Navigating Joy Together
We are a family like every other family. We have high points, low points, and struggles. The goal is to start and end our day joyfully. We will be sharing our successes, trials, and tribulations, questions or situations that come up in our family or in each of our lives. We will also share how we support each other in dealing with life struggles. Our intent is to create a take-away of how we problem solve a bad situation into a joyful one.
Episodes
We are back!!!
It has been a year since we released a new episode. This past year was busy and I wanted to focus my time and be 100% present with my family and for my daughter who was as high school senior last year.
She is heading to college now, this weekend, and I had to ask other parents, How do you find JOY as your child prepares and leaves for college?
I received wonderful ideas and thoughts. Take a listen and en...
During this episode, you may notice that Becky is struggle with her speech. This is one of the side effects of Dystonia and some days are better than others. But she continued through and shared her incredible story on this episode!
In this episode I chat with Becky Johnson again! This time we chat about her duathlon while dealing with Dystonia. She did it!! She completed the swim and the bike in Boulder, Color...
Listen in as I share why we didn't publish any new episodes this summer and what the future holds.
Lauren's Book, My Dad Died From ALS and How I Found Joy 30 Years Later
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2J15M3Z
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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 choose joy every single day. Sh...
This week I have a very transparent and real conversation with Becky Johnson.
In 1997, she had to make the heart-wrenching decision to quit her senior year as a college swimmer due to a debilitating condition that caused her neck to involuntarily pull to the right. Despite intensive therapy and support from trainers, her performance declined, and she ultimately left the sport. This issue persisted even after transiti...
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-year-old child over 30 years ago, how a neig...
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 aboard, traveled, a...
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 when it comes to creating JOY.&...
How does MUSIC bring one JOY?
IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT:
- Benefits of music
- How we have used music to:
- Lift a family member up
- Start our day joyfully
- Alleviate a long car ride
- What have we tried that has worked?
- What have we tried that has failed?
- One action step
Lauren's Book, My Dad Died From ALS and How I Found Joy 30 Years Later
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2J15M3Z
This topic came up at the end of our dinner time. Addison announced she wanted to talk about something. This is the usual in the Raymond Household. Important topics come up during our dinner time. I pulled out my phone and started the voice recorder.
She pitched us in making her curfew later...to 12:30 or sometimes to 1:00 am.
What are her reasons?
She wants to practice time management before she goes to co...
Ahhhh, social media! The bane of my existence with my children! The 13 year old is pitching his reasons why he wants Instagram! We let his sister get Snapchat when she was 13 and if we could rewind, we would NOT have allowed that for at least a couple years later!
So now Hunter is trying to convince us why he wants IG. There are very clear reasons why as you will hear in this episode. Adding social media...
This episode was recorded right before the holidays. I found an interesting article in the AARP magazine that talked about memory and steps on how to improve your memory. Even though AARP is for "old" people there were some great pieces of information about the distractions that notifications play in our lives. Every time our phones beep, we pick up the phone immediately and it derails our brain from the task we wer...
Jennifer Faye Colombo is a watercolor artist living in Connecticut. Her intention is to give the viewer an opportunity to tune into calm, peace and joy through her various collections. Jen is super grateful to live near the water, her happy place that influences many of her paintings. In addition to painting, Jen creates journals and card decks to support others on their journey. A Pocket Full of Joy is one of her c...
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 he was younger. He ...
I love our family dinners! This is the time for us to connect about our day, what is happening personally and to hold family meetings. Our favorite place to hold these meetings is at the dinner table.
This week we discuss our puppy, Pearl, who is getting into items that are left out, specifically food. We also discuss with the kids their future in their orchestra for the remainder of the school year, an...
SPECIAL GUESTS:
My niece Toni and her boyfriend Austin.
Being in their early 20's they will share how they view:
- Joy
- What brings them JOY
- What takes them out of JOY
- How they get back to JOY
Hear what they have to say about social media, how it affects joy, and how "being in the moment" is essential to joy.
This episode is very valuable and enlightening not only for our children...
This episode is a conversation with Carla White. Carla is a Spark Igniter!
She’s on a mission to empower high performing
women to heal emotional overwhelm &
exhaustion so they can finally give themselves
enthusiastic, unapologetic Permission to Play… to reignite the Spark within, find joy, and boost their energy using the power of FUN. She is a 4x international
best-selling author, incl...
What are Powerful Moments?
Why are they important?
Hear some examples from the book The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath
Addison shares how she created a powerful moment for a teacher.
Hunter shares how he created a powerful moment for a stranger.
How can you create powerful moments for your family, friends, colleagues, etc?
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 success in a way she would commit...
This episode is a FANTASTIC conversation with Zak King. Zak runs The Center For Advancement In Cancer Education (aka BeatCancer.Org).
They are a 47 year old non profit organization helping people heal or prevent cancer using holistic modalities
They do so through a variety of free programs such as free counseling with their in house doctors, free weekly Q&A sessions, etc, and they also sell e...
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