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IT'S NOT THEM, IT'S YOU

by Joy Dennis

*We are each responsible for our own happiness/misery.*Follow along as I share my life and the ways that I am always creating my own experience for better or worse. I try to be humorous and thoughtful as I relate my own blunders and lessons, as well as what I am learning from my clients. Life in a vacuum sucks, we need each other in order to get over ourselves.I am a clinical Hypnotherapist, Empowerment Coach and Intuitive, and so excited to have you join me.This podcast covers lots of topics : Relationships, Love, Parenting, Mindfulness, Spiritual Recovery and so much more.

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Episodes

  1. The Art of Listening

    In this episode we talk about listening; to each other, to ourselves and to our inner guidance. So much static gets in the way of authentic communication, and when we can't hear, we can't connect. Come with us as we dive into body wisdom, sports metaphors and paying attention. We cover lots of...

  2. Participate: The 8 Essential Elements of Happiness

    The final installment in the happiness series: participation. Participation makes for an empowered bookend to the very first episode, forgiveness. Not only do we need to forgive ourselves and others for the sake of happiness, but we also need to move forward together into actively participating…

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  3. Be Reasonable with Yourself: The 8 Elements of Happiness

    It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood to be your own best neighbor. Why is it that we can muster up kindness and respect for others, but sometimes forget that we also deserve that same energy be spent on our own happiness? Things are becoming more and more obvious as we go through this series:...

  4. Virtuous Living: The 8 Elements of Happiness

    We discuss the many faces of the Virtues as inspired by Western and Eastern thinking and how those Virtues can either be a stumbling block or elevate our happiness.

  5. The Empowered Mindset: The 8 Elements of Happiness

    It's never good to fall asleep in the driver's seat--this is especially true for a vehicle in motion. The same can be said for life and your happiness with life. If you're prone to letting others take the wheel, you and your sideseat driver/passengers are in for an exhausting and perilous…

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  6. Connection: The 8 Elements of Happiness

    Connection is a basic human essential. How do we get it? Where do we find it? Why so elusive? In this episode I share some of my own struggles with depression, and how connection became part of my solution. It's not as heavy as it sounds, so enjoy!

  7. Co-Operating With Life: The 8 Elements of Happiness

    What does it mean to co-operate with life? Sometimes it's as obvious as making sure you've got gas in the tank before hitting the road, or, doing the menial chores of balancing your checkbook and working within a budget. Much of co-operating with life is: facing facts, tying up loose ends, and...

  8. Living in the Present: The 8 Elements of Happiness

    What makes happy people tick? One major factor is that happy people live in the moment...not as careless idiots, but as people bound and determined to savor every second of life. If we fixate on the past, we may find ourselves prone to regrets and nostalgia. Fixate on the future, and it's very...

  9. Forgiveness (Part Two): The 8 Elements of Happiness

    The exciting conclusion of our discussion of Forgiveness as one of 8 Elements of Happiness.

  10. Forgiveness (Part One): The 8 Elements of Happiness

    Our first section in this series addresses the need to clear a path for moving forward with happiness. Forgiveness is that broom, or mop, or bulldozer...whatever works, as long as it's kind to yourself and others. The article referred to in the episode, "The Social Disease of Contempt", was…

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  11. Introducing the 8 Elements of Happiness

    Over the next few weeks, we'll be discussing 8 Elements of Happiness. Among other things, this episode sets you up with a brief road map for our journey together. 1. Forgiveness; 2. Living in the Present; 3. Acceptance and Cooperation; 4. Connection; 5. The Empowered Mindset; 6. Cultivating...

  12. How To Hit Your Thumb With a Hammer, Or How to Be a Complete Tool

    Griz inadvertently pushes Joy into some deep processing. Nice going! Joy takes the time and space to do her personal work, which sounds a lot like what she tells her clients to do. It seems like everybody is winning these days.

  13. Unlocking Creativity- Hypnotherapy Session

    Ready to tap into your creativity? Feeling uninspired and blocked? This hypnotherapy track is just the thing to get you back on your path to creation! Journey with me as we release blockages to your creative flow, discover tools for cutting through mental clutter and map out your future creative...

  14. The Perils of Self-Care

    Don't let the buzz word fool you, Self-Care isn't all bubble baths and chocolate bon-bons. Nope. The most effective forms of self-care also involve a big dose of tough love.

  15. Could It Be That Seasons Are the Spice of Life?

    Joy discusses the value of observing and embracing seasonal shifts in our lives...Griz not so much. We also discuss creative blocks and their possible purpose in the life of an artist.

  16. Good Grief

    Joy does another sample session with Griz. This time around they talk about Griz's hang ups with offering proper condolences and where that comes from.

  17. Everybody Trance Now!

    Befriend your subconscious so that you can stop being your own biggest obstacle. It can be challenging to get out of your own way, so why not get the inside scoop? Joyful Life Intuitive

  18. When Things Go Sideways Maybe Try Flying

    This episode contains some helpful responses to when things don't work out as we expect them to. Doing things the same old way because that's what's comfortable and that's how we've always done them isn't one of those pieces of advice. We can keep plodding down the same path that habit has made a...

  19. Did You Ever Get Any Sweet Jumps?

    In this episode, Griz and I spin around a bicycle-as-growth metaphor, he tries to get me to reveal the intuitive process that I use when working with clients, and also gets me to talk about my most terrifying experience riding a bike. Joyful Life Intuitive Guidance

  20. Tricky Little Elf

    The new format continues as I have Griz identify his long relationship with lower back pain. Fast driving and unreliable car metaphors pervade and it seems at some point in the ride a Tricky Little Elf has taken the wheel. A discussion, inspired by Raphael Cushnir's The One Thing Holding You…

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  21. Does Teamwork Make the Dream Work?

    A new, exciting, conversational format starts this episode. Now you can hear what it might be like to participate in coaching sessions! I'll be teaming up with Griz Dennis, covering various topics. But first, we'll hit up the elephant in everybody's house these days: MAJOR LIFE TRANSITIONS. Just...

  22. Whose Line Is It Anyway?

    Exploring and understanding the beautiful side of Boundaries

  23. Past, Present, Future (no Goblins)

    What does cultivating Presence look like? Listen to find out, and watch out for Goblins.

  24. Let's Try to be Friends

    How do you show the people you LOVE that you actually LIKE them?

  25. Moving Past Perfection into Action

    I would love to hear from you! Please email me at [email protected] to ask questions, arrange to be interviewed or to comment. Thanks!

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

*We are each responsible for our own happiness/misery.*Follow along as I share my life and the ways that I am always creating my own experience for better or worse. I try to be humorous and thoughtful as I relate my own blunders and lessons, as well as what I am learning from my clients. Life in a vacuum sucks, we need each other in order to get over ourselves.I am a clinical Hypnotherapist, Empowerment Coach and Intuitive, and so excited to have you join me.This podcast covers lots of topics : Relationships, Love, Parenting, Mindfulness, Spiritual Recovery and so much more.

HOSTED BY

Joy Dennis

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