Episode 471: Self-care series: Joy in the Messy Middle with Paula Jenkins

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are switching gears on the podcast and entering our next theme all around self-care. This particular group of interviews is a mix of the many different ways to take care of someone very important in your life: YOU!</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Paula Jenkins returns to the show to kick off the series with a conversation about how to bring more joy into our lives. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fittingly, Paula is on a mission to spread more joy in the world. She is a podcast producer and certified life coach, and the author of</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Jump Start Your Joy: Heart-Centered Ways to Find Joy in the Messy Middle.</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We cover:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What Paula means when she talks about, "finding joy in the messy middle." (7:15)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How following joy changed Paula’s life completely, after getting a diagnosis of post partum PTSD (12:28)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What it looks like when someone chooses joy (20:29)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Paula describes what it’s like being a trained labyrinth facilitator (what?!) (35:23)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The different types of joy, including "Bed in a Bag" versions of joy and what they have to teach us (25:30)</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "http://andreaowen.com/471">http://andreaowen.com/471</a></span></p> <p> </p>