Podcast appearances and mentions of joy check

The Joy Revolution Podcast: Ep 133: Prianca Naik on Motherhood, Manifestation, & Modeling What if your mental health could transform your entire approach to motherhood and life? In this episode, I sit down with the remarkable Dr. Prianca Naik—physician, life coach, and master of self-love—to explore the deep connection between mental well-being, motherhood, and manifestation. Prianca opens up about her raw experience with postpartum anxiety and how simple shifts—like ditching nighttime pumping—were game changers in regaining her sense of sanity and sleep. We dive into the complexities of motherhood, discussing how mental health directly impacts parenting, relationships, and daily life. Prianca's story isn't just about survival; it's a masterclass in mindfulness, overcoming societal conditioning, and embracing joy. We also dig into some important topics—generational trauma, the power of manifesting your desires, and the importance of showing up for yourself. From breaking the cycles of criticism passed down through her Indian heritage to practicing self-love with something as simple as a “mirror high five,” Prianca's insights hit home. And trust me—you'll want to hear her take on the Law of Attraction (spoiler alert: it works). Oh, and did I mention she's diving into commercial modeling too? Prianca proves that you can chase childhood dreams while balancing career, motherhood, and a healthy dose of self-compassion. Listen to the Episode: CLICK HERE Key Takeaways Mental Health & Motherhood: • Sleep = Sanity: Prianca shares how stopping nighttime breastfeeding helped her regain control over her mental health during postpartum anxiety. • Positive Parenting: The impact of prioritizing your own mental health to become a more mindful, present parent. Breaking Generational Cycles: • Overcoming Criticism: Choosing a more compassionate and supportive parenting style, despite the critical upbringing common in Indian families. • Generational Trauma: How identifying and breaking negative patterns paves the way for personal and familial healing. Manifestation & Self-Love: • Manifestation Magic: Prianca's story of visualizing and manifesting a surprise birthday party—proving that the Law of Attraction is more than just hype. • Self-Love in Action: From mirror high-fives to gratitude journaling, Prianca shares accessible tools for cultivating self-compassion. Mindfulness & Spiritual Exploration: • Finding Joy in the Small Things: How to tap into everyday mindfulness despite societal pressures and constant “doing.” • Spiritual Growth: Prianca's transition from traditional medicine to exploring intuition, astrology, and mindset coaching. Chasing New Dreams: • Modeling & Representation: Prianca's foray into commercial modeling to inspire greater diversity and representation in media. • Balancing It All: How she's embracing career transitions while maintaining flexibility and joy in her life. Resources Mentioned: • Prianca Naik's Website: StressCleanseMD.com More Related Episodes: TBD Connect with Marc Cordon: • YouTube: https://youtube.com/@marccordoncreative • Instagram: https://instagram.com/marccordoncreative Join The Underground: Join my online community, The Underground, to connect with more inspiring people, podcasts, and courses! CLICK HERE Lead Social Change & Human Evolution through Creativity and Joy: Check out my signature course, The Joy Revolution: CLICK HERE Keywords: Motherhood, Mindfulness, Self-Love, Manifestation, Generational Trauma, Mental Health, Positive Parenting, Personal Growth, Cultural Conditioning, Career Transition Enough copy. Click now. Enjoy

Golden Mic Podcast: Ep 132: Mindshifting & Making Better Decisions w/ Mitch Weisburgh What if you could shift your mindset and make better decisions every day, using the incredible power of your brain? In this episode, Marc talks with Mitch Weisburgh, co-founder of Academic Business Advisors, about how understanding neuroscience can revolutionize your thinking, teaching, and problem-solving. Mitch shares his expertise on how our brains are wired to make decisions, often relying on primitive patterns, and how we can break free from these habits to tap into our higher-order thinking. Whether you're in education, leadership, or simply looking to make better life choices, Mitch's mindshifting approach will help you unlock your full potential.  Dive in as Mitch unpacks how these strategies not only transform individual lives but also reshape entire educational systems—making schools more collaborative and teachers more empowered. It's more than just mindset—it's a game plan for life. --- Listen to the Episode:  CLICK HERE --- Key Takeaways - Unleashing Creativity: Learn how to shift from reactive thinking to creative problem-solving by engaging the brain's prefrontal cortex. - Mindshifting in Action: Mitch's techniques for breaking mental patterns can help you make better decisions in all aspects of life. - Educational Innovation: Explore how mindshifting practices are transforming classrooms and empowering both educators and students. - Practical Mindfulness: Apply Mitch's strategies in your daily life to reduce stress, enhance emotional intelligence, and foster deeper collaboration. --- Keywords: Mindshifting, Neuroscience, Decision-making, Educational transformation, Creativity --- Resources Mentioned: - Mitch Weisburg's website: Mindshifting Website - Mitch's mindshifting courses: [Link to Courses] --- More Related Episodes: TBD --- Connect with Marc Cordon: - YouTube: [https://youtube.com/@marccordoncreative](https://youtube.com/@marccordoncreative) - Instagram: [https://instagram.com/marccordoncreative](https://instagram.com/marccordoncreative) --- Join The Underground:   Join Marc's online community, **The Underground**, to connect with more people, podcasts, and courses!   The Underground (Online Community): [https://underground.marccordoncreative.com](https://underground.marccordoncreative.com) --- Lead Social Change & Human Evolution through Creativity and Joy   Check out Marc Cordon's signature course, The Joy Revolution: [https://joyrev.carrd.co](https://joyrev.carrd.co)

This week Merideth offers some strategies to overcome procrastination to embrace a more joyful and fulfilling creative life. She offers 3 common lies we tell ourselves when we are having a hard time getting things done:  I'm lazy. I just need the right routine. I'll wait for inspiration to feel motivated.  She then translates these less-than-helpful thought patterns into questions to unlock what we really need to keep moving.  Buy Merideth's book The Artist's Joy Check out K.C. Davis' book "How to Keep House While Drowning" Join the next Creative Cluster  Leave a review of Merideth's book: Amazon and Goodreads Get your printable journal: Join Merideth for a Procrastination Workshop (or watch the replay) by becoming a paid supporter on Patreon Stream "Oath to Joy" by Angela Sheik (The Artist's Joy theme song!)

      Tim and Jon journey through the world of sex and disability with CJ and Grant. We talk about accessibility in kink spaces, and navigating sex and kink with our mental and physical limitations. We talk getting inventive with flashcards, pro dommes, and the occasional apparatus for enhancing pleasure. Podcast photo by SHVETS production on Pexels * This episode originally aired Tuesday, June 4 2024 on JOY * Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at hideandseek@joy.org.au This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Find other JOY podcasts at joy.org.au

We talk with the Forcibly Displaced People Network about their Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) 'Thrive Together' providing an opportunity to support the rights and empowerment of displaced individuals. * This episode originally aired Thursday, June 20 2024 on JOY * Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at wellwellwell@joy.org.au Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH.

    In part 5 of the Hide and Seek Radiothon Stadium Extravaganza, Tim, Jon, CJ and Craig bring back the always amazing Spencer Colt. Spencer previously joined the team for Episode 151 You're a Big Boy Now and Episode 137 Spice Guys * This episode originally aired Tuesday, June 4 2024 on JOY * Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at hideandseek@joy.org.au This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Find other JOY podcasts at joy.org.au

    In part 6 of the Hide and Seek Radiothon Live Concert World Tour, Tim, Jon, CJ and Craig hear from Demasque Magazine's very own Star! Star is the founder of Demasque Magasine and organises events and education to connect newcomers to the world of kink! * This episode originally aired Tuesday, June 4 2024 on JOY * Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at hideandseek@joy.org.au This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Find other JOY podcasts at joy.org.au

    In part 7 of the Hide and Seek Radiothon Grand Gallery Exhibition, Tim, Jon, CJ and Craig discuss the world of adult art with Laird Leatherman 2017, Jim Addinsall. Jim was last on Hide and Seek in Episode 18 Look Good In Leather * This episode originally aired Tuesday, June 4 2024 on JOY * Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at hideandseek@joy.org.au This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Find other JOY podcasts at joy.org.au

    In the final part of the Hide and Seek Radiothon Super Immersive 3D Holographic Streaming Journey, Tim, Jon, CJ and Craig talk about their journeys with JOY and Hide and Seek, and why they each use the platform to promote sex and kink positivity. Plus a special listener wins a prize as part of JOY Radiothon 2024! Craig was last on Hide and Seek in the Summer as a special guest host from Episodes 153 - 160. CJ last appeared during our Episode 122 - Hurts So Good * This episode originally aired Tuesday, June 4 2024 on JOY * Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at hideandseek@joy.org.au This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Find other JOY podcasts at joy.org.au

    In part 3 of the Hide and Seek Radiothon Cinematic Universe, Tim, Jon, CJ and Craig catch back up with Odus Moore to talk mooore about Sexual Health advocacy. Odus originally appeared on Hide and Seek in Episode 166 PEP Talk * This episode originally aired Tuesday, June 4 2024 on JOY * Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at hideandseek@joy.org.au This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Find other JOY podcasts at joy.org.au

    In part 3 of the Hide and Seek Radiothon Saga, Tim, Jon, CJ and Craig meet the dominatrix who teaches others how to do it, Mistress Electra. Mistress Electra has been a professional dominatrix for over 30 years, and teaches skills to people entering the industry. * This episode originally aired Tuesday, June 4 2024 on JOY * Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at hideandseek@joy.org.au This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Find other JOY podcasts at joy.org.au

    Tim, Jon, CJ and Craig launch into the start of the Hide and Seek Radiothon Spectacular * This episode originally aired Tuesday, June 4 2024 on JOY * Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at hideandseek@joy.org.au This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Find other JOY podcasts at joy.org.au

    In part 2 of the Hide and Seek Radiothon Saga, Tim, Jon, CJ and Craig get Joenas Galinato back in the hotseat to talk about Southern Hibearnation, and the Bear community in the Philippines. Joenas originally appeared on Hide and Seek in Episode 157 Who Bears Wins * This episode originally aired Tuesday, June 4 2024 on JOY * Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at hideandseek@joy.org.au This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Find other JOY podcasts at joy.org.au

    Michael, Tim and Jon talk all things travel and the do's and don't's of taking kink gear, medication and more when you travel. What should you do about your PrEP? What sort of gear travels well? What should you find out about the places you visit before you go? Later, the team talks about the latest on MPOX cases and vaccination, and keeping informed about travel alerts. Hot stuff Down an'Dirty's Kink on a Budget video, with ideas for travel friendly kink Southern Hibearnation - June 8th to 16th  Mpox vaccination information form Emen8 Budget announcement covering all things HIV   * This episode originally aired Tuesday, May 28 2024 on JOY * Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at hideandseek@joy.org.au This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Find other JOY podcasts at joy.org.au

    Pup Wolf joins us to share a litte about the new VIC-PAH event, Bark After Dark - the group's first event with a sex focus. Wolf shares a little about the pup community, finding safe spaces online and in person, and supporting the pups to get... connected. Later, Michael and Jon talk about news improving HIV prevention programs in the Federal Budget, and the latest on MPOX cases and vaccination Hot stuff Victorian Pups and Handlers Bark After Dark Tickets - Saturday 25 May  Mpox vaccination information form Emen8 Budget announcement covering all things HIV   * This episode originally aired Tuesday, May 21 2024 on JOY * Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at hideandseek@joy.org.au This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Find other JOY podcasts at joy.org.au

HIV impacts people regardless of race, sexuality, or gender. With ¼ of people in Australia with at least one parent born overseas, or from other countries themselves - our communities are diverse. In Victoria, HIV impacts the lives of people from all cultures, and so providing information and services tailored to individual cultural and linguistic needs is vital.  Michael talks to Jen Johnson, Program Manager at Living Positive Victoria about supporting our communities living with HIV who speak a language other than English through various multilingual resources and projects.    Thank you so much to Beau Newham, the project lead on Translating the Facts for bringing these resources to life for our community. Resources Translating the Facts available in Arabic, Burmese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese  Planet Positive GOES NORTH for Winter, LPV's social event at the Thornbury Bowls Club for people living with HIV, their families, and friends 2024 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, May 19 at the Library at the Dock * This episode originally aired Thursday, May 2 2024 on JOY * Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there's something you'd like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at wellwellwell@joy.org.au Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH. This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

In our sixty-fourth episode, Robbie and Ryan talk about:Send us an email: goinggreypod@gmail.com Oh, that's nice (30:53): The weather, fresh bread, the BIL, dance recital, and a fundraiserWho Asked You? (52:48): To not read my emails, time, construction in the office, scams, and KatieWell That's Great (01:16:13): ATMs and bug bitesWashed Up! (01:26:26): The Iron Sheik, the air, and the PGADon't Touch That! (01:38:22): Milk and door handlesSports (01:43:04): Playoffs and baseball talkEntertainment (01:47:27): *Spoilers! Ted Lasso finale/recapMusic(02:00:31): Robbie has a rec: "Lake Missoula" by Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners, feat. Mt. Joy Check out "Let the Boys Watch" with cousin Benny! https://linktr.ee/lettheboyswatchGoodnight Uber driver who wouldn't shut up!

Selling mid and high-ticket offers helps online business owners build a profitable, healthy business that allows them to scale and reinvest in advertising, team, and operations.The problem? Many are going about selling all wrong, undervaluing their expertise. How can you sell more with less effort and generate more profit with fewer customers?Meet Joy Bufalini, creator of the Simplify to Multiply® Method, helping women scale their business by simplifying their focus. In her 11 years as an entrepreneur, she's been featured in both O and Entrepreneur magazine as a leader in the business coaching industry.We discuss how to find alignment and balance  in your life and business, why you should hone in one thing, how to re-prioritize after a big life event like parenthood, and more!Time Stamps:(1:16) Our Guest Today Joy(3:36) “What's Not Aligned for Me?”(6:30) Becoming a Mom and Reprioritizing(9:10) Capitalizing on a Balanced Life and Owning an Online Business(9:54) Finding Joy's 3 Things(20:52) Honing in on One Thing(25:29) How to Work with Joy——————————Check out Joy's Free Needle Movers Cheat Sheet at: obowner.com/joy——————————Check Out Online Business Owner at https://onlinebusinessowner.com

Thank you for hosting @ShlomoKatzMusic @shiratdavid - #shiratdavid - #RavShalomArush & Emuna Team @BreslevEnglish excited to join you all... #unitybookings the official version coming soon - @EliUnityGoldsmith IG Version - https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cop8zKhjAR8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link For booking #UnityProjects and #MelavaMalka with Joy

Something came from Baltimore interview with Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band/Bela Fleck and the Flecktones). New Album is called "Between Dreaming and Joy" and the release date is August 26, 2022. THIS IS A FREE PODCAST. SCFB is found on: Youtube, Itunes, Anchor, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, Google Podcast, Overcast, Breaker, Castbox, Radio Public, Podbay, Stitcher....and more! Full Interview (unedited) with Jeff Coffin is on Youtube only: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMIDxdNRPac&t=1013s Tom Gouker is also featured on a limited-run podcast about the Beatles called, "The Beatles Come To America", Join Tom and the "Beatle Guru" Brooke Halpin as we chat about the US Album Releases of the Beatles ("65", "Yesterday & Today" and "Hey Jude"...they are all there.) How To Get a Hold of SOMETHING came from Baltimore: Contacts Information: Email: somethingcamefrombaltimore@gmail.com Twitter: something came from baltimore (@tom_gouker) / Twitter Instagram: Something Came From Baltimore (@something.came.from.baltimore) Did You know that SOMETHING came from Baltimore is on "TheBocX.com". TheBocX.com - Something came from Baltimore is a Podcast and a 30-minute radio show and can be heard weekly (Thursday's at 7pm EST) it's called, SOMETHING came from Baltimore THE SHOW. Check out the Station: Jazz Music Radio - The BocX Streaming Jazzy Music Spotify Playlists: Are available under the name DJNormal (that is my DJ name) Spotify Playlist: Here is a list of my favorite shows from 2021....Best Songs of 2021! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/16C... Support SOMETHING came from Baltimore: TIPS! Tom Gouker's Cash App Account: $ThomasGouker Tom Gouker's Venmo Account: Thomas-Gouker FRIENDS OF THIS PODCAST: Adult Music: https://adultmusic.podbean.com/ Neon Jazz: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/famous-interviews-neon-jazz/id546432639 The Same Difference 2 Jazz Fans - 1 Jazz Standard: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/same-difference-2-jazz-fans-1-jazz-standard/id1456627254 The Top 60 Jazz Podcast List including SOMETHING came from Baltimore is right here: https://blog.feedspot.com/jazz_podcasts/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

EP 19: How Lia Valencia Key Went from an Impoverished Childhood to Launching her Line of Hand Designed Jewelry on QVC   In Episode 19, we have a conversation with Lia Valencia Key, the CEO and designer of Valencia Key Jewelry.    CONVERSATION: Angela explains how she first encountered Lia while watching Jamie Kern Lima's Believe It book launch and Lia's presence gave her a personal “representation matters” moment.   Lia takes us through her experience speaking at the Believe It book launch.  She reminds us that when God gives us opportunities, it's because you are already ready. To prepare for this day, Lia asked God to give her a message that people really need. When it was her time to take the stage, nerves kicked in but Lia was able to look down at her Valencia Key “Love Check”, “Joy Check” and “Peace Check” bracelets and be reminded to go out there and pour love, Joy, and peace into the world.   Lia takes us on her journey from being homeless in Philadelphia as a child through the many transitions that brought her to the present day.  Lia's mother gave her a pair of earrings and told her to never leave the house without her earrings because they represent the light within you.  Her mother's words planted a seed that connected her to the power of beautiful images and symbols that radiate.   Lia began to sketch pictures of jewelry as a hobby. She was working as a hair and make-up professional when she met Jamie Kern Lima (It Cosmetics) and Vicky Tsai (Tatcha Beauty) who took her under their wings.  She had the opportunity to see how the two of them were offering their gifts to the world and she began to see and understand her own gift, and the possibility of her jewelry.   Lia explains how she uses her own life to create the jewelry designs.  She looks at some challenging moments to identify how she made it through those times. Those concepts translate into her sketches.  For example, her Valencia Key Rooted Collection is to remind us to choose to plant our roots in a positive, powerful place.   BRAG ON YOU: Lia brags on her gift to change the atmosphere of the room.   WORD OVER EVERYTHING: Psalms 1:3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.   GUEST CONTACT: Website: www.valenciakey.com Lia Valencia Key on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liavalenciakey/ Valencia Key Jewelry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valenciakeydesign/ Valencia Key Jewelry on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/valenciakey   PODCAST CONTACT: Website:  www.authenticityovereverything.com Free download 25 Affirmations for Authenticity! CLICK HERE. Authenticity Over Everything on Instagram: AOE on Instagram Authenticity Over Everything on Facebook: AOE On Facebook Join the Authenticity Over Everything Email list: HERE   ANGELA DUCKETT Angela Duckett on FACEBOOK Email: angela@authenticityovereverything.com

Welcome to the 2020 Spark Joy highlights show! Make sure you listen all the way through because we share an important announcement towards the end. This year was a wild one and really unlike no other, so we look forward to highlighting some positive moments of joy for the show and announce and celebrate our giveaway winners. Our show wouldn’t be possible without each and every one of you…. our listeners...many whom have been with us from day one. YOU spark the most joy! We are so grateful for your thought-provoking questions, inspiring stories of tidying highs and lows, and your dedicated listenership over the past 3 1/2 years. Book a custom Virtual Tidying Experience with For the Love of Tidy (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/konmari-tidying-lesson/tidy-a-z-what-to-expect-from-a-konmari-virtual-tidy/) Join The Spark Joy Club today! (https://www.patreon.com/sparkjoy) But first, a Joy Check! What Sparked Joy this year for Karin: As hard as this year was, I have been inspired by the perseverance and determination of people everywhere. That has helped me to keep going and has helped me see what I gained and learned this year. Hopefulness! What Sparked Joy this year for Kristyn: Leaning on the Spark Joy and For the Love of Tidy communites as we collectively got stuff done (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/konmari-tidy-tips/i-reached-the-end-of-my-to-do-list/) during a trying season. Joyful Show Highlights 2020 Spark Joy Ep 131 | Getting Things Done with David Allen (https://www.sparkjoypodcast.com/ep-131-getting-things-done-with-david-allen) Spark Joy Ep 144 | Essentialism with Greg McKeown (https://www.sparkjoypodcast.com/episode-144-essentialism-greg-mckeown) Spark Joy Ep 127 | Taking a Look at Why It's All Too Much with Peter Walsh (https://www.sparkjoypodcast.com/ep-127-taking-a-look-at-why-its-all-too-much-with-peter-walsh) Spark Joy Episode 132 | Where Does all the Stuff Go with Secondhand Author Adam Minter (https://www.sparkjoypodcast.com/episode-132-where-does-all-the-stuff-go-secondhand-author-adam-minter) The 3rd Annual Spark Joy Giveaway! Each of our three winners will receive a special KonMari Prize Bundle that includes: • A signed copy of Marie Kondo’s tidying sequel, Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up (https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Joy-Illustrated-Organizing-Changing-ebook/dp/B00Y6QG5D0) • A fifty-dollar gift card to the KonMari Shop on konmari.com • On behalf of For the Love of Tidy, a 2-hour Virtual Tidying Lesson (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/konmari-tidying-lesson/tidy-a-z-what-to-expect-from-a-konmari-virtual-tidy/) And here are our winners! Vapeters A Yooper Learning to Let Go! Spark Joy is the only podcast I listen to weekly - others that I have found around simple living or minimalism either is too much of just a general conversation that I get bored, has too many ads or clearly their agendas are to sell and pitch their guests books etc. I love that Kristyn and Karin have guests that have skills and professions that cover a range of topics and I appreciate their style of asking them specific questions about what they do. I live in the Midwest and would love to hear more from people who live in areas with extreme weather and how they deal with their tools, winter equipment and wardrobe etc. Keep up the good work and inspiration! KerieSue New Listener & Ready to Let Go! "I only discovered this podcast recently. I reluctantly subscribed thinking, “Oh, goodie. ANOTHER decluttering podcast.” *eye roll After the first 5 minutes, I realized, it was SO MUCH MORE than that. The advice offered here by the hosts, combined with the interviews is absolutely priceless! I am hooked and fully intend to “binge-listen” each and every episode as I begin my KonMari journey." Kimmykannonz So informative! Despite having read Marie Kondo's books and watched the Netflix show, I wanted more KonMari content as I completed my Tidying Festival. Kristyn and Karin are so kind, and I love their variety of guests. I have learned a lot from the episodes, and have been able to carry the lessons into my own life. Congratulations to our winners! The Spark Joy Podcast is saying goodbye! After three years, 161 episodes, over 95 hours of KonMari themed tips and over 2.5 million downloads, we’ve decided to end this run of the Spark Joy podcast. Your dedication to our mission has been absolutely incredible. While new episodes are paused, our mission continues. Here are some ways you can continue to listen while you tidy and access our show and community: • All 161 episodes will remain live and available to you during your tidying event. You can revisit your favorites or start from Episode 0 (https://www.sparkjoypodcast.com/episode-0-who-are-we-and-what-is-konmari) to binge-listen all of our episodes. • The Spark Joy Club will remain active and live! You can request to join by heading over to sparkjoypodcast.com and clicking Join the Club (https://www.patreon.com/sparkjoy) to gain exclusive access to the community, The Tidy Home Joy Journal (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/joy-journal/), monthly live videos, accountability, advice from organizing experts, and inspiration from hundreds of active tidying companions. • If we have updates about the show in the future we’ll announce them via Spark Joy's Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/sparkjoypodcast), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sparkjoy_podcast/), and Twitter (https://twitter.com/SparkJoyPodcast), so make sure to follow us on your favorite platform. You can also join our mailing list (https://www.sparkjoypodcast.com/about) or reach out to us driectly at contact@sparkjoypodcast.com Karin and I will continue to serve clients in-person and virtually through The Serene Home (https://theserenehome.com) and For the Love of Tidy (https://fortheloveoftidy.com), respectively. Make sure to connect with us via our individual social media accounts, subscribe to our mailing lists, or reach out to us directly so we can continue to address your burning tidying questions. You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home (https://www.theserenehome.com/) You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/)

On today's show, Kim and Dr. Turshá Hamilton talk about holistic health, nutrition, and how to break the stress cycle. Dr. Turshá also takes us on a mental vacation and shows us how and why we should do this every day. Dr. Turshá is a Naturopathic Doctor and coach who focuses on natural health solutions for Diabetes, Hypertension, and Digestive Distress. She uses a balanced approach to medicine and wellness by finding the root cause of diseases and treating it with methods like nutritional counseling, botanical medicine, lifestyle modifications, and hydrotherapy. Her patients have seen amazing results over time which include decreases in pain, blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol as well as increases in vitality and energy.  Connect with Dr. Turshá: www.DrTursha.com/Joy Check out her free e-book, "A 10-Step Guide to a Happier You." In it, she shares 10 steps you can begin to take today in order to increase the joy and happiness in your life About Coach Kim: I’m the author of the new book, Holistic Endurance Training. I'm a wife, mom, coach, triathlete, and eternal optimist who is into all things wellness and fitness.  Resources Endurance training is not one-size-fits-all. Sign up for my mailing list to receive emails, tips, and resources that will help you be a stronger, more resilient athlete.  Additional links: Kim's website: www.crushingmygoals.com Kim's Instagram Power of Run Facebook Contact Kim at CoachKim@ThePowerofRun.com

In Episode 56 of QWERTY Writing Life, Mea and Joy bring you your top ten episodes of Season One. They share some of their most memorable ones and what made them stand out. Listen along and see if your favorite made the show.Here are the episode links we mentioned:Episode 14: Interview with a Creative, Kim Howes Zabbia, artistEpisode 29: Interview with a Creative, Brandon Odom, vocal performerEpisode 37: Interview with a Creative, Joanna Penn, authorpreneurEpisode 49: Interview with a Creative, Rachael Ritchey, author and graphic designerEpisode 5: Blockades to Creating, Part 5: Theory of FearEpisode 20: Created to CreateEpisode 21: Allowing Faith in Your ArtEpisode 50: 5 Poetry Types You Might Not Know ExistEpisode 48: Creative Women: Past, Present & FutureEpisode 22: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda: Things we Wish We’d learned EarlierEpisode 23: QWERTY Craft TipsEpisode 41: Everyday CreativityEpisode 51: Creative Workshop: PoetryEpisode 13: Finding the Creative in Your CommunityEpisode 38: Our Affirmations for the 2020sEpisode 40: Creative TrophiesEpisode 10: Benefits of Short Fiction, Part 1Episode 11: Benefits of Short Fiction, Part 2Episode 12: Benefits of Short Fiction, Part 3Episode 44: Finding Your Creative MediumEpisode 45: Finding a Love for PracticeEpisode 31: Creative Workshop: Perfecting Our Book DescriptionEpisode 35: Goal Planning with 2020 Vision, Part I: Template for Goal-SettingEpisode 43: The Three Es of ArtEpisode 42: Cross Your Finish Line!Episode 39: One Engaging Story Leads to AnotherEmail us your favorites and ideas! editorial@logosandmythospress.comPlease share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

In Episode 55 of QWERTY Writing Life, we’re taking a stroll down memory lane and sharing our biggest lessons from one year of podcasting. We had no idea how much this endeavor would teach us … or grow us.Here are links to the episodes and other specifics we mentioned, plus our email address so you can follow through on our QWERTY Challenge and let us know what you’ve learned along with us.Interview with Joanna Penn: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-5qw9m-cf517dEveryday Creativity: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-yanuw-d33cc8Nothing New Under the Sun … or Is There?: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-nzn98-dbe443Finders Keepers: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepersEmail us your feedback and ideas! editorial@logosandmythospress.comPlease share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

We’ve lived under the notion that there’s nothing new under the sun. While that might be true in life, Joy and Mea turn that statement on its head as it relates to creativity. In Episode 54 of QWERTY Writing Life, they talk about how you are what takes a story or picture or painting and makes it unique … as only you can do.Here are the links we mentioned, including two fabulous writing classes:https://www.instagram.com/measmithwrites/Holly Lisle’s How to Think Sideways Coursehttps://hollyswritingclasses.com/shop/how-to-think-sidewaysLindsay Eager’s 80/20 Coursehttps://www.lindsayeagarbooks.com/8020Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

In Episode 53 of QWERTY Writing Life, Joy and Mea go back to the beginning and share their weekly QWERTY Report—the emails and chats that started it all and led to this podcast! They get personal and share the challenges of being creative in the face of COVID-19. Listen in and then email them with your own QWERTY Report!Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Join us for extra-special Episode 52 of QWERTY Writing Life where Joy gets to ask Mea all sorts of questions about her experiences as a poet. Mea’s answers will get your creative juices flowing, whether you’re a poet or not! She might even convince you to try your hand at the medium. As she says, poetry is “a concentrated dose of emotion.” Join us for all the inspiration you can handle as we round out our four weeks of poetry-related episodes in honor of National Poetry Month!Check out the links we mentioned in the episode:QWL, Episode 49: Interview with a Creative: Rachael Ritchey https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-4xs7j-d86ab3QWL, Episode 50: 5 Poetry Types You Might Not Know Exist https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-ieqvb-d91a1aQWL, Episode 51: Creative Workshop: Poetry https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-5afb4-d9d620https://poets.org/national-poetry-monthhttps://poets.org/national-poetry-month/poem-your-pocket-dayhttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46796/a-drunk-man-looks-at-the-thistlehttp://www.msphilassoc.org/home.htmlhttps://poets.org/poet/mary-oliverhttps://amandalinsmeier.comAllison Chestnut: https://www.facebook.com/Hemingbear/https://www.oliviagatwood.comhttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/natasha-tretheweyhttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ron-rashhttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/billy-collinshttps://kaysarahsera.comhttps://www.instagram.com/measmithwrites/https://www.facebook.com/meathewriter/https://twitter.com/mea_smithhttps://measmith.comPlease share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Mea’s got a challenge for Joy—and YOU!—in Episode 51 of QWERTY Writing Life. It’s all about poetry. This exercise will get you to think past the clichés and your known world. It will make you dig deeper into your thoughts, beliefs and feelings. Will you join in and see how incredible your results can be?Check out the links we mentioned in this episode:https://blogbattlers.wordpress.comhttps://poets.org/national-poetry-monthhttps://www.instagram.com/rupikaur_/https://msbookfestival.comPlease share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

It’s already Episode 50 of QWERTY Writing Life! We’re celebrating this milestone with one of our favorite things—poetry! Mea is sharing five poetry types you might not know exist. Drop us a line and let us know what you think. Did you already know about all five or were some a surprise? Have you found a new favorite?Check out links for all the people, places, things and events we mentioned in this episode:https://poets.org/national-poetry-monthhttps://www.amazon.com/Coram-Deo-K-Gartman/dp/0997203374https://rachaelritchey.comhttps://www.bustle.com/p/what-is-blackout-poetry-these-fascinating-poems-are-created-from-existing-art-78781https://austinkleon.comhttps://www.amazon.com/Classic-Blackout-Games-Totally-Blacked/dp/1440532591https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609380540/a-broken-thinghttps://briefpoems.wordpress.com/tag/monostich/https://briefpoems.wordpress.com/tag/american-haiku/http://jackkerouac.comhttps://poets.org/text/brief-guide-slam-poetryhttps://youtu.be/54ST8bwOVyc A Bird Made of Birds, Sarah Kayhttps://youtu.be/0snNB1yS3IE If I Should Have a Daughter, Sarah Kayhttps://youtu.be/0xuFnP5N2uA What Teachers Make, Taylor Malihttps://youtu.be/OonDPGwAyfQ The Impotence of Proofreading, Taylor Malihttps://www.bethannfennelly.comPlease share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

You get to meet one of our favorite people … and she brought a guest! We’re introducing you to Rachael Ritchey, author, designer and creative jack-of-all-trades in Episode 49 of QWERTY Writing Life. She’s chatting with us about Creative Balance, which we think fits perfectly with several of our recent topics. It also leads into a fantastic QWERTY Challenge! You’re sure to be just as inspired by Rachael as we are. Plus, Rachael brought her oldest daughter, Kassi, to join in the fun. Kassi helped us kick off our celebration of National Poetry Month by answering some behind-the-scenes questions about her poetry book, Coram Deo. Check out the links below for where you can get your copy!Here are the links we mentioned in this episode:Find Rachael on her website: https://rachaelritchey.comWant to book her design services? We call dibs! https://rachaelritchey.com/book-design-by-rachael/And, catch up on all her social media pages:https://www.facebook.com/RachaelRitcheyAuthorhttp://www.twitter.com/RachaelRitcheyhttps://www.pinterest.com/RachaelRitchey/https://www.instagram.com/rachaelritchey/https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13513799.Rachael_Ritcheyhttps://www.deviantart.com/rachaelritcheyThe amazing group of creative writers, Rachael mentioned can be found “blog-battling” here: https://blogbattlers.wordpress.comThe QWERTY “Created to Create” episode: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/created-to-create-1568658626/Get your copy of Kassi’s book, Coram Deo: https://www.amazon.com/Coram-Deo-K-Gartman/dp/0997203374Want to read the poem Kassi recommended? Here’s “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman: https://poets.org/poem/o-captain-my-captain?page=5For more on Kassi’s other favorite poet, read more about Edgar Allan Poe: https://poets.org/poet/edgar-allan-poeLearn more about National Poetry Month: https://poets.org/national-poetry-monthPlease share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

In Episode 48 of QWERTY Writing Life, we highlight the inspiration many women have filled us with as we pay a tribute to the Creative Women of Our Past, Present and Future. They have each found creative ways to make our world a better place now and for the women of the future.Here are all the amazing links we mentioned in this episode. Talk about INSPIRATION!https://milspousefest.com/7-books-tell-real-story-women-behind-moonshot/http://historyexplorer.si.edu/sites/default/files/Content/Who%20Invented%20the%20Cotton%20Gin.pdfhttps://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/margaret-knighthttps://www.lisasee.com/books-new/snow-flower-and-the-secret-fan/https://www.lisasee.com/books-new/https://www.writermomsinc.comhttps://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sojourner-truthhttps://www.nps.gov/articles/sojourner-truth.htmKerri Washington interpreting the “Ain’t I a Woman” speech: https://youtu.be/Ry_i8w2rdQYhttps://www.thewonderwomenproject.org/pages/biography-of-hedy-lamarrGaman Video: https://youtu.be/qch1YY5oMWEhttp://www.amytan.nethttps://www.michellekeener.comhttps://rachaelritchey.comhttp://findingthelightseries.com/author/kelseyatkins37/http://writepublishsell.cohttp://maggiestiefvater.comMo Willems Lunch Doodles: https://youtu.be/RmzjCPQv3y8Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

In Episode 47 of QWERTY Writing Life, we’re looking at a marriage of mediums. What happens when you put architecture and writing together? What about baking and art? Music and pottery? While many creatives have their primary outlet, most of us have other mediums we enjoy as well. When we find ways to bring those together … well, that’s when the magic can happen, friends!Here are the links and artists we mentioned in tonight’s episode:MS Book Festival Artwork Announcementhttp://www.buckleystudio.com/home/QWERTY Writing Life Season 1, Episode 44, “Finding Your Creative Medium”http://maggiestiefvater.comhttps://www.faithpraybooks.comhttps://www.oliverjeffers.comhttps://rupikaur.comhttps://www.colleenhoover.comGriffin Peterson’s soundtrack for Colleen Hoover’s Maybe SomedayPlease share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

In Episode 46 of QWERTY Writing Life, we’re planning some fantastic trips! While we’re not literally packing our bags and pulling out our passports, we are planning some mental vacations. If you’ve got spring fever and no hope of a journey in your near future, you should join us! And, if you do, we’d love to see some selfies or hear all about it. Tag us on social media: #QWERTYpodcast!Here are all the lovely links we mentioned in this episode:Christine, AKA The Uncorked Librarian and Uncorked AshevilleSouthern Books and Writers ListMichelle KeenerHidden ScotlandThe Outer Hebrides of ScotlandCastles of ScotlandSimply ScotlandVisit ScotlandIceland TravelIceland ExplorersEarthPixNatGeoAdventureNatGeoTravelStephanie Perkins, Anna and the French KissMaggie Stiefvater, Scorpio RacesAlison Walsh, A Literary Tea PartyPlease share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

How do you feel about practice? In Episode 45 of QWERTY Writing Life, we’re thinking about how our outlook on it has shifted over the years. With that change in mindset, we’ve discovered much to love about our dear friend, Practice. Our hope for this week’s challenge is that you will feel the same way.As promised, here’s the link to Joy’s blog post that we discussed: http://www.joyerancatore.com/2018/05/03/what-do-you-get-to-do/.Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

How do you find your creative medium? In Episode 44 of QWERTY Writing Life, we’re discussing how it took us a while to land on the one creative outlet that makes our hearts sing. We’ll send you away with a special challenge to help you find yours as well.Remember: This week is the 2020 Women in Publishing Summit, and we want to Dream BIG with YOU! Thanks for using our affiliate link to sign up for free and, if you add a paid package later, we’ll get a percentage! https://joyrancatore--writepublishsell.thrivecart.com/2020-wip/Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Creative works come from deep within us—a place where we’re trying to understand ourselves or the world around us. For this reason, we explore the “Three Es of Art” in Episode 43 of QWERTY Writing Life. We examine how emotions, experiences and our personal evolutions influence the art we produce. We hope you’ll share your QWERTY Challenge results with us. To do that or to drop us a line, email us any time: editorial@logosandmythospress.com.We hope to see you at the 2020 Women in Publishing Summit where we want to Dream BIG with YOU! Thanks for using our affiliate link to sign up for free and, if you add a paid package later, we’ll get a percentage! https://joyrancatore--writepublishsell.thrivecart.com/2020-wip/Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via the email address above. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Episode 42 of QWERTY Writing Life focuses on getting you across your finish line. Maybe you’ve got one, ten or a hundred projects started; but have you finished any of them? What’s holding you back? We’ve got some ideas for you to try and theories for you to test that lead straight into this week’s QWERTY Challenge. We look forward to hearing your feedback and cheering you on to CROSS YOUR FINISH LINE!We mention these previous QWERTY episodes that you might want to check out:Goal Planning, Part I: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/goal-planning-with-2020-vision-part-i-template-for-goal-setting/Interview with a Creative: artist, Kim Howes Zabbia: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/what-we-chatted-with-an-artist/Our Ideas are Not Finite (Featuring the Shiny New Ideas Notebook) https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/our-ideas-are-not-finite/Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

In Episode 41 of QWERTY Writing Life we’re dispelling the theory that creativity and everyday tasks are exclusive of one another. We’ve got some specific ways we bring the two together in our own lives and what we’ve discovered along the way.Our hope for this week’s QWERTY Challenge is that you will have a mindset change like we did, so you can embrace the creative in your everyday.Check out links we mentioned in the episode:Derek Murphy’s Book Cover Design Tips on YouTubeRachael Ritchey’s Book Design and Formatting Site: https://rachaelritchey.com/book-design-by-rachael/Joanna Penn’s episode with us: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/interview-with-a-creative-joanna-penn-on-evolution-of-creativity/Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

How do you measure success as a Creative? Mea and Joy share their thoughts in Episode 40 of QWERTY Writing Life. We discuss ways we would each be proud as we move forward in our careers that go beyond the shiny recognitions. It’s not always in the glitz and glamour that we find our trophies. Often, it’s in the simple acknowledgement of who we are as creatives. Interesting tidbit: we recorded this episode a while ago, and Joy has claimed one of the trophies she mentioned. Can you guess which it is?Check out links we mentioned in the episode:The Crux Anthology: https://rachaelritchey.com/the-crux-anthology/#LAMBookClub on Joy’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/joyerancatoreIn this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we’re encouraging you to think about your own Creative Trophies. So, whether you’re a writer, a painter, a musician, a CEO … or whatever you do, get ready for a challenge that will have you digging deep.Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

If you haven’t always been a reader (or you aren’t currently a big reader), Episode 39 of QWERTY Writing Life is for YOU! We’re chatting about how one engaging read leads to another and how developing a love of reading might be easier than you think.We encourage you to read a book outside your comfort zone. Recommendations are HUGE, both for readers and authors; so share away! We want to hear what you’re reading and we’d love to share some recommendations with you. Check out links for some of the books we mentioned in the episode:The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer: https://stepheniemeyer.com/the-twilight-saga/Tom Clancy’s books: https://tomclancy.com/products/all#The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling: https://www.jkrowling.com/writing/The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien: https://www.tolkien.co.ukAim, Blue and Comfort (and Drive) by Joyce Moyer Hostetter: https://www.joycemoyerhostetter.comMaggie Stiefvater’s books, particularly All the Crooked Saints: http://maggiestiefvater.com/novels/The Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery: https://www.lmmontgomery.ca/about/lmm/worksIn this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we ask that you read outside of your genre norm and tell us what you choose. Share with us what story first engaged you and made you thirst for more. We’d love to hear about it! Also, if you have a book recommendation or need a book recommendation, let us know!Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

In the last episode, Joanna Penn challenged us to declare our affirmations. In Episode 38 of QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, we share those with you. We’ve got big dreams for 2020 and for the new decade and we’ve got plans in place to achieve them.We’re passing the QWERTY Challenge to you. Follow Joanna’s steps for determining your affirmations and then share them with us. We’ll read them in future episodes of the podcast! While you work on those, be sure to check out these resources we mentioned in the show:https://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/https://www.thecreativepenn.com/https://www.thecreativepenn.com/mindset/https://www.kateclayborn.com/ (author of Love Lettering and Beginner’s Luck)http://www.joyerancatore.com/any-good-thing/Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Join us in welcoming Joanna Penn, award-winning entrepreneur and award-nominated (soon to be award-winning; we’re affirming it here!) author of thrillers and nonfiction for authors. In Episode 37 of QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, she discusses with us the evolution of creativity. Joanna walks us through how creativity can change over the years. We examine how, for creativity to be realized or to evolve, we must pull together an internal excavation of sorts and our natural curiosity with action. One key practice for Joanna to move from the introspective side (dreaming and wishing) to action (achieving) is making affirmations.In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, Joanna wants us to claim our creative affirmations for the 2020s. She maps out a three-step process, and we look forward to making theirs along with you. Share your affirmations with us, so we can encourage one another! We’ll be back for next week’s episode with our affirmations for the 2020s.Be sure to visit Joanna and thank her for joining our show!https://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/https://www.thecreativepenn.com/https://www.thecreativepenn.com/blueprint-signup5/https://twitter.com/thecreativepennhttps://www.instagram.com/jfpennauthor/https://www.booksandtravel.page/listen/Check out links for resources mentioned in this episode:http://www.thesuccessprinciples.com/https://www.thesecret.tv/http://www.thelawofattraction.com/https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2019/11/25/writing-with-a-family-productivity-andrea-pearson/https://apps.apple.com/us/app/things-3/id904237743https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/https://www.the1thing.com/Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

We are back with the second part of our mini series on Goal Planning with 2020 Vision. Episode 36 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast is all about Goals in Action where we show you how the Template for Goal-Setting we presented in the last episode works in our real-life planning. We’ll have some tips for you as well as we each break down one of our Dragon Goals into smaller Cat Sìth and Pixie Goals.In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we’re recapping last week’s since it’s a big one! You get to take the tips we’ve presented along with the examples we’ve given and do some fantastic goal planning of your own. Plus, drop us a line at the email address below (or DM either of us on social media) and we’ll send you a FREE PDF to help you work this process!Here are the fantastic links we mentioned in the show:https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepershttps://www.logosandmythospress.com/any-good-thinghttps://blogbattlers.wordpress.com/https://rachaelritchey.com/the-crux-anthology/http://www.joyerancatore.com/my-writings/tales-of-the-faerie-shepherds/https://hollyswritingclasses.com/https://womeninpublishingsummit.comPlease share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

This isn't your grandma’s annual resolution show! In Episode 35 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, we’re talking goals with a fantastical twist. This week we’re giving you a template of sorts for goal-setting. Next week, you’ll get to see what this looks like for our own 2020 goals and how we plan to achieve them.In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we’re sending you off with three steps toward a productive new year!Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

We’ve all experienced it. It’s the battle against the hourglass; the grasping at more time in a day; the neverending list of unchecked boxes. It’s not burnout. We could certainly use the word exhaustion. We’ve decided to call it, “Creative Kryptonite.” Find out what we’re talking about and learn how we defend against ours in Episode 34 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast. Get to know another creative mentioned in Mea’s creative week! Visit Rachael Floyd’s website here: http://sowritesrachael.com/.In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we’d love to hear how you handle your own Creative Kryptonite. If you don’t have coping methods yet, try ours and then let us know what works for you!Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

How to plan and organize the activities associated with tidying up. If you started to tidy, tackled clothes clothing or other categories, but quickly found other life priorities got in the way, then this is the show for you! Tidying up KonMari style is a one-time, special event that requires consistent effort and prioritization. It’s a project. A series of steps that need to be executed in an efficient series in order to shift behaviors you may have had all of your life. So, the less glamorous or obvious first step is to PLAN your tidying event before digging too deep. So now, we want to hear from you. Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Head over to Apple podcasts to subscribe and review the show, which helps us reach others along their tidying journeys. To extend your tidying experience, you can join the Spark Joy Club! Visit sparkjoypodcast.com and click “Join the Club” to become a member of the Spark Joy Community or join us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Thanks for tuning in and we hope your day, sparks joy. Joy Checks: - Karin loves staycations so she can indulge in her passion for the hotel room aesthetic. Here are some great hotel rooms and ways you can incorporate these ideas in your own bedroom. Hotel Room Ideas to Use in Your Bedroom: The Contemporist Kristyn is excited that the The Tidy Home Joy Journal is an Amazon #1 best seller across multiple categories! It’s beginning to arrive in the homes of early buyers and the reviews are amazing, 5 Stars! You can get yours by joining The Spark Joy Club today by heading over to our website, and clicking Join The Club! In this episode, you’ll enjoy: The question from listener Anne that prompted today’s show after listening to Episode 56: How 60 Hours of Tidying Lessons Changed One Single Mom's Life Forever The three factors that determine the length of time of your tidying event: The size of your home The volume of your clutter The anticipated pace of your decision-making How a KonMari Consultant can help in this process as we discussed in Spark Joy Episode 49: Why Hire a KonMari Consultant? Factors that slow down, or speed up your tidying event How to make tidying a short-term priority in order to gain from the Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up! Confronting your calendar to get your priorities and values in order The suggested length of time for each tidying appointment, the length of time in between tidying appointments, and the length of time the entire process should take according to our experience and best practices The benefit of a little urgency in the process. As we discussed in Spark Joy Ep 68 | Behind the Scenes: Netflix's "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" with Tricia Fidler and Jane Grodem something like a reality show can help move the process into overdrive! How the 5 D’s: delegate, delete, defer, delay, or diminish, we learned about in Ep 16 | Stress Free Holiday Joy with Amanda Jefferson can help you plan your tidying event What contributes to KonMari Fatigue and how to overcome it Gems: "The average American home has over 300,000 items." "It can take anywhere from 15 to 30+ hours, but not all at once!" "Make it a priority for the short-term in order to make true change in the long-term." "Plan your work and work your plan!" "This will require you to temporarily delegate, delete, defer, delay, or diminish some of the priorities filling up your calendar." "KonMari Fatigue can reduce focus and limit your best ability Joy Check items." You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy

Are you planning some special creativity time this holiday season? Are you making a list and checking it twice of all the parties and family obligations that sometimes feel less than nice? With a little creative planning, you may just be able to incorporate creativity into your holiday schedule—without adding unnecessary stress or flinging fruitcakes at your family’s face. We’ll share our tips with you in Episode 33 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast.In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we’ll guide you to apply a little bit of planning in order to achieve more positive creativity.Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Today, we celebrate! As our co-written book baby flies out into the world, we’re taking a sentimental glance back before we turn our full attention to the future of Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find & Keep Your Writing Critique Partner and QWERTY Writing Life. Listen in to Episode 32 as we share why and how the book came to be and where we see it taking all of us—including YOU!—in the future.In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we encourage you to take a page from our playbook and find multiple ways to utilize your work. Check out Rachael Ritchey’s book design page and the site for the 2020 Women in Publishing Summit, plus say hi to our three beta readers and see what they write in the links below:https://rachaelritchey.com/book-design-by-rachael/https://womeninpublishingsummit.comhttps://candicemarleyconner.comhttps://carriedalby.comhttp://findingthelightseries.comPlease share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

We’ve struggled through writing two book blurbs so far, but we’ve learned a great deal about them, about ourselves and about our books. Find out all the details and perhaps get some tips to help you in Episode 31 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast. Check out these links for more info on what we shared during the workshop:Blurb’s base template for writing a nonfiction book description: https://www.blurb.com/blog/how-to-write-a-blurb-for-your-non-fiction-book/My 4-step Process for Writing a Nonfiction Book Blurb That Sells, from Rainmaker Press:https://www.rainmakerpress.com/my-musings/2018/10/18/my-4-step-process-for-writing-a-nonfiction-book-blurb-that-sellsALLi Podcast: Book Blurbs, Book Hooks!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw2-rZj4YXcHow to Write a Good Book Description, IngramSparkhttps://www.ingramspark.com/blog/how-to-write-a-good-book-descriptionBack Book Cover Blurb, Kindlepreneurhttps://kindlepreneur.com/back-book-cover-blurb/Rachael Ritchey’s website, cover designer extraordinairehttps://rachaelritchey.com/book-design-by-rachael/Kim Howes Zabbia, Just Paint, It Ain’thttps://www.kimhoweszabbia.com/books-for-saleIn this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we will send you off with the task of condensing your current body of work, writing or otherwise, into a few lines. We would love for you to share them with us!Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Happy Thanksgiving to our US friends!! In Episode 30, we are reflecting on the first six months of QWERTY Writing Life Podcast. Can you believe it’s been six months already?!?! We have many things to be thankful for in this experience and so many exciting things to come. In fact, we have a gigantic announcement to share that we think you’ll be pretty stoked about as well.Check out the links we reference in the show and be sure to share with us what you’re thankful for this year.https://www.logosandmythospress.comhttps://womeninpublishingsummit.comhttp://brookewarner.comhttps://podcast.shewrites.comhttps://www.shewrites.comhttp://brookewarner.com/green-light-chapter-giveaway/Episode 14: Interview with a Creative: Kim Howes Zabbia, artist https://youtu.be/DdYyIG84pNshttps://www.kimhoweszabbia.comEpisode 29: Interview with a Creative: Brandon Odom, professional vocal performer https://youtu.be/z-jO6IC-Zqohttps://corovocati.org/https://www.thecreativepenn.comhttps://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Brandon Odom, professional vocal performer for more than twenty years, shares his creative journey and tips of the trade in this Interview with a Creative on the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast. He discusses his experience as a professional performer as well as the benefits and challenges of interpreting an established work of art. Brandon gives us practical tips on how to infuse your creative mark when reimagining these pieces through research and by connecting with the piece through a combination of emotions and personal experiences. Brandon leaves us with a QWERTY Challenge based on his practical creative tips. You can visit Brandon and hear his incredible voice on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChULdxMo4xXRhVz8eq59O3gLearn more about the professional choir Brandon sings with by visiting https://corovocati.org/At the end of the episode, Brandon sings “Beautiful City” from the Broadway show Godspell.Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our author resource series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 28 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! November is almost half done, so we’re wondering: Are you still pumped about writing now that NaNoWriMo is almost halfway over? Whether you are participating in NaNo or not, motivation is ALWAYS in the Creative’s conversation. Today’s topic is all about motivation and determination. We’re putting our own definitions to each for the creative context and attempting to answer the frequently asked question of how to maintain motivation with, we hope, some more long-term answers.Our QWERTY Challenge will have you going deep again and asking yourself some deep questions about who you are so you can decide who you’re going to be and how you’re going to get there. Subscribe and ring the bell for new episode notifications. Then, continue this week’s chat with us via email. We’d love to hear your reactions, comments and questions to this week’s show! Email us at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com.For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, subscribe and ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, joyerancatore.com.Joy mentioned her love for the Photoshop tutorials done by Aaron over on https://phlearn.com. If you’re a photo editing fan, check them out! Also, if you’re in the market for business cards and other marketing materials, give https://www.gotprint.com/home.html a try. Joy loves their products. Her author cards are their Trifecta, and she’s getting standard ones for her Press and square ones for all things QWERTY Writing Life!

How would your life change if your digital world were clutter free? In today’s episode we explore the philosophy of digital minimalism - the belief that less can be more to our relationship with digital tools. This idea stems for Cal Newport’s book “Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World.” We’re trading in the question “does it spark joy?” for the question “is this the best way to use technology to support my values?” We want to hear from you! Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Find us at www.sparkjoypodcast.com and click “Ask Spark Joy” to leave a question or comment for a chance to be featured on next week’s show. While you’re there, sign-up to join our Spark Joy podcast community and get notified when each episode airs. You can also join the Spark Joy podcast community on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter at the handle @sparkjoypodcast. Joy Check What's sparking joy for Karin: Vernado fan cool NYC fall breeze, windows open! What's sparking joy for Kristyn: Creative winter months. Collaborating with an artist on a new For the Love of Tidy production In this episode, you’ll enjoy: - Spark Joy's previous book review of "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, " Spark Joy Episode 21 - "Deep Work," Cal Newport's previous book that sparked a discussion that led to the release of Digital Minimalism - The Pros. What we loved about the book: - The way it was organized - Insights about the Slot Machine Concept - The Three Principles of Digital Minimalism - Stories shared from his Digital Declutter Survey - Cal's views on personal transformation The Cons. Things that didn't spark joy: The thesis style format and technical writing style A large amount of focus on the value of solitude The Digital Minimalism Plan: Set aside a 30-day period during which you will take a break from optionial technologies in your life. During this 30-day period break, explore and rediscover activities and behaviors that you find satisfying and meaningful. At the end of the break, reintroduce optional technologies into your life, starting from a blank slate. For each technology you reintroduce, determine what value it serves in your life and how specifically you will use it so as to maximize this value. Similarities with a capsule wardeobe - Spark Joy episode 39: Closet Joy Part 2 Practical tips that Cal recommends leaning on as you work through the three steps of your digital minimalism plan FI (Financial Independence) references: Spark Joy Episode 58 Tips on "filling the void" left when you break from your devices How Karin and Kristyn have applied Cal's tips and more to make some big changes when it comes to digital clutter Gems: - “Is this the best way to use technology to support my values?” - "Because of technology I’m a better human being than I ever was before." - "Minimalists believe that the key to thriving in a high-tech world is to spend much less time using technology." - "The average user spends 50 minutes per day on Facebook products alone." - "In my experience, gradually changing your habits one at a time doesn’t work well." You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy

We wanted to start off this month of Thanksgiving with an episode of thanks to the mentors in our lives, the people who have helped us get where we are. Find out who we’re talking about in Episode 27 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast. Since you’ll want to know more about some of the incredible people we mentioned, here’s where to find them:https://www.logosandmythospress.com/abouthttps://rachaelherron.com/http://howdoyouwrite.net/https://shows.pippa.io/thewriterswellhttp://sowritesrachael.com/https://www.authoraccelerator.com/momwriteshttps://rachaelritchey.com/https://maggiestiefvater.com/https://www.thecreativepenn.com/https://www.michellekeener.com/https://www.writermomsinc.com/http://findingthelightseries.com/https://authordevonharry.com/https://tauricox.com/In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we encourage you to make a list of your mentors or encouragers and take it a few steps further.Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

November is right around the corner and, for writers, November is synonymous with NaNoWriMo! We decided to share a little about this exciting month of goal-setting and habit-building and to give our best tips to anyone participating. Welcome to Episode 26 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast! Check out the links we mentioned during the show and a couple of posts by Joy with more tips and thoughts on the NaNo process:https://www.nanowrimo.org/https://www.thecreativepenn.com/healthy-writer/http://www.joyerancatore.com/2018/07/05/what-is-camp-nano/http://www.joyerancatore.com/2018/08/02/what-happens-when-you-dont-win-camp-nano/In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we’ve got a call to action for NaNo participants and for non-participants.Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Living a creative life can be amazing, but it’s not without its cons. In Episode 25 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith share how those negatives look in their own lives and chat about ways to handle them. They also reveal some HUGE NEWS!! They are honored to be part of the 2020 Women in Publishing Summit where they will speak with Alexa Bigwarfe on the topic “How to Find and Keep a Critique Partner: Dream BIG Together.” Here’s the link for more info about this incredible online Summit: https://womeninpublishingsummit.com.In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we’re giving you active steps to tackle the creative cons in your life. Let us know how it goes! Drop us a line at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] comPlease share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email. For more information about us, the show and our author resource book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 24 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We’re getting real in this episode with some downfalls creatives might face and thoughts on how to heal the damage they can do.In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we’re sending you virtual hugs and asking you to think through your own creative downfalls and identify how to heal the wounds in your own lives even as you prepare to defend yourself against future ones.Please share our podcast with your new friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 23 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! Thanks for joining us for another extra special episode recorded at our alma mater, William Carey University. If you missed Episode 22, that’s okay! These two don’t build on each other. We’re answering different questions for the students we had the honor of speaking to. This week we’re sharing our very best writing craft tips and sharing some favorite resources. Here are links to the ones we mention!Rachael Stephen: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXjda70KpggxCpmrLpxdHuwHolly Lisle’s Writing Classes: https://hollyswritingclasses.comRachael Herron’s “How Do You Write?” Podcast: https://rachaelherron.com/category/podcast/Ann Patchett: http://www.annpatchett.comNanowrimo: https://www.nanowrimo.orgRecommended Podcasts: QWERTY Writing Life: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-lifeThe Creative Penn: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/ALLi: https://allianceindependentauthors.org/?affid=7767 (Joy’s affiliate link, which just means she gets a small percentage of your membership fee … thank you!)IBPA: https://www.ibpa-online.orgAlone in a Room with Invisible People: https://www.alonewithinvisiblepeople.comWrite-Minded: https://podcast.shewrites.com How Do You Write? https://rachaelherron.com/category/podcast/The Career Author: https://thecareerauthor.com/podcast/Mom Writes: https://www.authoraccelerator.com/momwritesWriter Mom Life: http://writermomlife.comMagic Lessons: https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/magic-lessons/The Creative Shift: https://wegrowmedia.com/the-creative-shift-podcast/Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day: https://player.fm/series/1319408Quick and Dirty Tips with Grammar Girl: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girlSci-Fi & Fantasy Marketing Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkgP6WIFsg3vWga2XVs619wTED Talks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUUnT6oDeKwE6v1NGQxugSomewhat Creative (for the music-minded; another fellow WC alumnus!): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/somewhat-creative-podcast/id1204050274Please share our podcast with your new friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 22 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! Thanks for joining us for an extra-special episode. We recorded this one side-by-side at our alma mater, William Carey University, where we had the honor of speaking as guest lecturers to a creative nonfiction class. We managed to get two podcast episodes out of it, so click on through to hear the first part all about the things we wish we’d learned or done earlier—our Coulda, Woulda, Shouldas.In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we’re urging the students and YOU to spend some time visualizing your life and thinking through how you can achieve what you really want to in your lifetime.Please share our podcast with your new friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 21 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! Flowing forward from last week’s topic, we’re chatting about Allowing Faith in Your Art. We have a couple of theories about how holding back the inner convictions we hold most dear when it comes to our artistic endeavors can lead to blockades in production and often stems from some type of fear. We’ve got some encouragement for you as well!In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we’re urging you to dig deep within and evaluate yourself. It might not be easy, but we believe it will be worth it for you and for your art. Drop us a line and let us know how it goes!Please share our podcast with your new friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 20 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We’re chatting about how we were Created to Create but, somewhere along the way, we lost our ability to just let go and … CREATE! We’re sharing why we think that is and a few things we can do about it.In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we’re channeling a creative idea from The Artist’s Way by Jullia Cameron. Learn more about this incredible resource on creativity on her website: https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/the-artists-way-a-spiritual-path-to-higher-creativity/. Drop us a line and let us know how it goes!Please share our podcast with your new friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 19 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We’ve got an exciting announcement for you this week—the topic and … TITLE! … for our upcoming writing craft book! In case you missed last week, this is part two of a two-part series all about Support Teams! In this show, we’re focusing on our Creative Ties—these are the fellow creatives we partner with to form outstanding support systems. We’re sharing how these support teams can help and how we can return the support. Plus, we’re giving you some tips on where to find yours. And, we’re shouting out to our favorite online writing support groups, links below! https://www.facebook.com/groups/Writermomsinc/https://twitter.com/WriterMomsInchttps://www.instagram.com/writermomsinc/https://www.facebook.com/groups/WriterMomLife/https://twitter.com/WriterMomLifehttps://www.instagram.com/writermomlifepodcast/https://www.facebook.com/WomenInPublishing/https://www.facebook.com/groups/motivatedwriter/https://allianceindependentauthors.org/?affid=7767 (affiliate link)https://www.ibpa-online.orghttps://nonfictionauthorsassociation.comhttps://twitter.com/_KimChancehttps://twitter.com/_WritersCheerhttps://twitter.com/kristen_kiefferWe want to hear how the QWERTY Challenge goes for you, too; so please drop us a line. If you join some new groups or meet up with new creative friends, please tell us about it. And, share our podcast with your new friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com.For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 18 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We’re starting a special two-part series this week, all about Support Teams! In this show, we’re focusing on the Ties That Bind—our family and close friends, most of whom likely do not share the same creative pursuits but are a huge part of our success. We will share a little about our own teams and talk about what happens when this part of your support team doesn’t support you. If you are in a situation that is abusive, please get help right now. We love you and want you to know you’re worth so much more than how you’re being treated. Here’s the most important link and phone number we’ll ever share in our shownotes: https://www.thehotline.org 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).We want to hear how the QWERTY Challenge goes for you, too; so please drop us a line. If you’re on the side of dealing with a lack of support, we really want to hear from you so we can be cheering you on during the tough conversations we’re challenging you to have. Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com.For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 17 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! Today’s episode is extra special because we’re taking you through our experiences at the one, the only Mississippi Book Festival. This is the annual event where we kicked our writing careers into high gear back in 2016. We’ve grown alongside this event, and we could not be more proud to be part of such an incredible program. Because so many people come together to make this festival such a success and we have so many great things to say about the day, we have quite a few links to share with you all and our episode is a little longer than our usual.We want to hear how the QWERTY Challenge goes for you, too; so please drop us a line. Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com.We mentioned a bunch of incredible people and places and want to share as many as we can with you, so here goes!Mississippi Book Festival: http://msbookfestival.com/Lorelei Books and owner Kelle Barfield, Vicksburg, MS: http://loreleibooks.com/Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dogman: https://pilkey.comJanet W. Ferguson, author of the Southern Hearts series and the Coastal Hearts series: https://www.janetfergusonauthor.comCoffee Prose: https://coffeeprose.comBig House Books: https://bighousebooksms.orgLouisiana Books 2 Prisoners (not mentioned by name because Joy couldn’t remember it!): https://lab2p.orgP.J. Devere, author of Pour House and Pour Choices: http://pjdevere.comMichael B. Hewes and Sarah Hewes, author/illustrator (and son/mother) duo of The Tempestuous Trial of Maybelline Meriweather: http://riverroadpress.com/store/p44/Maybelline.htmlLyn Roberts from Square Books, Oxford, MS: https://www.squarebooks.com/Mamta Chaudhry, author of Haunting Paris: https://mamtachaudhry.com/Lisa Patton, author of Rush: https://www.lisapatton.com/Deb Spera, author of Call Your Daughter Home: https://debspera.com/Katy Simpson Smith, author: https://www.katysimpsonsmith.com/Juliet Grames, author of The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna: https://www.julietgrames.com/Julia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth: https://www.juliaphillipswrites.com/Maurice Carlos Ruffin, author of We Cast a Shadow: https://loweramericanson.com/Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto, Commonwealth and more and co-owner of Parnassus Books, Nashville: http://www.annpatchett.com and http://www.parnassusbooks.netNatasha Trethewey, two-time U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner: http://www.blueflowerarts.com/natasha-tretheweyBeth Ann Fennelly, Mississippi Poet Laureate: https://www.bethannfennelly.comPoetry Out Loud: https://www.poetryoutloud.orgHolly Lange, founder and executive director of the Mississippi Book Festival: http://msbookfestival.com/about/staff-boardFor more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 16 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! Have you ever worried that you’ll write the book of your heart or the five story ideas twirling around in your mind and that will be it? Your well will be dry. Nothing else will come. We’ve got good news for you today, friends! Our ideas are not finite. In fact, it’s quite the contrary; the more you create and the more you surround yourself with creativity, the more creative ideas you’ll have. We’re sharing our experiences, including our own battles with this Doubt; plus, we’re taking it a step further and giving you some tips to combat this fear. Our QWERTY Challenge will help you harness all the great ideas you already have and find some new ones as well. Questions? Comments? Want to share how your Challenge went? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. We mentioned a great site with a monthly writing prompt: https://blogbattlers.wordpress.com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 15 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We’re coming at you today with an exclamatory imperative, creative friends. We’ve got a pretty good reason behind it, though. So, pop in your earbuds, steep your tea and set out your favorite snacks for “Artists, Observe! Inspiration Is Everywhere!” We’re sharing with you some of the strange places and ways inspiration has come to us, and our QWERTY Challenge will have you opening up to the inspiration around you. Questions? Comments? Want to share how your Challenge went? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com. Here are the links we referenced in today’s show in case you want to check them out:Link to Joy’s incredible cover designer, Rachael Ritchey: https://rachaelritchey.com/book-design-by-rachael/covers-designed/Link to Joy’s book page on her website (or find her across social media @joyerancatore): http://www.joyerancatore.com/my-writings/Link to the Forensics Team Mea spoke to last week: https://wmcarey.edu/page/forensics-teamLink to the Mississippi Book Festival—Let us know if you’ll be there, too!: http://msbookfestival.com

Welcome to Episode 14 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! Today we’ve got a special treat for you guys. Our first guest on the show, Kim Howes Zabbia, will inspire and encourage you in your own creative endeavors and might just make you laugh. An accomplished artist, Kim taught art for many years at Ponchatoula High School in Ponchatoula, LA, and now teaches art to adults in her studio. Her latest book is Just Paint, It Ain’t: Demystifying the the Complex Marriage of Artists and Their Viewers. She’s sharing details with us about this book, specifically the Artistic Cycle she showcases in it. Kim brings us our QWERTY Challenge, and it’s a good one. In fact, Joy and Mea have taken on this challenge as well. Questions? Comments? Want to share how your Challenge went? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. Be sure to check out Kim’s website and social media platforms and follow her for more inspiration. Here are all the links you’ll need: https://www.kimhoweszabbia.com, https://www.facebook.com/KimHowesZabbiaArtist/, https://www.instagram.com/KimHowesZabbiaArtist/, https://www.youtube.com/user/KimZabbia. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to lucky Episode 13 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! [DISCLAIMER: left earbud only] We’re challenging you to Find the Creative in Your Community! Wonder where to start? We’ve got a whole show worth of suggestions for you! Our QWERTY Challenge might just push you outside your comfort zone. But, don’t worry! We’re here to help you and encourage you as you do. Are you ready? We believe in you! Questions? Comments? Want to share how your Challenge went? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 12 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We are closing out a three-part series on the Benefits of Short Fiction. In case you missed the first two episodes, we discussed the boost short fiction can give your craft techniques and your author brand. This time, we’re getting emotional. Yes, short fiction can give you an emotional boost! Find out how! Our QWERTY Challenge will encourage you to exercise that right brain. Are you ready? We believe in you! Questions? Comments? Want to share how your Challenge went? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 11 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We’re heading into the second part of a three-part series on the Benefits of Short Fiction. This time we’re focusing on the bonus perk of enhancing your author brand or adding to your collection of works. Our QWERTY Challenge will help you think of ways to boost your author brand or to discover your author voice through short fiction. Questions? Comments? Want to share your plans? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 10 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We love short fiction! We enjoy writing it and encouraging others to write it as well. In fact, we enjoy that so much, we turned one episode on the benefits of writing short fiction into THREE! For the first part, we’re examining the benefits to craft training. When you write something shorter, it’s easier to try something new or strive to improve something specific. Our QWERTY Challenge will push you to make something this week, specifically a short piece with the purpose of examining a specific craft technique you’d like to explore or improve. Questions? Comments? Want to share how your Challenge went? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 9 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! Do you have any writing rituals? When you go to create something—whether it’s a story or a song or a painting—do you need a certain smell or drink or sound? We dream about our ideal writing situations and then we get real and share a little of what actual writing time looks like for us and how we make it work for us. Our QWERTY Challenge will help you get to a point where you can create wherever you are in whatever time you’re given too. As long as you’re willing to practice, that is! Questions? Comments? Want to share your list? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 8 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We’re going to be rebels today! We’re sharing some writing “rules” that might just need to be broken. Creativity methods can be based upon others’ processes, but ultimately this is a personal thing. You have to listen to your instincts and—wait for it—know yourself to be able to morph something that someone else does into a process that works for you. Also, you have to accept the concept that maybe Your Process hasn’t been perfected yet, because you haven’t tried things or given yourself permission to make a new plan. We mentioned a fabulous artist during the beginning of today’s show. To see more about Kim Howes Zabbia, head over to her site www.kimhoweszabbia.com. We also mentioned a book by our dear friend, Autumn Lindsay. You can see more about her and her debut novel, Remaining Aileen, on her website www.autumnlindsey.com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 7 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We’re finishing our two-part look at Perspective with a focus on Details. Break it down and list it out, QWERTY Friend! We’re talking about fine-tuning those little details of our work and finding new ways to catch issues with them. Our QWERTY Challenge will have you making your own list. Questions? Comments? Want to share your list? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 6 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We’re kicking off a two-part look at Perspective, and this week’s focus is Big Picture.We’re talking about looking at your work as a whole from a brand new perspective. That could mean from a different character’s point of view, physically moving yourself around or using technology to help you see it—or hear it—in a whole new light.This week’s QWERTY Challenge will have you putting what we preach into practice in your own work. Let us know how it goes!Continue this week’s chat with us via email. We’d love to hear your reactions, comments and questions to this week’s show! Email us at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com.For more information about us, the show and our QWERTY Writing Life writing craft book series, head over to our QWERTY Writing Life page.To keep up with the podcast, follow us on our Podbean site.Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home.Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site.

Welcome to Episode 2 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We’ve got the second part for you in our five-part series on Blockades to Creating, and we’re going deep, friends. Emotional readiness, anyone?Settle in for a candid chat about our own fears and hubris as well as some of the ways we didn’t expect our emotions to be stripped through the writing process. Writing or painting or anything creative is a deeply personal activity. If you’re not prepared for that, you might find yourself overwhelmed.We close out with a conversation about the “whatever” guilt. You’ve probably heard of “mom guilt,” but that can apply to anyone—dad guilt, spouse guilt, friend guilt, fill-in-your-own-title guilt. Whenever you choose to pursue a creative passion in a public way, you’re also choosing to reorder your priorities or at least add to them, which can cause strain on any relationship in your life.We’re sending you out into your week with a new QWERTY challenge. This one’s going to take you deep, but you’ll be thankful you take the dive!Continue this week’s chat with us via email. We’d love to hear your reactions, comments and questions to this week’s show! Email us at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com.For more information about us, the show and our QWERTY Writing Life writing craft book series, head over to our QWERTY Writing Life page.To keep up with the podcast, follow us on our Podbean site.Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home.Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site.

Welcome to Episode 3 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! For the third of our five-part series on Blockades to Creating, we’re facing off with two formidable foes to all creatives—Self-Doubt and Imposter Syndrome. They have similarities and often hit us at the same time, but their biggest difference is in how they come at us. One’s internal; the other is external. Do you know which is which?The most important thing to understand about these two is that we will face them both. That’s a given. We’ve got some suggestions for dealing with each and how to take what they teach us to make ourselves better. This week’s challenge is a fairly simple one that we’ll add a second step to in Episode 4, so be sure to tune in next time!Continue this week’s chat with us via email. We’d love to hear your reactions, comments and questions to this week’s show! Email us at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com.For more information about us, the show and our QWERTY Writing Life writing craft book series, head over to our QWERTY Writing Life page.To keep up with the podcast, follow us on our Podbean site.Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home.Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site.

Welcome to Episode 4 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We’re already to part four of our five-part series on Blockades to Creating. We’re rounding out a couple of episodes that focused on varying aspects of emotional readiness with a candid look at how to evaluate our own works. Part of the self-evaluation process is understanding when we need to seek help and what kind of assistance we require. Another part we address is the need to then accept that help. In the end, though, we often have to make a choice and just trust our gut.Pull out that piece you created after Episode 3 because we’ve got one more step for you in this week’s QWERTY Challenge!Continue this week’s chat with us via email. We’d love to hear your reactions, comments and questions to this week’s show! Email us at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com.For more information about us, the show and our QWERTY Writing Life writing craft book series, head over to our QWERTY Writing Life page.To keep up with the podcast, follow us on our Podbean site.Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home.Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site.

Welcome to Episode 5 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We have reached the conclusion of our five-part series on Blockades to Creating. We hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as we have. Have you learned something about yourselves? We certainly have!Part five brings you Mea’s Theory of Fear. Pour yourself a cup of something and pull out your notebook and pen for this one, because you’re going to want to jot a few things down! Mea walks us through what fear can do if we let it, what fear really is and how we can harness fear for our good.Our QWERTY Challenge will help you take this theory and implement it into your own life right now. Are you ready to harness your fears?Continue this week’s chat with us via email. We’d love to hear your reactions, comments and questions to this week’s show! Email us at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com.For more information about us, the show and our QWERTY Writing Life writing craft book series, head over to our QWERTY Writing Life page.To keep up with the podcast, follow us on our Podbean site.Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home.Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site.

Welcome to Episode 1 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! We’re kicking off a five-part series on Blockades to Creating with everyone’s favorite—procrastination. You might be surprised to learn that, quite often, procrastination comes in the form of good things like research, webinars, books (*gasp*) and even daydreaming.Mea and Joy share their biggest struggles with procrastination and how they played a role in keeping them from starting out on their writing journeys. They send you off with an introspective challenge for your week, along with a tip to help you accomplish it!Continue this week’s chat with us via email. We’d love to hear your reactions, comments and questions to this week’s show! Email us at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com.For more information about us, the show and our QWERTY Writing Life writing craft book series, head over to our QWERTY Writing Life page.To keep up with the podcast, follow us on our Podbean site.Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home.Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site.

Welcome to the intro episode for the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith. We’re sharing a little about ourselves and our writing, our friendship with one another and a little about our podcast and what we hope to offer you in each episode.The QWERTY Writing Life Podcast brings you weekly candid chats about our creative lives. Through these, we will provide tips and tricks and lessons learned from our own experiences as writers and creatives seeking to pursue our passions in public. We want this chat to include you and we want it to continue throughout the week, so drop us a line any time. We’ll also send you out into your week armed with a new QWERTY Challenge to implement something we discussed or to learn something about yourself and your work.Continue this week’s chat with us via email. We’d love to hear your reactions, comments and questions to this week’s show! Email us at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com.For more information about us, the show and our QWERTY Writing Life writing craft book series, head over to our QWERTY Writing Life page.To keep up with the podcast, follow us on our Podbean site.Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home.Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site.

How to plan and organize the activities associated with tidying up. If you started to tidy, tackled clothes clothing or other categories, but quickly found other life priorities got in the way, then this is the show for you! Tidying up KonMari style is a one-time, special event that requires consistent effort and prioritization. It’s a project. A series of steps that need to be executed in an efficient series in order to shift behaviors you may have had all of your life. So, the less glamorous or obvious first step is to PLAN your tidying event before digging too deep. So now, we want to hear from you. Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Head over to Apple podcasts to subscribe and review the show, which helps us reach others along their tidying journeys. To extend your tidying experience, you can join the Spark Joy Club! Visit sparkjoypodcast.com and click “Join the Club” to become a member of the Spark Joy Community or join us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Thanks for tuning in and we hope your day, sparks joy. Joy Checks: - Karin loves staycations so she can indulge in her passion for the hotel room aesthetic. Here are some great hotel rooms and ways you can incorporate these ideas in your own bedroom. Hotel Room Ideas to Use in Your Bedroom: The Contemporist Kristyn is excited that the The Tidy Home Joy Journal is an Amazon #1 best seller across multiple categories! It’s beginning to arrive in the homes of early buyers and the reviews are amazing, 5 Stars! You can get yours by joining The Spark Joy Club today by heading over to our website, and clicking Join The Club! In this episode, you’ll enjoy: The question from listener Anne that prompted today’s show after listening to Episode 56: How 60 Hours of Tidying Lessons Changed One Single Mom's Life Forever The three factors that determine the length of time of your tidying event: The size of your home The volume of your clutter The anticipated pace of your decision-making How a KonMari Consultant can help in this process as we discussed in Spark Joy Episode 49: Why Hire a KonMari Consultant? Factors that slow down, or speed up your tidying event How to make tidying a short-term priority in order to gain from the Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up! Confronting your calendar to get your priorities and values in order The suggested length of time for each tidying appointment, the length of time in between tidying appointments, and the length of time the entire process should take according to our experience and best practices The benefit of a little urgency in the process. As we discussed in Spark Joy Ep 68 | Behind the Scenes: Netflix's "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" with Tricia Fidler and Jane Grodem something like a reality show can help move the process into overdrive! How the 5 D’s: delegate, delete, defer, delay, or diminish, we learned about in Ep 16 | Stress Free Holiday Joy with Amanda Jefferson can help you plan your tidying event What contributes to KonMari Fatigue and how to overcome it Gems: "The average American home has over 300,000 items." "It can take anywhere from 15 to 30+ hours, but not all at once!" "Make it a priority for the short-term in order to make true change in the long-term." "Plan your work and work your plan!" "This will require you to temporarily delegate, delete, defer, delay, or diminish some of the priorities filling up your calendar." "KonMari Fatigue can reduce focus and limit your best ability Joy Check items." You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy