Finding Joy in the Hard
By Suzanne Andora Barron
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Finding Joy in the Hard is a weekly podcast about how we meet life when it stretches us — in grief and growth, in ordinary struggles and unexpected turns.
In short minisodes, I share honest reflections, gentle nervous system awareness, and simple embodied practices to help you steady yourself when things feel uncertain.
From time to time, I sit down with guests who have walked through difficulty and found light in the dark and joy in the hard.
I’m your host, Suzanne Andora Barron — yoga and meditation teacher, Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner, and writer. Through breath, awareness, and simple practices, I help people ease tension and reconnect to their inner steadiness.
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#157 Are you putting yourself first?
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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156: Always a Sibling – An Interview with Annie Sklaver Orenstein
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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#155 Would you ever talk that way to a friend?
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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#154 What If Those Emotions Aren't Even Yours?
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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#153 What if Beauty is in the In-Between?
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Something to remember as you go about your day
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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#151 When you give yourself 2 choices
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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#150 Do you complain a lot?
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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#149 A Beautiful Ending
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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#148 "What do you want?"
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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#147 Christmas Message
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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#146 - Have you ever gotten so lost you can't think clearly?
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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#145 My Mind Was Fine—But My Body Wasn’t | A Grief Story
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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On days when everything feels like an effort, meet yourself here.
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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#143 A Thanksgiving Gift
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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#142 Do you ever get tired of being with yourself?
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Why are you judging yourself?
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#140 What if you don't fill up all your space?
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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#139 What if you don't have to understand?
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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#138 You are Stronger Than Your Worst Fear
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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#137 Might that Fear Be Scarier in Your Head?
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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#136 What are you worrying about that won't matter tonight?
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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#135 Embracing Every Part of You - A Guided Meditation
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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#134 Are you stuck in All or Nothing Thinking?
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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#133 What If Others Didn't Have to Understand?
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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#132 In hard times, what has helped you most?
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#131 Can you accept all the parts of you?
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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#130 What if the Unsolicited Advice We Give Is Really for Us?
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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#129 Can you let yourself feel without needing to know why?
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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#128 What if you took a chance on you?
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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#127 Before You Compare Yourself, Consider This
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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#126 When Life Feels Heavy—A Guided Meditation
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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#125 Worrying About What Other People Think?
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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#124 Can’t Stop Replaying That Conversation in Your Head?
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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#123 Leaning Into Summer: Guided Meditation to Ease the Transition
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May 26, 2025 |
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#122 - What would you ask for if you weren't afraid of hearing no?
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May 18, 2025 |
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#121 What if You Slow Down?
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May 04, 2025 |
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#120 Do You Ever Feel Out of Sorts? One Way to Find Grounding
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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#119 Do You Realize How Special You Are?
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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#118 Are You Dismissing Your Feelings?
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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#117 Are Your Beliefs Tripping You Up?
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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#115 How often do you expect things to go wrong?
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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#116: Do you allow yourself to face your fears?
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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#114 - Are You Cancelling Yourself Out?
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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#0113 Have you ever paid attention to yourself when you judge?
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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#0112 "Blessings From My Father's Death," with Melissa Colbeck
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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#0111 Do You Slow Down Enough to Celebrate Yourself?
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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#0110: Find the Calm in the Chaos: Guided Meditation
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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#109 Are you beating yourself up because you said or did the wrong thing?
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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#108 Resilience is Your Superpower with Denise Schwendeman
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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#107 Does the weather affect your mood?
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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#0106 Guided Meditation - Imagine Meeting Yourself for the First Time
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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#0105 - Do you waste your energy on things that don't matter?
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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#0104 "We're More Than Our Pain Story" - Ydaiber Orozco interviews me
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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#103 Are you remembering to breath?
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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#102 Do You Take Time to Notice Your Thoughts? You Should....
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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#101 The Gifts of Grief 2.0 with Cecilia Mannella
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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#100 Are you brave enough to be vulnerable to access "gifts hidden in plain sight"
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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#099 No Would Haves or Should Haves & Finding Gratitude with Joanne Archer
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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#098 What Have You Decided You're Too Old to Do?
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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#097 Three Lessons I Learned from my Aunt Ann that Can Change your Life
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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#096 "Truth Telling" With Best Selling Author, Rachel Martin
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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#095 Why the Caregiving Conversation Has to Start Now with Allison Wyman
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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#094 Do You Make Others Wrong So You Can Be Right?
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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#093 How Alison Fraser King Found Inspiration Following a Serious Injury
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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#92 How Breast Cancer Taught Angela Crawford to Advocate in Every Area of Her Life
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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#91 Guided Jin Shin Jyutsu Meditation to Recongize What's Going Right
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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#090 Do you spend more time criticizing your body or complimenting it?
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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#089 Can't Figure Out Why Your Anxious?
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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#088 How Have Suppressed Emotions Affected Your Life?
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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#087 Jin Shin Jyutsu Meditation to Ease & Shift Worry
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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#086 "Kindness, Your Super Strength," with Irene Solo
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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#085 What are you Holding onto Too Tight?
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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#84 Jin Shin Jyutsu Guided Meditation to Realize the Lives We Want
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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#083 Is It True What They Said?
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May 30, 2024 |
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#82 Do You Remember the Sacrifice?
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May 27, 2024 |
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#081 Do You Give Up if Something Doesn't Work Out the First Time?
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May 26, 2024 |
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#080 What If Your Anxiety Is Really Excitement?
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May 25, 2024 |
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#079 What Have You Decided You Can't Do?
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May 24, 2024 |
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#78 What Lies are You Telling Yourself?
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May 24, 2024 |
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#077 Where Do You Want To Be A Year From Now?
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May 22, 2024 |
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#076 Do You Know How Capable You Are?
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May 21, 2024 |
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#075 Are You Willing to Be Uncomfortable for 5 Minutes?
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May 20, 2024 |
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#074 What Have You Decided You're Too Old to Do?
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May 19, 2024 |
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#073 Do you Fear Uncertainty?
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May 18, 2024 |
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#072 Do You Complicate Your Life?
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May 17, 2024 |
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#071 Why Do We Believe the Bad Stuff?
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May 16, 2024 |
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#070 Are you Waiting For Permission?
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May 15, 2024 |
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#069 What If Resentment Is a Good Thing?
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May 14, 2024 |
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#068 What If You Can't Feel Grateful
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May 13, 2024 |
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#067 Have Trouble Receiving Compliments? Might Impact You More Than You Realize
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May 12, 2024 |
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#066 Want to Cancel Out 8 Hours of Worry a Day?
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May 11, 2024 |
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#065 What You Lose When You People Please
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May 10, 2024 |
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#064 Want to Feel More Abundant by Next Month?
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May 09, 2024 |
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#063 Does Dreary Weather Bring You Down?
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May 08, 2024 |
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#062 Do You Ask for the Brownie?
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May 07, 2024 |
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#061 Three Words Can Improve Your Public Speaking & Test Taking
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May 06, 2024 |
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#060 Remember This is Your First Time Living
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May 05, 2024 |
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#059 One Word Can Make You Sound Less Confident
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May 04, 2024 |
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#058 Do You Work with Your Energy Or Against It?
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May 03, 2024 |
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#057 Do You Take Things Personally?
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May 02, 2024 |
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#056 Look At Where You've Come From
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May 01, 2024 |
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#055 Finding the Magic in Today - Guided Jin Shin Jyutsu Monday Meditation to Stay Strong
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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#054 What Are You Putting Off Until Tomorrow?
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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#053 Impatience Is a Choice - You get to Choose If You Get Ticked Off or Not
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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#052 Do You Take Time to Think About What You Really Want?
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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#051 You Get To Have Your Own Ideas
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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#050 Are You Even Aware You Got that Wish You've Been Waiting For?
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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#049 A Healing Practice You Can Use Anywhere Anytime - I Used it to Ease My Allergies
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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#048 That Thought You're Stuck on, Have You Considered How it's Hurting You?
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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#047 Why Is It So Easy To Be Negative?
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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#046 Do you Fight to Be Right?
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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#45 Is it the Story or Actual Experience Causing You Stress?
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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#044 What are You Trying to Get Right?
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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#043 The Power of "I Won't" Versus "I Can't"
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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#042 How do you feel about failure?
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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#041 How Does Anxiety Show Up in Your Life?
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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#040 What Have you Decided Something isn't in the Cards for You?
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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#039 A Simple Way to Feel More Courageous
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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#038 Are you Really Living or Just Going through the Motions?
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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#037 Do You Obsess About What You've Said or Done Way Too Much?
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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#036 A Sure Way to Reduce Stress
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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#35 Do You Pay Attention to How Your Speak to Yourself
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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#034 What Can you Make Easy?
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Episode 33: Falling Apart or Falling Into Place With Heidi Low
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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#032 Guided Jin Shin Jyutsu Meditation - How to Feel Our Feelings Without them Controlling Us
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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#031 What are you dreaming about? And what's stopping you from taking action?
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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#030: What Are You Rushing to Get to?
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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#029: "How Healing Myself First Helped My Daughter Heal, a Conversation with Geri Bose"
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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#028:"Rediscovering Myself through Loss, Yoga and Living in the Jungle with Amber Hagberg"
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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#027: “Finding Joy Through Life’s Trials with Becca Ingersoll”
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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#026: "Rootin for Red, My Son's Detour to Healthy with Sheri Roddy."
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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#025 "When We Blame, We Give Our Power Away." Solo Episode
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Episode 24: "How I Forgave My Dad After His Death with Shauna Buno Smith."
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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#023: "Finding Blessings in Tragedy with Pat Russo, Quadriplegic Woodworker & Single Dad"
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Episode 022: The next time your ruminate, ask yourself, is it true?
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Episode 21: Rekindle Your Light with Ydaiber Orozco After losing Her Siblings and Dad
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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#020 Loving Your Life in the Toughest of Circumstances with Desiree Probolsky
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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#019 After Infertility and Loss with Lea Nicole Trujillo
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#018 Guided Jin Shin Jyutsu Meditation - Step into the Uncomfortable & Thrive
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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#017 - Getting through the Pain with Emma Christensen who Lost Her 6 yr old Suddenly
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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What do you GET To do today?
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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#15 Seeking Sunshine with Karaleigh Garrison, Mom to 3 Autistic Children
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#014 The Gifts of Grief with Cecila Mannella
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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#013 My Actions Changed a PrimeTime TV Show Script
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#012 Am I really going to let this bother me? (Solo)
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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#011 What is the first thing you do in the morning? (Solo)
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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#010 How Teaching Yoga to Kids Fighting Cancer Healed Me
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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#009 A sure way to reduce stress (solo)
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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#008 The greatest gift you can give someone who lost a loved one (Solo)
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#007 The Gifts of Recovery with Rebecca Gillis
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#006 What if this is the last time? (Solocast)
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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#004 The importance of being silly with Kate Gilbert
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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#005 Navigating the Holidays after Loss (Solocast)
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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#002 Navigating Loss through Music & Creativity with Lucy Reynolds
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#003 Living With No Regrets With Joanne Archer
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#001: My story - How I Found Joy in the Hard
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Finding Joy in the Hard Podcast Trailer
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Nov 03, 2023 |