Talking Joy Podcast

JOURNALING AS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE with the Talking Joy Team! Pam sent a journaling prompt every morning for 7 days to the Talking Joy Podcast team before they met for this recording. On this episode we gathered the graces of this meaningful spiritual practice. Here are some suggestions: Jo-Ellen Darling in her book, Journaling as a Spiritual Path says, “make a commitment to try to journal every d...

Journaling as a Spiritual Path. A new book by Jo-Ellen A. Darling who joins Pam to talk about the benefits and many reasons for journaling. One is to have a ritual that provides us with grounding and stability. Another is to create a place to confide our thoughts, and feelings, our hopes and joys, our struggles, fears, and disappointments. Maybe we journal to have a time to dream, confess without...

Heather Ruce joins Pam to talk about having "Conscious Relationships" with the people in our lives. She says being conscious is a spiritual practice that we must tend to with intentionality, attention and awareness. Heather works with individuals in Wisdom Spiritual Direction and facilitates wisdom practice circles, groups, retreats, and wisdom schools. She offers teaching and guidance in various...

Anne Sussman founded Mindfulness Meeting Place to lead mindfulness training for individuals and organizations motivated to find a better way of being. The scientific research is now undeniable, the benefits of mindfulness and meditation are proven to change your brain, your emotional wellbeing and provide tangible tools to manage stress. Take a listen to Pam and Anne talk about this life changing...

Paula D'Arcy, noted author and spiritual leader shares how we might bring a powerful source of compassion into our personal relationships and the broader context of the world by getting around our original mindset to a place where we can see things a little differently than before. Some of ways are letting nature be our teacher, encounters with other traditions and looking for signs to feel God's...

Inspired by Anne Sussman’s book, the Bliss Buddy Project, How Sharing Gratitude Increases Joy, our podcast team paired up to try this gratitude practice. Take a listen and see how sharing your everyday joys with someone helps keeps you accountable and can make all the difference in your quest for joy!. We weren’t always consistent and that’s ok—it is all part of the practice. For resources mention...

Pam and Wisdom teacher, Marcella Kraybill-Greggo discuss four conscious prayers for Advent. The invitation this season is to "catch" yourself and see how many times you notice crossing a threshold and perhaps allowing yourself to sink through the level of initial chatter of your mind and discover the rhythm of the work you are doing. These are the ways we re-member or recollect while baking, wrapp...

Join the Talking Joy Team for a Guided Visualization Meditation followed by a great discussion! Seven Women Exploring the Spiritual Life Together!

Wondering what spiritual direction is really all about? Teresa Blythe a spiritual director, educator and author joins Pam to talk about her popular book Spiritual Direction 101: The Basics of Spiritual Guidance. You'll learn what spiritual direction is, and what it is not. They touch on her other great “how-to” book 50 Ways to Pray: Practices from Many Traditions and Times. For more information ww...

KIM SHAPIRA is a registered Dietitian with a background in Human Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition from Boston University. She helps people heal their relationship with food. Kim has spent the last 24 years helping people lose weight and keep it off. With a giant emphasis on keeping it off.  Her method has morphed into 6 rules. Kim shares with Pam these rules that help people journey into a normal...

“Nature Will,” AKA Will Robertson, has a famous YouTube channel with over 1.5 Million views. He is an avid naturalist and joins Pam to talk about our precious planet earth and the actions we can take now to make a difference. Humans are living in a way that is not sustainable, and as a result, the world is undergoing some massive changes. One of the ways we can help is by saving what is called the...

Holly Whitcomb, author of the book The Seven Spiritual Gifts of Waiting. Waiting is something we have ALL been asked to do these past eighteen months. “There may be no more provoking experience than being told, “Wait.” It stops any action we might take. We may feel powerless, unprotected. Someone else holds all the cards." In the intervening moments—or days or weeks or years—waiting beckons us to...

Joyce Rupp is well known for her work as a writer, spiritual midwife, international retreat leader, and conference speaker. On this episode of The Talking Joy Podcast we will be discussing one of her favorite books, The Cosmic Dance. Pam has read this book many times, savoring the beauty, thoughtfulness, and wisdom Joyce offers to its readers. It is a beautiful book of poetry, reflection, meditati...

The enneagram is a resource for deepening personal and spiritual growth. Enneagram teacher Jeanine Siler Jones helps us explore this valuable tool and how it can help cultivate compassion for ourselves and others. We are all born with a particular style and she touches on the 9 types as an introduction to this practice of self-discovery. These types are broken into triads- the centers of intellige...

Invite the childlike side of you to come out this summer! Pam and the Talking Joy Team invite you to become freer and more engaged with your family this summer. Try taking your shoes off, going on a gratitude walk or sliding down the water slide at the pool. Often we let everyday tasks get in the way of living the simple pleasures of the summer months. Take a listen and get inspired to go out and...

Pam is talking joy Meredith Plunkett! Meredith is a mother of three, writer, blogger and a contributor at The Mom Edit, a shopping and lifestyle brand with a candid, playful take on style. Join us as we talk about family, writing and fashion. Pam is huge fan of The Mom Edit because they highlight different clothes on different body types taking the guesswork out of trying new things while helping...

Pam Robertson and Talking Joy's Ariane Pfaff discuss the transition from quarantine back into the busyness of our daily lives. This past year we were forced to slow down and enjoy the simplicity of life, in nature, in our homes and with our families. Hold on to the lessons you learned about yourself. Pam shares an essay written by a student who noticed the difference between running from class to...

Joy Carol's is a modern day heroine. Her fierce spirit and passion for life have allowed her to defy death on eight occasions. Listen as she shares some of her incredible life story of global travel, humanitarian work, and multiple close encounters with death. Through her life-journey, Joy will inspire you and assure you that life can go on, and even the hardest of circumstances can be filled with...

Learn the art of listening with Kay Lindahl, founder fo the Listening Institute! “Listening is so close to being loved, that most people cannot tell the difference.” During our Talking Joy podcast conversation we explore ways to create more peace, harmony, and love in your life. This conversation will encourage you to expand your awareness and broaden your concept of listening. I believe this is t...

Together we will look back over the last 24 hours with the prayer of examen. You can do this guided meditation anytime of the day, then perhaps you can journal or jot down notes to reflect upon later. This is also a great practice to do with your kids—you are teaching them to be contemplatives! What a gift to carry into adulthood! This practice also helps us discern (decide) how God is calling us—...

The Talking Joy Team gets together to talk about sweet memories from childhood. A mother's love, the time we spent together and how we felt loved with the homemade lunches and kisses. Looking back helps us to be better moms in the future. The littlest things really do matter. Pam will show you how you can expand your life with these little positive changes. Over time they help you build a beautifu...

New Jersey’s Top Nutritionist, Allison Thibault is back to continue our talk about women's health. Allison is a Licensed/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist & Founder of VivaTotalHealth. Today we are talking about weight gain--the average American gained 29lbs during quarantine! Yikes! To help you stay healthy, we are talking about good eating habits, your digestive system, supplement recommendation...

All the tips you need to streamline your closet and look your best! Jennifer Rustum and Dana Turk started Pare and Polish, a closet organization and styling service, to help friends clear closet stagnation and to inspire their creativity toward “best self” dressing, every single day. Closets are very personal spaces and these two know how to listen to what you need and help you look your best. The...

Fi Sullivan, a Colorado native began singing at age four. She has spent years exploring extended vocal possibilities through new sonic realms in electronic music. Transcendently influenced by the beauty and complexity of nature. Fi has researched Intersections of Technology and Human Vocal Continuity as a 2019 recipient of the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. She lived and performed in Berlin, Linz, R...

A conversation with Reiki master, Vicky Roncero. Vicky has been a television writer/ producer, for over twenty-five years. She discovered Reiki, early in her TV career, after she had been let go from a job she loved. Learn about this hands on natural healing with the universal life-force energy. www.talkingjoy.org