Episode 8 - Bliss Boaden

Episode 11 - Jamie Afshari

In today's episode, Jill is joined by Jamie Afshari, who talks about flourishing outside of the feeling of contentment, place being an important factor in building flourishing, intentional grief as a step toward flourishing, and tells us about her Flourishing Plan™ that she has been following for years. We hope you enjoy!

Episode 10 - Jazzy Johnson

Episode 10 with Jazzy Johnson is out now! Today Jazzy joins us to talk about attending to our somatic experience as a means of flourishing, learning boundaries with self as a way to foster the love we want to give to self and others, and over functioning leading to burnout as a direct opposition to flourishing. It was a joy and delight to have Jazzy on and we hope you enjoy!

Episode 9 - Jeana Roth

Today Jill is joined by therapist Jeana Roth.  Jeana is a licensed counselor working in Missouri and soon Illinois, and she specializes in working with a variety of complex traumas, including spiritual abuse recovery and betrayal trauma. Jeana also works with those coming out of coercive and destructive groups. In today's episode we speak out the pursuit of healing after spiritual abuse and what the steps are that you can take toward flourishing when you come out of a toxic context. We also hope you enjoy the background music of the chimes from Jill's front porch during recording. :) Find more about Jeana here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/jeana-roth-saint-louis-mo/428329 Resources: The Betrayal Bond by Patrick Karns Toxic Faith by Arterburn & Felton

Episode 8 - Bliss Boaden

Bliss Boaden joins the podcast to discuss her view of flourishing as a person and as a birth and postpartum doula. We discuss the seasonality of emotions, responding to needs in a way that seeks balance, not overcompensation, the idea of "filling your cups," and connecting to each aspect of us as an expansion of who we are rather than a revision of a past self. We hope you enjoy! Check out more about Bliss @birthdoulabliss on IG and on her website at birthdoulabliss.com

Episode 7 - Amber Walker

In today's episode, I am joined by my dear friend Amber Walker.   During our conversation, Amber shares about finding parts of yourself wherever you are and bringing your full self to your community, how being a person of faith in the social justice movement helped her to create her own permission to be fully authentic, the importance of propagating joy in ourselves and with others as a means of flourishing, boundaries as self care and community care, and looking back to your childhood passions to foster true happiness in adulthood. As you can see...we covered a lot!I am so thankful for Amber's presence in my life and her voice in this topic, and I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did! Mentioned in today's episode: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." Thomas Merton