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Joy ClassRealistic Time-Management To Decrease Stress and Increase Calm with Kelly Nolan“Time management is so personal. People should listen to their preferences and tendencies and have a system that molds to them in their life.” - Kelly Nolan At its core, time management is a tool to help you to be more present in your life. One of the biggest hurdles that stops us from taking care of ourselves is the feeling that there’s just not enough time in the day. We want to make time for ourselves or to create healthier habits, but when it comes down to it, it feels like there’s always s...
2024-01-161h 00Joy ClassHealthy Habits That Last Even When Your Life Is Really Full with Lindsey Kaszuba“I show up for the things that feel good, and the things that don't, I stop doing.” - Lindsey Kaszuba So many of us are weighed down by all the things we “should” be doing for our health. Just because a habit is good for us doesn’t mean it will come easily, and even habits helping us feel better can sometimes be challenging to stick to. Add to that the tons of often-conflicting health advice floating around on the internet, and you have a recipe for overwhelm. That’s when our wellness routines become a source of...
2024-01-0949 minJoy ClassHealing Resentment & Re-Building Connection In Your Relationship with Jordan Dann“If you can deal with anger as it arises, none of its cousins - like resentment and contempt - will come in.” - Jordan Dann In the last couple of years, I’ve seen an overwhelming amount of resentment building in many relationships around me. With the drastic changes that came about because of the pandemic, the dynamics and systems we were accustomed to have dramatically shifted and it’s caused a lot of strain on us. Today, I’m talking to dynamic psychoanalyst Jordan Dann about how we can shift from resentment into healthy connections in...
2023-12-1950 minJoy ClassBuilding Authentic Confidence“Authentic confidence comes as the reward for taking action.” Self-confidence is not something you build up once that lasts forever. It’s more like a living, breathing organism you need to nurture and care for. You will have phases in life where confidence comes easily and others where it’s hard to access. These seasons are a part of life; what matters is that you empower yourself with the tools to bring your confidence back to life when needed. In this episode, I’m answering a question I received from many listeners about how to build auth...
2023-12-1218 minJoy ClassHow To Advocate For Yourself and Get Your Needs Met At Work with Julia Stephanides“Most people are not taught to be in touch with their needs.” - Julia Stephanides We live in a hyper-capitalist society where it’s better for the system if we don’t have needs. We should work hard, never stop, and do our jobs quietly - as close to robots as possible. But at some point, we must stop, reclaim our humanity, acknowledge our needs and feelings, and reconnect with them. The law is so focused on the external process of advocacy that there’s little to no room for the internal process that a person has...
2023-12-0552 minJoy ClassUsing Feng Shui to Improve Our Lives with Alejandra Brady “Enough of the world is out there fighting you. You have to have a haven, you can't come into a space that is fighting you as well.” - Alejandra Brady I’ve always believed that the physical spaces we live in influence our inner spades, how we feel in our lives, and what we think we’re capable of. Beyond that, our spaces have healing power and can influence our energy in immeasurable ways. This belief led me to explore more deeply and today I’m joined by feng shui expert, Alejandra Brady, to talk about...
2023-11-2852 minJoy ClassHormonal Changes & Weight Loss in Your 40s with Erin ParekhFrom a young age, society tells women how our bodies should look and judges us when we don’t match up with the unrealistic standards we’re fed. From idealized body shapes to how quickly we’re expected to lose baby weight, the whole topic of women’s weight can be triggering. One of the most challenging times to manage this is around perimenopause when many women experience weight gain unlike anything they have before. They’re eating the same way and moving the same amount, but the weight gets added, and it's tough to lose. The good...
2023-11-2144 minJoy ClassTurning 40 & Making Art in ItalyTurning 40 often comes with a lot of mixed emotions. Some of us feel trepidation, some are excited; for others, it’s just another day. The good news is that despite that, most of us end up on the other side feeling empowered and loving the new decade. This birthday wasn’t easy for me, and I turned to my journals to process my emotions. What came out of that was a deeper understanding of my own discomfort and why I felt like I was struggling with the transition into my 40s. It also led me to the reco...
2023-11-1427 min
The Period PartyFrom Burnout to Bliss: The Transformative Power of Embracing Joy with Caroline ZwicksonCaroline Zwickson is a Certified Health Coach and Joy Mentor on a mission to reframe how we think about and cultivate joy in our lives. Drawing from her background in Counseling Psychology and her journey, she has discovered that when joy takes center stage, everything in our lives, including our careers, relationships, and health, works better. As the creator of Easy Joy, a transformative 28-day challenge, Caroline has guided countless individuals toward embracing simple, daily joy rituals that have the power to create lasting change. She is also the host of the podcast Joy Class, where she interviews inspiring...
2023-07-1033 minJoy Class5 Key Ingredients For An Amazing Relationship“The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives.” - Esther Perel My relationships are everything. That's true for my friendships, my extended family, my kids, and of course, my husband, with whom I'm co-creating our entire life. But even though romantic relationships are so meaningful, they can be some of the most tricky to navigate. So much pressure can be layered onto this relationship, from kids to money and all the other complexities. So how can we ensure we’re nourishing these relationships and setting ourselves up to thrive? As we hea...
2023-05-3022 minJoy ClassGet your best skin in your 30s, 40s, and 50sSkincare is a long game. How you treat your skin now will have a massive impact on how your skin looks and feels in the next twenty years. When your skin is vibrant and healthy, you feel much better in your body and life. For me, skincare has become a significant joy driver and something that makes me feel happy, nurtured, and nourished. As we get older, our skin changes, and it can feel overwhelming to figure out the best products and techniques to get your skin to the healthy place you want it to...
2023-05-2346 minJoy ClassFrom Chaos To Calm: A Guide For Parents“Calm is not something we're born knowing how to access. It's a muscle that needs to be flexed, grown, and nurtured.” - Jenna Hermans Most of us didn’t grow up in a naturally calm, easy, and grounded setting. The world around us is very active and busy, and we’re constantly bombarded with messaging about hustling and productivity. Finding calm in chaos is a skill set we have to learn. While the occasional moments of chaos can be pretty fun, I always want more calmness in my life. Constant chaos leads to overwhelm for me, and e...
2023-05-1633 minJoy ClassFeeling Sexy And Reviving Your Pleasure“Self-worth is an inside job, but it's also okay to want to hear that you’re attractive.” - Dana Myers If you feel like your libido disappeared or you’re struggling to feel sexy after having kids, you’re not alone. From my experience and the conversations I’ve had with clients and friends, I can tell you that this is something that many women struggle with. When so much of yourself is dedicated to caring for someone else, your pleasure can easily fall by the wayside. Today I’m excited to be joined by my friend, Dan...
2023-05-0948 minJoy ClassLetting Go Of Perfection So You Can Enjoy Your Life with Simi BoticPerfectionism is a common struggle for many people. Over the last ten-plus years of coaching, I've seen so many women - who technically have everything they need - jeopardizing their growth and joy because they're so tightly wound up in perfectionism. So many individual and societal factors can feed into perfectionism, but we can strengthen our relationship with ourselves by finding joy in imperfection. Today I’m joined by writer, coach, and founder of UNMEASURED™ Simi Botic to talk about the root of perfectionism and how you can start to release perfectionistic tendencies and find joy...
2023-05-0237 min
EnergyMD PodcastEp 71 Up Your Joy, Increase Your Energy with Caroline Zwickson & Evan H. HirschIn this episode, Caroline Zwickson together with Evan Hirsch, talk about Up Your Joy, Increase Your Energy. Caroline Zwickson is a Certified Health Coach & Joy Mentor with a background in Counseling Psychology (M.A.). She is on a mission to reframe how we think about and cultivate joy in our lives because she has found that when joy is actively pursued and begins to play a central role in people's lives, everything –ranging from careers to relationships to health– works better. Authentic joy is the key to creating a life you can thrive in.
2023-04-2742 minJoy ClassA Functional Medicine Approach to Anxiety with Dr. Ellen VoraTrue healing requires addressing the root cause of the problem, not just suppressing the symptoms. When it comes to things like anxiety, the conventional medical approach is to go straight to medication. Unfortunately, these can often lead to undesirable side effects, which are then treated with additional medicines, and the snowball effect continues. As a functional medicine practitioner, today’s guest, Dr. Ellen Vora, believes in a holistic perspective. Her approach is focused on creating lives in which her patients can thrive. I was so excited to have Ellen on the show because I’ve been...
2023-04-251h 00Joy ClassGrief, Joy, and Why Sometimes You Have To Burn It All Down with Jeannine Yoder"Our darkness is also light; they're not separate." - Jeannine Yoder At first glance, grief and joy seem to be on opposite ends of the spectrum. But what if they could coexist? We all have or will experience grief and loss in one form or another. Whether it’s losing a loved one, experiencing heartbreak, or living through a traumatic event, none of us can avoid it. At the same time, we’re culturally conditioned to deal quietly with it on our own. Today I’m joined by life and business coach Jeannine Yoder...
2023-04-1855 minJoy ClassYou Are Enough: A Pep-Talk to Boost Your ConfidenceYou can create the life that you want. Believing in your enoughness is fundamental if we are to thrive in the long run. It makes us more resilient and allows us to tap into our power and potential fully. On the flip side, people with a strong inner voice telling them they're not enough usually don't have a lot of space for joy and pleasure. Today I’m doing things a little differently. This episode is a pep talk for you, telling you you are enough. I’ll share some of my experiences and journey with...
2023-04-0417 minJoy ClassIntuitive Eating As The Way-Maker For More Joy with Jamie Mendell“I’m afraid there's something inside of me that will never stop eating ice cream if I let it.” So many of us carry around a fear that our minds and our bodies are on different teams. That if we don’t hold the reins of our diet tightly and avoid all temptation, we’ll spin out of control. Fortunately, it’s not true. Your body wants to feel good, agile, flexible, energized, and healthy. It all comes down to reconnecting with your body and your intuition. Today I’m joined by Jamie Mendell to tal...
2023-03-2842 minJoy ClassRealistic Nutrition For Optimal Gut Health with Sarah MarletteIt’s not what you eat; it’s what you absorb. - Sarah Marlette Gut health is a foundational pillar for optimal overall health. It’s directly connected to several body systems, from the brain to reproductive health, thyroid, and more. Despite its central importance, the standard Western diet doesn’t do our gut a lot of favors, and many of us find ourselves in a less-than-ideal place with our gut health. Today I’m joined by functional medicine licensed nutritionist Sarah Marlette to talk about what it means to have a healthy gut and practical...
2023-03-2144 minJoy ClassBurnout and Boundaries with Justine CarinoMost of us experience burnout even though we might not recognize it. Far from just feeling tired, burnout can impact every area of your life and relationships and the topic deserves far more attention than it's already getting. Once you’re in that place, it’s challenging to understand what kind of burnout you're experiencing, where it's coming from, and how to heal from it so you can return to a life where you are thriving. Today I'm joined by Justine Carino, a licensed mental health counselor and anxiety treatment specialist. In this conversation, we will...
2023-03-1438 minJoy ClassHow To Create Your Own JOY PRACTICEYour joy has the power to change your life. By tuning into your joy and becoming an active joy seeker, you will gain joy from seemingly simple and mundane things. That’s when life gets really juicy. By tuning in to your experience on this planet, it becomes much easier to know what you want, what’s meant for you, and where you need to set boundaries. In this episode, I’ll walk you through exactly how you can create a joy practice that is authentic to you. An aligned joy practice carries such beautif...
2023-03-0728 minJoy ClassNavigating Perimenopause & Menopause Successfully with Dr. Jessica Drummond“Don’t chase symptoms; optimize systems.” - Dr. Jessica Drummond Most of us have heard the terms perimenopause and menopause, but even though we’ll all experience it, we’re still unsure what to expect and when to expect it. The good news is that despite their scary reputation, you can support yourself in many ways as you make this transition. Today I’m joined by my mentor and friend, Dr. Jessica Drummond, to talk about navigating perimenopause and menopause successfully. Jessica is someone I often call on with questions about health and well-being. I love her abi...
2023-02-2851 minJoy ClassDress For Joy: An Aura Stylist ExplainsAround the middle school years, most of us start to zoom in on creating an identity for ourselves. We begin to round out our self-concept, who we want to hang out with, and how we want other people to perceive us. We’re trying to figure out where we fit into the world. As women, it can feel like we have to pick between two options: being the fashionable life of the party, seen as frivolous and girly, or being the person who doesn’t care about clothes, seen as serious and smart. But the trut...
2023-02-2149 minJoy ClassHow To Manage Your Inner Critic with Anna GoldsteinYour outer world will always mirror your inner world. Even though people can't hear your inner thoughts, they can feel them. Adjusting how you speak to yourself and what goes on in your inner world is vitally important if you want to create a life where you thrive. A constant, negative inner dialogue stops the flow of joy. It keeps us bogged down in guilt and feeling we’re not good enough for the things we want. But the voice in your head is not who you are. We can train ourselves to bring more po...
2023-02-1435 minJoy ClassStepping Into Your Worth with Ariel KileyYou’re allowed to want what you want. There’s an inseparable connection between self-worth and joy. As long as you feel unworthy, sustainable joy will not be able to anchor itself into your life. Many of us are carrying around wounds of unworthiness that stop us from tuning in to our intuition and what we want and need. To cultivate deep joy in our lives, we must learn to look inward and create a healthy balance between what is needed from out and what we need. Today I’m thrilled to be joined by Ariel...
2023-02-0752 minJoy ClassThe 5 Biggest Joy BlockersI'm on a mission to reframe how we think about joy. Your joy is your life force. It’s a powerful energy generator and where so much of your soul essence lives. We can’t live in the fullest expression of ourselves if we’re constantly blocking our joy in one way or another. When we talk about joy and building habits and rituals that nurture your joy, let’s be clear that there’s nothing we can do that will transform our lives into sunshine and rainbows all day, every day. That’s just not realisti...
2023-01-3123 minJoy ClassWhat's Your Joy Type with Elizabeth NewcomerThe more you embrace your authenticity and uniqueness, the more joy will enter your life. Throughout this whole adventure that is the Joy Class podcast, one of the most important messages I want to share is that there's no one right way to cultivate joy in your life. By embracing the beautiful journey of self-discovery, we can tap into who we are at our core and find ways to build joy into the center of our lives. This is the type of lasting joy that nourishes you and helps you to thrive. Today I’m ex...
2023-01-2441 minJoy ClassAre Your Hormones Blocking Your Joy with Nicole JardimWhen you don’t understand how your body works, it’s easy to feel helpless and hopeless. Across the board, women are drastically undereducated about their bodies. Even as someone with parents who are doctors, ten years ago I found myself with a masters-level education, in my late 20s, and with no idea how my period or ovulation worked. Luckily, that’s when I met today’s guest and period expert, Nicole Jardim. Together we're exploring the connection between your hormones and your joy. I’m super excited about having this important discussion about female biology an...
2023-01-1748 minJoy ClassHealthier Disagreements with Verónica MárquezDisagreements and the constant bickering in many relationships are huge sources of stress and unhappiness in people's lives. They do the opposite of bringing us joy. At the same time, it’s unrealistic - and probably unhealthy - to aim for never having disagreements or simply silencing our feelings. So, how can we stay authentic to ourselves and have healthy disagreements? Today I’m thrilled to be joined by my friend and founder of Between Us, Verónica Márquez. Verónica joins us to share simple strategies to prioritize love and connection, even in moments of anger.
2023-01-1040 minJoy Class(Re)discovering Your Joy In Parenting with Allie BeckAround the world, so many people are working hard to be incredible parents but finishing each day feeling exhausted and frustrated. With the pandemic, the demands on parents increased even more, and two years in, many parents are still living with that acute stress response. To explore the topic of joy in parenting, I’m joined by my friend Allison Beck, an incredible resource on finding confidence and joy in the parenting journey. Allie is a psychotherapist and pregnancy, postpartum, and parenthood coach in private practice, specializing in reproductive psychology, parenthood, and anxiety and mood disorders across al...
2023-01-0337 minJoy ClassThe Secret to Joy: How to Create a Life You Love and Find Small Joys Every DayJoy is the key ingredient for our well-being, relationships, and creativity. But what is joy? For many, joy seems like the rare feeling on a perfect Saturday afternoon when there’s no work to be done. Or, if you’re like me, like a reward that you have to earn. I can't tell you how many people I've worked with over the years were almost chronically waiting for joy to come to them. They hoped that if they followed all the rules and worked really hard, joy would magically reveal itself as their reward. Th...
2023-01-0322 minJoy ClassThe Why Behind Joy ClassWhen we don’t prioritize the things, moments, experiences, and interactions that bring us joy, life doesn’t work. If you don’t take the time to connect with yourself and find out what brings you joy in this season of your life, you miss the important opportunity to build a strong, healthy foundation that sets the stage for you and everyone around you to thrive. My name is Caroline Zwickson, and I'm an integrative coach and joy mentor with a background in Counseling Psychology. I focus on helping people understand, nurture, and unlock their joy be...
2022-12-0806 min
That's Total Mom Sense005: Caroline Zwickson — Rediscovering Yourself (After Kids)Caroline Zwickson is a certified health & life coach with a MA in Counseling Psychology. She supports women in creating incredible, healthy and deeply fulfilling lives. The majority of her clients are women and many are mothers who want to (re)claim a deeper sense of self and move into a place where they can feel their own power, confidence and strength so they can make positive, thriving decisions for themselves and their families. Caroline is also trained as a women's health coach with a special focus on hormonal health. She uses an integrative and functional approach when helping her...
2019-06-1245 min
Whine Down with Jana KramerEp. 1 The First PourWelcome to Whine Down with Jana Kramer! We get to know Jana a little better, when she shares the story of her one week marriage, and a discussion on the importance of sex in a relationship. Then she gets some words of wisdom from life coach Caroline Zwickson, and learns how to ask your partner for help. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2018-05-0741 min
Women's Wellness RadioNutrition And More For A Healthy Cycle With Caroline Zwickson WELCOME TO DAY 5 OF FERTILITY WEEK! Caroline Zwickson is a fertility coach originally from Germany and has been living in the US for 16 years. She holds a Masters in Counselling Psychology and studied dreams, imaginations, and how to help people cultivate awareness for that and integrate it into their lives in order to create more wholeness. She did her Masters’ thesis on women and mind-body connection and looked into how women experience emotions like fear, joy and anger in their bodies, and how they can use the body to work with those emotions. Af...
2016-11-1146 min
The Period PartyPP #66: What is Emotional Fertility? with Caroline Zwickson
On this episode of The Period Party, Nat & Nicole talk with Caroline Zwickson, a Certified Women’s Health Coach with an M.A. in Counseling Psychology. She focuses on natural pregnancy preparation, hormone balance & gentle postpartum healing for women who want to feel amazing in their own skin, birth happy babies, and take charge of their expanding lives confidently. Here are the highlights of what we cover during this episode: What is emotional fertility and how is it different from physical fertility?What questions do you need to ask to figure out if you’re emotionally fertile?Why is being emotional...
2016-11-0930 min