Finding Joy in the Hard
Finding Joy in the Hard is a weekly podcast about how we meet life when it stretches us — in grief and growth, in ordinary struggles and unexpected turns.
In short minisodes, I share honest reflections, gentle nervous system awareness, and simple embodied practices to help you steady yourself when things feel uncertain.
From time to time, I sit down with guests who have walked through difficulty and found light in the dark and joy in the hard.
I’m your host, Suzanne Andora Barron — yoga and meditation teacher, Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner, and writer. Through breath, awareness, and simple practices, I help people ease tension and reconnect to their inner steadiness.
Finding Joy in the Hard
#099 No Would Haves or Should Haves & Finding Gratitude with Joanne Archer
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Welcome back to Finding Joy in the Hard, where you'll get a mix of powerful stories of people who've gone through incredible challenges and have come out the other side. And you'll also get short, brief ahas, teachings, thoughts that will help you get through your day.
I'm sharing with you my very first interview - my guest was Joanne Archer. I'm sharing it today on Thanksgiving because Joanne and I talk about how gratitude changed our lives.
What I also love about this interview is that Joanne never let fear stop her.
She became a stand up comic in her 40s. And later started her own dinner theater singing even though she claimed she couldn't sing. After 9/11, she started her own TV show because she had a burning desire to report on stories that weren't being covered. Again she said she didn't know what she was doing.
If you want to be inspired, listen to this interview - it can be on the car ride to grandma's.
And if you're waiting to know what your doing until you step into your dream. Don't stop, jump.
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