LivingYourJOYlife

The Airport Theory: Don't Miss Your Flight Life is a lot like an airport. Opportunities arrive with a departure time, a gate number, and no guarantee they'll wait for you. While some people are still deciding whether they're ready, others are already boarding. In this episode, we explore the powerful concept of the "Airport Theory" and what it teaches us about recognizing opportunities, taking act...

Have you ever loved a friend so much that you found yourself… quietly competing for them? Not in the obvious way. Not in the “I need to win” kind of way. But in the soft, invisible spaces. The calendar slots. The text threads. The “who did they call first” moments. It’s a strange feeling, because it doesn’t come from jealousy as much as it comes from connection. From wanting closeness. From wantin...

Some people send texts. Some people send flowers. But the ones who change your life… they show up. In this episode, I’m diving into the quiet, powerful, often uncomfortable act of showing up. Showing up for friends when their world is cracking open. Showing up for neighbors and strangers facing the unthinkable, whether it’s a natural disaster or a devastating diagnosis. Showing up when there are n...

The Best Yes List What if the most powerful moments of your life came down to a single word… yes? In this heartfelt episode, I’m sharing The Best Yes List — the top 10 yeses that shaped my life in ways I never could have imagined. From faith to family, health to home, each “yes” became a doorway to something deeper, fuller, and more aligned with who I was created to be. We’ll walk through the yes...

Every chapter of your life begins the same way: with a shift… and a little discomfort. In this episode, we unpack the truth most people avoid—growth rarely feels good at first, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t leading you somewhere better. In fact, each new chapter has the potential to be greater than the last, if you’re willing to step into it. Too often, we stop dreaming because we quietly believe...

Episode 13 gets a bad rap. Hotels skip it. Airplanes tiptoe past it. Elevators pretend it never existed. And yet here we are… pressing the glowing button anyway. Lucky 13. 🍀 This episode flips the script on the number everyone side-eyes. Because what if “unlucky” is just a plot twist in disguise? What if the very thing that feels like a detour is actually the doorway? We’re talking about the flat...

What if everything could change with just one thing? One person who texts at the right moment. One meal that tastes like home. One hard conversation. One brave decision. One tiny yes. One quiet no. It’s funny how life tips on such small hinges. In this episode, we explore the power of “one.” The single habit, relationship, food, or experience that can brighten a whole day… or unravel it. If there...

In this episode, we wander down the candy colored sidewalks of Galveston, where nobody checks your résumé before handing you a slice of king cake. The kale smoothie crowd and the powdered sugar crowd all catch the same beads. Feathers, flaws, halos slightly crooked. Everyone belongs. And it got me thinking. Why is it easier to celebrate strangers in a Mardi Gras parade than extend that same grace...

Love is not a museum piece. It breathes. It shifts. It changes outfits when we are not looking. In this episode, we explore three tender, surprising ways love evolves in real life. First, the love that quietly fades. The hobby, the role, the dream you once held like a favorite song on repeat… but now it feels like static. What if outgrowing something is not failure, but wisdom? What if releasing i...

This episode explores the everyday power of love. We dive into love languages, learning to love yourself first, and why real love gives freedom instead of control. Plus, how praising your partner publicly strengthens connection and why, at the end of it all, love is still the greatest thing we can choose. Simple. Intentional. Love, lived out loud. LOVE is Living Your Joy Life

The number 8 is a symbol of God’s love for me in good times, hard times and the most ordinary, mundane moments. He wants to connect with us and sometimes a symbol can be a reminder that He is with us. In this episode, I share about my daughter Shae, born with Trisomy 18. She was born on July 8, died on December 8. She was 8 years old. For many years, the number 8 represented only sadness & grief b...

Laughing is my favorite. I love to laugh so hard I cry. Have you ever just cracked up so hard that anything & everything became funny? Even just the act of laughing brought on more laughter until you practically peed your pants? (Yeah that’s happened). I just love LOVE to laugh. Did you know that laughing is actually making you younger? It has a longevity effect as well as so many other physiologi...

Do you feel lost? Are you having an identity crisis? Are you unsure of who YOU are beyond the titles of wife, mom, sister, daughter? This episode is for you. You can become any version of you that you want. Like trying on shoes- you may not know what you want but you know what you don’t want (No thank you stilettos). Part of living your joy life is knowing who you are in a way that helps you to cu...

In the 80’s there were a lot of commercials about the starving children in Africa. I grew up hearing that I shouldn’t waste my food because of the starving children. Now I have to decide how to reconcile food waste with the potential adverse impact of eating too much. In this episode I talk about Sunk Cost Fallacy and the Endowment Effect. Basically not “waisting” versus not “wasting”. Blowing gif...

It’s hard to make changes. It’s also hard to stay stuck in the cycle of where you are. In this episode I encourage you to figure out what you value most in order to help you take a step forward toward the real treasure - JOY. Nothing feels as good as living your joy life, you can’t do that without having some goals you are chasing (and crushing). Let’s work through what holds us back so that we ca...

So many times we set New Years Resolutions that we want to want to do but we consistently don’t. Another year of goal setting, another year of goals gone flat. So in this episode, let’s consider the What if theory as a way of problem solving backwards. I share my merge onto the highway system of breaking my sugar habit and I share how my goal of doing less exercise might actually mean more exercis...

In this episode, I share my mixed feelings about the end of a year. As an unapologetically optimistic person, I tend to feel sad about the end of a year. I work through these feelings by reflecting on the all the things that happened in 2025. My tendency is to feel like I didn’t do enough. I wasn’t as successful as I could have been. The metric for success rarely includes a JOY barometer. I lived...

This is for the midlife mommas in the muck. This was my pivotal moment. Where facing my fears helped me to unlock the magic of living in Joy.