SecondWind with Joyce

Mindful forgiveness and paying attention to who we want to be in the world is essential to a healthy relationship with self and others. This episode tackles the topic of forgiveness and how to mindfully explore it through a different lens. Whether you are apologizing or asking for forgiveness, being mindful of your intention to create healing is key.

Los Angeles native, Kelly Browne grew up in the entertainment industry, and attended California State University Northridge - School of Cinema and Television Arts, earning a Master of Arts degree in Communication/Screenwriting. She was awarded the Presidential Medal for Personal Achievement in Screenwriting working in various acting, production and development roles in the Entertainment Industry. Her credits include the Academy Award-winning motion picture, Glory, the Emmy-winning series, Moonlighting, Malcolm & Eddie as well as many others.

Kelly is the go-to gratitude expert on thank-you note etiquette for adults and kids. She is also the author of the bestselling book series, 101 Ways to Say Thank You with her fifth book, 101 Ways to Create Mindful Forgiveness: A Heart Heart-Healing Guide to Forgiveness, Apologies, and Mindful Tools for Peace, already out now. Her advice has appeared in Parade, The Wall Street Journal, eHow, Tinyprints, and Jezebel—among many others—along with TV and podcast appearances. A mother of two, her mission is to spread the "magic of gratitude" and how to heal the heart with "Mindful Forgiveness."

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How a need for forgiveness is experienced in everyone
• How bitterness and grudge-holding gets in the way of forgiveness
• How to create mindful forgiveness in our lives
• The importance of finding joy in our lives
• Kelly's best-selling books and how she got started

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After moving to Malta with her family during the 2020 pandemic, Emily A. Francis learned insider secrets to one of the healthiest lifestyles in the world. Now she shares these insights so that you too can improve your wellness and invigorate your spirit.

The Taste of Joy shows you the importance of living simply, mindfully, and naturally while nourishing your body and soul. Discover your own path to happiness as Emily recounts eye-opening experiences with a country and culture that made her come alive. Using food as a metaphor for life, this book highlights local methods for harvesting and cooking while exploring Mediterranean values. With Emily's pearls of wisdom and a handful of recipes, you can get a taste of bliss and create a life you can relish instead of simply endure.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• The reason Emily and her family left the United States to move to Malta
• Why Emily chose to live in a country without genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
• What makes Mediterranean living different in terms of health and wellness
• How Emily experiences joy
• Emily's three tips for creating more joy

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Change starts with the mindset to do it. So many people get stuck and blocked to make changes, but a mindset change is necessary for sustained change. This episode covers what is blocking your ability to make changes and how to create a mindset of success.

Zoilita Grant has been involved in human development for over forty years. She graduated from UC Berkeley in 1971 with a BA in Psychology and got her MSW from UTEP in 1979. She had the privilege of managing two nonprofits, a YMCA in El Paso, TX and a Drug and Alcohol program in Bellefontaine, OH. Besides a short time as a Drug and Alcohol corporate trainer, her entire professional life has been private practice. She worked for over twenty-five years as a psychotherapist specializing in hypnosis, and has been a hypnotic coach for the last twelve years. Her desire to serve both her peers and the general public led her to help form the Colorado Association of Psychotherapists. She served as president for six years. She also served as vice-president of the American Council of Hypnotists for twenty-one years. She offers certifications as hypnosis professionals and products for them and the general public.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Five keys to changing your mindset
• The blocks that keep us from becoming a success
• How to keep a mindset of success
• Zoilita's program for success coaching and what it entails
• A time Zoilita felt joy
• Tips to creating more joy in your life

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Practicing intentionality is difficult in a world of multitasking. In this episode, author Melinda Salisbury shares how she has created more inspiration and joy in her life by being more intentional and practicing her word of the year, presence.

Melinda Salisbury is an author who lives on the southeast coast of the UK, though she grew up in the country. She says, "It was always a dream to live by the sea, and it's everything I hoped it would be." She writes full time, a mixture of young adult fantasy novels and almanacs for city-based people. She writes for people who desperately want to forge a connection with nature, but live in cities, or flatshares, and don't have easy access to outdoor space. The almanacs help people build a realistic and sustainable connection with nature, without traveling out of town or spending loads of money.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Melinda got started as an author
• Melinda's transition from country to coast, and her love for travel, including her upcoming trip to Texas.
• The inspiration behind Melinda's works of fiction.
• How Melinda brought nature into her work and almanacs.
• How her word of the year, presence, has brought more joy into her life
• Tips to create more joy

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Many people want to have a deeper understanding of the way God works through people. Understanding spiritual gifts and the way they show up is one way to learn more about God's work in the world. This episode tackles the topics of spiritual gifts and how to use your gifting to impact the world.

Blessed at a very early age with the gift of the Holy Spirit, Kathleen Bright found she had the gift of wisdom, faith, word of knowledge, healing, prophecy, and discerning of spirits. Within these gifts, she was also given the gifts of being intuitive, a medium, psychic, clairvoyant, clairaudient, clairsentient, and the ability to see auras, channel, and astral travel.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Kathleen began her spiritual journey sharing her gift as an intuitive
• What Kathleen defines as a spiritual journey
• The different spiritual gifts we are given from the Holy Spirit, and the ones we don't commonly talk about
• The personal transformation Kathleen experienced that led her to using her spiritual gifts
• How Kathleen experiences joy in her life

Connect with Kathleen via email by clicking here.

Heather Creekmore writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. Her first book Compared to Who? encourages women to uncover the spiritual root of body image issues and find freedom. Her latest release, The Burden of Better, offers women a journey into the depths of God's grace to find a way off the treadmill of constant comparison.

Heather is on a mission to help women uncover the spiritual roots of their body image and comparison issues. Her podcast tackles these tough topics through the lens of the gospel. Heather is best recognized from her appearance as a contestant on the Netflix hit show, Nailed It --and her blue bake-fail of a cake was the icon for the show for several seasons.

What You'll Learn From This Episode:

• Heather's work and writing as a body image coach
• How the struggle with body image starts at a young age, and is getting younger and younger
• The spiritual aspect of struggling with body image
• How Heather coaches women who struggle with the size of their bodies
• The way dieting trends have changed over the years, leading to a "schizophrenic relationship with food."
• How body image issues impact men
• Information on Heather's podcast and two books, plus the new ones coming out
• Heather's joyful moment, and three tips to create more joy in your life.

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Kathy Sparrow is an award-winning author, ghostwriter, and publishing consultant who has mentored aspiring non-fiction, fiction, and poetry writers for over two decades. Known as a "behind-the-scenes secret weapon" to thought leaders, Kathy specializes in the areas of self-development, leadership, and memoir.

She's also an avid fly fisher and penned The Whispered Teachings of Grandmother Trout, touted as the feminine version of A River Runs Through It. She is co-author of the children's books, Stanky & Cece: Break the Rules (2022) and Stanky & Cece: Out of Control (2023).

She has ghostwritten books and blogs on the topics of banking, personal growth and development, memoir, and leadership, including The Precipice of Life: Leadership and Personal Growth Insights from a Mountaineer's Edge.

Kathy believes that our stories hold the power to heal and transform not only ourselves, but also our families, our communities, and the world. She's dedicated her life to holding space for those who wish to embrace their calling to write, share their wisdom with others, and guide aspiring writers through the writing and publishing process.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Taking the first step to overcoming your fear
• Background on her book, The Whispered Teachings of Grandmother Trout
• How to take the first step to begin writing
• How to schedule time for writing, but also time for inspiration
• The importance of building an author platform
• The moment that brought her joy and her tips to building more joy

Special offer for listeners: Schedule an exploratory call to learn more about Kathy's year-long writing program here.

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Longevity studies show that it's important to eat well, move your body, and manage stress. But what are the best ways to do that? This episode shares all the latest and greatest on aging well!

Patricia Greenberg is known as The Fitness Gourmet. She is an expert in all aspects of living life to the fullest at any age. As the creator of Eat Well, Live Well, Age Well, she consults, teaches, and hosts a weekly YouTube show, and speaks at seminars nationwide. She has a special interest in enhancing the education of the general public, and providing accurate health information to today's consumer. Passionate about wellness for life, Patricia completed 20 marathons and 115 half marathons, and loves the sport of tower climbing, having conquered buildings all over the country. Married with a grown daughter, in her downtime she is an avid reader and knitter.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• The latest science of aging well and longevity
• The best steps to take for wellness and longevity
• Ways to support balance as you age
• The importance of asking for help when you need it
• The most important inteventions for health that you can start today

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Shai Tubali is a believer in making deliberate drastic changes in life every now and then in order to keep the mind young - and to live several lifetimes in just one lifetime.

He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is an international teacher and author. Five years ago, he felt that spirituality wasn't enough to satisfy his intellectual passions. He completed a Master's Program in Philosophy and followed that up with a PhD in the Philosophy of Mysticism. He has dedicated many decades to developing medically proven methods of therapy and self-empowerment, which he details in this episode.

Shai's newest book, Llewellyn's Complete Book of Meditation is available now.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• The rising issue of screen addiction
• How prayer and meditation are the same practice
• The moment Shai discovered his greater purpose
• How meditation works in different ways to benefit us
• Tips to create more joy

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Preslee Marshall is twenty-five years old with a story to tell. She had minor health issues prior to 2020, but from the start of the pandemic until now, she has been diagnosed with seven to eight conditions - all of which are either very chronic or have no cure. She experienced a diagnosis of fibromyalgia after spending years searching for answers to her health issues with no solution. She describes her experience as medical gaslighting, and writes about her story in this article.

Preslee lives in in Winnipeg, Manitoba. When she's not busy managing her business, Preslee is traveling the world and unlocking new opportunities for her future.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• The definition of gaslighting and how it applies to medical treatment
• Preslee's story experiencing many mystery symptoms and never any clear answers
• The importance of advocating for your health
• How to know you are being medically gaslit
• Populations of people who are more likely to face medical gaslighting
• What to do if you feel like you are being medically gaslighted

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