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Finding Joy in the Hard#154 What If Those Emotions Aren't Even Yours?Do you ever wake up feeling agitated, heavy, or triggered — and can't figure out why? In this episode, Suzanne shares what she discovered after waking up unsettled one morning: the culprit wasn't stress or worry. It was a TV series she'd been watching the night before.What follows is an honest, relatable exploration of what it means to be someone whose nervous system absorbs the emotions of others — from fictional characters on screen to the people sitting right next to you.In this episode, Suzanne covers:Why some of us carry the emot...
2026-03-0807 min
Joy Found HereShe Lost Her Son—Then Suzanne Andora Barron, Healer and Teacher, Turned to Jin Shin Jyutsu to Reclaim JoyTune in to episode 224 of Joy Found Here as Suzanne Andora Barron shares how losing her son led her to the ancient healing art of Jin Shin Jyutsu. Learn how grief, anxiety, and the power of breath and touch opened a path to resilience—and to finding joy even in life’s hardest places.In this episode, I’m joined by Suzanne Andora Barron, a healer and teacher who helps people reconnect with their inner strength through yoga, breathwork, meditation, and the Japanese healing art of Jin Shin Jyutsu. After losing her nine-year-old son Christopher to leukem...
2025-08-2654 min
The Parenting WisdomFinding Joy in the Hard: A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss, and Meaning- A Conversation with Suzanne Andora BarronIn today’s powerful and heartfelt episode, I sit down with Suzanne Andora Barron—yoga instructor, breathwork and meditation guide, and host of the Finding Joy in the Hard podcast. Sixteen years ago, Suzanne experienced every parent’s worst nightmare: the loss of her nine-year-old son. Left to navigate the grief while raising her younger child, she began a journey of deep healing, spiritual growth, and redefining joy through suffering.Suzanne shares her story with raw honesty and grace, offering profound insight into the complexities of grief, the practice of presence, and how we can still find joy—ev...
2025-05-1457 min
Midlife Purpose Project: Bringing women clarity and peace with yoga philosophy, mindfulness and spirituality.E71 Grief, Healing, and Yoga: Suzanne Andora Barron on Overcoming Loss, Finding Joy, and Empowering Kids Through CreativitySuzanne Andora Barron wear many hats. She’s president and founder of a foundation, The Christopher Barron Live Life Foundation, she started in honor of her little boy, Christopher, who passed at the age of 9 from leukemia. The Foundation offers comic creation workshops to underserved kids. To date, her foundation has helped more 1200 children discover the power of their imagination. Suzanne’s also a yoga instructor, a meditation coach and a certified Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner. She’s been teaching yoga, meditation and breathwork for 12 years and Jin Shin Jyutsu, an ancient Japanese healing modality, for eight. These practices helped...
2024-09-251h 24
Rekindle Your Light: Purpose, Creativity, and Transformation!EP 56: Healing Through Jin Shin Jyutsu and Finding Joy in the Hard with Suzanne Andora BarronSuzanne Andora Barron Suzanne Andora Barron’s oldest child’s leukemia diagnosis changed the trajectory of her life. She cultivated practices to stay grounded, not just for herself, but for her family too. Through these practices, she discovered an unexpected gift, the ability to find fun in each day, no matter the circumstances. Her son’s passing at the age of nine, however, nearly crippled her. Prayer, yoga and an ancient Japanese healing practice helped her find her way back. As a yoga instructor, a certified Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner and a mindset coach, she now guides others to uncove...
2024-08-1451 min
Energy of the Untamed HeartFinding Joy in the Hard - a Conversation with Suzanne Andora BarronSuzanne Andora Barron is a writer, Jin Shin Jyutsu and Yoga Practitioner, Meditation Coach, PodcasterLosing a child is among the most unthinkable, difficult and painful experiences for any parent. Suzanne lost her son from leukemia at age 9. In her own words, “I didn’t know how to breathe let alone live. Sunlight physically hurt. I was in deep grief for three years. I was lost and uncertain how to live. I wanted to feel happy again—and I would get glimpses of it through our younger son, but I couldn’t sustain it.”
2024-07-2535 min
Living Life IN AweFinding Joy in the hard with Suzanne Andora BarronThis episode with Suzanne Andora Barron is a powerful one! We talk about life's challenges, how to go through them with grace, how to find joy in the hard times. Suzanne went through several challenging years when her 3 year old son Christopher had leukemia.
Suzanne is the podcast host of Finding joy in the hard. She is a writer, she is currently finishing up her memoire. She teaches yoga and meditation. She is well versed in Jin Shin Jtusu.
In this conversation with Suzanne we go deep on life's...
2024-07-081h 26Finding Joy in the Hard#089 Can't Figure Out Why Your Anxious?Do you ever find that sometimes you feel anxious or fearful and you can't figure out the reason? Sometimes there is no reason. A lot of times there is no reason. Often, it has to do with the feelings we've shoved down consciously or unconsciously getting triggered and seeking an escape. So what do we do? In this episode, I share three ways to allow the emotion whether it be anxiety, fear, anger or another feeling to pass through you more gently and easily. Questions, please DM me at https://www.instagram.com/suza...
2024-06-2505 minFinding Joy in the Hard#088 How Have Suppressed Emotions Affected Your Life?We all know that we push down emotions, both consciously and unconsciously. But have we stopped to question how that shoving down is holding us back in life? Dr. David Hawkins in his book, Letting Go, shares that we think external circumstances cause us to be angry, sad, fearful, fill in the blank, but stress results from accumulated pressure from within, from guess what - those repressed and suppressed emotions. He says external events or circumstances only trigger what we've been holding down consciously and unconsciously. When we feel angry about something or someone, it has to...
2024-06-1812 minFinding Joy in the Hard#087 Jin Shin Jyutsu Meditation to Ease & Shift WorryHere's a meditation I taught on easing worry and connecting to the abundance within you. The Jin Shin Jyutsu that I teach is the long version to calm worry. You'll hold three fingers starting with thumb, followed by your middle finger and lastly your little finger. It doesn't matter which hand you hold, but continue with the hand you started with. If you're uncertain how long to hold, you can hold each finger for two minutes or longer. As you practice, you might notice your energy shifting. What does that feel like? Your stomach might gu...
2024-06-1422 minFinding Joy in the Hard#086 "Kindness, Your Super Strength," with Irene SoloLearn how to find the upside of any situation in today's episode: "Kindness is your super strength with Irene Solo."Irene lost her dad when she was eight and her husband when her children were young, but when you listen to Irene, you'll hear only her strength, her courage, and her light.Living as a teen under a bridge in South Africa rather than focusing on being hungry, she told herself she was fasting. When she lost her husband way too soon, she focused on being kind to others, and she always praises...
2024-06-1051 minFinding Joy in the Hard#085 What are you Holding onto Too Tight?What are you holding on to so tight that it's hard to breathe fully? It's hard to walk. It's hard to move. And why are you holding on to it? Our accumulated thoughts and way of behavior have made us an imposter to who we really are. We're living as a character, instead of as ourselves. Leo Brusccaglia said, "There are people waiting for someone like us to come along. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give. In order to give wha...
2024-06-0805 minFinding Joy in the Hard#84 Jin Shin Jyutsu Guided Meditation to Realize the Lives We WantToday, I share with you a guided Jin Shin Jyutsu meditation that I taught this morning via zoom. We start with a healing hold to release attachment to thoughts and to balance digestion. I guide you through a body scan to balance mind, body and spirit. The meditation then allows you to take a birds-eye look at the life you're currently committed to. Not what's important to you, but rather the habits and way in which you're currently living, in a non-judgment way. As you go deeper into the meditation you get to see your life and y...
2024-06-0318 minFinding Joy in the Hard#083 Is It True What They Said?Is it true what they told you? So often when people give us advice, especially if they have a certain authority to their tone, it comes across as feeling as if it's fact or truth. But it's only a theory. It's based on their thinking and what they're believing. The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure any such conditions.
2024-05-3003 minFinding Joy in the Hard#82 Do You Remember the Sacrifice?Welcome back to Finding Joy in the Hard. On this Memorial Day, do you remember the sacrifices that were made for our freedom? I have to tell you, I often forget. I think about this holiday as a day off; a day to be with family and friends, but I often forget about all those who have died to give us our freedom. In this episode, I share some thoughts and my experience at the Memorial Day ceremony today—that I had no plans of attending. It was a spur of a moment decision on the way to ge...
2024-05-2805 minFinding Joy in the Hard#081 Do You Give Up if Something Doesn't Work Out the First Time?What if you can look at failure as a good thing? It's not easy for me. And yet there are so many examples of people who've failed and failed again and then found that thing that really inspires them.Maybe failure is a path to learning more. I was at the podcast summit this past Monday and Tuesday and the women speaking talked about how they love what they do but it took one failure after another to get there. Yesterday, I watched the movie Nyad about the 62 year old female swimmer who swam from Flori...
2024-05-2604 minFinding Joy in the Hard#080 What If Your Anxiety Is Really Excitement?Recently, I had an idea about an article I wanted to write. I got really excited about the idea. The next day, when I thought about it again, I got another fluttering, but this time it felt like anxiety. The first day, I was focused on the possibilities. The next day on the roadblocks and what it would take. But as soon as I realized that I paused focusing on the present moment and I dropped down into my body to see more clearly what the difference was between the two times. The first time I was in my cen...
2024-05-2503 minFinding Joy in the Hard#079 What Have You Decided You Can't Do?We all have these ideas of things we can't do. It's simply too hard. But is it? Or is that simply something we've never tried. I was convinced something I had set out to do would be too hard. Yet I was willing to try it anyway and you know what? It wasn't as hard as I expected. In fact, I learned a new technique . Listen and hopefully it will encourage you to take a chance at something you want to try.I also offer a new healing tip in this episode to he...
2024-05-2405 minFinding Joy in the Hard#78 What Lies are You Telling Yourself?For most of my life I've carried the belief that I'm not organized. I shared this with a few women at lunch the other day after I told them I record, edit and produce my own podcast and that I share an episode daily. I batch them and schedule them.They said I think that's a story you have to stop telling yourself. In fact it's a lie. What lies are you telling yourself. Listen to what you say. What lies are you repeating? If we can catch them, we can cha...
2024-05-2403 minFinding Joy in the Hard#077 Where Do You Want To Be A Year From Now? Where would you like to be a year from now?As humans, we're habitual creatures. We identify with our past and see ourselves for what we have done. But our past doesn't define us. James Clear suggests to create change, you only need to know the direction, not the destination. That's huge, right? If we only need to know the direction, then we can start now. Too often we're, we get stuck on not knowing the destination. And so we do nothing. The direction is enough to make the next choice. So what dir...
2024-05-2202 minFinding Joy in the Hard#076 Do You Know How Capable You Are?Do you realize how capable you are? Have you taken time recently to acknowledge the strength you've mustered or are currently mustering when you didn't think you could? Too often we focus on beating ourselves up, forgetting how powerful we are. We all have courage deep within. Author Debbie Ford calls it a divine confidence. One that can never be stripped away. She says, It doesn't come from being good at something or possessing vast amounts of information or a large bank account. It can never be found outside of us because it is within you. It...
2024-05-2103 minFinding Joy in the Hard#075 Are You Willing to Be Uncomfortable for 5 Minutes?Are you willing to be uncomfortable for five minutes? Starting is the hardest part. If we're willing to experience discomfort for as little as five minutes, we'll be less likely to procrastinate.The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure any such conditions.
2024-05-2001 minFinding Joy in the Hard#074 What Have You Decided You're Too Old to Do?What have you decided you're too old to do? We've all heard or said he, she is too old to change. Do we believe this about ourselves? Consider this. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer said that in his book, The Power of Intention. A Course in Miracles reminds us we have given everything we see all the meaning it has for us. That includes the person we see in the mirror. Louise Hayes didn't publish her first book until she was 50. She didn't...
2024-05-1902 minFinding Joy in the Hard#073 Do you Fear Uncertainty? Do you make room for uncertainty in your life? We like having certainty. We like knowing how our day will go. We like assuming we are in control of everything, but uncertainty brings possibility. Think about it. When you're out and about and you run into a friend you haven't seen in a long time. You did not anticipate that encounter but you're filled with so much joy. That's uncertainty. That's possibility. In this episode I share how to get more comfortable with uncertainty. I also share a Jin Shin Jyutsu healing tip to help c...
2024-05-1804 minFinding Joy in the Hard#072 Do You Complicate Your Life? Have you ever thought about how we make our lives more difficult? Maybe you go to bed too late. Like me, staying up to watch Pretty Woman last night until ten of twelve. What was I thinking?Yes, I loved the movie, and yes, I fell asleep on the couch earlier, but that didn't mean that was going to help me. Do you hit the snooze button too many times in the morning? That's not helping you get any more sleep. Maybe you book your appointments too close together without time to b...
2024-05-1703 minFinding Joy in the Hard#071 Why Do We Believe the Bad Stuff? If five people said something nice about you and one person said something mean, what would you focus on? I asked my high school juniors this today. There were about 13 of them present and all of them, except one said they would focus on the mean thing. One student said the good, and I was so proud of him because most of us, myself included would focus on the bad. Why is that? We have to practice believing the positive; believing the good. In this episode, I share how and also offer a Jin...
2024-05-1704 minFinding Joy in the Hard#070 Are you Waiting For Permission?Are you waiting for permission to do something? If so, I give you permission. That's what a coach said to me a few years ago. Why do we wait to pursue our interests, our dreams, something we want to do? It has a lot with our nervous system. If it's an experience that we've never had before, the nervous system sends out messages of danger, danger, danger. Don't do it. And so then we pull back and we think, Oh, tomorrow will be better. But tomorrow never comes.In this episode, I share how...
2024-05-1506 minFinding Joy in the Hard#069 What If Resentment Is a Good Thing?What if resentment is a good thing? Kate Donovan, expert on burnout, believes it's our superpower as it lets us know when a boundary is missing. So often when we talk about boundaries, we talk about others crossing our boundaries, but a lot of times we cross our own boundaries. In this episode I share two examples of how cross our inner boundaries; how to recognize when we do it and how to shift. I also include a light touch (Jin Shin Jyutsu) healing tip.The information presented on this...
2024-05-1406 minFinding Joy in the Hard#068 What If You Can't Feel GratefulWhat if you can't feel grateful? If you've been listening to my podcast for a while now, you know I'm a huge proponent of gratitude journals. And while they can be life changing and super helpful, there are times in our lives that we just can't feel grateful , especially when we're burnt out.Kate Donovan, an expert on burnout and the author of the Bounce Back Ability Factor explains that when we're experiencing extreme sadness, anger, or burnout, we can't experience the physiological benefits of a gratitude journal. Instead, she suggests we do a res...
2024-05-1403 minFinding Joy in the Hard#067 Have Trouble Receiving Compliments? Might Impact You More Than You RealizeDo you have trouble receiving compliments? You might not think it's a big deal, but did you know your inability to receive small gestures impacts your ability to receive and allow the big things in life.How? Tune in to listen to this mini episode. And Happy Mother's Day.If you'd liked to receive information on my free Monday Morning guided Jin Shin Jyutsu meditations (10-15 min in length) via zoom sign up at https://suzanneabarron.com/The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes onl...
2024-05-1306 minFinding Joy in the Hard#066 Want to Cancel Out 8 Hours of Worry a Day?Imagine you can cancel out 8 hours of worry a day - it's possible and guess what it only takes a consistent 4 minute daily practice. Have a listen and give it a try. It will change your life. The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure any such conditions.
2024-05-1106 minFinding Joy in the Hard#065 What You Lose When You People PleaseDo you know what you give up when you people please? You give up yourself. You put everyone's needs and interests ahead of your own—even strangers.I recorded this episode in Rome on my last day - it's pretty profound. If you're a people pleaser, it's definitely worth a listen. The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure any such conditions.
2024-05-1005 minFinding Joy in the Hard#064 Want to Feel More Abundant by Next Month?Want to feel more abundant by next month? And it takes only 15 minutes day. What I share in this episode seems too simple. The ego will tell you it's not possible. But I'm proof it is. Give it a try and let me know what you experience. The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure any such conditions.
2024-05-0902 minFinding Joy in the Hard#063 Does Dreary Weather Bring You Down?Does dreary weather bring you down?Sometimes it really affects my mood. One day while driving to school where I teach Yoga for Stress Management, I considered this:When you go up in a plane, it's always sunny. Above the clouds and the dreariness is the sun. And if we can think like that and we can focus on just above what we see is light and so much light. Allow it to fill you up and see how you feel. It can shift our perspective. I shared this with my college students and it shift...
2024-05-0802 minFinding Joy in the Hard#062 Do You Ask for the Brownie?Do you ask for the brownie?In other words, do you ask for what you want despite the obstacles?In this episode, I share a story from my Belief coach. She shares how she and her daughter were at a cafe on vacation where there was a plate of cookies for free. Beside the cookies was a plate of brownies. Yet the brownies weren't free. The mom asked if she wanted a cookie. The daughter said, "I want a brownie." The mom reiterated that they weren't free. The daughter asked anyway. After going back and...
2024-05-0702 minFinding Joy in the Hard#061 Three Words Can Improve Your Public Speaking & Test TakingDo you ever get sweaty palms, a racing heart, feel like you're about to have a panic attack, or at least you're about to slip into a bout of nervousness? You can change the narrative by saying these three words. I AM EXCITED. Research shows that when people reappraise anxiety as excitement, they move out of a threat mindset of what can go wrong into an opportunity mindset of what can go right. Harvard Business School did a study where they studied this phenomenon of saying, I am excited in 3 situations: public speaking, test taking, and karaoke.
2024-05-0604 minFinding Joy in the Hard#060 Remember This is Your First Time LivingThis wise piece of advice comes from my 16-year-old student. I had given a random act of kindness assignment to my Yoga for Stress Management students. I teach yoga at a nearby community college. In this episode, I share one of my student's random acts of kindness and an aha she had in her reflection.She realized simply because your a mom or an adult, you don't know everything. "This is all our first time living and we all get to learn every day!"The information presented on this podcast is f...
2024-05-0503 minFinding Joy in the Hard#059 One Word Can Make You Sound Less ConfidentThis one word that many of use often can make us sound less confident, less certain and less grateful.Can you guess what it is? Just Yes, just. Think about it. We might say, "I'm just calling to ask," vs "I'm calling to ask"Which sounds more confident? Yes, the second one. Using the word just minimizes whatever comes next.The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor...
2024-05-0402 minFinding Joy in the Hard#058 Do You Work with Your Energy Or Against It?Do you work with your energy?What does that mean? We all have a time of day when we feel the most energized. That's the time of day to exercise, create or start a difficult project because we'll have more stamina. A lot of get stuck because we try to do things when we're energy depleted. The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure any such conditions.
2024-05-0301 minFinding Joy in the Hard#057 Do You Take Things Personally?When people say something negative to you, do you dwell on it? Do you find you keep replaying it in your head? If you answered yes then believe it or not, you're actually cosigning with that way of thinking. Some part of you is agreeing with what they said. Don Miguel Luis. Author of the Four Agreements says, "Don't take anything personally because what others say to us has nothing to do with us." When the speaker's words are unkind or off base, it's because they're being triggered about something. It has to do with them, not us. And...
2024-05-0203 minFinding Joy in the Hard#056 Look At Where You've Come FromWe spend so much time looking to where we're going, but we often don't take time to look at where we've come from. Look back a year ago, or maybe five years or maybe to when you were a kid and look at all that you've accomplished. Maybe it's a shift in mindset or a way of being or something else. Take time to see where you've come from and where you are today. Celebrate that. The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to...
2024-05-0106 minFinding Joy in the Hard#055 Finding the Magic in Today - Guided Jin Shin Jyutsu Monday Meditation to Stay StrongSo today I share with you a guided Jin Shin Jyutsu meditation that I taught live via zoom on Monday. (All are always welcome to join live. You can get the log-in details in my Sunday newsletter). You can sign up for that via my website: www.suzanneabarron.comThis meditation is all about embracing the magic of today and tapping into your strength, your power, your creativity and your right to be happy. This episode is a little longer than my previous episodes of late because it's a guided meditation. Have feedback? Pl...
2024-04-3017 minFinding Joy in the Hard#054 What Are You Putting Off Until Tomorrow?Do you ever find yourself saying, I'll do it tomorrow? Tomorrow I'll be ready. But guess what? That which you can create today with that energy, that outlook, that way of being might not be available tomorrow.Maybe tomorrow you'll be even more tired or maybe you'll be pulled in a different direction. As Elizabeth Gilbert writes about the same thing in her book, big magic, the spark of genius that you feel right now needs to be acted on right now, or it might pass you by. What if that dream you have r...
2024-04-2906 minFinding Joy in the Hard#053 Impatience Is a Choice - You get to Choose If You Get Ticked Off or NotOnce we become impatient, it can stay with us for hours after. It impacts our perspective, how we look at things, how we treat others. But, we get to choose how we respond. Do we want to make whatever happened this huge deal? Because that's what we do when we get impatient. We make such a big deal, so much bigger than it is. so much bigger than it needs to be. But how do we shift and not allow it take hold of us? Use your breath. Focus on your breath. Inhaling and exhaling help...
2024-04-2808 minFinding Joy in the Hard#052 Do You Take Time to Think About What You Really Want?What is it that you really want to do? Have you ever thought about it? Or are you simply going through the motions, checking off boxes on that to do list, errands that you need to run, work that you need to complete? Have you taken time each day or at least once a week to dream? To think about possibilities and opportunities, and even if they feel outlandish, go with it.See what you can come up with. You can tap into so much of what you truly want when you take time for your...
2024-04-2705 minFinding Joy in the Hard#051 You Get To Have Your Own IdeasWelcome back to Finding Joy in the Hard. I'm your host, Suzanne Andorra Barron, and my thought for you today is you get to have your own ideas, your own thoughts, your own beliefs, your own way of being. What do I mean by this? We'll have a thought, and we'll say it out loud, and someone might seek to correct us.They'll say, no, no, no, no, that's not how it is. This is how it is. This is the way that you need to think. And really what that is, is they're inserting the...
2024-04-2604 minFinding Joy in the Hard#050 Are You Even Aware You Got that Wish You've Been Waiting For?Life moves so quickly that we often overlook the fact that the dream we've been waiting for, praying about and even planning is here. Only we've barely acknowledged it as we're onto the next wish, dream or desire. Too often we get lost in our thoughts (future desires or old stories) that we fail to celebrate that we've arrived to where we only wished we might be headed. I had this aha as I was walking through Rome last week. We were walking past the ancient ruins where Caesar was killed, when I realized, "You ar...
2024-04-2504 minFinding Joy in the Hard#049 A Healing Practice You Can Use Anywhere Anytime - I Used it to Ease My AllergiesIn this episode, I share how I used an ancient Japanese healing practice to help ease my allergies. I practiced it while I was in the Catacombs in Italy.Play with this practice and see how it can support you. It's as simple as holding your fingers to help ease discomfort, calm your nervous system and so much more. In the episode, I refer to the spleen flow. Here's the link: https://suzanneabarron.com/tips/And as always if you have questions DM me at https://www.instagram.com/suzanneandorabarron/...
2024-04-2406 minFinding Joy in the Hard#048 That Thought You're Stuck on, Have You Considered How it's Hurting You?That thought you're stuck on, have you considered how it might be hurting you? And your relationships? Have you taken the time to think about what old story it might stem from?In this episode, I share how an old belief was impacting my relationship with my son and creating unnecessary stress. To help you discover the belief that thought is connected to, I suggest you hold your thumb. This practice is called Jin Shin Jyutsu - a 3000 year old healing practice, in which you use the placement of your hands on specific loc...
2024-04-2305 minFinding Joy in the Hard#047 Why Is It So Easy To Be Negative?Have you ever considered why it's so easy to be negative?Negativity shows up in so many forms: complaining, gossip, comparing, thinking poorly about ourselves or others, getting annoyed at the simplest things like another driver or someone walking too slow in front of us, etc.Why do we do it?One reason is that it's easy. It's our default. Our brains are hard wired through evolution to focus on the negative. Prehistoric people had to be able to register threats to avoid danger...
2024-04-2203 minFinding Joy in the Hard#046 Do you Fight to Be Right?Welcome back to Finding Joy in the Hard. I'm your host, Suzanne Andorra Baron. Do you fight to be right? Sometimes we need to when the stakes are high, but what about when it's an ordinary conversation and there is no need to be right? Sure, being right feels good in the moment as it inflates and reaffirms our self worth, But it can also bring a level of tension, especially if we're engaging in a tug of war with the other person.The question is, do we always need to be right? The answer is li...
2024-04-2102 minFinding Joy in the Hard#45 Is it the Story or Actual Experience Causing You Stress?Welcome back to Finding Joy in the Hard. I'm your host, Suzanne Andorra Baron. When you start to worry or stress out, have you asked yourself if it's the circumstance that is stressing you out or your beliefs about the circumstance that is causing you discomfort? Unless we stop and question our beliefs or thoughts, we don't realize that it's usually the story we tell ourselves that is causing the stress.If you're having trouble figuring out which part is causing stress, ask yourself if your worry or fear is true and how you know it's...
2024-04-2002 minFinding Joy in the Hard#044 What are You Trying to Get Right?Welcome back to Finding Joy in the Hard. I'm your host, Suzanne Andorra Baron. As you may know, I teach Yoga for Stress Management at a community college. Last week, my students turned in the gratitude reflections. One student wrote multiple times, "I don't think I have anything to be grateful for."My response to him was I think you're overthinking this. You're trying to figure out the perfect thing. When we overthink, and we try so hard, we freeze.He's not unique. We all do that. So what are you try...
2024-04-1903 minFinding Joy in the Hard#043 The Power of "I Won't" Versus "I Can't"Welcome back to Finding Joy in the Hard. I'm your host, Suzanne Andora Barron So my thought for you today comes from Letting Go by David Hawkins ─ It's the difference between I won't and I can't. Both are based in fear, but he writes, "I won't do something is quite a different feeling than to think that I'm a victim and I can't."Think about all the times you say, I can't, and how it makes you feel. ─── I'll give you an example. I can't sing. How many of us have said that? Of course we...
2024-04-1803 minFinding Joy in the Hard#042 How do you feel about failure?Welcome back to Finding Joy in the Hard. I'm your host, Suzanne Andora Barron. I'm a yoga instructor, a meditation and mindfulness coach and a Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner. How do you feel about failure? Do you see it as an opportunity to grow and learn or do you get that sick feeling in your stomach that you did something poorly. I get it. I'm definitely the latter. In this episode I share with you an excerpt about Sarah Blakely's take on failure that James Clear shared in a recent newsletter. And I sug...
2024-04-1705 minFinding Joy in the Hard#041 How Does Anxiety Show Up in Your Life?Welcome back to Finding Joy in the Hard. I'm your host, Suzanne Andorra Baron. So midweek, I like to offer a thought, a teaching, or an aha. So my, my thought to you today is How does anxiety show up in your life? This thought is inspired by Cecilia Manila's episode on Anxiety exposed, understanding its tactics and taking back control. (To listen to Cecilia's episode links are below). Cecilia's podcast is Mental Makeover Radio. You might recognize Cecilia's name if you've been listening to my podcast for a while. She shared the Gifts of Grief in e...
2024-04-1607 minFinding Joy in the Hard#040 What Have you Decided Something isn't in the Cards for You?Are your beliefs of what's possible holding you back. If so, listen up: You may have heard about a 4th tier football (soccer) team in Sweden—Ostersunds FK—who had little hopes of winning until their coach, Graham Porter, a Brit who never coached a team before noticed that all the teams trained the same, organized the same and played the same. So he mixed things up. In addition to practicing, he had his team step outside of their comfort zone and try something new. He required his players to perform Swan Lake for their community; write a boo...
2024-04-1503 minFinding Joy in the Hard#039 A Simple Way to Feel More CourageousThis is a simple practice to help you connect to your courage and calm those feelings of fear. Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. Simply hold your index finger. If you're new to me and to Jin Shin Jyutsu, it will sound crazy. But each finger calms a different emotion, opens a different part of the body, and connects you mentally, emotionally and physically. In this episode, I tell you what else the index finger can help with. Now remember when you practice Jin Shin Jyutsu, you might twitch, hear rumbling in your belly or fe...
2024-04-1402 minFinding Joy in the Hard#038 Are you Really Living or Just Going through the Motions?Are living, really living this precious life that you've been given? Or are you simply going through the motions?Do you act without abandon? Or do you hold back because of what if? What if you get hurt? What if it doesn't work out? A former podcast guest, Desiree Probolsky, episode 20, whose youngest child has severe autism, is nonverbal and has a significant heart defect, said, you think the opposite of living is dying, but it's not. The opposite of living is surviving because you're no longer present. You're just going through the motions." So you...
2024-04-1305 minFinding Joy in the Hard#037 Do You Obsess About What You've Said or Done Way Too Much?Do you obsess about things you've said or done, afraid of what other people will think? We think we said or did something dumb that others are still talking about or thinking about days later. But they're not because they likely worrying about the dumb thing they said or did. There is something called the spotlight effect. It means that we feel like we have the spotlight on us all the time or a significant amount of the time. We think others are paying attention to us way more than they actually are. In th...
2024-04-1206 minFinding Joy in the Hard#036 A Sure Way to Reduce StressI challenge you to go for a 15 minute walk without your phone. Yes that is the stress reducer. The first time I did that this past summer, I felt like something really important was missing. Once I could let go of the fact that I didn't have my phone, I felt like I had to do the walk a certain way. I expected to have huge insights which I wasn't getting in the beginning. So then I convinced myself that I was doing something wrong. In time, and it wasn't that much time, I felt th...
2024-04-1104 minFinding Joy in the Hard#35 Do You Pay Attention to How Your Speak to YourselfDo you notice how you talk to yourself? I did a newsletter post about this the other day, so if you receive my newsletter, it'll be familiar to you.I often tell my yoga students that if others spoke to you how you speak to yourself, you wouldn't be friends with them. You know, I remember when my kids were little and one time I called myself an idiot and my younger son said, "Mommy, please don't say means mean things to yourself." But we say those things all the time.In this episode, I sha...
2024-04-1007 minFinding Joy in the Hard#034 What Can you Make Easy?Welcome back to finding Joy in the Hard. Over the next 30 days, I am going to release a short episode daily. I'm making it super easy for myself by not including the intro, the outro or the music. My goal is to break through my perfectionist tendencies and share with you great content to help you shift your mindset, to see your potential and to find more ease in your day. This episode was recorded in my car driving to school where I teach Yoga for Stress Management. The perfectionist in me would have re-recorded it b...
2024-04-0902 minFinding Joy in the HardEpisode 33: Falling Apart or Falling Into Place With Heidi LowHeidi Low lost her only biological child, Alison, and then a month later her marriage. In this very special conversation, Heidi shares how she knew early on if she was going to rebuild her life, she wanted to be refined by all that happened to her, not defined by it. And so in everything she did, she looked at how she could grow from the experiences. How it could be a catalyst. How it could be something that she looked at and said yes, of course.This is my 33rd episode. Interestingly, the No. 3 in Ji...
2024-04-0847 minFinding Joy in the Hard#032 Guided Jin Shin Jyutsu Meditation - How to Feel Our Feelings Without them Controlling UsIn this guided meditation, I teach you how to use your hands and breathe to ease physical and emotional discomfort, specifically front of the head headaches. (To get the full benefit, I suggest your read my 3/31 newsletter that I issued yesterday. To access that newsletter, I give details below on how to get in touch). In this meditation, I offer a short teaching on how to feel our feelings without our feelings controlling us. I guide you through a visualization that helps you visualize your dreams. This is a meditation I taught via zoom this mo...
2024-04-0216 minFinding Joy in the Hard#031 What are you dreaming about? And what's stopping you from taking action?What have you been dreaming about? Maybe it's a new dream, or maybe it's been sitting in your heart for years.. I once heard that we don't choose our desires. They choose us. They're made for us and meant to be fulfilled by us. But too often our thoughts stop us. They bring up all kinds of excuses that delay our dreams until another day. One way to conjure up the courage that's inside of you is to look back at what you've already accomplished. Now look back to when you first had that dream. Did you have...
2024-04-0113 minFinding Joy in the Hard#030: What Are You Rushing to Get to?Midweek, I like to offer you a thought to shift your mindset, maybe question your beliefs or simply wake you up. So my thought for you today is, what are you rushing to get to? Have you ever thought about it? Recently I was making a cup of tea, and I rushed to open the teabag, rushed to fill the kettle, rushed to make breakfast.I didn't even have to go to work that day. But if I did, Why was I rushing? When we rush, we're making the next moment more important than...
2024-03-2707 minFinding Joy in the Hard#029: "How Healing Myself First Helped My Daughter Heal, a Conversation with Geri Bose"Geri shares how working on her own healing was necessary to support her daughter's healing.Our conversation circles around many topics, such as getting triggered, projecting our stuff onto others, and how to find gratitude. and healing. Hopefully you'll learn something to bring into your own life. Geri is the podcast host of Living Life in Awe. She's a writer and has a weekly newsletter all about personal and spiritual development, which she is sending to her community around the globe.She refers to herself a...
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Finding Joy through Life's Trials12. Suzanne Andora Barron on Forgiving GodIn this interview I talk to my amazing friend Suzanne Andora Barron, who wears many hats. She’s president and founder of a foundation, The Christopher Barron Live Life Foundation, which she started in honor of her little boy, Christopher, who passed at the age of 9 from leukemia. The Foundation offers comic creation workshops to underserved kids. To date, her foundation has helped more than 1,200 children discover the power of their imagination. Suzanne’s also a yoga instructor, a meditation coach, and a certified Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner.
She’s been teaching yoga, meditation and breathwork for 12 years...
2024-03-1954 minFinding Joy in the Hard#028:"Rediscovering Myself through Loss, Yoga and Living in the Jungle with Amber Hagberg"Amber and I had the most beautiful conversation about what's possible in this lifetime. She shares that she couldn't have discovered the amazing life she now lives without going through her many hardships, starting at a young age.At 12, she had to leave her father's house when he got cancer. She moved in with her mom and had no supervision. Her younger sister soon joined her there and that's when Amber took on the role of parent when she was still a child herself. She shares about losing her dad, having a miscarriage and other challenges.
2024-03-1946 minFinding Joy in the Hard#027: “Finding Joy Through Life’s Trials with Becca Ingersoll”Becca and I discuss how she and her husband found joy amidst her family's trials including her battles with infertility, having micro preemie NICU babies, and having a son with cerebral palsy get diagnosed with leukemia.Becca defines herself as a daughter of God, a wife and a twin mom who's chosen to focus on blessings in life, even when life is hard. She's a writer, a blogger, a podcaster, and an activist who's passionate about helping others know they aren't alone. Her battles have armed her with first hand knowledge of how to help lift others o...
2024-03-121h 00Finding Joy in the Hard#026: "Rootin for Red, My Son's Detour to Healthy with Sheri Roddy."Sheri shares her family's arduous journey through kidney disease. Her son Christopher was born with kidney disease and he's battled it his entire life. She shares all that needed to be done to support him, including a transplant. Steeped in her faith, compassionate with a spark of humor, Sheri went from newlywed to grateful mother to unexpected medical mom, and now a first time author. She finds joy in her family, friends, gardening, and community service. Known as the ringmaster of her family circus, Sheri is always up to hosting family get togethers or game night for a fe...
2024-03-051h 01Finding Joy in the HardEpisode 26: "Rootin for Red, My Son's Detour to Healthy with Sheri Roddy."My guest today, Sheri Roddy, shares her family's arduous journey through kidney disease. Her son, Christopher, was born with kidney disease and he's battled it his entire life. She shares all that needed to be done to support him, including a transplant. She also shares how her family found joy and laughter through family dinners and game nights and so much more. Steeped in her faith, compassionate with a spark of humor, Sheri went from newlywed to grateful mother to unexpected medical mom, and now a first time author. She finds joy in her family, friends, gardening, and c...
2024-03-041h 01Finding Joy in the Hard#025 "When We Blame, We Give Our Power Away." Solo EpisodeMy thought for you today comes from Geri Bose of "Living your Life in Awe" Podcast. When we complain or blame we give our power away to that person. In this episode I share how I started to blame my husband for something I couldn't find in the kitchen. In the middle of blaming him and complaining (in my head), I heard Geri's voice and immediately stopped. All the energy I had been putting into blaming and complaining returned to me in an instant. Negative thoughts zap us of energy. We know this, but we forget. It's so...
2024-02-2803 minFinding Joy in the HardEpisode 24: "How I Forgave My Dad After His Death with Shauna Buno Smith."Her dad was an addict and as such Shauna grew up very fast. For much of her young life, she felt unsafe in her own home. Their home was broken into more than seven times, and they took everything, including the plastic jewelry from her jewelry box. She talks about what it was like being a kid. And while life was hard, she shares how they found joy and laughter. She also shares how she got to have a relationship with her dad, but how her forgiveness had to happen after his death. How do you forgive some...
2024-02-2757 minFinding Joy in the Hard#023: "Finding Blessings in Tragedy with Pat Russo, Quadriplegic Woodworker & Single Dad"Quadriplegic since 16 when a driver ran a red light, and slammed into his passenger side door, Pat is a single dad to his pre-teen daughter, runs a successful woodworking business, called “Keep it Pushin Woodwork,” selling intricate cutting boards worldwide, and inspires people every day on social media. He’s gained over 150K followers and over 15 million views. In 2017, at the age of 33, Pat changed his life around after participating in a self-development program. Through the program, he came to fully accept himself and started sharing his woodworking creations and experiences with others. Rather than focusing on what he...
2024-02-201h 02Finding Joy in the HardEpisode 022: The next time your ruminate, ask yourself, is it true?We ruminate the same thoughts again and again but do we ever ask if they're true? The next time you get stuck in rumination, ask yourself is it true? Or is it a dysfunction of my brain? It should stop you in your tracks.Want more thought-provoking questions, sign up for my newsletter at www.suzanneabarron.com. I send it out every Sunday. It includes Jin Shin Jyutsu healing tips too. The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or...
2024-02-1503 minFinding Joy in the HardEpisode 21: Rekindle Your Light with Ydaiber Orozco After losing Her Siblings and DadActor Ydaiber Orozco had 3 huge losses starting when she was only 23 when she lost her 19 year old sister. When she was finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and find her rhythm again, she lost her 24 year old brother the exact same way she lost her sister. Five years after her brother passed, her dad died. Adabra Orozco is an award winning actor, voiceover talent, sole purpose coach, emotion code practitioner, human design reader and podcaster. Through Rekindle Your Light, her purpose is to guide others to reconnect with their own purpose...
2024-02-131h 05Finding Joy in the Hard#020 Loving Your Life in the Toughest of Circumstances with Desiree ProbolskyDesiree Probolsky is a medical mom and a special needs mom. Her son, Asher, was born with a major heart defect. It took two open heart surgeries to save his life. He developed "normally" and then had a major regression at 20 months old, and soon after was diagnosed with severe nonverbal autism.Desiree and I talk about how she halted her suffering by realizing that God doesn't make mistakes. She came to believe that Asher is as he's meant to be. With this shift in belief, she was finally able see her child and to celebrate everything ab...
2024-02-0557 minFinding Joy in the Hard#019 After Infertility and Loss with Lea Nicole TrujilloLea experienced seven years of infertility starting in her late twenties. And when she finally conceived, she miscarried. Lea shares her journey with an openness and vulnerability that will help families dealing with infertility and loss to feel less isolated. Her sharing gives insight to those who haven't experienced this harrowing ordeal to have more understanding and compassion. Lea is a licensed mental health professional, certified IVF Clini-Coach® , and podcast host of Tru Fertility, after her own 7 year journey to conceive. She specializes in helping women struggling to conceive undergo a metamorphosis - from despair to radiant s...
2024-01-291h 03Finding Joy in the Hard#018 Guided Jin Shin Jyutsu Meditation - Step into the Uncomfortable & ThriveEvery Monday, I offer a complimentary 10-15 minuted guided Jin Shin Jyutsu meditations via zoom. I started during the pandemic when people needed tools to manage their anxiety. As a yoga instructor, a certified Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner and a person prone to anxiety, I have thousands of tools that have helped me. During the pandemic, people desperately needed these tools - hence the birth of Monday Meditations to Stay Strong, and my newsletter, Staying Strong where you get meditation log-in details, weekly mindset ahas and healing tips. You can sign up on my website: www.suzanneabarron.co...
2024-01-2416 minFinding Joy in the Hard#017 - Getting through the Pain with Emma Christensen who Lost Her 6 yr old SuddenlyIn this episode, I chat with Emma Christensen, who lost her beautiful six and half year old son, Jonah, suddenly in December 2007. Emma shares how helping others - including building a school in Africa - distracted her and her family from their immense pain. With her husband, and their daughter, they have created annual magic show fundraiser celebrations around Jonah’s birthday, June 19th to “celebrate the child in all of us” and continue the incredible impact Jonah’s short life had on so many people. Emma shares that it's all about celebrating the joy of youth...
2024-01-2250 minFinding Joy in the HardWhat do you GET To do today? During the week I like to offer different suggestions to take us out of autopilot and live life more purposely. So my thought for you today is, what do you GET TO do today? Think about all the things on your to do list and rather than saying have to, change it to get to. Have to feels like a burden. Even if the activity is something we enjoy, it can feel like a chore simply because of the language. Get to shifts our mindset and brings us into a lighter space. Have a listen, I sha...
2024-01-1704 minFinding Joy in the Hard#15 Seeking Sunshine with Karaleigh Garrison, Mom to 3 Autistic ChildrenMeet Karaleigh Garrison, a mom of 3 children on the spectrum and a husband who is disabled and has PTSD. Karaleigh shares what lights her up, how she finds sunshine and all the gifts in her life. She offers a wisdom way beyond her years. You’re in for a real treat.And she gifts us with her amazing voice singing an excerpt from her album, "Seeking Sunshine." Karaleigh Garrison is a Podcast Coach, Speaker, and Singer/Songwriter. She has a podcast and album that are both titled “Seeking Sunshine,” inspired by her three amazing c...
2024-01-151h 01Finding Joy in the Hard#014 The Gifts of Grief with Cecila MannellaMeet Cecilia Mannella, a therapist and social worker in private practice in British Columbia, Canada. In today's episode, Cecilia and I talk about grief and trauma; how they show up in the body, how we manage it, what it feels like to be in grief and how to deal with other people's expectations. We also discuss the gifts of grief. Who knew grief brought gifts? I invited Cecilia onto the show because sadly she lost her husband, Tony, when she was only in her 30s.Even if you haven't had a loss, this is a really great i...
2024-01-0855 minFinding Joy in the Hard#013 My Actions Changed a PrimeTime TV Show ScriptIn this episode, I'll share how my actions changed the script of a popular TV show that offered a misrepresentation of bone marrow donation. This error was personal as I feared the misinformation would prevent future donors from registering. I share this story because as we begin 2024, I want to remind you that your voice matters. You can make a huge difference in the world simply by being you. Often we think we can't enact enough change because we're only one person. But we can. I am proof. For information about the four week course I r...
2024-01-0112 minFinding Joy in the Hard#012 Am I really going to let this bother me? (Solo)What's bothering you right now? Is it worth it? Will you still be thinking about it six hours from now, or tomorrow?Join me as we unpack this together. These are the type of thought-provoking questions I ask every Sunday in my blog newsletter. The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure any such conditions.
2023-12-2903 minFinding Joy in the Hard#011 What is the first thing you do in the morning? (Solo)How you start your day makes a difference in how you live. Here's a 4-minute visualization that can erase 8 hours of worry. Give it a try. Would you like more thought-provoking questions like this, sign up for my blog newsletter that I send out every Sunday at www.suzanneabarron.comThe information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure any such conditions.
2023-12-2706 minFinding Joy in the Hard#010 How Teaching Yoga to Kids Fighting Cancer Healed MeEpisode 11: On this Christmas Day, I'd like to share with you a story of how teaching yoga to kids fighting cancer healed me. It's a story of how I released shame and anger by facing my fears. I was rewarded with an abundance of love & gratitude. This story is an except from my memoir, Joy in the Midst of Hard. (The memoir is in the final editing stages). The story demonstrates all that's possible when we confront our fears. The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is...
2023-12-2516 minFinding Joy in the Hard#009 A sure way to reduce stress (solo)This might be the last thing you want to do right now, but if you give it a try, it will lower your stress and make you more productive. My high school juniors single tasked activities for one week and were amazed by their results. The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure any such conditions.
2023-12-2003 minFinding Joy in the Hard#008 The greatest gift you can give someone who lost a loved one (Solo)The greatest gift you can give after loss is to share a story or a photo of that person with their loved ones. It doesn't matter if you've told the story 1000 times, we want to hear. It's better than any Christmas gift. The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure any such conditions.
2023-12-1803 minFinding Joy in the Hard#007 The Gifts of Recovery with Rebecca GillisEvery human being is going to go through hard times, you can try to avoid it like Rebecca shares she did with alcohol or you can face it head on as she did to find healing. Rebecca recounts her gifts of recovery after 25 years of alcoholism, starting at age 12. She shares that sobriety is so much more than not drinking. She also tells us how to ask for help. You can find Rebecca at https://www.instagram.com/hellhappinessrepeat/I'd love your feedback, you can DM me at https://www.instagram.com/suzanneandorabarron/ or email me...
2023-12-1836 minFinding Joy in the Hard#006 What if this is the last time? (Solocast)Does this question make you sad? What if we can use the question to help us be more present to whatever we are experiencing?I'd love to hear your thoughts - you can DM me https://www.instagram.com/suzanneandorabarron/ The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure any such conditions.
2023-12-1305 minFinding Joy in the Hard#004 The importance of being silly with Kate GilbertMeet Kate Gilbert, a single mom who carries a lightness and a joy despite experiencing a string of hard times including lymphoma. We talk about the wisdom of children, anti-anxiety and depression medicine and how these medicines can be a life saver. We chat about the importance of being silly and talking about the hard things in life so others realize they aren’t alone. A little bit about Kate: she founded and ran an online magazine for 10 years. She transitioned into helping women entrepreneurs get more done with less stress and more style. She assists clients wit...
2023-12-1131 minFinding Joy in the Hard#005 Navigating the Holidays after Loss (Solocast)The holidays are hard when we've lost someone. In this minisode, I offer 3 tips that helped my family. The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure any such conditions.
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Following The JoyNavigating Grief: Healing with Daily Joy, Yoga, and Meditation After Losing a Child to Leukaemia with Suzanne Andora BarronIn this powerful episode, yoga instructor and Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner, Suzanne Andora Barron, shares her heartfelt journey through loss, grief, and the discovery of healing practices after losing her oldest child to leukaemia at the age of 9.
Suzanne talks about anxiety the guilt and how to let it go, finding one joyful thing to do each day, and embracing the ordinary. We also chat about symbols from loved ones who have passed, daily practices of meditation and chanting, and how the ancient Japanese art of Jin Shin Jyutsu can help with emotions, headaches, self-confidence and much...
2023-12-071h 28Finding Joy in the Hard#003 Living With No Regrets With Joanne ArcherJoanne shares how working in hospice in her early 30's gave her the guts to become a stand-up comedian in her 40's and start her own TV show. Her marriage to her husband John, who suffered from multiple health problems, is a testament to Finding Joy in the Hard.Joanne's motto: "Just say yes to things, what difference does it make if you fail." Joanne credits AA for John's can do attitude and philosophy on finding joy and gratitude no matter what. Joanne tells Suzanne that she was an example for her in li...
2023-12-0431 minFinding Joy in the Hard#002 Navigating Loss through Music & Creativity with Lucy ReynoldsLucy shares how music helped her get through the loss of her beloved husband, Dave, who died at the age of 39 leaving Lucy and their two little girls ages 11 months and three years old. Lucy exemplifies strength and courage.Suzanne and Lucy talk about signs and the difference between visits and dreams. Lucy shares the best piece of advice someone gave her when she was grieving. Listen to how Suzanne and Lucy navigate special dates like anniversaries and birthdays so they aren't sad days.Here's a treat for you: Lucy wrote, pro...
2023-12-0440 minFinding Joy in the Hard#001: My story - How I Found Joy in the HardIn this episode, Suzanne share her family's journey through tumultuous times (her son's three cancer diagnoses) and how they found light in the dark and joy in the hard. Suzanne shares two important tools that helped shift her mindset after her little boy was diagnosed with leukemia at age three. Suzanne offers a unique perspective regarding the anniversary of her child's death and how it helped her family to live more boldly. The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only a...
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