Life on the Bright Side

We're back! LOTBS podcast took an early break last season, so it's great to be able to be back with you! Next week, I'll be here giving you more reasons to shine YOUR light on the world. We need your glow, so please join us next week. Until then, visit us in our private group on our facebook page #lifeonthebrightside

How a simply poignant tribute post leads to millions of comforting messages of camaraderie between lovers of Jimmy Buffett and his License to Chill lifestyle. Paradise awaits, Jimmy! #jimmybuffett #lifeonthebrightside

First podcast in the new season starts in September! #LifeOnTheBrightSide

Hope you are doing well this summer! I had a chance to enjoy a Tuscan vacation and now I'm speaking out about the offshore wind farms off the Jersey Shore.

Here's a mini episode to celebrate all of the women who help us to be the best mothers we can be. #Faces4Autism #happymothersday #LifeOnTheBrightSide

Showing Up with Compassion for Autism with Author and Educator Patrice J. Dawson, PhD & Director of community outreach at the Atlantic County prosecutors office, and Director of the Atlantic County Special Needs Registry Raymond Royster as we share our experiences raising neurodiverse children and advocating for making the world more accepting. Here's the video version— https://streamyard.com/p6aypy2b7y5v Link to The Atypical Help Desk: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091977113493 Link to Atlantic County Prosecutor's office page: https://www.facebook.com/ACProsecutor Link to Patrice's radio show: https://fb.watch/kk_PElp_-c/ with Debra Vines

How are you doing for yourself today? We went out to breakfast with Debra Freed of Adult Independent Services. #designatetimeforfun #breakfastathannahgs #lifeonthebrightside #facesonthego #faces4autism #may #springtolife

Fresh on the heels of our FACES Walk for Autism on Saturday, we had a great conversation or two with Kyle and Ellie. We started out with a movie soundtrack CD including the classic La Vie en Rose, a pink-clouded thunderstorm and rosy sunset all at once. Here's a look into the world of an adult sister whose twin brother sees life differently. #author at age 11! #AdventuretoAutismPlanet book www.faces4autism.org #lifethroughadifferentlens #faces4autism #myjourney #siblingstory #differentnotless #neurodiverse #neurodiversity #autism #epilepsy #learningdifferences

Breathing is important for so many reasons, and it is a great way to relax and reset. #LifeOnTheBrightSide #Faces4autism #Breathwork #Relax #LiveInTheMoment #SpringTime.

Join us for a conversation about spring awakenings and seeing the signs that are right in front of us. Maybe all awaken to our greatest potential. #SignsOfSpring #LifeOnTheBrightSide #Faces4Autism #BeHereNow #LiveYourMoments

Stefanie Green Hearts TRC Ex. Director Heartstrc.org (https://www.heartstrc.org/) Path Intl. Registered Instructor Path Intl. Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning. Hearts Therapeutic Riding Center was established in 2011 and is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization and a Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.) compliant facility. All of our instructors have gone through PATH Intl training and testing to become certified instructors. The program is located at 220 Leap Street in Egg Harbor Township on 25 acres that has a 6 stall barn, an outdoor arena, a 75ft round pen for ground lessons, trails, and a classroom/office building. It is the ideal setting to allow our riders to learn and to experience nature.

Each day we have the chance to begin again. What is on your To Do List? Let's make it sparkle by changing the idea from To Do's to Get to Do's. #LifeOnTheBrightSide #CaregiversSupport #AutismAcceptanceMonth.

Let's talk about Bubbles 4 Autism's origin story and our plan to podcast all month long in honor of Autism Acceptance. #LifeOnTheBrightSide #Faces4autism #AutiSmAwarenessAndAcceptanceMonth #DifferentNotLess #NeuroDiversity

Caregivers need to take time out to love themselves in the midst of their giving care to others and nourish themselves!

Please spend some time with us for a delightful conversation from last February that will keep you warm with Shannon's incredible honesty, enthusiasm and joy. She helps you to nourish your roots so that you can live your best life. https://www.finallyeffinghappy.com/fehlinks

Hey Bright Siders! Here's a two-part update from the couch at the Jersey Shore! #lifeonthebrightside #selfcare #putyourselffirst #parentsofautisticadults #autism #adultselfadvocate #caregiversupport

Our interview with Debra Freed of adult independent services will give you a taste of what happens after a student with special needs ages out of the school system. Debra discusses some of the tips for what you must do first in order to move forward as a fully prepared parent and advocate. www.adultindependentservices.com www.faces4autism.org #LifeOnTheBrightSide #AdultIndependentServices #Faces4Autism #LifeAfterTheBusStops #FallingOffACliff #SpecialNeedsAdults #ParentingSpecialNeedsAdults #Guardianship #LifeAfter21

New year and a new you? Step gingerly into this new year and discover what it is that you WANT to remove and ADD to it before proceeding. You might decide that those keep, toss, and donate piles have more to toss than you ever realized. Join me for a quick chat, and reset for the new year. #Joy #Abundance #Gratitude #Purging #KeepItShortAndSweet #Changes #LifeOnTheBrightSide #2023 #SpecialNeedsMom #ParentOfAdultChildWithAutism

When we take the time to really rest, we can exercise our ability to revive the child in us. Let's talk about the playful way to find self-care through respite. www.Scarboroughinn.com @ourlifeonthebrightside #lifeonthebrightside www.amothersrest.org www.faces4autism.org

How are you doing? Wherever you are in the world today, it seems as though you're experiencing change. Whether it is a storm or a hurricane or flooding, we stand in solidarity with you. Seasons are changing but that doesn't mean we can't look back and see what we have learned from the past. Here's a quick chat from the Bright Side! #lifeonthebrightside

It's our first episode back to the podcast after one month of social media detox. Or the way I refer to it, social media vacation. I'll share some of my insights and invite you to attend an upcoming workshop on how to detox from social media and find abundance in your life. #LifeOnTheBrightSide #SocialMediaVacation

Taking time off social media to find out where all of my time goes, and to finally find myself! #scheduleyourjoy workshop will take place in September. #lifeonthebrightside #mysocialmediavacation #fullofwonder

How the sunrises and sunsets have changed my life! Visit our private group for more fun on Facebook called Life on the Bright Side. https://www.facebook.com/groups/251614496224150/?ref=share_group_link. Or visit our Instagram page Our Life on the Bright Side. For more on FACES 4 Autism, visit www.faces4autism.org

We had a great time talking with Comedian Missy Hall who will be headlining at our upcoming Comedy fundraiser stand up for Autism. All proceeds benefit our nonprofit organization FACES 4 Autism. For tickets, go to www.faces4autism.org #lifeonthebrightside #faces4autism

My husband Ken joins us for this episode with Comedian Richie Byrne talks comedy and life today!! www.faces4autism.org #standupforautism #comedyshow #fundraiser #nonprofits #charity #autism #faces4autism #lifeonthebrightside

Special podcast chat directly from the ocean pier at sunrise. So many possibilities for our days begin with an intention. What have you intended to do with your day? #lifeonthebrightside #livewithintention

Here's a quick update from last week. We are attempting to give each other encouragement this full moon week, so join the group on Facebook for more! This week, we're going to talk to Debi Jenkins from NIMS! #lifeonthebrightside

Our Curious and Fabulous Guest Nathy Gaffney has had what can be politely termed a ‘diverse portfolio career'. A professional actor and comedy/cabaret performer for over twenty years, she's also spent time working behind bars (and drinking in them), waiting on tables (and dancing on them), being a nightclub door bitch, barista and celebrity impersonator. These days she's traded treading the boards for the boardroom, working as an executive coach and speaker with Phuel Australia where she still enjoys a captive audience – albeit minus the feathers and sequins. Her new role sees her working with major senior executives from organisations such as Westpac, Mirvac, Bupa, Lendlease, Ventia, Thales, Facebook, Ogilvy PR amongst others, in areas of leadership development, resilience, communication, innovation and mindset. She is the creator of “Curious Explorer” – a 90 minute interactive keynote which examines the links between curiosity, well-being and longevity. Nathy is a champion for women in the workplace having designed ‘Wayfinder' – a programme for early career, high potential women to step into their power in their careers. Her first book ‘The Gap Year(s)' – a memoir about her the end of her marriage, descent into bankruptcy and finding love in the arms of a mountain climber 20 years her junior, was published in 2019. Her second book ‘The Confidence Maze' - a personal development book aimed at building confidence for young women is due to be published later this year. She is the host of the ‘Suck It & See' Podcast – which explores life's messy mistakes through the lenses of hope, humour and neuroscience. Nathy lives wedged between the city and the sea in Sydney's eastern suburbs, with her teenage son and high altitude mountaneering partner.

When I was a kid, my Uncle John used to tell terrible dad jokes. So many of them involved body parts. Things like, are you going to the movies? And then you would ask why? And he would say because you're picking your seat.

Respite and a Scarborough Affair to Remember “Everyone needs a break from their routine once in a while in order to rest, renew and refresh. A Mother's Rest Charitable Respite Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to giving the gift of rest to mothers of physically and developmentally challenged loved ones. Thanks to Andrea Lynne, and also Snehal Avichal & Monica Maxwell of Scarborough Inn in Ocean City, NJ for agreeing to host these incredible women. I spent an exciting, joyful and rejuvenating weekend with 27 moms who walk similar paths. We bonded in hilarious ways, learned so much about how connected we truly are, and gave each other the chance to merely remember who we are again.

How do you start your day? Already running behind? Stop and start? With intention? Or covers over your head? I've done them all, and wanted to share my morning chat with you! #lifeonthebrightside #caregivers #selfcare #caregiversupport #specialneeds #specialneedsmom

For me, there is nothing quite like having a pocket of precious time when my son has a back-and-forth conversation with me. It happens rarely, but mostly late at night when he does not want to go to sleep. He is so emotionally and physically present that I forget about his autism for a time. I love laughing with him and seeing the glorious person inside those eyes. He is now 23, and at this age I could imagine that he would be out on the town with a date or enjoying time with friends. Perhaps in the job of his dreams. Perhaps driving a car around town. But instead, he is hanging out with his mom in the den practicing some of his movie phrases that he has learned over the years. I am very thankful for this moment which gives me great joy. I am thankful that he is able to express himself these days. I never gave up on the idea that he could tell me how he was feeling, and now we are reaping the benefits at 1 o'clock in the morning. I did good. #LifeOnTheBrightSide #AutismAwarenessMonth #AutismAcceptanceMonth #FACES4Autism #IDidGood #AutismSpectrumDisorder #Autism #Caregivers #ParentCaregivers #wearealleachother

Joy Break for Me! This mini episode takes place in the car on the way home from a weekend retreat at the Fairville Inn in Chadds Ford Pennsylvania. Let's talk about the importance of self-care, and what refreshes our moods, our souls, and our bodies.

MEET MIKE Mike is the founder of The Gratitude Spark, an online community designed to inspire and encourage people everywhere to mindfully live each day filled with gratitude, appreciation and thankfulness. By day, he leads software product design teams, creating awesome experiences for users in a variety of industries, including aviation, medicine, retail and hospitality. But in 2019, after dealing with a variety of personal and work-related challenges, Mike made a conscious choice to be much more intentional about his practice of gratitude. This mindful practice of gratitude quickly became a passion. With a desire to think about the potential for change on a larger scale through expressions and practices of gratitude, he created “The Gratitude Spark”. By harnessing the power of social media and face-to-face interactions, The Gratitude Spark engages a global community in online and community-based events and programs that empower participants to be a positive force in the world for their families, their work spaces, and their communities, based on the mindful practice of gratitude. If you're interested in learning more about the power of gratitude and how it can help to spark a change in your life and in the lives of those around you, feel free to contact Mike via email at mike@thegratitudespark.com. You can also check us out on Instagram at @thegratitudespark or join our Facebook community called the “The Gratitude Spark“.

Hello my friends.... Push pause on the hamster wheel; let's turn up the happy that we all crave. Shannon Klenk is here!! This incredible Self Care Coach doesn't mince words when she lays out the strategies about how letting go of the outcome can bring about the elusive happiness that you seek in your life. Want more? Here is Shannon's publicity page. Feel free to pull anything from it and all my links are there. https://www.finallyeffinghappy.com/publicity-page Hope you are having a great week! xoxox

Checking in to see how your week is going. Thankful and blessed because I decided to go with the flow. How about you?

About Crystal and her important work with freeing your truth, grounded in a healer's mindset. #caregivers #freedom #healers #specialneedsmoms #faces4autism #lifeonthebrightside ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨You are in the perfect place if this is you You've gotten by pretty well in this world. You've been able to hustle and grind with the best of them. And you use your perceptive brain and intuition to deliver results for others brilliantly. But you have hidden, suppressed, or downplayed your sensitivities to get by. It's a lot of work. You've recently hit some unknown territory - a spiritual awakening, a major transition in your life, a health scare, or simply a feeling that says it's time to re-examine your life. You have big dreams, but what you've been doing is no longer working. You're ready to try something new, and start honouring more of yourself, at your core. Know this: You're not too much. You're not wrong. It's just really difficult to exist within a system not designed to support a Spirit like yours. Listen to that quiet voice inside you. And say yes to finally giving yourself what you need to thrive. You are perfect, whole and complete. ✨✨✨✨✨❤️✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨Check out Crystal's free offerings, and more at www.naturalstrengthhc.com FREE 5 DAY CHALLENGE: 5 TECHNIQUES to Master Your HSP Nervous System Without Losing Your HSP Powers (free) 2 hours 30 minutes (*Part 2 to "5 WAYS to Master Your HSP Nervous System.") This is for you if you are ready to start training your nervous system with 5 simple TECHNIQUES you can implement from Day 1 of this challenge. Science backed and/or Spirit guided. No experience necessary. Set yourself up in a private, quiet, & uninterrupted space that feels relaxing and comfortable to set you up for deep experiential learning so you walk away feeling more grounded, peaceful, and Spirit connected. Link: https://mailchi.mp/55c4cf9a6d96/welcome-to-the-healers-refuge?fbclid=IwAR3b-to69rzvKhiyKLshzjDs48Ai-BFDDAL2Ek2xJbQr4MEhP4Tfkg1H7Tw ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

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My Joyful chat with Patrice Joy Dawson, PhD was such a pleasure! Here, she talks about how we can find joy, and how it differs from happiness. Her book, It Didn't Kill Me, and her Joy Cometh Journal are both available through Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Didnt-Kill-Me-Memoir-Pressing/dp/1537334875. This journal and planner is created to help you in making conscious decisions to choose joy each day. Using the scriptures, prayers, quotes, aspirations, and moments of reflection each day. This journal can help you plan your day and identify the things that give your true joy. https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Cometh-2022-Planner-Journal/dp/B09LGW593V/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=8O67GM51HQES&keywords=patrice+dawson&qid=1643659721&sprefix=patrice+dawson%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-4

Our new season, 2.0, begins on 2/2/22. So many blessings in a magical number! Let's set a direction for this season full of anticipation of our word of the week with each new guest.

Thanks so much to everyone who has made donations for Bonnie's family. www.faces4autism.org/donate #welovebonnie #lifeonthebrightsidepodcast #noeditsjustme

Wonder and Joy in this season are all a state of the heart. Seeing the goodness in people and appreciating their gifts helps to bring our own gifts to light. Happy Holidays, Bright Siders! May the light in you shine brightly for you and others.

Season Two of Life on the Bright Side will start February 2, 2022. Groundhog Day! It is our intention to begin 21 days of joyful living through daily practice of gratitude. I assure you that every day will not be the same. In fact, it is our intention to encourage you to Live Brighter. Contact us: https://anchor.fm/isabelle-mosca/message Donate: donate@faces4autism.org OR on Venmo @lifeonthebrightside

Join us for our errands in the car this fall as finish up the podcast season. So happy to begin planning for the 2022 Season! Thanks to all of our listeners from my family, especially Kyle. We have lots of fun in store for you. #lifeonthebrightsidepodcast #caregivers #specialneedsparenting #faces4autism #comfort #specialneedsadults #autismspectrumdisorder #kindness #joy #laughter #peace

More Joy - Are you distracted from that noble cause? Let's talk it out tonight. Thanks for listening! Please leave a review if you like what you hear. #caregivers #selfcare #noedits #nofilters #specialneedsparents #lifeonthebrightside #morejoy

Today we talk about the importance of establishing a morning routine of joy. What do you do to create a foundation of spiritual uplift for your day? Also, I have added a link from an internet I did with acclaimed poet John Roedel. I will post his interview for our 50th episode which is dropping later this week! John's work is available to be seen daily on Facebook and at his website www.JohnRoedel.com Here's a link to the full video interview on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/LifeOntheBrightSidePage/videos/648102739490767/

A visit to a local restaurant gives Kyle another opportunity to teach us compassion. #lifeonthebrightsidepodcast

Looking for the sunshine in the clouds is more than a metaphor when you are on a soul rest vacation from the everyday. Take time to live your life on the Bright Side! #lifeonthebrightsidepodcast

Let's start the day with tea in the garden and I'll tell you a bit about the Bright Side Series! #lifeonthebrightsidepodcast

I'm on the beach for a sunrise and it's already August! Time to get moving with my summer Uncluttering. How about you? What are your methods of clearing space? #lifeonthebrightside