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The Path to Joy — 343 episodes
I Always Need a Plan!
A New Dynamic!
Now It's Time!
Summer Bodies!
It's Been Five Years!
Finding Treasure!
Can You Become a Beach Person?
Memories That Stick.
A Day For Mothers!
And Now It's My Turn!
Stop Predicting the Future!
And Now the Event Itself!
The Backstory!
To Witness Unraveling.
The Prom!
An Episode About Spring (Sort Of)!
Learning (and Unlearning)!
Money, Money, Money!
Go Slow, Stay Wide, Don't Chase!
For Me...It's Structure!
And It's Decided!
And Then a Workshop!
A Ben Weekend!
A Marathon and the Power of Your Thoughts.
What Do You Believe?
Doing Small, Scary Things!
It Can Be Hard to Measure!
An Ovation!
A True Miracle!
Always Great Questions!
Just Do It!
Swim Lessons!
All the Possible Paths!
Magic Disguised as Ordinary Life!
Friends Who Make You Think!
Sometimes Life is Grossly Unfair.
A Quiet Moment!
Let It Snow!
Snow, Birthdays, and Miracles!
The Overexplain!
A Good Day!
What is Communion?
Who You Marry!
The Ultimate Conundrum!
A Potential Move!
Letting Go of Resistance!
Some Good Advice (Not From Me)!
Christmas in Vermont!
Oh Menopause ...Part Deux!
Long Days and Short Years!
Episode Number Two Hundred and Ninety-Three!
Some Intention Setting!
Let This Be the Year
And It's Christmas!
Oh December!
Paying Attention to Signs!
Oh the Haters!
Future Tripping at the Table.
Same, Same, Same!
Making New Friends!
A Treasure Trove Discovered!
Days of Crafts!
It's All About the Process!
As the Holidays Approach!
Books I'm Reading (and Not Reading)!
What You Don't Have!
Twins are Great!
Spilling Some Secrets!
Allowing Space for Change!
Driving in My Car!
A Weekend of Surprises!
How You Do One Thing is How You Do Everything!
Getting Your Hands Off the Wheel -- a Meditation!
Some Time to Dream!
Making Decisions!
A Message for My Advice Givers!
A Great Call!!
Holding My Breathe!
Some More Bowling!
Our Comparison Problem.
An Alternate Reality!
Being Still and Going Slow.
And It Begins!
Those Pesky Worry Thoughts!
It's My Birthday!
Another Marker of Time!
What Would it Feel Like??
Good Enough!
Just Being Honest!
Coffee, Coffee, Coffee
I Love Getting Older!
We are Heading Home!
Some Heat, Some Noise, and Some Quiet!
Everything is OK!
We Are on the Plane!
Staring at a Blank Page!
You Can Start Today!
Knowing What You Need!
Lessons in Skating!
A Week at Camp!
Life in a Treehouse!
Oh Menopause!
It's All About the Return!
The Art of Not Talking About It!
Sand Is Not My Love Language!
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
The End of an Era!
Making a List and Checking It Twice!
Some Requested Advice!
Words Create Your World!
Making Some New Habits!
The Earthly Garden of Emotions!
A Trio of Mothers!
As the World Comes Alive...
Still Missing You, Dad.
I Had to Share a Bit More...
With Awareness, We Do Better!
You Don't Know How Great You Are!
Letting the Tears Flow!
A Hole in One!
Not All Friendships Break!
The Disney Saga Continued!
Disney or Bust!
Ms. Fix It!
Shaking up Your Snow Globe!
Unearthing Your Creativity!
Molasses Days!
Romance Novels, Rate-R Movies, and the Nature of Memory!
Which Direction are Your Windows Facing??
The Gift of Giving!
Let's Step Away from the Whirling Dervishes!
Won't You be my Neighbor??
Thank You Duchess Goldblatt!
The Crux of Self-Forgiveness!
How to be More Tree!
Yes, Life Keeps Moving Forward but Meanwhile...
Pittsburgh or Bust!
Two Hundred Episodes -- What??
What's 'Super' about the Super Bowl??
We Are One!
Some Appreciation for Your Body!
Are You a Thermostat or a Thermometer??
Here's Fourteen!
In the Middle of the Night!
A Tree, Some Snow, and the Memory of a Wild Day!
You've Survived 100% of Your Worst Days!
The Feeling of 'Being Ready!'
Is It Time for JOY Day??
Solutions, Solutions, Solutions!!
Your Body is Your Friend!
How to Get Through the Winter!
An Epiphany and Some Kind Words!
New Year, a More JOYFUL You!
One Small Change!
Untangling Unfairness!
There's Always Another Way!
Setting Some Intentions!
Your North Star!
Give a Little Grace!
A Writing Habit!
Picture It!
Miracles Abound!!
The Occasional Blahs!
The Gift of the Cosmic Void!
How to Get a Strike!
Some Very 'Soft' Advice!
Lesson in Sugar Cookies!
Thank you So Much Dr. Gladys Taylor McGarey!
A Cook Off (and One of the Very Best Days)!
I'm Crazy Lucky Because...
Until I Though of Myself as the Sea!
The Receiving Department!
More Listening!
A Big Move!
A Case of the Worries!
The Days of Awe.
A Confession!
Follow the Yellow Brick Road!
Lots and Lots of Games!
Maybe Absence Does Make the Heart Grow Fonder!!
Thank You Forrest!!
We Are Surrounded by Wonder!
The A-list!
First Day of School Reflections!
Goodbye Cheddar!
Some Truly Hidden Gems!
Can We Stop Trying to Be So Darn Productive??
Maybe You Need to Hear This Today!
We are Going on a Treasure Hunt!
Some Simple Gratitude (and a Blackout)!
A Little Bit of Royal!
What Are Some of Your 'Tells??'
The Pressure to Have it All Figured Out!
Some Summer Visioning!!
That Intangible Quality!
Guess What?? I Have a Couple Haters!
Oh It's so Good to be Home!
Practice, practice, practice!
Oh, I Could Get Used to This!
Letting the Emotion Pass Through You!
Some Time to Recharge!
A Sea of Beliefs!
It's a Sure Thing!
Happy Birthday, Paul Bloom!!
Leaning Into Summer!
Driving Around in my Minivan!
The 'Stream' of Consciousness!
Do You Need to Acclimate to Peace and Calm??
Other Ways to Mark Time!
Creating Your Dot-to-Dot!
Oh, That Pesky Stray Cat!
An 'Anteroom' for Words!
My Reaction to a Cafeteria Filled With People!!
Metamorphosis (and Some Crazy Butterfly Facts!).
Burning Down the House!
Maybe It's Time to Go Back to Bed!
Do We All Feel Lost??
To Appease or Not to Appease, That is the Question!
For the Class of 2024 Parents!
A Fridge Re-Org and the Definition of Grace.
The Power of Belief (and the Four-Minute Mile)!
Springtime for Melissa!
Thank You Anne Lamott!
The Art of Listening!
Maybe We All Need Some of These Reminders!
What Color is Your Canvas??
Picking Up Some Clues Along the Way!
What's on Your Oasis??
'A Universe Held Together By Love!'
A Tale of Two Skis Part Deux!
A Tale of Two Skis!
We are Going to be OK!
Some Words From Bossy Pants Bloom!
A Big Day (and the Day After)!
What if It All Worked Out??
I Threw Myself a Party!
Time For a Little Yin and Yang!
One of the Best Questions!!
A Living Room Picnic!
Thank You Simon and Garfunkel!
Some Days of JOY!
When the Urge to Act Outweighs Your Resistance.
Joy, Love, and the Nobel Prize!
My 100th episode!!
It's True: A Watched Pot Never Boils!
How to Slow Down a Runaway Train!
Some of My Daily Practices!
Um, I think I'm a 'Bowling Mom!'
Sometimes Goodbyes are Tough.
A SNOW Day!
Some of my Favorite Words from the Late Louise Hay!
Let's Start With Some Teeny-Tiny Steps!
Acknowledging the WIN!!
Word of the Year ... Part Deux!
A Word for the Year!
What’s ’Awe’ Got to Do With It?
How to Move Through Fear (a Skiing Episode)!
Are You Familiar with the Concept of ’Beshert??’
Lessons from a Trip to See ’Disney’s Frozen Jr.!’
Thoughts to Surround Yourself With (a bit of Counter Programming)!
That Moment When a ’Lightbulb Comes On!’
An Ode to the Small, Quiet Moments of JOY!
Time for Some Visioning, Friends!
A ’You’ve Got This’ List!
Winter isn’t so Bad!
What Does it Feel Like to be Melissa Bloom??
The JOY of Gifts!!
The Art of Believing Anything is Possible!
Music is JOY!
How to be More of a Solid Oak (Tree)!
Aaaaah! We are so Busy!!
Sometimes it’s Wonderful to Know What You Don’t Want!
How to Allow in Some Praise!
Reframing in Real Time!!
Do You Find HOPE a Bit Scary??
Have You Ever Heard of JOMO??
Maybe It’s Time to Put Your Needs First!!
How to Balance Your Own Intuition vs. Everyone Else’s Opinion!!
Listen Friends, I Think We Have an Amnesia Problem!
My Best Advice: Just Feel Out the Right Next Step!
As Grandpa Julie Would Say: ’Some Funny Business!’
Some Lessons in Abundance by Comedian Amy Poehler!
Maybe it’s Time to Schedule a Sick Day!
A Tribute to Bob Ross (Let’s Make Some Happy Trees)!
Alert, Alert, I’m in Redlight!!
How Can You Find JOY When You are Exhausted??
There’s No Place Like Home!
Winning is OK, I Guess. But, A Win-Win is the BEST!
’You’ve Got a Friend!’
Can you Actually Herd Cats (Spoiler Alert: No)??
And Ben Takes Yoga with Me!
The Power of ’Hold Up, Wait a Minute!’
Let’s Get Hooked on a Feeling!!
How Do Condiments and the Law of Attraction Connect??
One of the Best Birthday Surprises!
’Who Moved My Cheese?’
Where do Clarity, Creativity, Intuition, Inspiration Live??
Kindness is Contagious (Thanks Philly Airport!!)
You Gotta Love Ben & Jerry’s!!
What Does it Mean to ’Soften??’
What to do When you Experience a ’Factory Reset!!’
Do You Ever Feel Like a Willow in the Wind??
Aah! How do I Get Out of this Conversation??
What’s Hiding in Plain Sight??
What if You Really Can’t Get it Wrong??
How to Slow Down Time!!
Let’s Shake up Your Snow Globe!!
You Belong, my Friend!
Sugar Sugar (Honey, Honey)!!
How to Stop Gripping the Wheel (aka Surrender)??
How to Be Kinder (to YOU)!
It’s OK. You Never Missed the Boat.
What to do When Your Balloon is Ready to Burst!
My Friend, You are so BRAVE!
The Connection Between You and Me!
Do You Ever Feel Like Charlie Brown’s Teacher??
Let’s Talk About Genes, Baby!
Is it Time to Get a Bigger Fish Tank??
Change Your Thoughts in Realtime: Stop, Drop, and Appreciate!
Sleep as the KINGPIN to Everything!
The Pink and Purple Elephant in your Living Room!
The Body Piece of the JOY Equation.
What I Learned (During a Weekend in April)!
How to Get to the Hilton in Denver??
One of my Favorite TOOLS!! An ’Emotional Blueprint’!
The Problem and the Solution Don’t Live in the Same ZIP Code.
Your Thoughts are Like Magnets!!
’Celebrate Good Times, Come One’ Part DEUX.
’Celebrate Good Times, Come One’ Part ONE.
Time for Some Micro Changes: RITUALS!!
Here’s What I Really Think: There is SO Much Beauty in the World!
So, How Do You Do It? How Do You Actually Change Your Thoughts??
Are You an Unreliable Narrator of Your Life?
What Does Guidance Feel Like?
Let’s Plant Some Seeds
Do You Believe in Coincidences?
What Happens in Vagus Doesn’t Stay in Vagus!
Do You Like Buffets??
Sit Back, Close Your Eyes, and Let the Current Take You Downstream!
Relax! You Just Worry About Your 10%.
How Plastic is Your Brain?
What Does JOY Feel Like??
Trailer: What is The Path to Joy All About??