The Path to Joy

By Melissa Bloom

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Yes!! As the name implies, this podcast is about joy and its many facets. I’ll share tools, stories, and encouragement about how to view your world in a new and wondrous way. I’ll help you move your JOY needle up! Join me every Tuesday and Thursday for a new episode. Enjoy the journey!

Episode Date
And Now It's My Turn!
May 28, 2026
Stop Predicting the Future!
May 26, 2026
And Now the Event Itself!
May 21, 2026
The Backstory!
May 19, 2026
To Witness Unraveling.
May 14, 2026
The Prom!
May 12, 2026
An Episode About Spring (Sort Of)!
May 07, 2026
Learning (and Unlearning)!
May 05, 2026
Money, Money, Money!
Apr 30, 2026
Go Slow, Stay Wide, Don't Chase!
Apr 28, 2026
For Me...It's Structure!
Apr 23, 2026
And It's Decided!
Apr 21, 2026
And Then a Workshop!
Apr 16, 2026
A Ben Weekend!
Apr 14, 2026
A Marathon and the Power of Your Thoughts.
Apr 09, 2026
What Do You Believe?
Apr 07, 2026
Doing Small, Scary Things!
Apr 02, 2026
It Can Be Hard to Measure!
Mar 31, 2026
An Ovation!
Mar 26, 2026
A True Miracle!
Mar 24, 2026
Always Great Questions!
Mar 19, 2026
Just Do It!
Mar 17, 2026
Swim Lessons!
Mar 12, 2026
All the Possible Paths!
Mar 10, 2026
Magic Disguised as Ordinary Life!
Mar 05, 2026
Friends Who Make You Think!
Mar 03, 2026
Sometimes Life is Grossly Unfair.
Feb 26, 2026
A Quiet Moment!
Feb 24, 2026
Let It Snow!
Feb 19, 2026
Snow, Birthdays, and Miracles!
Feb 17, 2026
The Overexplain!
Feb 12, 2026
A Good Day!
Feb 10, 2026
What is Communion?
Feb 05, 2026
Who You Marry!
Feb 03, 2026
The Ultimate Conundrum!
Jan 29, 2026
A Potential Move!
Jan 27, 2026
Letting Go of Resistance!
Jan 22, 2026
Some Good Advice (Not From Me)!
Jan 20, 2026
Christmas in Vermont!
Jan 15, 2026
Oh Menopause ...Part Deux!
Jan 13, 2026
Long Days and Short Years!
Jan 08, 2026
Episode Number Two Hundred and Ninety-Three!
Jan 06, 2026
Some Intention Setting!
Jan 01, 2026
Let This Be the Year
Dec 30, 2025
And It's Christmas!
Dec 25, 2025
Oh December!
Dec 23, 2025
Paying Attention to Signs!
Dec 18, 2025
Oh the Haters!
Dec 16, 2025
Future Tripping at the Table.
Dec 11, 2025
Same, Same, Same!
Dec 09, 2025
Making New Friends!
Dec 04, 2025
A Treasure Trove Discovered!
Dec 02, 2025
Days of Crafts!
Nov 27, 2025
It's All About the Process!
Nov 25, 2025
As the Holidays Approach!
Nov 20, 2025
Books I'm Reading (and Not Reading)!
Nov 18, 2025
What You Don't Have!
Nov 13, 2025
Twins are Great!
Nov 11, 2025
Spilling Some Secrets!
Nov 06, 2025
Allowing Space for Change!
Nov 04, 2025
Driving in My Car!
Oct 30, 2025
A Weekend of Surprises!
Oct 28, 2025
How You Do One Thing is How You Do Everything!
Oct 23, 2025
Getting Your Hands Off the Wheel -- a Meditation!
Oct 21, 2025
Some Time to Dream!
Oct 16, 2025
Making Decisions!
Oct 14, 2025
A Message for My Advice Givers!
Oct 09, 2025
A Great Call!!
Oct 07, 2025
Holding My Breathe!
Oct 02, 2025
Some More Bowling!
Sep 30, 2025
Our Comparison Problem.
Sep 25, 2025
An Alternate Reality!
Sep 23, 2025
Being Still and Going Slow.
Sep 18, 2025
And It Begins!
Sep 16, 2025
Those Pesky Worry Thoughts!
Sep 11, 2025
It's My Birthday!
Sep 09, 2025
Another Marker of Time!
Sep 04, 2025
What Would it Feel Like??
Sep 02, 2025
Good Enough!
Aug 28, 2025
Just Being Honest!
Aug 26, 2025
Coffee, Coffee, Coffee
Aug 21, 2025
I Love Getting Older!
Aug 19, 2025
We are Heading Home!
Aug 14, 2025
Some Heat, Some Noise, and Some Quiet!
Aug 12, 2025
Everything is OK!
Aug 07, 2025
We Are on the Plane!
Aug 05, 2025
Staring at a Blank Page!
Jul 31, 2025
You Can Start Today!
Jul 29, 2025
Knowing What You Need!
Jul 24, 2025
Lessons in Skating!
Jul 22, 2025
A Week at Camp!
Jul 17, 2025
Life in a Treehouse!
Jul 15, 2025
Oh Menopause!
Jul 10, 2025
It's All About the Return!
Jul 08, 2025
The Art of Not Talking About It!
Jul 03, 2025
Sand Is Not My Love Language!
Jul 01, 2025
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
Jun 26, 2025
The End of an Era!
Jun 24, 2025
Making a List and Checking It Twice!
Jun 19, 2025
Some Requested Advice!
Jun 17, 2025
Words Create Your World!
Jun 12, 2025
Making Some New Habits!
Jun 10, 2025
The Earthly Garden of Emotions!
Jun 05, 2025
A Trio of Mothers!
Jun 03, 2025
As the World Comes Alive...
May 29, 2025
Still Missing You, Dad.
May 27, 2025
I Had to Share a Bit More...
May 22, 2025
With Awareness, We Do Better!
May 20, 2025
You Don't Know How Great You Are!
May 15, 2025
Letting the Tears Flow!
May 13, 2025
A Hole in One!
May 08, 2025
Not All Friendships Break!
May 06, 2025
The Disney Saga Continued!
May 01, 2025
Disney or Bust!
Apr 29, 2025
Ms. Fix It!
Apr 24, 2025
Shaking up Your Snow Globe!
Apr 22, 2025
Unearthing Your Creativity!
Apr 17, 2025
Molasses Days!
Apr 15, 2025
Romance Novels, Rate-R Movies, and the Nature of Memory!
Apr 10, 2025
Which Direction are Your Windows Facing??
Apr 08, 2025
The Gift of Giving!
Apr 03, 2025
Let's Step Away from the Whirling Dervishes!
Apr 01, 2025
Won't You be my Neighbor??
Mar 27, 2025
Thank You Duchess Goldblatt!
Mar 25, 2025
The Crux of Self-Forgiveness!
Mar 20, 2025
How to be More Tree!
Mar 18, 2025
Yes, Life Keeps Moving Forward but Meanwhile...
Mar 13, 2025
Pittsburgh or Bust!
Mar 11, 2025
Two Hundred Episodes -- What??
Mar 06, 2025
What's 'Super' about the Super Bowl??
Mar 04, 2025
We Are One!
Feb 27, 2025
Some Appreciation for Your Body!
Feb 25, 2025
Are You a Thermostat or a Thermometer??
Feb 20, 2025
Here's Fourteen!
Feb 18, 2025
In the Middle of the Night!
Feb 13, 2025
A Tree, Some Snow, and the Memory of a Wild Day!
Feb 11, 2025
You've Survived 100% of Your Worst Days!
Feb 06, 2025
The Feeling of 'Being Ready!'
Feb 04, 2025
Is It Time for JOY Day??
Jan 30, 2025
Solutions, Solutions, Solutions!!
Jan 28, 2025
Your Body is Your Friend!
Jan 23, 2025
How to Get Through the Winter!
Jan 21, 2025
An Epiphany and Some Kind Words!
Jan 16, 2025
New Year, a More JOYFUL You!
Jan 14, 2025
One Small Change!
Jan 09, 2025
Untangling Unfairness!
Jan 07, 2025
There's Always Another Way!
Jan 02, 2025
Setting Some Intentions!
Dec 31, 2024
Your North Star!
Dec 26, 2024
Give a Little Grace!
Dec 24, 2024
A Writing Habit!
Dec 19, 2024
Picture It!
Dec 17, 2024
Miracles Abound!!
Dec 12, 2024
The Occasional Blahs!
Dec 10, 2024
The Gift of the Cosmic Void!
Dec 05, 2024
How to Get a Strike!
Dec 03, 2024
Some Very 'Soft' Advice!
Nov 28, 2024
Lesson in Sugar Cookies!
Nov 26, 2024
Thank you So Much Dr. Gladys Taylor McGarey!
Nov 21, 2024
A Cook Off (and One of the Very Best Days)!
Nov 19, 2024
I'm Crazy Lucky Because...
Nov 14, 2024
Until I Though of Myself as the Sea!
Nov 12, 2024
The Receiving Department!
Nov 07, 2024
More Listening!
Nov 05, 2024
A Big Move!
Oct 31, 2024
A Case of the Worries!
Oct 29, 2024
The Days of Awe.
Oct 24, 2024
A Confession!
Oct 22, 2024
Follow the Yellow Brick Road!
Oct 17, 2024
Lots and Lots of Games!
Oct 15, 2024
Maybe Absence Does Make the Heart Grow Fonder!!
Oct 10, 2024
Thank You Forrest!!
Oct 08, 2024
We Are Surrounded by Wonder!
Oct 03, 2024
The A-list!
Oct 01, 2024
First Day of School Reflections!
Sep 26, 2024
Goodbye Cheddar!
Sep 24, 2024
Some Truly Hidden Gems!
Sep 19, 2024
Can We Stop Trying to Be So Darn Productive??
Sep 17, 2024
Maybe You Need to Hear This Today!
Sep 12, 2024
We are Going on a Treasure Hunt!
Sep 10, 2024
Some Simple Gratitude (and a Blackout)!
Sep 05, 2024
A Little Bit of Royal!
Sep 03, 2024
What Are Some of Your 'Tells??'
Aug 29, 2024
The Pressure to Have it All Figured Out!
Aug 27, 2024
Some Summer Visioning!!
Aug 22, 2024
That Intangible Quality!
Aug 20, 2024
Guess What?? I Have a Couple Haters!
Aug 15, 2024
Oh It's so Good to be Home!
Aug 13, 2024
Practice, practice, practice!
Aug 08, 2024
Oh, I Could Get Used to This!
Aug 06, 2024
Letting the Emotion Pass Through You!
Aug 01, 2024
Some Time to Recharge!
Jul 30, 2024
A Sea of Beliefs!
Jul 25, 2024
It's a Sure Thing!
Jul 23, 2024
Happy Birthday, Paul Bloom!!
Jul 18, 2024
Leaning Into Summer!
Jul 16, 2024
Driving Around in my Minivan!
Jul 11, 2024
The 'Stream' of Consciousness!
Jul 09, 2024
Do You Need to Acclimate to Peace and Calm??
Jul 04, 2024
Other Ways to Mark Time!
Jul 02, 2024
Creating Your Dot-to-Dot!
Jun 27, 2024
Oh, That Pesky Stray Cat!
Jun 25, 2024
An 'Anteroom' for Words!
Jun 20, 2024
My Reaction to a Cafeteria Filled With People!!
Jun 18, 2024
Metamorphosis (and Some Crazy Butterfly Facts!).
Jun 13, 2024
Burning Down the House!
Jun 11, 2024
Maybe It's Time to Go Back to Bed!
Jun 06, 2024
Do We All Feel Lost??
Jun 04, 2024
To Appease or Not to Appease, That is the Question!
May 30, 2024
For the Class of 2024 Parents!
May 28, 2024
A Fridge Re-Org and the Definition of Grace.
May 23, 2024
The Power of Belief (and the Four-Minute Mile)!
May 21, 2024
Springtime for Melissa!
May 16, 2024
Thank You Anne Lamott!
May 14, 2024
The Art of Listening!
May 09, 2024
Maybe We All Need Some of These Reminders!
May 07, 2024
What Color is Your Canvas??
May 02, 2024
Picking Up Some Clues Along the Way!
Apr 30, 2024
What's on Your Oasis??
Apr 25, 2024
'A Universe Held Together By Love!'
Apr 23, 2024
A Tale of Two Skis Part Deux!
Apr 18, 2024
A Tale of Two Skis!
Apr 16, 2024
We are Going to be OK!
Apr 11, 2024
Some Words From Bossy Pants Bloom!
Apr 09, 2024
A Big Day (and the Day After)!
Apr 04, 2024
What if It All Worked Out??
Apr 02, 2024
I Threw Myself a Party!
Mar 28, 2024
Time For a Little Yin and Yang!
Mar 26, 2024
One of the Best Questions!!
Mar 21, 2024
A Living Room Picnic!
Mar 19, 2024
Thank You Simon and Garfunkel!
Mar 14, 2024
Some Days of JOY!
Mar 12, 2024
When the Urge to Act Outweighs Your Resistance.
Mar 07, 2024
Joy, Love, and the Nobel Prize!
Mar 05, 2024
My 100th episode!!
Feb 29, 2024
It's True: A Watched Pot Never Boils!
Feb 27, 2024
How to Slow Down a Runaway Train!
Feb 22, 2024
Some of My Daily Practices!
Feb 20, 2024
Um, I think I'm a 'Bowling Mom!'
Feb 15, 2024
Sometimes Goodbyes are Tough.
Feb 13, 2024
A SNOW Day!
Feb 08, 2024
Some of my Favorite Words from the Late Louise Hay!
Feb 06, 2024
Let's Start With Some Teeny-Tiny Steps!
Feb 01, 2024
Acknowledging the WIN!!
Jan 30, 2024
Word of the Year ... Part Deux!
Jan 25, 2024
A Word for the Year!
Jan 23, 2024
What’s ’Awe’ Got to Do With It?
Jan 18, 2024
How to Move Through Fear (a Skiing Episode)!
Jan 16, 2024
Are You Familiar with the Concept of ’Beshert??’
Jan 11, 2024
Lessons from a Trip to See ’Disney’s Frozen Jr.!’
Jan 09, 2024
Thoughts to Surround Yourself With (a bit of Counter Programming)!
Jan 04, 2024
That Moment When a ’Lightbulb Comes On!’
Jan 02, 2024
An Ode to the Small, Quiet Moments of JOY!
Dec 28, 2023
Time for Some Visioning, Friends!
Dec 26, 2023
A ’You’ve Got This’ List!
Dec 21, 2023
Winter isn’t so Bad!
Dec 19, 2023
What Does it Feel Like to be Melissa Bloom??
Dec 14, 2023
The JOY of Gifts!!
Dec 12, 2023
The Art of Believing Anything is Possible!
Dec 07, 2023
Music is JOY!
Dec 05, 2023
How to be More of a Solid Oak (Tree)!
Nov 30, 2023
Aaaaah! We are so Busy!!
Nov 28, 2023
Sometimes it’s Wonderful to Know What You Don’t Want!
Nov 23, 2023
How to Allow in Some Praise!
Nov 21, 2023
Reframing in Real Time!!
Nov 16, 2023
Do You Find HOPE a Bit Scary??
Nov 14, 2023
Have You Ever Heard of JOMO??
Nov 09, 2023
Maybe It’s Time to Put Your Needs First!!
Nov 07, 2023
How to Balance Your Own Intuition vs. Everyone Else’s Opinion!!
Nov 02, 2023
Listen Friends, I Think We Have an Amnesia Problem!
Oct 31, 2023
My Best Advice: Just Feel Out the Right Next Step!
Oct 26, 2023
As Grandpa Julie Would Say: ’Some Funny Business!’
Oct 24, 2023
Some Lessons in Abundance by Comedian Amy Poehler!
Oct 19, 2023
Maybe it’s Time to Schedule a Sick Day!
Oct 17, 2023
A Tribute to Bob Ross (Let’s Make Some Happy Trees)!
Oct 12, 2023
Alert, Alert, I’m in Redlight!!
Oct 10, 2023
How Can You Find JOY When You are Exhausted??
Oct 05, 2023
There’s No Place Like Home!
Oct 03, 2023
Winning is OK, I Guess. But, A Win-Win is the BEST!
Sep 28, 2023
’You’ve Got a Friend!’
Sep 26, 2023
Can you Actually Herd Cats (Spoiler Alert: No)??
Sep 21, 2023
And Ben Takes Yoga with Me!
Sep 19, 2023
The Power of ’Hold Up, Wait a Minute!’
Sep 14, 2023
Let’s Get Hooked on a Feeling!!
Sep 12, 2023
How Do Condiments and the Law of Attraction Connect??
Sep 07, 2023
One of the Best Birthday Surprises!
Sep 05, 2023
’Who Moved My Cheese?’
Aug 31, 2023
Where do Clarity, Creativity, Intuition, Inspiration Live??
Aug 29, 2023
Kindness is Contagious (Thanks Philly Airport!!)
Aug 24, 2023
You Gotta Love Ben & Jerry’s!!
Aug 22, 2023
What Does it Mean to ’Soften??’
Aug 17, 2023
What to do When you Experience a ’Factory Reset!!’
Aug 15, 2023
Do You Ever Feel Like a Willow in the Wind??
Aug 10, 2023
Aah! How do I Get Out of this Conversation??
Aug 08, 2023
What’s Hiding in Plain Sight??
Aug 03, 2023
What if You Really Can’t Get it Wrong??
Aug 01, 2023
How to Slow Down Time!!
Jul 27, 2023
Let’s Shake up Your Snow Globe!!
Jul 25, 2023
You Belong, my Friend!
Jul 20, 2023
Sugar Sugar (Honey, Honey)!!
Jul 18, 2023
How to Stop Gripping the Wheel (aka Surrender)??
Jul 13, 2023
How to Be Kinder (to YOU)!
Jul 11, 2023
It’s OK. You Never Missed the Boat.
Jul 06, 2023
What to do When Your Balloon is Ready to Burst!
Jul 04, 2023
My Friend, You are so BRAVE!
Jun 29, 2023
The Connection Between You and Me!
Jun 27, 2023
Do You Ever Feel Like Charlie Brown’s Teacher??
Jun 22, 2023
Let’s Talk About Genes, Baby!
Jun 20, 2023
Is it Time to Get a Bigger Fish Tank??
Jun 15, 2023
Change Your Thoughts in Realtime: Stop, Drop, and Appreciate!
Jun 13, 2023
Sleep as the KINGPIN to Everything!
Jun 08, 2023
The Pink and Purple Elephant in your Living Room!
Jun 06, 2023
The Body Piece of the JOY Equation.
Jun 01, 2023
What I Learned (During a Weekend in April)!
May 30, 2023
How to Get to the Hilton in Denver??
May 25, 2023
One of my Favorite TOOLS!! An ’Emotional Blueprint’!
May 23, 2023
The Problem and the Solution Don’t Live in the Same ZIP Code.
May 18, 2023
Your Thoughts are Like Magnets!!
May 16, 2023
’Celebrate Good Times, Come One’ Part DEUX.
May 11, 2023
’Celebrate Good Times, Come One’ Part ONE.
May 09, 2023
Time for Some Micro Changes: RITUALS!!
May 04, 2023
Here’s What I Really Think: There is SO Much Beauty in the World!
May 02, 2023
So, How Do You Do It? How Do You Actually Change Your Thoughts??
Apr 27, 2023
Are You an Unreliable Narrator of Your Life?
Apr 25, 2023
What Does Guidance Feel Like?
Apr 20, 2023
Let’s Plant Some Seeds
Apr 18, 2023
Do You Believe in Coincidences?
Apr 13, 2023
What Happens in Vagus Doesn’t Stay in Vagus!
Apr 11, 2023
Do You Like Buffets??
Apr 06, 2023
Sit Back, Close Your Eyes, and Let the Current Take You Downstream!
Apr 04, 2023
Relax! You Just Worry About Your 10%.
Mar 30, 2023
How Plastic is Your Brain?
Mar 28, 2023
What Does JOY Feel Like??
Mar 23, 2023
Trailer: What is The Path to Joy All About??
Mar 22, 2023