Jule Kucera: Reflections

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This is a place for those messy questions we ask ourselves in the middle of the night. I'll share mine here in the open, you'll get to ponder yours in private. Somehow, in that sharing and pondering, we'll make our way to a life with a little more breathing room, a little more intelligence, a little more forgiveness for ourselves and those we love.

Jule Kucera


    • Aug 5, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Lights Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2023 3:57


    All the episodes of this podcast will still be available wherever you get your podcasts, but I don't plan on making any new ones.If you'd like to listen to Prince Tarkten, the story I wrote for Trent, it's here, for free: https://insighttimer.com/julekucera/guided-meditations/prince-tarkten-a-fable-for-those-who-are-no-longer-childrenIf you'd like to listen to my memoir, Sweet Baby Lover, it's here, for purchase: https://www.audible.com/pd/Sweet-Baby-Lover-Audiobook/B0BZ1XGCH5Thank you for being here.Thank you for listening. I appreciate it. 

    I Take My Lessons Where They Come

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2023 2:44


    The Trust Technique: https://trust-technique.com/

    Jule and Roxie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2023 4:13


    Two Men and Three Caps

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 3:12


    Sometimes you make friends in unexpected places.

    Wanting A Dog

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2023 3:43


    Sometimes what the heart wants is a dog.This one came from  DuPage County Animal Services: https://www.dupagecounty.gov/government/departments/animal_services/adopting_from_dcas/

    Woo-Woo #3, part three

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2023 3:16


    The end of the time in the cabin, and the woo-woo.

    Woo-Woo #3, part two

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2023 3:43


    More connections to the past, in Wisconsin in the present.

    Woo-Woo #3, part one

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2023 2:55


    Wondering if my dead husband might have something to say to me.

    Her Mind Can No Longer Keep Her Secrets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2023 1:54


    Sometimes what you were told happened isn't what happened.

    My Brother Met His Mother

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2023 3:40


    My adopted brother was never interested in finding his birth parents. Then he was.

    Gary Lessis's Vision

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2023 2:31


    aerial video of the new courts: https://youtu.be/1Rs1zf5nGU0

    While We Were Out

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2023 3:14


    Journal of Radical Permission: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710778/journal-of-radical-permission-by-adrienne-maree-brown-and-sonya-renee-taylor/

    Taking A Break

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 1:05


    Restoring Myself

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023 3:02


    Sometimes, even sharpening the saw is too much.Here's the video of me opening the first box from the second printing of Prince Tarkten  books (would I be satisfied this time?): https://julekucera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Prince-Tarkten_unboxing.mp4What's Prince Tarkten?  https://julekucera.com/books/Want the audiobook of Prince Tarkten? Sending an email is too much work for both of us. Just download it here: https://julekucera-reflections.simplecast.com/episodes/prince-tarkten

    Coming Clean

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2023 3:26


    The results of my GOADS (Get Out And Do Stuff) project.

    Woo-Woo-2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2023 2:59


    As Dave wrote in response to Woo-Woo #1, logic and woo-woo don't have to be mutually exclusive. Sweet Baby Lover audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/Sweet-Baby-Lover-Audiobook/B0BZ1XGCH5

    Woo-Woo-1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2023 2:23


    Sweet Baby Lover is my memoir. It explores whether it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Even though Trent left the planet more than a decade ago, there are times I wonder if he's fiddlin' in my business. Sweet Baby Lover: https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Baby-Lover-story-death/dp/0990455505/

    More Work, But Worth It

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 2:32


    Projects tend to expand. Sometimes, that's not a bad thing.Sweet Baby Lover: https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Baby-Lover-story-death/dp/0990455505/

    Changing My Definition of Self

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2023 2:35


    Who I am now is not who I was. Why is it so hard to think of myself differently?

    Ode to Nemo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2023 4:05


    Nemo, from 8 weeks to 15.5 years.

    Solvable and Unsolvable Puzzles

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2023 3:10


    Finding comfort in right answers while living next to the river of a dementia.

    The Creator's Universe of Support

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2023 3:39


    Support varies. Creators need to know who is where in their Universe of Support.Jennie Nash: https://jennienash.com/

    Measuring Mental Decline

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2023 1:55


    Using the St. Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) test with my mother.SLUMS test: https://www.slu.edu/medicine/internal-medicine/geriatric-medicine/aging-successfully/assessment-tools/mental-status-exam.php

    You Matter Extended Cut

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2023 4:58


    Why do we matter?

    You Matter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2023 2:59


    University of Cincinnati students had their doubts.

    Rejiggering

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2023 1:34


    Snowing, not just outside.

    2022: More Than I Thought

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2022 2:27


    Memory is faulty. Some years are not what we thought.

    Sweet Baby Lover

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2022 3:46


    Jule's 2014 memoir gets a refresh and a new last chapter, linked here:Sweet Baby Lover, new chapter 47: https://julekucera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SBL-2023_BookGuts-ch47only_2022.12.18p.pdfSweet Baby Lover, new book guts: https://julekucera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SBL-2023_BookGuts_2022.12.18p.pdf

    The Kids Are Not Alright

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2022 1:58


    And maybe it's not just the kids who aren't alright.

    Food + Plastic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2022 3:12


    Beef takes a toll on our planet. So does plastic, even if we think it's recyclable.

    Weather-Conscious Childhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2022 2:26


    There are easy things, things that don't cost money but save it, that help the planet.

    Worried About the Planet

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2022 2:53


    It can be overwhelming thinking about all the ways we are hurting the planet, and all that will need to be done to give our Earth a chance. So let's start small. 

    Information Intake Moderation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2022 2:02


    Whether I'm taking in YouTube videos or the New York Times or political podcasts, too much is too much. To quote Viktor Frankl, "Between the stimulus and the response is the choice."

    Antidote to the Myth of the Lone Genius

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022 3:03


    Working Out Mental Kinks With The Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2022 3:44


    Byron Katie is the founder of The Work, an inquiry process that enables us to dismantle our thoughts and access the wisdom we hold inside.Byron Katie/ The Work: https://thework.com/

    Lessons From Aaron Sorkin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2022 3:35


    Aaron Sorkin is one of my writer heroes. These are the lessons I took from his talk last Saturday in Cincinnati, at the Hyatt Hotel for the Neihoff Lecture.

    Too Much Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2022 2:42


    Thanks to Cassie Holmes, Ph.D., I figured out why I was becoming less happy.Book: Happier Hour, by Cassie Holmeshttps://www.cassiemholmes.com/happierhour

    Self on the Dance Floor

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2022 1:59


    Sometimes the lessons in a dance class have nothing to do with learning the moves.

    Cabin Exploration

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2022 4:13


    After staying in a 40-foot-long, 8-foot-wide container cabin, I learned I liked the basic shape but needed a little more elbow room. I drew a sketch of a possible floor plan. But what next?Architectural firm referenced: Drawing Department, https://drawingdept.com/ 

    I Believe

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2022 8:22


    In one of Jane Friedman's online workshops, Dan Blank recommended that authors make a list of their beliefs. I did. The result was a list of 78 beliefs.

    Progress

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2022 2:06


    Who decided the timeframe? Who said I'm coming up short?

    About Prince Tarkten

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2022 3:57


    My memoir, Sweet Baby Lover, is available through Amazon. If you order the paperback format, Amazon will print one and send it to you. But up until recently, they didn't have the capability to print a full-color book (such as a children's book) print-on-demand. Even though they just started offering this service, I wasn't sure of their quality. So I had Prince Tarkten printed in China. I've never done this before. When the boxes of books arrived...

    Container Cabin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2022 2:44


    I wanted to find out if a container cabin would work for me on my land in Kentucky. So, on the way back from my trip to New Jersey and Connecticut, I paused for two nights in Pennsylvania to stay in an 8'-wide container cabin.Airbnb cabin: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/42359300

    Indecision With Stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2022 1:48


    Perspective is everything.

    The Place of Not Knowing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2022 2:05


    Even though I don't know what comes next, I know where I am. I have fallen off the wagon.

    Now and Then at the Same Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2022 2:31


    Recording an audiobook about the past bumps up against the present.

    Jenna's Getting Married

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2022 3:14


    The Huberman Lab podcast on grief, and Jenna.https://hubermanlab.com/the-science-and-process-of-healing-from-grief/

    A Little Woo-Woo

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2022 2:38


    InsightTimer chanting meditation: https://insighttimer.com/stressfit/guided-meditations/the-power-of-aumTuning fork credited by a friend for her glowing skin: https://biofieldtuningstore.com/products/sonic-sliderThe Body Keeps the Score: https://smile.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma-ebook/dp/B00G3L1C2K/

    The Body Keeps the Score

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2022 3:58


    The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der KolkVan der Kolk's interview on the Ezra Klein podcast. 

    Contra Dancing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2022 2:48


    The Wyoming Fine Arts Center: https://musicartdance.org/

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