ve ever wondered...

How do you return to work after a mental health emergency without falling back into burnout? In this powerful episode of the Just & Joyful Podcast, host Kristin Carver Smith (KCS) and Bianca B. King (founder of Pretty Damn Ambitious™ ) provide a tactical roadmap for shifting from extractive, traditional ambition to a regenerative Joyful Ambition™ framework, and the ways survival ambition can s...

Welcome back to another guest episode of Just and Joyful! On this week’s guest appearance, Kristin is joined by Brandeis (Brandi) Johnson, a Style Alignment Strategist and the founder of Brandeis Nicole, a bespoke style and image consulting firm for high-impact women navigating growth, visibility, and reinvention, to talk about getting dressed again after experiencing a mental health emergency.  W...

This week’s bonus episode brings another behind-the-scenes look at Kristin’s musical journey to celebrate the release of her first album! Available to stream on April 17, LIGHT THROUGH Part 1 tells the story of the last several years of Kristin’s life as she has reached for music to help process through her mental health emergency and begin healing from that trauma. Tune in to hear more about:  Kr...

If you haven’t had a chance to tune in to the Just and Joyful podcast yet, this is one episode you can’t miss. Today, Kristin is joined by the venerable Cece Jones-Davis, an award-winning faith leader, public speaker, human rights advocate AND singer/songwriter. She’s perhaps most known for her work in founding and leading the Justice for Julius campaign, which aimed and succeeded at saving a man...

Welcome to another guest episode! In this conversation, Kristin is joined by Ali Rutowski, an experiential therapist, maker and at-home herbalist with a passion for movement, art and the natural world, to return to the basics of mental health. Tune in for a conversation on: How to identify a mental health crisis Warning signs that can lead to a crisis How to talk to a loved one about warning signs...

We’re back with another short, bonus episode for you! In today’s episode, Kristin and Angelina are diving back into the world of words to dissect how the practice of journaling has benefited them both in their mental health journey. Tune in for thoughts on:  How journaling aids processing and healing for Kristin and Angelina Ways that a perspective shift can release the pressure to perform on the...

Welcome to our very first guest episode! Today, Kristin is exploring who gets to need help with Sara Stanizai, a licensed marriage and family therapist and business coach who founded Prospect Therapy to create a queer- and trans-affirming practice that focuses specifically on serving first-generation American and immigrant communities. Tune in to the episode for more on:  Sara’s personal experienc...

The Just and Joyful podcast will release episodes featuring conversations with a variety of experts every other week. In the weeks in between our guest episodes, like this one, we’ll occasionally share shorter conversations to give you behind-the-scenes access to other exciting work going on or to invite you to participate in a gut check after heavy episodes.  This week’s bonus episode features an...

Welcome to the first episode of Just and Joyful w/ Kristin Carver Smith, a podcast created to provide an honest, nuanced look at mental health and all the ways it impacts our lives, work and play.  In this episode, Kristin will be reading, for the very first time, the essay she wrote last year while processing a mental health emergency she survived in 2024. You’ll also get to hear Kristin’s heart...

Hello and welcome to Just and Joyful with Kristin Carver Smith. I’m your host, Kristin or KCS as people often call me. You may know me as the CEO and founder of The New Fashioned Co or as someone who spent the last decade helping clients develop business strategies, communications plans and publicity campaigns that produced winning results.   You may also have noticed that I’ve been away from the...