Navigating Joy Together

Send a text What is active listening? What are our positive active listening behaviors? What are our negative active listening behaviors? Action steps we will put in place for ourselves to create better communication between us. Action steps you can put in place for better communication. Drive-A-Logue link at Bark! https://www.bark.us/blog/drive-a-logue/?srsltid=AfmBOop-1zhhdhu3tNfMSZfR5oMYS6BZMtD...

Send a text Today I speak with Belinda Hearn.  Belinda is a women's transformation & EFT Tapping coach with a passion for empowering and helping others unleash their highest potential. Belinda is a guiding light on the journey to inner healing, emotional balance and resilience. Her unique blend of knowledge and practical guidance empowers individuals to find calmness, break through barrie...

Send a text In this episode, I interview Jason Wolbers. Jason is a successful business owner, husband, dad, positive influencer, and author of the book The Power of a Positive Mindset! His purpose is to help people to develop and maintain a more positive mindset and all around outlook in life! Jason shares how he grasped onto this positive lifestyle after being anxiety ridden for many years when h...

Send a text In this episode we share the importance of sharing highs and low as a family. They allow a family to connect with each other after a day apart, and opening up lines for deeper communication.  We share how we do it and we even share our highs and lows that we had on this particular day.   Take a listen and please share with us how you do this with your family.  If you don't, start...

Send a text This episode is hosted by Hunter. To be completely honest, we were having a hard time finding a moment we could all sit down together to record so he took the bull by the horn and did his own episode. We had no idea what he was going to talk about until he recorded it. He "killed" it.  Maybe he said the title of our podcast wrong, but he definitely knows what to talk about wh...

Send a text Are you ready for some great short stories?   In this episode I read some quick bios of people who live in JOY daily and how they inspire others.  These are people who reached out to me who want to be interviewed.  Each one I read is inspirational and you can tell they inspire many people. I will be interviewing them all and can't wait to share their stories and how they pass JOY...

Send a text Itś hard to find JOY when we are suffering from traumatic events whether past or present.  I was looking up articles recently to see how JOY and trauma relate to each other and found this great blog post about it.  https://tinybuddha.com/blog/why-joy-is-important-for-healing-developmental-trauma/ by   Irina Bengston Even though it is specific to developmental trauma, I believe what the...

Send a text This episode is about......NOTHING!  We didn't have a chance to sit down and record. Our next episode will be about a traumatic event that happened to us in December and how we have been navigating joy.  It has taken us some time to process all that happened and we are ready to reflect and chat about it.    It will be coming in 2 weeks! Thanks for listening! Drive-A-Logue link at...

Send a text This episode is a discussion with Sarah Brandell.  Sarah is an infertility and pregnancy loss life and mindset coach who supports women on their path to motherhood. She helps women manage the heavy emotions of their fertility journey while reconnecting to themselves and their passions in the present. She is a fellow infertility warrior as well as a wife and rainbow baby mama. Sarah sha...

Send a text Jenna Hodge is a mom of three and motherhood coach who is passionate about the health and wellness of both mom and child. She helps moms take care of their little ones and themselves by balancing self care with their kids’ needs. Hear Jenna's personal experience with motherhood, postpartum depression and many other things and how she turned her struggles around by herself.  She he...

Send a text This episode is a wonderful conversation with Liz Carroll who shares her experience with JOY.  Liz Carroll is a life-long student and teacher of making mindful money moves. Originally believing she was "bad with money," Liz did the hardwork to rewrite her money story. She needed to drop limiting beliefs about how a woman can earn and manage money to set her up for financial s...

Send a text In this episode, I have the privilege of talking to Tanya Hackney.  Tanya graduated with a B.A. from Middlebury College in 1997, where she majored in English and double-minored in French and Education. She married her high school sweetheart and taught kindergarten in Atlanta, Georgia before transitioning to homeschooling her own five children aboard sailing vessel Take Two. She’s lived...

Send a text You don't want to miss this episode!!!   This is a very special, emotional episode for us.  Hunter, Addison, and I sat down and had a session with Tami Hendrix, a Compassionate Medium and Healer.   We lost our beloved Onyx, a 4-year-old black lab, suddenly and unexpectedly on Labor Day.  We have had tremendous heartbreak these last few months as we have had to immediately navigate...

Send a text This episode is a wonderful conversation with Mary Ann Pack. Mary Ann Pack is a spiritual medium, best-selling author, publisher at Envision Greatness Press, and joy advocate. Her mission is to spread more love and joy in the world by writing, publishing, coaching, and podcasting to support others as they use their voices for messages of hope and healing. If you have a book being calle...

Send a text It's been at least 4 weeks since we put out an episode. Losing our sweet Onyx has made it very difficult to be focused on daily tasks. We are still grieving for our dear doggy.  What have the last 7 weeks been like? We still cry as we are trying to navigate our lives without Onyx.  Evenings, nights, and weekends are the toughest.  What I have learned is that when my kids cry, I do...

Send a text A brief description of what we have been going through these last few weeks.  This is the reason why I don't have a full episode ready. We lost our dear 4 year old doggy, Onyx suddenly. We are trying to keep our head above water each day.   I have not been able to be productive in my life or find much JOY.  I am a believer that JOY and grief coexist but when you are in the forefro...

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Send a text Jenna B is a wife, mother, and spiritually intuitive. Jenna has worn many hats in life trying to find her own purpose outside of the home. With a very supportive husband, Jenna had the time to sit and pray to find what she was meant to do. Jenna feels her purpose is to help, heal and spread love to others.  Jenna and I discuss what transpired in her life to lead her to consciously choo...

Send a text My guest today is Michelle Ruddell. Michelle is a speaker, author, and semi-retired teacher who lives in Central Texas.  She speaks to women's groups about how to find joy in the middle of tough circumstances. her book, "Welcome to the Club, I'm Sorry You're Here", was written to offer hope to grieving parents. Michelle shares with us the story of losing her 5-...

Send a text In this episode, we talk with Michael Jann and Michele Jourdan.  Michael is an Emmy-nominated late-night comedy writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon . Michele is Mike’s wife, writing partner, and a gold-medal-winning body-builder. She likes working out so much, she actually married a dumbbell: Mike. Their story is deeply personal: Their 2...

Send a text This week's episodes briefly share some "teasers" of some amazing people I will be interviewing who all are connected to JOY in their personal or professional lives and how they bring JOY to others. Michelle lost her 5 year old in a car accident over 30 years ago.  Even though her neighbor said something very negative and hurtful, Michelle tells us how she held on to JOY...

Send a text It's fun getting together with family you haven't seen for a while.  But how do you keep the JOY flowing instead of the arguments and negative situations?  You create boundaries and expectations ahead of time. We just returned from a family trip with my brothers' families and mine celebrating our Mom's 80th birthday.  We spent a week together at Folly Beach in South...

Send a text This will be our last one on Cultivating Joy in Children for a while as I will be bringing guests on who are experts in JOY. We have so many wonderful conversations coming up to share about JOY. Now on to this episode: Addison and I discuss how important it is to laugh. As adults we are much too serious and we don't tap into fun and laughter enough. Instead, we carry stress, worry...

Send a text In this episode I have a candid conversation with Girl Dad Nation's Matthew Krekeler. He is the father of three young girls and has a podcast called Girl Dad Nation. We chat about how he keeps JOY alive in a house full of young children.  He taps into his religion and how his religion helps him navigate JOY. Matthew talks about when he and his wife struggled with infertility and h...

Send a text As we celebrate finishing our first year of podcasting, we are inviting listeners to share with us topics they want to hear about in season 2. What areas in your family are joy crushers? Do you need tips on creating more joy? Do you want to share with us how you strive to bring JOY into yours and your family's life? Bring it on and reach out so we can continue to bring value to ev...