The Joy Jam

The Joy Jam

By MPR - Manawatū People’s Radio
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The Joy Jam episodes

  • Episode 213 - THE JOYS OF DATING IN YOUR 50'S
    A show about joy and resilience with Maree Gibson, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand An Air. This week: A new series talking about sex. Kate Wild discusses all of her dating disasters over the years while navigating single life as a mature woman.
    33 min
  • Episode 212 - THE JOY OF GIVING OURSELVES PERMISSION
    A show about joy and resilience with Maree Gibson, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand An Air. This Week: Do you need to give yourself permission to be happy? Are you happy with what you have or are you a person is is always striving for the next 'best' thing to make yourself happy?
    32 min
  • Episode 211 - FINDING JOY WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS - w/ Renee
    A show about joy and resilience with Maree Gibson, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand An Air. This week: Maree interviews Renee Dingwall about her life before, during and after catching COVID and ending up wheelchair bound. Life has never gone back to 'normal' for Renee so how does she accept it and move forward?
    33 min
  • Episode 210 - THE JOY OF RAISING YOUR MIDDLE FINGER
    A show about joy and resilience with Maree Gibson, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand An Air. This week: Do you wish you could pull the finger to the world? To live life out loud on your terms? Maree discusses just that, how she ditches shame, unwanted opinions, unhealthy friends and more in the hopes of becoming more authentically herself.
    31 min
  • Episode 209 - WHERE DID THE ROMANCE GO?
    A show about joy and resilience with Maree Gibson, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand An Air. This week: Maree, with permission from the author, Martha E. Wright, reads an article on ageing relationships and how complacency and routine can result in a lack of intimacy.
    29 min
  • Episode 208 - WHAT MAKES US HAPPY?
    A show about joy and resilience with Maree Gibson, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand An Air. This Week: Maree shares how losing her career through a botched surgery ended up challenging what she believed happiness to be. She had to find purpose and meaning in order to heal.
    30 min
  • Episode 207 - THE JOY OF BEING SEEN AND HEARD
    A show about joy and resilience with Maree Gibson, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand An Air. This week: Maree discusses how getting to know our true self, including the darkness can result in having more self compassion. Then we are able to share our true self with others.
    30 min

About The Joy Jam

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Tune in to The Joy Jam, a podcast about Joy hosted by Maree Gibson. What gives us joy and what stops us from feeling joyous? Here are stories from people who share how they overcame adversity and have…