Jump Start Your Joy®

This week, rounding out Courage Month, I’m joined by Kate Courageous. She’s a life coach, creator of the Courageous Living Coach Certification, the Coaching Blueprint, and the author of Your Courageous Life. I’ve worked with Kate for the last couple of years as a mentor coach in her coach certification program, and she is a powerhouse of knowledge, and as she says “Practicing Courage is her expertise, Teaching others to make courage a habit is her vocation.” Kate joins me this week to share all about the the four steps of habit creation, and how courage and neuroscience can impact your ability to form new habits. She and I always have an amazing time together and I know you’ll want to catch this interview.

Guest Stephanie Dalfonzo joins Paula Jenkins to talk about choosing love over fear, choosing joy, the law of attraction, joy as the highest level of emotions, how to face stress and anxiety, and a breathing practice for stress.

Deirdre Fentem of Little Red Promotions joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about the courage it takes to market yourself, and how to make yourself shine in social media. She shares about becoming an entrepreneur, and working in anti-human trafficking.

Host Paula Jenkins shares about Saying Yes to Courage, and the four ways to follow courage in your life. She weaves in examples of the courage displayed by the lead character of Moana in this fun & light hearted look at courageously following your heart.

Guest Iman Gatti joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about the courage of facing trauma and grief, and share her own journey of being orphaned at age 6, to go on to become a coach, grief recovery counselor, and motivational speaker.

In this episode, we talk about: - Alexis' early interest in anything creative that merged with the natural world around her - How society has found itself in a space where we are frightened by anything that seems different - That we need to extend our hands as friends and embrace our human neighbors Judaism's history of struggle, and basis in a search for ethics - How we can see the historical message in sacred text and look to apply it to todays world - That the Quran (also spelled Qu'ran or Koran) is centered in love, and teaches that faith comes with a cultural lens - That the sacred texts of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all reflect the time in which they were written; but also give direction in living a life based in love for all people, with a core teaching of loving one's neighbor as oneself - That Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all share the same base teachings, found in the Old Testament - How to go about learning more about a religion you may be curious about

Get all of the show notes at www.jumpstartyourjoy.com/episode75

This week, I'm really thrilled to have Helen McLaughin on the show. She's a curiosity coach, and in the last two years she's gone from having a 9 to 5 job as an executive assistant to being a coach, getting married, and living full time on the road. I wanted to talk to her about what it's like, finding a foundation while living a life that is constantly in motion. I know you'll love hearing her answer!

In this episode we talk about: - Helen's love of creating and making books as "places for stories to live" as a little girl - How growing up as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) meant she found joys in places that were safe and comfortable for her, with her family - How she shed the worry of doing everything right, by "reframing it all as an experiment" - Curiosity as a foundation for life and work - Traveling for her husband's work, and living on the road in an RV - Writing as a foundation and touchstone each week, no matter where she is - How her business (and mine) felt natural, as we both followed what felt natural and fun - How having a weekly newsletter has been grounding, week to week - That creating, connecting, and moving each day supports harmony

Get all the show notes and links at jumpstartyourjoy.com/episode74

I now see this as an early way of setting a foundation of joy in my life. As I actively sought out, and said yes to the things that were coming from a place of love, I was also choosing joy. I was choosing joy and inviting it further into my life.

And this is what creating a foundation of joy is all about. It's recognizing that you make a choice to seek out joy, and you make a choice to include joy in your life.

And why is this important?

Because setting up a foundation of joy is setting up a new kind of basis by which you can live your life.

When you're choosing joy as a foundation, it helps build a solid base for your whole world and your whole reality. It started helping me see things in a new light. Because unlike a standard lens of judging things on being successful or a failure, joy has an application no matter your outcome. You could succeed in your goals and feel joy, but you can also fall short of a goal, and be able to find joy in your life despite the fact that you may not have met your outward facing goal.

Briana Borten and Dr. Peter Borten join host Paula Jenkins to talk about how to create the foundations of joy using structure, sweetness, and space. The Bortens are the authors of a new book, the Well Life.

Connie Curtis joins host Paula Jenkins to talk about gluten free living, and how to thrive and love a gluten free life style. Connie is a allergy and gluten free specialist.