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Navigating Joy Together

Lauren, Mark, Addison, and Hunter Raymond

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We are a family like every other family. We have high points, low points, and struggles. The goal is to start and end our day joyfully. We will be sharing our successes, trials, and tribulations, questions or situations that come up in our family or in each of our lives. We will also share how we support each other in dealing with life struggles. Our intent is to create a take-away of how we problem solve a bad situation into a joyful one.
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I'm so excited to share this conversation with Martha McBride. We connected over social media and found we have a lot in common, especially our goal to live in JOY daily. Martha shares her experience with a bad breakup that led to depression and how she was then able to get out of that. She also shares how she knows she is living in a state of JOY …
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This weekś episode is a conversation with Linda Rossi. Linda was born in Greensburg PA and now resides in Pittsburgh. She acquired her Associate Degree in Human Service which led to her 16 year career with helping to offer her support,encouragement and resources to families in need. She’s a writer of various artistic styles including the self-help …
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What is active listening? What are our positive active listening behaviors? What are our negative active listening behaviors? Action steps we will put in place for ourselves to create better communication between us. Action steps you can put in place for better communication. Drive-A-Logue link: https://drivealogue.com/?sca_ref=4141865.xLTkWKLvJW P…
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Today I speak with Belinda Hearn. Belinda is a women's transformation & EFT Tapping coach with a passion for empowering and helping others unleash their highest potential. Belinda is a guiding light on the journey to inner healing, emotional balance and resilience. Her unique blend of knowledge and practical guidance empowers individuals to find ca…
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In this episode, I interview Jason Wolbers. Jason is a successful business owner, husband, dad, positive influencer, and author of the book The Power of a Positive Mindset! His purpose is to help people to develop and maintain a more positive mindset and all around outlook in life! Jason shares how he grasped onto this positive lifestyle after bein…
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In this episode we share the importance of sharing highs and low as a family. They allow a family to connect with each other after a day apart, and opening up lines for deeper communication. We share how we do it and we even share our highs and lows that we had on this particular day. Take a listen and please share with us how you do this with your…
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This episode is hosted by Hunter. To be completely honest, we were having a hard time finding a moment we could all sit down together to record so he took the bull by the horn and did his own episode. We had no idea what he was going to talk about until he recorded it. He "killed" it. Maybe he said the title of our podcast wrong, but he definitely …
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Are you ready for some great short stories? In this episode I read some quick bios of people who live in JOY daily and how they inspire others. These are people who reached out to me who want to be interviewed. Each one I read is inspirational and you can tell they inspire many people. I will be interviewing them all and can't wait to share their s…
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Itś hard to find JOY when we are suffering from traumatic events whether past or present. I was looking up articles recently to see how JOY and trauma relate to each other and found this great blog post about it. https://tinybuddha.com/blog/why-joy-is-important-for-healing-developmental-trauma/ by Irina Bengston Even though it is specific to develo…
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This episode is about......NOTHING! We didn't have a chance to sit down and record. Our next episode will be about a traumatic event that happened to us in December and how we have been navigating joy. It has taken us some time to process all that happened and we are ready to reflect and chat about it. It will be coming in 2 weeks! Thanks for liste…
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This episode is a discussion with Sarah Brandell. Sarah is an infertility and pregnancy loss life and mindset coach who supports women on their path to motherhood. She helps women manage the heavy emotions of their fertility journey while reconnecting to themselves and their passions in the present. She is a fellow infertility warrior as well as a …
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Jenna Hodge is a mom of three and motherhood coach who is passionate about the health and wellness of both mom and child. She helps moms take care of their little ones and themselves by balancing self care with their kids’ needs. Hear Jenna's personal experience with motherhood, postpartum depression and many other things and how she turned her str…
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This episode is a wonderful conversation with Liz Carroll who shares her experience with JOY. Liz Carroll is a life-long student and teacher of making mindful money moves. Originally believing she was "bad with money," Liz did the hardwork to rewrite her money story. She needed to drop limiting beliefs about how a woman can earn and manage money to…
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In this episode, I have the privilege of talking to Tanya Hackney. Tanya graduated with a B.A. from Middlebury College in 1997, where she majored in English and double-minored in French and Education. She married her high school sweetheart and taught kindergarten in Atlanta, Georgia before transitioning to homeschooling her own five children aboard…
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You don't want to miss this episode!!! This is a very special, emotional episode for us. Hunter, Addison, and I sat down and had a session with Tami Hendrix, a Compassionate Medium and Healer. We lost our beloved Onyx, a 4-year-old black lab, suddenly and unexpectedly on Labor Day. We have had tremendous heartbreak these last few months as we have …
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This episode is a wonderful conversation with Mary Ann Pack. Mary Ann Pack is a spiritual medium, best-selling author, publisher at Envision Greatness Press, and joy advocate. Her mission is to spread more love and joy in the world by writing, publishing, coaching, and podcasting to support others as they use their voices for messages of hope and h…
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It's been at least 4 weeks since we put out an episode. Losing our sweet Onyx has made it very difficult to be focused on daily tasks. We are still grieving for our dear doggy. What have the last 7 weeks been like? We still cry as we are trying to navigate our lives without Onyx. Evenings, nights, and weekends are the toughest. What I have learned …
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A brief description of what we have been going through these last few weeks. This is the reason why I don't have a full episode ready. We lost our dear 4 year old doggy, Onyx suddenly. We are trying to keep our head above water each day. I have not been able to be productive in my life or find much JOY. I am a believer that JOY and grief coexist bu…
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Jenna B is a wife, mother, and spiritually intuitive. Jenna has worn many hats in life trying to find her own purpose outside of the home. With a very supportive husband, Jenna had the time to sit and pray to find what she was meant to do. Jenna feels her purpose is to help, heal and spread love to others. Jenna and I discuss what transpired in her…
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My guest today is Michelle Ruddell. Michelle is a speaker, author, and semi-retired teacher who lives in Central Texas. She speaks to women's groups about how to find joy in the middle of tough circumstances. her book, "Welcome to the Club, I'm Sorry You're Here", was written to offer hope to grieving parents. Michelle shares with us the story of l…
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In this episode, we talk with Michael Jann and Michele Jourdan. Michael is an Emmy-nominated late-night comedy writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Michele is Mike’s wife, writing partner, and a gold-medal-winning body-builder. She likes working out so much, she actually married a dumbbell: Mike. The…
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This week's episodes briefly share some "teasers" of some amazing people I will be interviewing who all are connected to JOY in their personal or professional lives and how they bring JOY to others. Michelle lost her 5 year old in a car accident over 30 years ago. Even though her neighbor said something very negative and hurtful, Michelle tells us …
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It's fun getting together with family you haven't seen for a while. But how do you keep the JOY flowing instead of the arguments and negative situations? You create boundaries and expectations ahead of time. We just returned from a family trip with my brothers' families and mine celebrating our Mom's 80th birthday. We spent a week together at Folly…
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This will be our last one on Cultivating Joy in Children for a while as I will be bringing guests on who are experts in JOY. We have so many wonderful conversations coming up to share about JOY. Now on to this episode: Addison and I discuss how important it is to laugh. As adults we are much too serious and we don't tap into fun and laughter enough…
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In this episode I have a candid conversation with Girl Dad Nation's Matthew Krekeler. He is the father of three young girls and has a podcast called Girl Dad Nation. We chat about how he keeps JOY alive in a house full of young children. He taps into his religion and how his religion helps him navigate JOY. Matthew talks about when he and his wife …
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As we celebrate finishing our first year of podcasting, we are inviting listeners to share with us topics they want to hear about in season 2. What areas in your family are joy crushers? Do you need tips on creating more joy? Do you want to share with us how you strive to bring JOY into yours and your family's life? Bring it on and reach out so we …
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Life is filled with difficult times so let's teach our children how to get through them. If they learn now they will be able to get through difficult times successfully as adults and become less anxiety ridden. In this episode I talk about the importance of why children need to know how to do this and how we can teach them to do this. How do we tea…
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I'm so excited to share this conversation with Martha McBride. We connected over social media and found we have a lot in common, especially our goal to live in JOY daily. Martha shares her experience with a bad breakup that led to depression and how she was then able to get out of that. She also shares how she knows she is living in a state of JOY …
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In our series Cultivating Joy in Children, I talk about Gratitude. Why is it important for us to teach our children to be grateful? Gratitude is a JOY creator! Why do we want to teach our children gratitude? 1. Develop a feeling of empathy. 2. Teaches them to be more generous toward others. Why is this beneficial? 1. Less stress 2. More Positive 3.…
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I DID IT!! I pulled out the coupon card that was made for me for my birthday! The, "1 Hour of No Screen Time". It was the perfect time as I was becoming inundated with all the text sounds coming out of Hunter's phone! It was time for some SILENCE!!! Listen in to see how the family reacted, what took place during the hour, and what it led to for thi…
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Let's talk about how hugging can cultivate JOY in children. Hugging gets our oxytocin and serotonin chemicals flowing which provide a lot of benefits for our bodies. To give us even more benefit, make your hugs last a minimum of 6 seconds. That's when all our happy chemicals really start flowing. What does hugging do for children: 1. Helps kids gro…
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Mark and I follow up on what we discussed in Episode 21. We come up with a plan on how to solve conflicts within our family. How do you make a plan? Take time to identify the following components: Who-Who are the key players involved in the conflict? What-What actions or behaviors created the conflict? What is each person's part? When-When does thi…
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This episode discusses the second tip on how to cultivate joy in children. What is it? It is spending time together. I know many parents may think that their children don't want to spend time together but I would bet anything that is not true. Listen in on: Why this is important What are some ideas that families can do together How to get started I…
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In this week's episode, Mark and I reflect on a situation that had occurred moments earlier with our son. Lauren and Hunter seem to be having collisions around chores and they end up both becoming angry and upset. Hear the changes in behavior Lauren put into place once calmed down, under Mark's suggestions, and how it helped us to have a civil conv…
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This is the first episode of a new series: Cultivating Joy in Children. It is just as essential for children to learn how to create joy in their lives. It has the same benefits as adults. Plus, if you start now your children will learn tools on how to create joy as adults during difficult times. Tune in to see how to start the process and build a f…
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Like many, this is such a special time of year for our family. With holidays all around us, lights, family time, friend time, break from school etc., we share what we put in place to create JOY for each other and talk about what others may do if they don't celebrate the holidays. There are always ways to create JOY no matter what your beliefs are d…
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Did you know that music can illicit the same responses in our bodies as sex and create a musical orgasm? Listen in on how essential music is in creating JOY, why music is important in our lives, and how Lauren's family has used music to create JOY. Music is an EASY JOY CREATOR and can be used ALL THE TIME!!! Drive-A-Logue link: https://drivealogue.…
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We have a special guest on this episode. Lauren's oldest brother, Mark. We were interested in chatting with him about how he and his family navigate joy together. We dive into how his experiences growing up with our parents shaped his experiences as a Dad in raising his young son. What were the joyful experiences from childhood he brings to his fam…
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When you are outside, do you take time to notice nature, or is your head down in your phone, ignoring everything around you? Do you need a quick JOY pick-me-up? Nature will do it!! It's proven to create calm, reduce stress, enhance cognitive and academic skills, and even recover from illness. This week's episode will enlighten you as you hear more …
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ENOUGH is ENOUGH!! In this episode Lauren and Mark get vulnerable. We share how we problem solve and shift some patterns and behaviors that have been creating Joy Crushers for the entire family. This wasn't an easy conversation to have with each other because it brought up some difficult feelings, however we know that in order for us to be a better…
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"Color is like a shot of caffeine for the eyes." In this episode I talk about how we can create bursts of JOY with color. In the book Joyful, Ingrid Fetell Lee discusses how color can be used in all areas of our lives to create JOY. Listen in while I share why color creates JOY and how to incorporate it into your home or work life for more Bursts o…
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In this episode, Addison, Mark, and I sit down to discuss a situation that occurred and how Addison took action to create JOY for herself. We can either sit and wallow in our sorrow and sadness or we can do something about it. It isn't always cut and dry but there is always something we can do to create JOY at the moment. Addison stepped out of her…
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Here is the 2nd episode in the series called Joy Creators. In this episode, I talk about visualization and how it can be used to create JOY. It is similar to savoring experiences which was discussed on episode 10. If you missed that one, go back and listen to it. Visualizing is another simple strategy one can put into place that will create JOY. Yo…
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This episode explains a situation that happened last week. Hunter had to get STITCHES which took him out of football. We sit and talk about the feelings this brought up. Was it anxiety or worry? Maybe both? This was definitely a JOY CRUSHING moment for all of us! Listen in while we explain the difference between anxiety and worry, how we deal with …
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This episode marks a new series called Joy Creators. In these episodes, I will share a strategy one can put into place that will create JOY. Some strategies are simple and can be executed quickly, others may take a bit more time. First, you will hear a quick recap of episode #9 on Family Joy Crushers and how our action steps have been going. The re…
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In this episode, our 14-year-old daughter calls her Dad and me out on something that causes a JOY CRUSHER in our family. We call things that crush our joy, JOY CRUSHERS. She has never told us this before. We had an open conversation with our two children on this JOY CRUSHER, why this CRUSHER happens, and what we will do differently so it doesn't ke…
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In this episode we share in detail: What the 1-10 scale is. How we have used it for decision making as a couple. How the children could use it for decision making for themselves, with each other, or within our family. Action steps on practicing with the scale! Lauren's Book, My Dad Died From ALS and How I Found Joy 30 Years Later https://www.amazon…
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In this episode we recap how our last few weeks have been while implementing our active listening action steps. We even take it a step further. Find out what is going well and what our next steps are. Plus...hear a brief intro about the strategy we will be sharing with our children in E8 (in two weeks from when this is published). The strategy is t…
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SPECIAL GUESTS: My niece Toni and her boyfriend Austin. Being in their early 20's they will share how they view: Joy What brings them JOY What takes them out of JOY How they get back to JOY Hear what they have to say about social media, how it affects joy, and how "being in the moment" is essential to joy. This episode is very valuable and enlighte…
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