The Wreaking Joy Podcast
by Janette Dalgliesh
Joy is not found in the latest shiny thing, nor is it something random for which one has to wait. Blended with its most potent partners - compassion and courage - it is the fuel for personal empowerment and political change.In my professional life, I help heart-oriented women who want their careers to thrive, with calm in place of chaos, balance in place of burnout, clarity in place of confusion, and love in place of pushing - because living one's purpose is a potent source of resonant joy.In my private life, I follow politics and my lifelong passion for social justice - and I fuel my own joy purposefully, with singing, building Lego, and hanging out with my still-hilarious husband of 30+ years. janettedalgliesh.substack.com
Episodes
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Wreaking Joy - a reset and an invitation
Join me on a joy adventure! Every day from now (6 October) until the end of 2026, we will be finding, creating, or simply noticing ONE thing that wreaks joy in our lives, and then reporting back using the #joyassignment hashtag (on Substack or Facebook). There’s no prize for completion, other…
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Reclaim Ep 6 - Under Attack
Today’s episode was not on the schedule. It’s not the usual Reclaim style episode with one practical tip for one specific situation. Or maybe it is? It’s me, riffing on a theme that goes something like ‘let’s put all the rage and despair and existential angst from the most recent…
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Reclaim Ep 5 - One tiny word
Hello, and welcome back to Wreaking More Joy. I’m Janette Dalgliesh, and in this season, Reclaim, we’re digging into the nuts and bolts, the practical solutions, as we continue exploring how women can disrupt outdated BS in our heads and rekindle the romance with our purpose, especially in our...
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Reclaim Ep 4 - The only question you need
Hello, and welcome back to Wreaking More Joy. I’m Janette Dalgliesh, and in this season, Reclaim, we’re digging into the nuts and bolts, the practical solutions, as we continue exploring how women can disrupt outdated BS in our heads and rekindle the romance with our purpose, especially in our...
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Reclaim Ep 3 - People-pleasing 101
Hello, and welcome back to Wreaking More Joy. I’m Janette Dalgliesh, and in this season, Reclaim, we’re digging into the nuts and bolts, the practical solutions, as we continue exploring how women can rekindle the romance with our purpose, our joy, and our personal power — especially in our…
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Reclaim Ep 2 - The Perfectionism Trap
The Perfectionism Trap Tagline: your impossible standards are a survival strategy, not a personality flaw Hello, and welcome back to Wreaking More Joy. I’m Janette Dalgliesh, and in this season, Reclaim, we’re digging into the nuts and bolts, the practical solutions, as we continue exploring how...
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Reclaim Ep 1 - the meanest boss you've ever had
Hello, and welcome back to Wreaking More Joy. I’m Janette Dalgliesh, and in this season, Reclaim, we’re digging into the nuts and bolts, the practical solutions, as we continue exploring how women can rekindle the romance with our purpose, our joy, and our personal power — especially in our…
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Season 2 - Reclaim - coming soon
All the details and an invitation to Season 2, Reclaim. Where Rekindle was a 'set the scene' kind of introduction to concepts and ideas, Reclaim will be a more nuts and bolts exploration of the specific aggravations, issues and solutions for women whose joy in their purpose has dimmed. If you…
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Rekindle Ep 10: You matter
Welcome back to Wreaking More Joy. I’m Janette Dalgliesh, and in this season, Rekindle, we’re exploring how women can rekindle the romance with our purpose, our joy, and our personal power — especially in our working lives. If you’ve been here from the beginning — or even if you’ve joined partway...
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Rekindle Ep 9 - You do more good than you know
Welcome back to *Wreaking More Joy*. I’m Janette Dalgliesh, and in this season, Rekindle, we’re exploring how women can rekindle the romance with our purpose, our joy, and our personal power — especially in our working lives. Today, I want to talk about something very tender, and very human. That...
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Rekindle Ep 8 - When 'get out of your comfort zone' is a betrayal
Welcome back to Wreaking More Joy. I’m Janette Dalgliesh, and in this season, Rekindle, we’re exploring how women can rekindle the romance with our purpose, our joy, and our personal power — especially in our working lives. We are always being told that creating change means “getting out of our...
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Rekindle Ep 7 - choosing and taking aligned action
Welcome back to *Wreaking More Joy*. In the last episode, we spent time with Venus and her unique capacity for unapologetic desire. We talked about naming desire without shame, without urgency, without needing to justify ourselves. Today, we meet her lover, Mars, another planetary ally with a...
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Rekindle Ep 6: Knowing what you want
Hello, and welcome back to *Wreaking More Joy*. I’m Janette Dalgliesh, and in this season we’re exploring how women can rekindle the romance with our purpose, our joy, and our personal power — especially in our working lives. Today, we’re meeting Venus. This is one of the most misunderstood and...
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Rekindle Ep 5 - expansion and inspiration
Hello, and welcome back to Wreaking More Joy. I’m Janette Dalgliesh, and in this season, Rekindle, we’re exploring how women can rebuild a joyful, sustainable relationship with our purpose and the ways we express it through our working lives. In the last episode, we spent time with Saturn, the...
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Rekindle Ep 4: Liberation through constraint
Hello, and welcome back to Wreaking More Joy, I’m Janette Dalgliesh; and in this season, Rekindle, we’re exploring how women can reconnect with and reclaim the joy of fulfilling our purpose in the world, whatever that might be. Today, I want to talk about focus, because there is so much going on…
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Rekindle Ep 3: The joy of excellence
In our last episode, I challenged the whole concept of having to constantly prove ourselves by being better all the time. Today, we’re going to flip things around and talk about our inborn, burning desire to do a good job, our desire to pursue excellence, to become better and better at expressing...
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Rekindle: Ep 2 - Planning with joy
Hello, and welcome back to *Wreaking More Joy*. I’m Janette Dalgliesh, and in this first season of episodes we’re exploring how women can rekindle the romance with our own purpose, joy, and personal power in our working lives — without draining ourselves dry in the process. Since this is going…
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Rekindle: Ep 1 - Embracing the Solstice
Hello, gorgeous, and welcome to the very first episode of Wreaking More Joy. I’m Janette Dalgliesh, and I’m here to talk to women about this incredible pain, the very real, very common pain that we feel, when it feels like we have fallen out of love with our important work in the world. No matter...
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Coming soon...
I’m thrilled to announce the formal launch (or relaunch) of my upcoming podcast, Wreaking More Joy, now fully dedicated to serving women who want to fall back in love with their important work in the world. It’s a welcoming space for thoughtful, purpose-driven women; for professionals, creatives,...
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Tiny acts of subversion ...
I was contemplating breakfast options this morning, and after running through everything from omelettes to french toast, I realised what my body actually craved was something from childhood: a hot steaming bowl of porridge (in the USA, I believe the equivalent is ‘oatmeal’ though I’ve never had…
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Mythbusting Libra
True confession time. I recently hurt my neck, overdoing things at the keyboard. And it was easy to see that I had fallen back into an old pattern of fulfilling other people's needs before listening to my own. (The good news is, I have a very good chiropractor and I am following instructions to…
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Overwhelmed?
Try this simple hack as a starting point. And if you need more help, come visit my website www.janettedalgliesh.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit janettedalgliesh.substack.com
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Channel Your Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
Life lessons from this unapologetic and self-assured (and noisy!) Aussie bird This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit janettedalgliesh.substack.com
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Venus: the misunderstood secret Empress energy
Everyone has Venus somewhere in their chart; and this often-misunderstood goddess gives us huge clues to our own Empress nature. Want to know how to unlock your own Venus and fuel up the empire of your life? Listen on! And if you'd like my eyes on your chart so you can truly take advantage of…
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Change, done the easy-er way
There are two paths to any kind of change. One path is fully empress-ey and therefore easier and more effective. The other path is waaaaaay harder, less effective - and it’s the path most of us have been taught. If you're ready to take the easier, less-travelled path, let me help with that....
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Taking up space
In which I explore what the patriarchy has to do with how my friend's tea was served to her. If you need help taking up space fully in your own life, get in touch and we'll start figuring it out together - https://www.janettedalgliesh.com/coaching This is a public episode. If you would like to...
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Being a compassionate empress
Most of us were raised to run our lives from principles of judgement, guilt, shame or even brutal self-flagellation. Yes, an empress must be fierce and even willing to harm sometimes. But she also needs a powerful core of compassion and care for her 'citizens' (aka the aspects of her own psyche)....
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On causing harm
Is it ever okay to cause harm? The answer is more nuanced than a simple yes/no, and the more you explore and appreciate the nuances, the more you unleash your most potent empress self. If this episode raises any discomfort for you, I'd love to support you. Check me out at www.janettedalgliesh.com...
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Why the stars?
In which I briefly cover why I use the symbolic language of astrology, in the tradition of Carl Jung. The stars do not dictate who you are – rather, they reveal the astonishing glory of your empire. If you'd like my eyes on your own unique natal chart, I have openings in my calendar for 2021 -...
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My favourite (secret) productivity hack
This simple trick is so obvious, yet SOOOO many empresses don’t do it. Try it this coming week. Your brain will thank you, and so will your business. PS if you’d like to share your experience with this, come play in my FB group, The Empress Hangout -...
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Feeling fragile? This might explain why.
Feeling emotionally vulnerable does NOT mean you’re not an empress! It simply means you have a normal human brain and nervous system. AND it means your intuition might be paying attention to some upcoming astro weather. In other words - it’s all good. Listen on to find out more. PS if you'd like…
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Empressing 101
In which we explore the basics of being an empress - such as why being an empress is not the same as being to blame for the bad s**t in your life, or why you don’t have to be “in control” or be happy 24/7. If Empressing sounds too hard, let's talk. Hit me up via my website…
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Pluto in the USA
What the Pluto Return means for the evolution of the USA - and why the discomfort is ultimately a Good Thing. (This episode was actually recorded just before Election Day, and nothing about it needs editing - because everything that’s happening is part of this amazing astrological cycle). If…
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Perfection is wildly overrated. Quit it today.
Perfection is a massively overrated construct of the patriarchy and the industrial revolution. Join me as I show up and model how to also celebrate the imperfect and the easy. Because I bet you are underestimating your own brilliance on a regular basis, and this one small reframe can have a huge...
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Who IS this Empress, anyway??
Here we are at Episode 3, finally talking about why this is called The Empress Zone, what it means to be an Empress, and who on earth IS this Empress anyway? [Hint: it's you] Want to explore more, ask questions, connect or just shoot the breeze? Here's where you'll find me, most days: Website -...
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Delete THAT word, today!
It’s one tiny word but it packs such a punch. And not in a good way. It doesn’t belong in the vocabulary of an empress. It’s time to replace THAT word with a far more effective alternative. And if deleting that word seems impossible, we need to talk! - www.janettedalgliesh.com This is a public...
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Embracing the Lobster
Why getting stuck in life isn’t a problem - and how not to stay there forever. PS if your own lobster shell seems too tough, find out how I can help - www.janettedalgliesh.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
About this show
Joy is not found in the latest shiny thing, nor is it something random for which one has to wait. Blended with its most potent partners - compassion and courage - it is the fuel for personal empowerment and political change.In my professional life, I help heart-oriented women who want their careers to thrive, with calm in place of chaos, balance in place of burnout, clarity in place of confusion, and love in place of pushing - because living one's purpose is a potent source of resonant joy.In my private life, I follow politics and my lifelong passion for social justice - and I fuel my own joy purposefully, with singing, building Lego, and hanging out with my still-hilarious husband of 30+ years.
janettedalgliesh.substack.com
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