Pain To Joy

Episode 10 is inspired by a message Danielle received from her amazingly supportive friend Crystal.

The message sparked a reminder of a useful tool she uses to remain optimistic and hopeful, because the best truly is yet to come.

Danielle talks about some deep feelings she moved through, and the realization that much of life is about being courageous enough to keep showing up to grieve whatever losses arise.

She shares the value of allowing yourself to feel challenging emotions, and counterbalancing them with lightness and laughter, and remembering to make space for joy.

Danielle reflects upon healing through grief as well as an insightful truth from her wonderful and wise friend Lidija.

She shares a poignant observation from her counselor and champions therapy, as well as the importance of sharing challenging emotions with trusted family and friends.

Danielle invites listeners to extend themselves the grace and compassion to be human: may you love and affirm yourself no matter what chapter of life you're moving through.

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In Episode 9 Danielle shares a moving Alan Watts quote that reminds listeners that "they will always be loved more than they will ever know."

She shares how the Stanley Cup finals and a recent dating experience uncovered some feelings that she didn't know were still there.

She encourages listeners to be intentional about scheduling self-care and self nourishing practices in order to love themselves more and more and more.

Danielle asks listeners to reflect upon ways that they have loved and nourished themselves lately.

She shares a story of a heartwarming and unexpected gift that she recently received from a lovely human she met a year ago in Mexico.

She reminds listeners that even the smallest acts of kindness make a massive difference:

You matter and you are loved more than you will ever know.

Danielle invites listeners to spread more love by sending a note of love and appreciation to someone who has impacted their life.

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In episode 8, Danielle shares the joys of attending her niece's grade 6 farewell and unanticipated family time.

She explains why she believes being kind is always possible.

Danielle recalls her journey with shingles, its challenges, and expands upon the many gifts that shingles and post-herpetic neuralgia have brought into her life.

She talks about learning to ask for help; that it's okay to have needs and desires. That no one is ever a burden, and that it's more than okay to take up space.

She gives thanks for all of the generous love and support that she received at a challenging time, and continues to receive to this day.

Danielle shares one of her favourite quotes that allows her to gain perspective in any situation:

"When you change the way you look at things the things you look at change."

~ Dr. Wayne Dyer

She speaks about her time in London, England and how we often tolerate things that we don't enjoy, but inquires: how could we make life more enjoyable?

Danielle invites listeners to be intentional about creating pleasurable and joyful moments no matter what chapter of life they are moving through.

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In Episode 7 Danielle is inspired by a conversation with a childhood friend named Chris who is training for a race called the Sinister 7.

Their exchange sparked Danielle to recall her experience with Landmark's Advanced Course where she uncovered some valuable, life-changing truths about herself.

She touches on her appreciation of true connection through presence, and the importance of giving yourself grace and permission to nourish your own energy first.

Danielle invites listeners to reflect upon the joy of the unanticipated gifts that come from saying yes to an invitation, a new activity or experience.

She reminds listeners that the outcome is often not at all what we believed it would be; many times it is far more fulfilling than we could've ever imagined.

Danielle shares the challenges of the past week and how she has learned to honour her needs more and more.

She reminds listeners to replenish their energy and care for themselves, and celebrates truly nourishing herself in a variety of ways.

She invites listeners to pause and recall all of the joys of the past week, a practice that can be used daily to remind the brain that amidst life's challenges, good things are also happening.

Danielle expresses her thankfulness for Don Wensrich at Renewal Wellness Centre after the most intensely healing acupuncture session she has had in over two and a half years.

She welcomes listeners to cheer on Chris in his upcoming race Go Chris Go!!! and to celebrate themselves, as they discover more about who they truly are, and learn to extend more and more loving kindness and compassion to themselves, and others.

Expert Resources:

Kristin Neff Phd

https://self-compassion.org

Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive

The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook

Christopher Germer Phd

https://chrisgermer.com

The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions

The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook

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In episode 6 Danielle was inspired by a conversation between David Shands and Myron Golden on episode #449 of the Social Proof Podcast, reminding us that when we are experiencing someone's light, it was often borne from hard work and perseverance that took place in the dark.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-power-of-the-tongue-myron-golden-449/id1374373035?i=1000650353285

Danielle talks about a recent downhill skiing experience that allowed her to vulnerably express feelings, ask for help, and own being a beginner.

She shares her intention to continue embracing the darker parts of her life journey, and continues to acknowledge and affirm that the dark is teaching her more than the light ever could.

Danielle touches on recent dating experiences, and how she learned from Brené Brown that vulnerability is a strength; and that no matter what you're up to in life, if you are trying, you are still growing.

Brené Brown Phd MSW

https://brenebrown.com

Rising Strong

Daring Greatly

She asks some key self-care questions to help you love and celebrate yourself more.

Danielle proclaims her thankfulness for returning to counselling and invites listeners to seek mental health help in the form of support from friends, psychologists, counselors, coaching.

Reminding you that when you aren't feeling like you can be the light, to seek out others who can shine a light for you.

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In episode 5 Danielle speaks about a video of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman discussing anxiety and how it can serve you and be a gift.

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She shares how trusting her gut to keep a counselling appointment allowed her to experience a deep emotional breakdown-breakthrough, how she was reminded to keep courageously feel challenging feelings and continue being human.

Danielle references "Sharing from the scar, not from the wound," a quote she heard on One Giant Mind App, a fabulous meditation app whether you've never meditated before or you've been meditating for years.

https://www.1giantmind.com/learn-to-meditate

She expresses her desire for all of us to be open hearted, freely express ourselves, and create connection wherever we may be.

She explains the basics of self-compassion, the benefits of practicing mindfulness and self-compassion and the ripple effects of being loving and kind with yourself.

Danielle invites you to check out Kristin Neff and Chris Germer's websites and books, excellent resources to begin or continue your self-compassion journey.

Kristin Neff Phd

https://self-compassion.org

Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive

The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook

Christopher Germer Phd

https://chrisgermer.com

The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions

She references Gary Vee's powerful content: "Learn to love losing" because from every loss we can learn, grow and do better next time.

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Danielle shares the gifts of past losses she's had that are helping her navigate her current dating experiences.

She hopes that we can learn to love ourselves more and more, feel free to express how we're truly feeling, and continue to allow ourselves to be fully human.

She shares how excited she is that the podcast is now on Apple Podcasts, in addition to Spotify, Listen Notes, Amazon Music, Samsung Podcasts, Podcast Index and Rss.com Community.

In Episode 4 Danielle shares her continued gratitude for the outpouring of love, feedback and support after having begun this podcast adventure.

She talks about how she's been feeling lately, and shares tools she has learned to take better care of herself, decrease anxiety, and love herself more and more.

Danielle shares the value and importance of tuning into your body and brain with loving kindness to find out what they truly need, in order to better honour your energy in each moment.

She recalls when her self-compassion journey began, and the key players who have helped her embrace her persistent pain journey; which allows her to live a more joyful life even on the most painful days.

Danielle invites listeners to do one thing today to love themselves more.

She shares a challenge and a joy, and celebrates how many opportunities she has had to fully express herself lately in moments of adversity.

Danielle shares her deep desire for all of us to learn how to be more kind and compassionate with ourselves and others, and how free it feels to fully express ourselves especially in the face of obstacles.

Experts:

These are some incredible humans and self-compassion resources to help you learn to be more loving, gentle and kind with yourself:

Chris Germer

https://chrisgermer.com

The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions

Kristin Neff

https://self-compassion.org

Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook

Brené Brown

https://brenebrown.com

The Gifts of Imperfection

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In Episode 3 Danielle shares tales from her days as a high school language teacher.

She opens up about her grief journey and how she started to become more self-aware.

Danielle talks about her experiences healing her brain, and how Village Ice Cream was a motivator.

She speaks of the value of baby steps when you're making new habits and when you want to get unstuck, heal, and transform your life.

She explains a fantastic tool from The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, that increases neuroplasticity, helps you let go of perfectionist tendencies and enhances your creative flow.

Danielle shares her continued heartfelt thankfulness for all of the love, encouragement and support, and reminds you that you have the power to heal your life.

She looks forward to sharing more tools that have helped her heal and live a more joyful life, in the hopes that you can experience more joy every single day.

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In Episode 2 Danielle shares her heartfelt gratitude for all of the love and support she's received since launching this podcast.

She gives an update about how she's really feeling about the evicted tenants who mistreated her home and belongings.

Danielle reveals the healing gems she discovered at a recent visit with her wonderful acupuncturist, Don Wensrich, a.k.a. The Wizard.

She shares how she learned the valuable lesson that: your best changes day by day, moment by moment.

Danielle talks about how thankful she is that her experience with the Landmark Forum broke her open to begin grieving the life she lived before a car accident in 2010 changed everything.

She shares a how-to on Grief Journaling; an invaluable tool that allowed her to begin experiencing more joy every single day, and she believes it will help you too.

The podcast comes to an end with Danielle sharing a joy from her week, as well as a refresher on how to build self-trust, and a reminder to be kind and loving to yourself and give yourself grace and compassion if you didn't quite accomplish what you set out to.

Sending you love on your journey.

Sidenote: Danielle very much intended on releasing this podcast early Monday morning. However, she was doing the best that she could at the time and it is being released early Tuesday morning instead.

As this is being typed, Danielle is celebrating herself for releasing her second podcast episode, acknowledging herself for figuring it out as she goes, extending loving kindness and compassion to herself for not getting it done when she originally wanted, and she hopes that you are remembering to be kind and gentle with yourself.

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Welcome to Episode One! A little bit about me. Sharing challenges and some wins from the past few days and some joy too!