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Let's Talk Joy

by Erin Runnion

Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Episodes explore joy from different perspectives including personal growth, as a parent or caregiver, an educator or teacher, and how the theme and tips may be taught or nurtured in children or teens.

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Episodes

  1. Joy is Generosity for ALL

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This week's Let's Talk Joy podcast is the last of the first year with weekly episodes. In this episode, Erin reflects…

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  2. Joy is Generosity of Spirit

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This week's Let's Talk Joy podcast is about the third type of generosity described in The Book of Joy by His Holiness...

  3. Joy is Generosity in Providing Protection and Safety

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This week's Let's Talk Joy podcast is about the second type of generosity described in The Book of Joy by His Holiness...

  4. Joy is Generosity in Sharing

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This month's theme of generosity was inspired by the last of the 8 Pillars of Joy as described in The Book of Joy by…

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  5. Joy is Generosity

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This month's theme of generosity was inspired by the last of the 8 Pillars of Joy as described in The Book of Joy by…

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  6. Joy is Compassion Without Judgement

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This month's theme of compassion was inspired by Chapter 7 in The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and...

  7. Joy is Compassion for the Others

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. The theme for this month, compassion, was inspired by Chapter 7 in The Book of Joy by...

  8. Joy is Compassion for Self

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. The theme for this month, compassion, was inspired by Chapter 7 in The Book of Joy by...

  9. Joy is Compassion

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. The theme for this month, compassion, was inspired by Chapter 7 in The Book of Joy by...

  10. Joy is Living Gratitude

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. The theme of Gratitude for this month was inspired by The Book of Joy by His Holiness...

  11. Joy is Gratitude Practice

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Continuing through The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop…

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  12. Joy is Gratitude

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Continuing through The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop…

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  13. Joy is Effort to Forgive

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This month's theme is inspired by The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and...

  14. Joy is Effort - Acceptance

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, inspired by The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and...

  15. Joy is Humility and Humor

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, inspired by The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and...

  16. Joy is Effort - Perspective

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, Erin introduces this month's theme of joyful effort by talking about...

  17. Joy is Effort

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, Erin introduces this month's theme of joyful effort by talking about...

  18. Joy is Now for Children

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, Erin shares how playing mindfulness games with her children improved...

  19. Joy is Now - How

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, Erin shares how she cultivates joy in the midst of busy and/or...

  20. Joy is Now Not Later

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, Erin talks about how the time for Joy is Now Not Later because...

  21. Joy is Now

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, Erin introduces the theme, Joy is Now, by exploring how letting go of...

  22. Joy is Freedom in Summer!

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, Erin aims to inspire you to dive into the joy of summer through a...

  23. Joy is Freedom for Children

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, Erin discusses how adults can empower children to safely enjoy how…

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  24. Joy is Freedom to Be

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, Erin shares her thoughts about the month's theme, Joy is Freedom, in...

  25. Joy is Freedom from Fear

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This episode goes deeper into the notion of personal freedom and its universal...

  26. Joy is Freedom

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This episode is about appreciating our freedom. Erin shares about how her mother was…

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  27. Joy is Community - Society

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Episodes explore joy from different perspectives including personal growth, as a…

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  28. Joy is Community for Children

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, Erin discusses how joy is community for children when we set an…

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  29. Joy is Community-Peers

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, Erin discusses how joy is community among our peers or colleagues…

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  30. Joy is Community - Friends

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. In this episode, Erin discusses how joy is community because we have the power to...

  31. Joy is Empowerment

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This episode explores a new cycle of empowerment with joy and freedom at its center to...

  32. Joy is Empowerment Part 3

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This episode explores how joy is empowerment when we act for our own purpose but…

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  33. Joy is Empowerment for Children

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This episode explores how to empower our children while protecting joy.

  34. Joy is Empowerment

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This episode is the first of this month's theme of empowerment. Erin shares an example...

  35. Joy is Dedication to Passion

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This episode explores how we can cultivate joy by following our passion. What makes…

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  36. Joy is Dedication to Development

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This episode explores how our brains develop and the importance of helping children...

  37. Joy is Dedication to Connection

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This episode offers inspiration and guidance to be brave about having meaningful...

  38. Joy is Dedication Beyond Ourselves

    Erin Runnion discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This episode explores how joy is dedication to something or someone beyond ourselves. Erin reflects on how dedication to Samantha and to the children we can...

  39. Joy is Dedication

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This episode is about how joy is dedication to protecting and empowering young children.

  40. Joy is Acceptance - Part 4

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This episode revisits all of the ways that Joy is Acceptance and focuses on accepting...

  41. Joy is Acceptance of and for Children

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. This episode explores the importance of wholeheartedly accepting children exactly as...

  42. Joy is Acceptance - Self

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Episodes explore joy from different perspectives including personal growth, as a…

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  43. Joy is Acceptance

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Episodes explore joy from different perspectives including personal growth, as a…

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  44. Joy is Love - Part 4

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Episodes explore joy from different perspectives including personal growth, as a…

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  45. Joy is Love - Part 3

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Episodes explore joy from different perspectives including personal growth, as a…

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  46. Joy is Love - Part 2

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Episodes explore joy from different perspectives including personal growth, as a…

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  47. Joy is Love - Part 1

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Episodes explore joy from different perspectives including personal growth, as a…

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  48. Joy is Intentional Part 4

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Episodes explore joy from different perspectives including personal growth, as a…

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  49. Let's Talk Joy - Part 3

    Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Episodes explore joy from different perspectives including personal growth, as a…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Episodes explore joy from different perspectives including personal growth, as a parent or caregiver, an educator or teacher, and how the theme and tips may be taught or nurtured in children or teens.

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Erin Runnion, Founder of The Joyful Child Foundation - In Memory of Samantha Runnion, discusses lessons learned about cultivating and protecting joy since her 5-year-old daughter's abduction and murder in 2002. Episodes explore joy from different perspectives including personal growth, as a parent...

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