Episode 15: Scratch-and-Dent to Sacred Worth: The Crocheted Dog Miracle

Catch up on the story with Episode 14: I Called Bullshit on the Meditation—Then Everything Shifted with Brenda Johnston

💡 Episode 15 Overview

What does healing look like when it shows up in a box?
This week, Jax unpacks a hand-crocheted miracle—one that took fifty years to land. Inside that box: a basset hound made of yarn, sent without a card, without a warning, and with more impact than any apology ever could.

This episode traces a childhood heartbreak, a long pattern of scratch-and-dent shame, and the exact moment a gift rewrote the story. Along the way, Jax dives into the mirroring concept, daily Ho‘oponopono, and the emotional boomerang of generational patterns—plus a road-rage reframe for anyone who has ever cursed a stranger behind the wheel.

Episode 15 is about self-worth, unexpected repair, and the freedom that comes when your story breaks open in a way you never planned.

• A childhood tea fundraiser, a crocheted dog named Danville, and the moment that defined a scarcity wound

• Why owning beautiful things felt unsafe for decades—and what shifted

• A totally unexpected gift from Jax’s mother that reopened a closed door

• How humor, pain, and long-held memories carry more mirrors than we expect

• A simple but powerful Ho‘oponopono practice for self-forgiveness and inner-child healing

• A road-rage example that explains why context always matters

• The bridge into next week’s hypnosis guest (board-certified, radically confident)

• The launchpad for the Seven Adopt-a-Nots series—what we pick up that never belonged

• Brenda Johnston (Episode 14 guest) — brenda-johnston.com

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• Reddit Community → r/#heyjax

• Loser Merch → wearable reminders from Episode 12

Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and all major platforms.
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🧵 What You’ll Hear

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📌 Timestamps

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00:00Welcome back + how Episode 14 opened the door

02:11The origin story: school fundraiser, Danville the dog, and early scarcity coding

09:45The puppy, the nose, and the heartbreak

14:08How one moment shaped Jax’s beliefs about safety and ownership

20:22Healing in a box: the surprise dog delivery from her mother

25:40Mirror work, self-recognition, and the complexity of emotional humor

28:55Ho‘oponopono as a healing ritual—apology, release, and return to self

31:02Road rage and why your actions and theirs often look the same

36:46Next guest preview: board-certified hypnosis teacher, transformation leader

38:53Intro to the Seven Adopt-a-Nots: belief systems we absorbed but never chose

40:32Cursive updates, merch, community, and a thank-you from

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🎙️ Episode 14 — I Called Bullshit on the Meditation. Then Everything Changed.

A spiritual faceplant, an unexpected breakthrough, and a path back to myself.
Guest: Brenda Johnston, subconscious strategist and host of The Limitless Life

Some meditations feel like magic.
Others feel like manipulation.

This one felt like a trap—until everything shifted.

This episode begins with resistance and ends with something I never expected: a new voice, a redefined identity, and a deeper understanding of how energy creates everything. Brenda Johnston joins me to talk subconscious work, prosperity re-coding, and the exact pivot that helped me stop performing and start transmitting truth.

Before Brenda, I layered tools on top of old survival patterns. I believed I had healed, but deep down I was still waiting for permission. She helped me reprogram the part of me that held the fear and let my voice start working for me instead of against me.

We go there:
✨ The energy people feel before you ever speak
✨ Why subconscious safety shapes identity
✨ Frequency-led leadership, explained without fluff
✨ Emotional neutrality vs. spiritual bypassing
✨ What happened when I finally met my future self

You’ll hear about the moment at the kitchen island, the meditation that made me want to run, and the reframe that became the launch point for this podcast.

This is the story of how it finally clicked—and who helped make that possible.

“It’s the energy behind the thought that creates the result.”

• Apple Podcasts

• Spotify

• Amazon Music

🌐 https://www.brenda-johnston.com/
🎙 The Limitless Life Podcast
📲 @_brendajohnston on Instagram

If your affirmations feel empty and your goals keep echoing back silence, this one will help you find the frequency shift your subconscious has been waiting for.

#justjaxpodcast #brendajohnston #subconscioushealing #identityshift #emotionalneutrality #frequencywork #prosperitycodes #healingjourney #podcastshownotes #limitlesslife #energycreatesreality

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🎙️ Episode 13 – The Healing Modality Salad

Mirror Work, EFT, Tarot, and Ho’oponopono: How I Released Blame and Reclaimed My Voice

When I gave healing a fair shot, I started with the mirror. I met my younger self eye to eye—and she deserved more.

Henri McKinnon’s self-awareness work gave me language for what I had carried. Tarot dropped a truth bomb I never expected, and the Five of Pentacles showed me two figures I needed to let go.

Tori Hartman helped me trace that fear back through silence and grief—what began as paranoia became perspective.

Tapping came in when I froze before hitting record—Gary Craig and the Ortners built the foundation, but Jenn Dragonette gave me a fresh sequence I could actually use.

And the one tool I come back to again and again—Ho’oponopono.

Each of these practices helped release a piece of the blame I held. This episode opens the door. Future episodes will go deeper into the tools that helped me untie each of the seven deadly NOTs—starting with my interviews with Brenda Johnston, Kimberly Lynne, and the 50-year-old miracle that cracked me open in the best way.

🛠️ Tools & Teachers from This Episode

• 🧘‍♂️ Henri McKinnon – Self-awareness and the “Destiny” program
  📍 Currently on Facebook only
  → Search “Henri McKinnon Destiny” (British Columbia, Canada)

• 👁️ Tori Hartman – Multi-generational healing & Chakra Wisdom Oracle
  🌐 https://www.torihartman.com

• ✋ Gary Craig – Creator of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)
  🌐 https://www.emofree.com

• 👥 Jessica & Nick Ortner – The Tapping Solution
  🌐 https://www.thetappingsolution.com

• 🎙️ Jenn Dragonette – Podcast Producer & Podcaster with her own Healing Modality Salad
  🌐 https://jenn-dragonette.com

• 🌀 Joe Vitale – Author, Speaker and Ho’oponopono Master

  🌐 https://www.mrfire.com

Ready to drop the blame and pick up the mic?
Episode 13 is live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube , Amazon Music and all things podcast.

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