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Journal Up! with Becca RaeWinter Journaling Sojourn-Inspiration-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 15Send us a textToday's episode is dedicated to the late, great, Bob Weir. Thank you for the music. We're still here enjoying the ride. *Today's prompt is at 10:43Today, enjoy the audio release of my memoir, Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 15, with somatic meditative journaling: stretching, taking some cleansing relaxing breaths, reflecting on God's subtle and sometimes blaring reminder, to lovingly listen. Settle into the page with our new meditative music, "Balance of Self," to set the margins for your pen, discovery, and appreciation.Chapter 15 is titled, "You are I...
2026-01-3118 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeWinter Journaling Sojourn-Cross Country Cancer: Embodying Joy: A Heart JournalSend us a text*GREAT news! We have fixed our microphone issue! *Today's prompt is at 11:06Today, enjoy the audio release of my memoir, Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 14, with somatic meditative journaling: stretching, taking some cleansing relaxing breaths, reflecting on the anchor of Faith, and finally settling into the page with our new meditative music, "Balance of Self," to set the margins for your pen, discovery, and appreciation.Chapter 14 is titled, "Just a Phone Call Away," (2013-2015) and details the memory of feeling the world shift as I felt a...
2026-01-2317 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeWinter Journaling Sojourn-Autism for Christmas & Hope Delivered: Embodying Joy: A Heart JournalSend us a textToday, enjoy the audio release of my memoir, Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 13, with somatic meditative journaling: stretching, taking some cleansing relaxing breaths, reflecting on the anchor of Faith, and finally settling into the page with our new meditative music, "Balance of Self," to set the margins for your pen, discovery, and appreciation.Chapter 13 is titled, "One Red Request," (2006) and details the memory of the Christmas we faced news of our son's diagnosis with Autism. It was also the year we discovered we could face this diagnosis with hope and...
2026-01-1623 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeWinter Journaling Sojourn-My Newborn and I Collapsed Eternity: Embodying Joy: A Heart JournalSend us a text ***Today's prompt is located at: 13:21Today, enjoy the audio release of my memoir, Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 12 today, with somatic meditative journaling: stretching, taking some cleansing relaxing breaths, reflecting on the anchoring Word, and finally settling into the page with our new meditative music, "Balance of Self," to set the margins for your pen, discovery, and appreciation.Chapter 12 is titled, "Collapsing Eternity," (2002-2003) and details the memory of collapsing space and time, recalling the love of my late grandfather and how in the eyes of...
2026-01-1019 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeNew Habits, New Year Bonus: Day 2 of 365 Journaling Prompts of Sacred PromiseSend us a textSnowflakes on Sunflowers Journaling Sanctuary wishes you the best beginnings to your 2026!We hope that you are entering the new year relaxed and ready to greet each day with a posture of receiving delight.Our word of the year at Journal Up! is Delight!Our posture for the day is to receive exuberant delight from 2026!May God bless you each day along this present unfolding journey!As our gift to you again today, here is a preview of what paid subscribers are receiving...
2026-01-0210 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeNew Year's Bonus: Day 1 of 365 Journaling Prompts of Sacred PromiseSend us a textHappy New Year from Snowflakes on Sunflowers Journaling Sanctuary!We hope that you are entering the new year relaxed and ready to greet each day with a posture of receiving delight.Our word of the year at Journal Up! is Delight!Our posture for the day is to receive exuberant delight from 2026!May God bless you each day along this present unfolding journey!As our gift to you today, here is a preview of what paid subscribers are receiving on my Substack, every...
2026-01-0110 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeLet Delight Lead Your Journaling PenSend us a text***Today's journal prompt 14:49. Today's episode marks the end of a nine year journey devoted to the welcoming love held within my journal. From tragedy to triumph, the margins hold it all. Today's episode is a testimony to the commitment I've made to journaling and leaning on Divine acceptance within the pages. Dedicate yourself to this practice and witness the miracles delighting your way.Dabbling in journaling is wonderful but if you're looking for lifelong transformation, day to day habits will light each day.Can...
2025-12-3115 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeLet the Sun Shine In on Your Journaling AgainSend us a text ***Today's journal prompt 18:53. Today's episode marks the beginning of Snowflakes on Sunflowers Journaling Sanctuary podcast ministry. To God be the Glory; Great things He has done!Welcome to Season 6! It may have had a different title but it's always had the same host and the same mission: level up your life through journaling; journal up!Merry Christmastime!Since last Christmas, Praise the Lord, my father, Michael, received a new liver! Thank you for sparing my liver (as I was a donor) and praise you, God, fo...
2025-12-2419 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeChristmas Story Time: Anchored by a Star-Ignite Your Faith Podcast FinaleSend us a textToday's episode marks the end of our Joyful Journaling ministry. We close our season of The Sacred Penning Podcast and the podcast itself with a testimony to God for the miracles in Grace He has done.Merry Christmastime!Here is the story that made me an International Bestselling Author in a compilation book that helped build a school back in 2023 titled, Ignite Your Faith.Enjoy updates and praise for God's loving blessings and momentum in our lives, an update on my father, Michael's liver donor campaign, and...
2024-12-2333 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSummer Story Time-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 11Send us a textToday's episode highlights the joy I experienced upon acceptance and matriculation at Hertford College, Oxford University, during a study abroad program my Senior year of college.Each of us is worthy of a "Hogwarts letter," and God is always ready to provide it. We simply have to believe, as the title of this chapter in my life suggests, that "U are Worthy of Magic."Join us on an Oxford University/Travel semester abroad appreciation letter, complete with an inspiring journal prompt today!You're invited to journal along...
2024-07-2614 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeNever Left Behind in Love: Letting Go on the Page with Author Natasha RaeSend us a textNatasha Rae, a Canadian author and public figure I am blessed to know, lives up to her motto: "no one left behind," and her love and devotion to healing her family, legacy, and living surrendered in Faith is proof. Natasha has a heart for service and plays in the comforting Presence of the Lord.Natasha and I are both authors, have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and both keep a Spirit-led self-care journaling practice that has transformed our lives by leaving it all out there with God on the page.
2024-07-1729 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSummer Story Time-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 10Send us a textToday's episode highlights the joy I felt in meeting a gentleman in my life, my first husband, who I am ever thankful to God for, especially for the gift of our son, Raymond.Fairytales don't always work out, and yet, "Every Life is a Fairy Tale Written by God's Fingers," (Anonymous). You're invited to journal along to the tracks from my accompanying Spotify playlist: tracks 17 and 18 today (created just for this chapter). Hop over to listen!https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1BKHHSFspfTqv7G7smvYVP?si=2c045ed4df6a443e
2024-07-0312 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeLit Up! Restore Yourself with Dr. Stephanie AffinitoSend us a textPersonal literacy and following the breadcrumbs that truly serve us is accessible to all.What is pulling at your attention today? What made you stop when scrolling, listening to a conversation, or reading something today? "Notice the intuitive pulls," Dr. Stephanie Affinito urges us. The book you need is "patient" and waiting for you. The writing you need to do is always waiting in an open notebook.I know you're going to love this conversation today! We enjoyed talking so much we could have made this episode into a...
2024-06-2438 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeUnvavering: A Father's Love & Call for SupportSend us a textToday, we have a very special episode for Father's Day!I share the story of unwavering support in my life, my father, Mike's love.I also share his call for help. My Dad needs a live liver donor to help him beat his Cancer.Learn about my special adoption story, a shout out to my birth father in Heaven, and the man whose unconditional love and inspiration has held me, my adoptive father, Mike, unwavering, at all times.Enjoy your own memory/gratitude to a person...
2024-06-1619 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeMarla Beech on Lifting through the Fog-Hope in JournalingSend us a textIn today's episode, coach Marla Beech highlights a journaling technique to get REAL with ourselves in safe and empowering ways thanks to a coach who introduced her to the research behind this application to self-care, Dr. Matt Townsend, https://matttownsend.comMarla Beech, The Hope Coach, focuses on Finding PEACE with the past & HOPE for the future!Marla is wife to the man she adores, mom to 4 adult children, 2 in-law children and a Grandma’ma!Marla has a BS Degree in Elementary Education, is a Certified Peacemaker Co...
2024-06-0826 minJournal Up! with Becca RaeSoul Full Solutions for a Stress Less Summer!Send us a text Science and Spirit Collide!Today, we discuss soul full solutions for a stress less Summer!Based in Truth and research, experienced best in body, mind, and spirit letting go, today, I get down to the research and the promises behind why you were designed for peace and release over stress.Have a listen in!Somatic stretching, breathwork, mediative journaling-it's all here to support you in the process!Today's research from the following places:Purdue University (2022): "Looking for a way to help reduce stress, anxiety? Journaling might be w...
2024-06-0639 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeAnna K. Morris-Not Getting Away with Anything on the Page!Send us a textAnna K. Morris and I share a passion for journaling and a dedication to not getting away with anything on the page!As a Clarity and Confidence Coach, boy mom, yoga instructor, and home designer "committed to everyone living a life they love," Anna knows firsthand we can't get to "what we're not willing to look at (examine)." Journaling is one of the best self-care practices to do this!Anna and I talk about getting gritty, dipping in, delighting, and discovering the best...
2024-05-221h 01Journal Up! with Becca RaeThe Sacred Penning Cycle: Welcome to Rest!Send us a textWelcome to Season 5 of The Sacred Penning Podcast!We are honoured to share our daily somatic meditative journaling practice with you!Honoring our body, mind, and spirit with the mixed modalities of somatic stretching, breathwork, and meditative journaling focusing on sacred text, we enter the empowering space between Heaven and Earth, embodying Presence from a place of love in the world. Honoring all who enter this practice as Sacred in a Loving God, we hold out this practice and daily penning cycle, to become a life serving...
2024-05-1244 minJournal Up! with Becca RaeMaximum Capacity: Totality in ViewSend us a textThe Sacred Penning Podcast officially arrives 4.24.24 but here is another teaser bonus episode for you.Here is a glimpse into my heart and a bridge episode between what was The Joyful Journaling Podcast that evolved into-The Sacred Penning Podcast, Somatic Meditative Journaling. Journal your way to brighter days!Today, you'll hear about my experience in totality during the solar eclipse on April 8, from where we live here in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. I read a blog entry from my own blog, entrustingu2day...
2024-04-1013 minJournal Up! with Becca RaeNew Intro. Teaser: The Sacred Penning PodcastSend us a textWelcome!Enjoy this week's teaser episode!Here is our new Podcast intro.!Enjoy the music of sound practitioner Massood Taj, each episode, as his gifts set the stage for the healing, growth, and transformation that transpire during our sacred penning practice together!Check out his work at: http://www.massoodtaj.com/Welcome to somatic meditative journaling-Sacred Penning TM!I'm your host, Becca Rae, Eagle, M.S.Ed., journaling for over forty years and teaching the art of journaling for twenty-four years, I'm...
2024-04-0400 minJournal Up! with Becca RaeA Spring Surprise!Send us a textSurprise! It's been a minute hasn't it?!It's been a long Winter but Spring has arrived!Today is a gentle thank you and a warm welcome for what is to come.The Sacred Penning Podcast arrives 4.24.24.Here is a glimpse into my heart and a bridge episode between what was The Joyful Journaling Podcast that evolved into-The Sacred Penning Podcast, Somatic Meditative Journaling. Journal your way to brighter days!Hear a gorgeous poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson from his Beautiful Thoughts collection (1901...
2024-03-2108 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeAutumn Adventures-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 9 "Querencia"Send us a textToday's episode highlights the joy I felt reflecting on the last few years of high school, times of innocence, discovery, experiences that directed our passions, and the people there to experience it all with me. Today's chapter and location echoes the "querencia" of the years we explored forbidden places with unforgettable people. If you're ever out and about in Cayuga County, NY, somewhere between Auburn and parts beyond Owasco Lake, on the side not heading toward Moravia, maybe you'll discover "the end of the world" road too? My hope is that it hasn't b...
2023-10-2217 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeAutumn Adventures-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 8Send us a textToday's episode highlights the joy I felt reflecting on my childhood gymnastics glory days and how moving my body helped me recover from trauma. Today's adventure reflects on the glory days of the 1984 Olympics, Mary Lou Retton, Tim Daggett, Team USA. One Summer later,1985, was a glorious one for me and the highlight of that season was tumbling to a song off Prince's Purple Rain album when Olympian Tim Daggett was in my own home town! A little girl flew that day! We had an exhibition show at our gym and I had...
2023-10-1417 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeAutumn Adventures-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 7Send us a textToday's episode highlights the joy I felt reflecting on childhood adventures with my childhood best friend, a safe haven when I was little and an arsenal of joy today into adulthood even when times have been less than perfect.Today's research highlights the treasure you possess if you have a friend you've held dear since your youngest days. You're invited into a meditative journal prompt to journal along to with the mindful, meditative sounds of Masood Taj's "Unconditional Love" track (short version-5 minutes), or you can choose to extend y...
2023-09-2718 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSummer Story Time-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 6Send us a text**Trigger warning: sexual assault story of a minor in today's episodeToday's episode highlights the joy I felt after sharing one of the most difficult stories of my life, one I held in shame to protect my family, one of abuse at the hands of an entrusted neighbor, a friend of my late Papa's, at the age of eight.Today's research is important for it highlights the reality of current child abuse, why adults don't tell their story until years later, and how to heal your wound to move...
2023-09-0628 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSummer Story Time-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 5Send us a textI'm a mostly Irish lass, part English, part German by birth, adopted and raised in a Polish-Ukrainian-American home. The language, food, cultural practices, religious upbringing, and things held sacred were those my Grandparents held dear. One of the most sacred people in my life growing up was my Ukrainian Grandmother, Liza.Today's episode is a reflection on music and its power in my life, especially when I turned to memories of those who shaped me as I began healing after a torrential rain of heavy life challenges the Winter of 2021-2022. T...
2023-08-2317 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSummer Story Time-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 4Send us a textAbout a month ago a friend of mine said that my "superpower" is vulnerability. I took it as a deep compliment as I believe vulnerability and speaking our fully embodied truth opens doors for others to speak their experience and truth as well. I gained a wealth of wisdom on vulnerability from the work of Brene Browne and highly respect her work.Mental health stigma needs to stop for us to be able to truly support one another in our healing journey as individuals and as a planet. Journaling and why...
2023-08-1520 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSummer Story Time-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 3Send us a textToday, we explore 2020-2021, and what it was like to serve as a high school teacher for me during Covid times. We explore burnout, folks letting us down, and how despite it all, God had my back. Logan Taylor's speech "U Matter," is a significant inspiration for this chapter as we journal because each of us matters and is fearfully and wonderfully made. Meditative, mental health journaling that supports body, mind, and spirit health is a self-care tool that got me through some of the toughest times in my career in education. Breathwork...
2023-08-0815 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSummer Story Time-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 2Send us a textToday, we explore three warm-up journal prompts which are Chapter Two. There are things to consider from author Anne LaMott, Arizona State University research, the Holy Bible, The Secret Garden, and what it means to tap into self-care, the first step in self-love. There are three, separate prompts to journal along to with the mindful, meditative sounds of Masood Taj's "Unconditional Love" track (short version-5 minutes), or you can choose to extend your experience with the entire, longer track version from my accompanying Spotify playlist: track 4-Hop over to listen!https://open...
2023-08-0211 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSummer Story Time-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Chapter 1Send us a textToday, we look to the root of who we are, our essence. I unveil a bit about my adoption story and name of origin. We then proceed into journaling on this topic with a mindful, meditative moment of journaling to the soothing sounds of Masood Taj's "Unconditional Love" track, or you can choose to extend your experience with music from my accompanying Spotify playlist: track 3, "Audience of One,"-Hop over to listen!https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1BKHHSFspfTqv7G7smvYVP?si=2c045ed4df6a443e Interact with today's chapter, C...
2023-07-2614 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSummer Special Guest: Unleashing your Inner Hero with Dr. John DrimmerSend us a textJoin us for a conversation that takes a deep dive into the ancient concept of the Hero's Journey, with Dr. John Drimmer, founder and chief trailblazer at Hero's Journey Interactive. With his expertise in positive psychology, guided meditation, storytelling, and cinematherapy, Dr Drimmer has dedicated his life to helping others unlock their inner hero. From his Bio.: "Dr. Drimmer created the first ever immersive journaling experience, Hero’s Journey Interactive. He is a former Psychology Instructor at UCLA Medical School. Hero’s Journey Interactive (HJI) is an imme...
2023-07-1840 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSummer Story Time-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, Author's Notes 1 & 2Send us a textEver found yourself wrestling with the pressures of life? I've been there, and it's through this tough journey that I've found solace in the transformative power of journaling. In this episode, I bare my heart about my personal journey from a stressful 2021 school year to a winter of self-discovery, 2022, guided by the wisdom of the inspiring life coaches Cathy Heller and Colleen Arneil in a program I took part in, Abundant Ever After. Along with counselors outside of the program, healers and friends, deep shadow work, and prayer time with God, they showed me...
2023-07-1115 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSummer Story Time-Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, IntroductionSend us a textWelcome to Season 4 of The Joyful Journaling Podcast! This season, we're shifting gears by embracing story time, as I read chapter by chapter from my cherished book, Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal-A Memoir for Body, Mind, & Spirit Health (Amazon 2023). https://tinyurl.com/embodyingjoyaheartjournal (Updated, new format, third edition, available 8.3.23!) Interact with today's chapter or venture on a standalone journey of self-expression by responding to today's journal prompt at timestamp 13:40: Can I trust that I am held in love, protected to receive joy, all the days of my life?J...
2023-07-0522 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSeason 3 Bonus: Igniting Faith in Creative Storytelling w/Kathy StraussSend us a textToday's guest is Kathy Strauss, international bestselling co-author in Ignite Your Faith, award-winning artist, and someone I felt VERY comfortable sharing a casual, vulnerable, and open conversation surrounding all topics writing, healing through writing, and the creative endurance within each of us!Today has no journal prompt, so I will provide one for you based on our conversation. Think of a time that if you DIDN'T turn to the page and write it down that you felt you might have "lost it" completely? Write for 5-minutes and reflect on what you f...
2023-06-1729 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSeason 3 BONUS-Nolan Pillay-Human Connection and Gratitude Documented in FaithSend us a textNolan Pillay is a Human Mindset Specialist who Inspires companies, teams and individuals realise their Purpose, Authentic self, turning Pain into Success stories, clarifying Values and Goals, eventually becoming the BEST version of themselves. He is also a Global Speaker, Coach, Author, Podcast Host, Trainer, Philanthropist and Mental Health Advocate.Nolan can be remembered for taking five Deaf climbers up the highest mountain in Africa, Mt Kilimanjaro, raising funds with his NPO to give the gift of hearing to children born Deaf. They were able to help two children to start...
2023-06-1632 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSeason3:BONUS-Ignite Faith on the Page w/Author Nicole FreemanSend us a textWhat is the intersection between journaling and the trajectory of life?Ask my guest and sister Ignite Your Faith author, Nicole Freeman!I met Nicole in a collective of writers gathered to write a book that is bound to go international bestseller this upcoming weekend! Today, enjoy learning more about Nicole and how the roles journaling, Faith, and documenting it all went into her author's journey and becoming the heroine of her own life!Nicole's Bio:-Nicole is on a mission to empower individuals to...
2023-06-1427 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSeason 3: Journal for Life-Dig under to Emerge with Joy!Send us a textReading Julia Cameron's Write for Life book provided clarification on why my own Journal for Life practice mirrors her tried and true principles, transforming lives of those devoted to these vulnerable, honest, times and places within their day.This week we wrap up Chapter Five in Julia Cameron's masterpiece Write for Life, to apply the treasures I discovered. Hear her tips and tricks to apply to your own journaling life hacks! Let's dismantle perfectionism today and dig in to emerge with delite and joy!Today's references:C...
2023-06-1321 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSeason 3: Journal for Life- Let's U-Turn Through to the Other Side!Send us a textReading Julia Cameron's Write for Life book provided clarification on why my own Journal for Life practice mirrors her tried and true principles, transforming lives of those devoted to these vulnerable, honest, times and places within their day.This week we wrap up Chapter Three and wade in the wisdom of Chapter Four of Julia Cameron's masterpiece Write for Life, to apply the treasures I discovered.Today's references:Cameron, J. (2023). Write for life: Creative tools for every writer. St. Martin's Essentials.A nod was also given t...
2023-06-0722 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSeason 3: Journal for Life-Come as You are! What?!?Send us a textToday is all about WHAT a sacred, somatic journaling practice is all about!WHAT'S going on here EXACTLY???We're talking the V-word here! V-u-l-n-e-r-a-b-i-l-i-t-yThe late Kurt Cobain had a point when he sang his heart out to youth not so long ago, and so "Come As You Are," still rings true for me today.This is EXACTLY what our journaling practice invites us to do! Show up, as you are, ready to get gritty, honest, and vulnerable.Reading Julia Cameron's Write for Lif...
2023-05-3114 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSeason 3: Journal for Life-This is How We Do it Darlin'Send us a textToday is all about HOW to establish a sacred, somatic journaling practice?Reading Julia Cameron's Write for Life book provided clarification on the these questions and why my own Journal for Life practice mirrors her tried and true principles, transforming lives of those devoted to these special times and places within their day.This week we dive more into Chapter Two of Julia Cameron's masterpiece Write for Life, and apply the treasures I discovered.Today's references:Cameron, J. (2023). Write for life: Creative tools for every writer. St...
2023-05-2315 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSeason 3: Journal for Life-Sacred Writing Times & SpacesSend us a textNow that we know WHO we are writing for and WHO we meet during the practice, it's time to answer WHERE and WHEN is it optimal to journal as we establish a sacred journaling practice?Reading Julia Cameron's Write for Life book provided clarification on the these questions and why my own Journal for Life practice mirrors her tried and true principles, transforming lives of those devoted to these special times and places within their day.Today, we look at the WHEN to journal and WHERE in this joyful pr...
2023-05-1715 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSeason 3: Journal for Life-Audience of OneSend us a textIs writing for an audience of ONE worth it? I've asked myself this question as I journaled since the age of eight.Reading Julia Cameron's Write for Life book answered my question with brilliant clarity-yes, writing in your journal, for an audience of One first is the safest way to begin your journaling practice.Today, we look at the WHO we journal for and WHO we connect with in this sacred, joyful process.I also whisper hints for next week's episode-WHEN to journal and HOW to begin...
2023-05-0915 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSpecial Star Wars Day Mini-sode: May the Force Be With You!Send us a textHappy Star Wars Day! Here is a Force-guided, Spirit led, pop-up, mini-sode for us to celebrate!You have the force within you (with pen in hand) ready to strike down any situation you think is trying to overcome you.Afterall, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1839), wasn't playin' when he said "the pen is mightier than the sword."You possess soul power equipped with pen in hand!Take up your light saber today and write it out.Tell life who's boss and settle into a peace that...
2023-05-0405 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSeason 3 Introduction: Journal for LifeSend us a textLet's Spring into Journaling together!Today's episode serves to kick off our next six weeks of journaling together!Welcome to Season Three!!!During the intermission between Season 2 and Season 3 I've solidified my Faith and faith in journaling EVEN more!I can't wait to share the treasures I received in my journaling practices thanks to the book and program Write for Life, by Julia Cameron.If you are not familiar with The Artist's Way, I highly recommend Julia's work and can't wait to uncover...
2023-05-0113 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeConscious Clarity with Diana LockettSend us a textWe're closing Season 2 with a Powerhouse of a Guest for you-Diana Lockett.Diana and I met through my own Storytelling Coach, Sarah Cross, and have kept in touch since last year. Diana has been a powerful mentor to me and I'm grateful for her presence and loving compassion on this planet. She has gifted me with great clarity toward my own passion and purpose.I knew Diana's wisdom when it comes to mental health, somatic healing, and conscious communication was exactly the place to pause and soak it all...
2023-03-2843 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeIntentive ListeningSend us a textHappy Spring in the Northern Hemisphere from The Joyful Journaling Podcast!Hope you've continued to build your journaling habit to support your own healthy mind/body/spirit connection? We're here for you!As I am in the middle of a 40-day self-love challenge of my own currently, I wanted to share some treasures I am learning thanks to my work in Gabrielle Bernstein's May Cause Miracles: A 40-Day Guidebook of Subtle Shifts for Radical Change and Unlimited Happiness (2014). The information I quote today is taken from Day 18....
2023-03-2216 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeYour Miraculous BodySend us a textWe continue celebrating the gift of living as women with strong minds, bodies, and presence in our modern world today on The Joyful Journaling Podcast.We also continue building momentum from the Self-Love Journaling Challenge that we began about a month ago today!Hope you've continued to build your journaling habit to support your own healthy mind/body/spirit connection? We're here for you!As I am in the middle of a 40-day self-love challenge of my own currently, I wanted to share some treasures I am...
2023-03-1510 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeMental Health Advocacy with Coach Shelly VecchioSend us a textSelf-Love starts with Tending to our Mental Health.Today, to kick off March, I have Mastermind.com Coach, Shelly Vecchio. Shelly coaches for Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi, as well as owns her own business, Gloryus, podcasts, and is a super Mom to a seven-year-old son.I met Shelly in a powerful women's group last year. We were podmates, so seeing her journey blossom as a mental health advocate feels like watching family grow into their dreams.Shelly is continually present online, encouraging others to be their...
2023-03-0749 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDay 14: Self-Love ChallengeSend us a textToday is Day 14! Our Final Day of this Challenge!I'm so proud of you for sticking with this! Give yourself a hug today!Today's episode is titled: "Fear Not The Miracle You Face"Today we uncover what fear does to our bodies and how we can witness it with loving compassion to see ourselves and life in a new way-as miraculous.You're staring at the miracle in your mirror and in your journal. Let's release fear out of this process and embody joy together....
2023-02-2716 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDay 13: Self-Love Journaling ChallengeSend us a textToday is Day 13! I'm so proud of you for sticking with this Challenge!Today's episode is titled: "...Praise You Like I Should..."Though this is not journal therapy, let me help you focus and journal today with this pin-point focused prompt.Information referred to today is from:The Early Childhood Academy article, "50 Simple 'Good Job' Alternatives", at:https://theearlychildhoodacademy.com/good-job-alternatives/Maya Angelou's famous quote was located in an incredible article worth the read in Forbes at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2014/05/31/t...
2023-02-2612 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDay 12: Self-Love Journaling ChallengeSend us a textToday, we have a reflection on the Retreat I had with a group of beautiful women today.Today's prompt and reflection is about one of my Tools of Joy Super Powers (aka Life is Good's Optimism Traits)-Gratitude."Gratitude and Growth" is the title of today's episode.The quote I read from one of my favorite books, Life is Good: The Book (2015), by John and Bert Jacobs, can be purchased on Amazon or your favorite bookstore. Here is a link to find it easily today: https://www.amazon...
2023-02-2609 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDay 11: Self-Love Journaling ChallengeSend us a textWelcome to Day 11 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge!Bring Me to My KneesToday, we apply self-love to a reflection of a time we were brought metaphorically and perhaps literally to our knees.Today, I share a vulnerable story that brought me to my knees from my own book, Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal, A Memoir for Body, Mind, & Spirit Health (2022). You can purchase an ebook, hardcover, or click the link to purchase the paperback on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/embodyjoypaperbackThough this is not journal t...
2023-02-2420 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDay 10: Self-Love Journaling ChallengeSend us a textWelcome to Day 10 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge!Once Upon Your ShouldersToday, we apply self-love to an emotion that likes to sit heavy upon us and even causes us physical pain in our shoulders and beyond: stress.Research referred to can be found in:The book The Things They Carried, (2009), by Tim O'Brien, available wherever you purchase your books.andElite Sports Medicine and Orthopedics, out of Nashville, TN, in their 2018 blog article, "Can Stress Cause Shoulder Pain," located at: https://www...
2023-02-2317 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDay 9: Self-Love ChallengeSend us a textWelcome to Day 9 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge!Pen Down Your AnxietyWe are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today!Today, we apply self-love to an emotion that likes to rev us up and needs release: Anxiety.Research referred to today about journaling when you're anxious is from Dr. Elizabeth Scott's 2022 article on verywellmind's website titled, "Journaling to Cope with Anxiety," at: https://www.verywellmind.com/journaling-a-great-tool-for-coping-with-anxiety-3144672Learning how to feel, hold gratitude for, and...
2023-02-2213 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDay 8: Self-Love ChallengeSend us a textWelcome to Day 8 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge!Good GriefWe are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today!Today, we apply self-love to an emotion that affects all parts of the body-Grief.Research referred to today about grief, how it affects us, and the importance of processing it are from Dr. Cynthia Li's website and her article "Two Simple Ways to Release Grief," located at: https://cynthialimd.com/two-simple-ways-to-release-grief/Learning how to feel, hold gratitude for...
2023-02-2118 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDay 7: Self-Love ChallengeSend us a textWelcome to Day 7 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge!Get A Head Of ItWe are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today!Today, we show full out appreciation and self-love for our heads, especially when we are experiencing headaches.Research referred to about our heads and headaches is from the National Institute of Health branch, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and their page on "Headaches", located at: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/headache
2023-02-2021 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDay 6: Self-Love ChallengeSend us a textWelcome to Day 6 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge!"Let Me Clear My Throat"We are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today!Today, we show full out appreciation and self-love for our throat.Research referred to about our throat is from ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP, on their website, entandallergy.com, titled, "The Complete Guide to Throat Health & Throat Issues," available at: https://www.entandallergy.com/about/throat-health-throat-issues#:~:text=Your%20throat%20is%20the%20connection,food%2C%20air%2C%20and%20w...
2023-02-1815 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDay 5: Self-Love Journaling ChallengeSend us a textWelcome to Day 5 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge!"Get Gutsy"We are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today!Today's prompt is about embodying the joy we receive thanks to our guts.Today, we show full out appreciation and self-love for our gut health.Research referred to about our hands from Egton Medical Information Systems Limited's 2020 article, " The Link Between Gut Health and Happiness," found at:https://tinyurl.com/guthealth-articleLearning how to feel...
2023-02-1815 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDay 4: Self-Love Journaling ChallengeSend us a textWelcome to Day 4 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge!"Lend Yourself A Hand"We are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today!Today's prompt is about embodying the joy we receive thanks to our hands.Today, we show full out appreciation and self-love for our hands.Research referred to about our hands from Dr. Douglas G. Smith, Washington University, is available at: https://orthop.washington.edu/sites/default/files/files/16-6-document.pdfLearning how to...
2023-02-1715 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDay 3: Self-Love Journaling ChallengeSend us a textWelcome to Day 3 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge!We are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today!Today's prompt is about embodying the joy we receive thanks to our feet.Today, we show full out appreciation and self-love for, yes, your feet...Learning how to feel, hold gratitude for, and embrace our bodies is such an important part of self-love.Let me help you focus on appreciation today with this pin-point focused prompt. I promise that...
2023-02-1616 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDAY 2: Self-Love Journaling ChallengeSend us a textWelcome to Day 2 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge!We are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today!Today's prompt is all about letting your body and your journal guide you in where to apply self-love to your body today.Today's journaling inspiration/prompt is from:C.S. Lewis, quoted in Write for Life, Creative Tools for Every Writer, by Julia Cameron, page 83.Continue to join us for our two-week self-love challenge right here on the podcast! DM...
2023-02-1516 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDay 1: Self-Love at the Start w/Lynn MeadowcroftSend us a textToday, Lynn Meadowcroft joins us to kick off our FREE fourteen day self-love journaling challenge! Feb.14-27
2023-02-1433 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeJournaling as Balm: Apply Self-Compassion with CareSend us a textIt was my birthday this past weekend! I turned forty-eight and celebrated in quiet, meaningful ways, including applying the balm of self-compassion with so much care today in my morning journaling session.I thought I'd share the experience with you. I have some research and a journal prompt to help you do the same!Today's Journal Research from:Dr. Kristin Neff's work at Self-compassion.org"Exercise : Self-Compassion Journal" article found at: https://self-compassion.org/exercise-6-self-compassion-journal/Today's ambient journaling music, "Unconditional Love," a...
2023-02-0519 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeThe Power of Listening to Your Own Story w/Sarah CrossSend us a textHey, Joyful Journalers! This week has been a showstopper for me!My day job work colleagues at Life is Good threw me a surprise party to celebrate the launch of my book. I work with the BEST people!I ended up in bed with the full-blown flu. Healing now. Thankful!I was able to speak in Gratitude on a program of women that have enriched my life beyond explanation in 2022 this week.I published the hardcover of my book based on my journals FOR journalers...
2023-01-3038 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeWDYJ? Why do YOU journal?Send us a textOn today's episode I share my story with you, the story behind why journaling is so important to me.It's so important to me that I started this podcast-to help you establish a joyful jouranling habit too!Hear my WHY, a journal prompt, and a follow-up reflection prompt! All in under 19 minutes!You deserve a mental health break! Why not Journal? I recently published a book about journaling-a memoir with journal prompts.Journaling saved my life.So, what can journaling do for you?
2023-01-2417 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeCatch and Release: Journal StyleSend us a textNoooo, this has not become a fishing podcast! Sorry if I lured you in! (insert silly emoji)... In all seriousness, today's episode has nothing to do with a ROD or REEL!Today is about getting REAL with RELEASE, and, of course, finding JOY in the journaling process as we allow this healthy habit to serve you. The Research I Refer to in Today's Episode: Cindy Spiegel's October 2017 article, "Journaling for Emotional Awareness: A Recovery Exercise," Mountain Laurel Recovery Center, available at: https://mountainlaurelrecoverycenter.com/journaling-for-emotional-awareness-a-recovery-exercise/
2023-01-1623 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeInto the Roots We Go: Journaling for ClaritySend us a textOne of my favourite musicals growing up was "Into the Woods". I adored the characters' quests, sharing their dreams in the process...kind of like we do here, digging deeper into ourselves through journaling. In the opening song, Little Red Riding Hood sings,"Into the woods/To get the thing/That makes it worth/The journeying/into the woods" (Sondheim).Similarly, we enter each year seeking our own clarity on a dream for the new year ahead and all the discoveries we'll make along the way, making it worth the journaling.
2023-01-0914 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeFollow Up Journaling from Yesterday's Special Episode with Tiphany KaneSend us a textHi, Joyful Journalers!Here is our weekly quick break, journal break prompt.It is a follow-up to yesterday's special episode with Tiphany Kane.If you missed yesterday's conversation, you'll surely want to give it a listen!Happy New Year and Happy Journaling!Love, Becca RaeSupport the show
2023-01-0411 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeJournaling 2023: Tiphany Kane on Audacious GoalsSend us a textHappy 2023! True Story: I created this podcast thanks to our guest today!!!A mutual Coach and mentor, Cathy Heller, once said to us, "your love, loves others into life," and the Heck Yes! Coach, my very own podcasting coach, Tiphany Kane, made these words come to life for me!Radical Audacity is part of ALL that award-winning podcaster, writer, Ted Talk speaker, International speaker, and podcasting coach, Tiphany Kane, embodies.Tiphany Kane, and her partner, David Sais, are my podcasting coaches and co-hosts of Mastering the Podcast...
2023-01-0335 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeVisual Journaling Can Be a Ball! w/Diane GibbsSend us a textVisualize Journaling in a new Way with my special guest, Diane Gibbs, Dr. of Gourmetology!*Today's episode is a 40 min. conversation* A follow-up journal entry to complete sometime this week is: "I am Grateful for..."*Take 15 min. just for you! Join our Joyful Journaling w/Becca Rae to SEE the VIDEO of this podcast!https://www.facebook.com/groups/631814974994724Today, Diane shows us how Visual Journaling and incorporating ALL of who you are into the journaling process can be a Ball!Besides being a...
2022-12-2039 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeThe One-Word ExpressSend us a textAll Aboard the One-Word Express!It's Holiday Time! Let's welcome the magic and wonder together!What to bring: -a journal, pen, one word that's on your mind today & 19 minutes to journal with us!Remember, this is not journal therapy, but I will continually share the research behind why Journaling WORKS!
2022-12-1217 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeThe One-Word ExpressAll Aboard the One-Word Express!It's Holiday Time! Let's welcome the magic and wonder together!What to bring: -a journal, pen, one word that's on your mind today & 19 minutes to journal with us!Remember, this is not journal therapy, but I will continually share the research behind why Journaling WORKS!
2022-12-1219 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeCozy into JournalingSend us a textLet's Cozy into this Together!What to bring: -a journal-a pen-something COZY to TOUCH or your best VISUALIZATION to tap into your tactical senses!-19-ish minutes to journal with us!Remember, this is not journal therapy, but I will continually share the research behind why Journaling WORKS!
2022-12-0718 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSink Your Teeth In!Send us a textThis is an episode you can truly sink your teeth into!What to bring: -a journal-a pen-something yummy to TASTE or your best VISUALIZATION to tickle your tastebuds!-15 minutes to journal with us!Remember, this is not journal therapy, but I will continually share the research behind why Journaling WORKS!
2022-11-2913 minJournal Up! with Becca Rae"Olfactory Hues" in Color on the PageCan you smell what I smell? Maybe...Maybe not?And yet when we go to discuss hues that unite our senses, smell is one of the best AND most powerful there is!Ready to dip into your mid-day, lunch break, journal break?Today you'll need a pen, your journal, and a working sense of smell to fully participate. When you can see scents on the page as you journal, you are engaged in a mindful activity proven to activate your mental health so long as...1. It's old school (recommendations are...
2022-11-1615 min
Journal Up! with Becca Rae"Olfactory Hues" in Living Color on the PageSend us a textThe Joyful Journaling Podcast is ALL about sniffing it up this week!What to bring: -a journal-a pen-something yummy to smell in your environment-15-ish minutes to journal with us!Remember, this is not journal therapy, but I will continually share the research behind why Journaling WORKS!
2022-11-1614 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeLet it Be: Narrator & Heart's SongSend us a textWeek Two! How did your journaling go last week? Welcome to your mid-week, lunch break, journal break!Thank you for joining us again as we explore the research behind journaling and the power of your heart on the page!Grab a your favorite song, a journal, and a pen!It's time to make journaling a joyful habit together! Why not CONTINUE today?Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/beckoningjoy2day/Join our Joyful Journaling Community on Facebook, Joyful Journaling w...
2022-11-0922 minJournal Up! with Becca RaeTake a Picture of Your Heart on the PageSend us a textAnd we're back!!! The Beckoning Joy Podcast followed her heart and is now embodying the joy she's been drawn to since a little girl-journaling! We present to you, The Joyful Journaling Podcast! Season Two of The Writing Well's offerings!Welcome to your mid-week, lunch break, journal break!Thank you for joining us today for our maiden voyage together as we explore the roots of journaling and the power of your heart on the page!Grab a favorite picture, a journal, and a pen!
2022-11-0215 minJournal Up! with Becca RaeIntro. Teaser 11.1.22Send us a textTomorrow. Tomorrow. We'll Journal Tomorrow! It's only a day AWAY!Join us Wed. 11.2.22 for our maiden voyage on the Journal Boat!Yes, I'm an 80s kid and I'm ALL good with it and ALL about it!Twenty-two years of teaching and serving as a writing coach, ghostwriter, and book doula have taught me we all start at the same safe place, our journals!Haven't tried journaling or fallen away from the habit? That's where we can help!Together, let's create a joyful journaling...
2022-09-0800 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeYoga, Pilates, and Juicing the Best out of Life with Health Coach Maria McKeonSend us a textMindset is important but so is action. You can't juice the best out of life without putting yourself first and knowing your worth.Holistic Health Coach Maria McKeon is a yoga, pilates, and nutrition coach who helps women find their spiritual alignment in life through healthy choices including diet, body movement, and lifestyle choices.Self-care is a choice and Maria has devoted her life to placing valuable tools into women's hands. I am one of these women.In the winter, while recovering from some awful, life pausing...
2022-08-2155 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeMind your Money Self-Care: with Eileen Joy, Mompreneur & Money CoachSend us a textWhen your college BFF, who has walked you through thick and thin, becomes a bad a$$ money coach and momprenuer, you KNOW she's going to offer a MOST valuable conversation for your listeners!Eileen's passion for helping folks manage their money comes from LIFE's hard knocks, and she KNOWS how to help folks mind their money mindset and set their books straight to boot!Can you transform $300 into a lifetime of transformative self-care of your finances?Eileen did and the amazing part is, she wants to teach EVERYONE...
2022-08-081h 07
Journal Up! with Becca RaeAccessing, Regulating, and Growing toward Joy with Coach & Healer, Brenda WinkleSend us a textAs this releases, it's just shy of August! So VERY much has changed since I released my first podcast episode back in April, including the fact that I now have some pretty sexxy sound equipment SINCE talking with Brenda, unfortunately. Gotta love Podcasting School and all its perks!! HEAR this difference in all my future episodes!Today's guest was the VERY first person to host ME on HER podcast, just DAYS before my episode 1 released! In between these months, Brenda Winkle, has moved from my Cathy Heller Abundant Ever After Sister...
2022-08-0147 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeCreative Healing via Transformative Writing with Author Nicole SpindlerSend us a textNicole Spindler was my lead mentor as a part of Eric Koester's Book Creator's program with New Degree Press. On my personal self-care journey I wrote my memoir thanks to Nicole's guidance. Turns out Nicole's transformation to author began the same way, in self-care! You can take a peak at Nicole's creations at:Beyond Life's Moments: (non-fiction, memoir)https://tinyurl.com/y8ybo282The Reason Why (fiction)https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09ZPWQFLX Follow Nicole on her IG:https://www.instagram.co...
2022-07-1848 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeSelf-Care Times Three: People, Careers, & Pets with Dr. Julie Marty-PearsonSend us a textIt's not everyday that you meet a phenomenally qualified individual you can talk self-care shop with and include topics about higher education, balance in life, finding the career to meet that balance, AND how pets can add an entirely meaningful layer to the mix!Yet, my conversation with Dr. Julie Marty-Pearson, one stormy afternoon in early May was ALL that and MORE!I know you'll appreciate Dr. Julie's passion for people and pets alike! Join us and we look forward to your feedback on the conversation!...
2022-07-1441 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaePeace in the Practice of Self-Care with Author Christine FranciscoSend us a textPodcasting is a journey and often an imperfect one filled with moments where we apply new skillsets, and grow, just like in the practice of life...just like with the practice of peace.In today's episode you'll hear one of the first interviews I ever held with one of the most natural conversations two Moms could have.Author Christine Francisco and I cover it all, from helping our children through illness, to how our own journeys led to centering, self-care practices, to tasty treats we allow ourselves in small y...
2022-06-2842 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeDaisies, Dads, and New BeginningsSend us a textHappy Father's Day!Thank you to all the Dads out there, the Dads who have passed on who we hold in loving memory, and to the Moms out there who pull not double, but quadruple duty in my experience when Dads aren't present for whatever reason. Parenting matters! Love the ones you're with today!Welcome from our new home studio in Saranac Lake, the Capital of the Adirondack Mountains, in beautiful Upstate New York!We've spent the last three weeks finishing up the school year tutoring my...
2022-06-2022 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeCreative Awareness as Self-Care with Meiling LiuSend us a textWhat happens when you have the courage to dive in on your own terms to cultivate self-awareness and creative curiosity? You enter a new level of authentic self-care that helps yourself AND others!Tonight, we welcome Meiling Liu, creative and coach, for our sojourn in self-care. Thank you for joining our conversation!Meiling is a multi-passionate creative & spiritual life coach who I met through a mastermind Cathy Heller's Abundant Ever After, from February to June. Our private conversations were so powerful and her Instagram offerings are so lovely, that I...
2022-06-0549 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeExpansion & Meditation as Self-Care: with Masako KozawaSend us a textWe are thrilled to share our first guest with you on Beckoning Joy! Thank you taking a pause to sojourn with us tonight!As meditation has provided incredible positive shifts in my own life, I sought out Masako to share her powerful story.Masako Kozawa shares her transformative process, from dark night of the soul to now living out her mission: to live the most expansive, fulfilling, authentic life and empower and invite others along the way!Masako is a Japanese native, mother, teacher and student of m...
2022-05-2350 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeMiracles & MomsSend us a textHappy Mother's Day!Celebrating Moms and self-care when Moms have departed our lives.Mothering looks different for everyone but is always a reason to beckon joy!This episode is dedicated to my Moms: Adoptive Mom: KarenBirth Mom: TheresaMother-in-law: PaulineFormer Mother-in-Law: NorineLiving Mother-in-law: AngelaBeloved Godmother: BarbyMom in Spirit and Action: Mrs. KeeleyLove you ladies!
2022-05-0918 min
Journal Up! with Becca RaeNoticing on Purpose PayoffSend us a textToday's episode is dedicated to my son, Raymond, who is always noticing the details on purpose. Last year at this time he was building a miniature French Burgundian city to scale for his final Senior Project. Today, he finds the subtleties in arrangements of Baroque music and the shades of the sunset skies. Good luck on your college finals coming up, Kiddo! We love ya!Tonight, noticing pays off too! The first guest to share WHAT kind of TREE I'm referring to in this episode wins a free Denik journal! Denik's...
2022-05-0218 min