Apparently all I needed was the topic of 'camp' and all of these day camp memories came flooding back. Yes, today's episode is about summer camp but it also serves as a reminder to myself to allow my kids to have their own experiences without projecting my past nonsense on them. And, oh boy, do I need the reminder!

Thanks so much for listening! I love helping people change (and improve!) their perception of their lives -- aka find more JOY.

All of the guides, emails, and information that may help you on your joy journey, can be found on my website: melissabloom.life.

Here are links that I mention in the show!!

🌱 Free workbook Your Daily Guide to Finding More Joy

🌱 Stay Connected Newsletter

🌱 Create the Life You Love Living Retreat (for women only)

🌱Wildflower Wishes Retreat (for mothers and daughters!)

🌱 Melissa Bloom's JOY SCHOOL!

🌱 14-Day JOY Journal

If you'd like to check out my book, The Path to Joy, on Amazon, click here!

If you'd like to connect, share your thoughts on the show, suggest a topic to discuss, etc. please feel free to email me at: connect@melissabloom.life. I LOVE connecting!

Enjoy the journey!

No, don't worry -- this podcast is not becoming a DIY show about how to build a treehouse! I can safely say I am probably one of the least qualified podcast hosts to offer construction tips. Today's episode is really about perception and how you can look at the same thing every day and then, one day, wake up and see it through 'new' eyes.

Thanks so much for listening! I love helping people change (and improve!) their perception of their lives -- aka find more JOY.

All of the guides, emails, and information that may help you on your joy journey, can be found on my website: melissabloom.life.

Here are links that I mention in the show!!

🌱 Free workbook Your Daily Guide to Finding More Joy

🌱 Stay Connected Newsletter

🌱 Create the Life You Love Living Retreat (for women only)

🌱Wildflower Wishes Retreat (for mothers and daughters!)

🌱 Melissa Bloom's JOY SCHOOL!

🌱 14-Day JOY Journal

If you'd like to check out my book, The Path to Joy, on Amazon, click here!

If you'd like to connect, share your thoughts on the show, suggest a topic to discuss, etc. please feel free to email me at: connect@melissabloom.life. I LOVE connecting!

Enjoy the journey!

Today's episode is kind of about menopause -- but not really though. I share part of an email that Dr. Mary Claire Haver sent in which she writes a letter to her younger self. I love her email and the idea that this is a new life chapter that can be quite wonderful.

Yes, there are some physical changes that can be tough. But, it can also be a time for freedom -- freedom from caring for other humans, freedom from roles we used to play. A beginning!

Thanks so much for listening! I love helping people change (and improve!) their perception of their lives -- aka find more JOY.

All of the guides, emails, and information that may help you on your joy journey, can be found on my website: melissabloom.life.

Here are links that I mention in the show!!

🌱 Free workbook Your Daily Guide to Finding More Joy

🌱 Stay Connected Newsletter

🌱 Create the Life You Love Living Retreat (for women only)

🌱Wildflower Wishes Retreat (for mothers and daughters!)

🌱 Melissa Bloom's JOY SCHOOL!

🌱 14-Day JOY Journal

If you'd like to check out my book, The Path to Joy, on Amazon, click here!

If you'd like to connect, share your thoughts on the show, suggest a topic to discuss, etc. please feel free to email me at: connect@melissabloom.life. I LOVE connecting!

Enjoy the journey!

Today's episode is about resilience. The return. The power that lies in falling and getting back up. Because we will all fall, make mistakes, change our minds. That's just being human. But it's what happens at that moment that really matters.

Thanks so much for listening! I love helping people change (and improve!) their perception of their lives -- aka find more JOY.

All of the guides, emails, and information that may help you on your joy journey, can be found on my website: melissabloom.life.

Here are links that I mention in the show!!

🌱 Free workbook Your Daily Guide to Finding More Joy

🌱 Stay Connected Newsletter

🌱 Create the Life You Love Living Retreat (for women only)

🌱Wildflower Wishes Retreat (for mothers and daughters!)

🌱 Melissa Bloom's JOY SCHOOL!

🌱 14-Day JOY Journal

If you'd like to check out my book, The Path to Joy, on Amazon, click here!

If you'd like to connect, share your thoughts on the show, suggest a topic to discuss, etc. please feel free to email me at: connect@melissabloom.life. I LOVE connecting!

Enjoy the journey!

On today's episode, I take you along on our not-a-college-tour trip to Albany -- complete with mall food court memories, rollerblading, and teen-approved silence on anything resembling future planning. But really it's about why talking about big, uncertain things can feel uncomfortable (for teens and grown-ups) and why being a little 'cagey' is sometimes just self-protection.

Thanks so much for listening! I love helping people change (and improve!) their perception of their lives -- aka find more JOY.

All of the guides, emails, and information that may help you on your joy journey, can be found on my website: melissabloom.life.

Here are links that I mention in the show!!

🌱 Free workbook Your Daily Guide to Finding More Joy

🌱 Stay Connected Newsletter

🌱 Create the Life You Love Living Retreat (for women only)

🌱Wildflower Wishes Retreat (for mothers and daughters!)

🌱 Melissa Bloom's JOY SCHOOL!

🌱 14-Day JOY Journal

If you'd like to check out my book, The Path to Joy, on Amazon, click here!

If you'd like to connect, share your thoughts on the show, suggest a topic to discuss, etc. please feel free to email me at: connect@melissabloom.life. I LOVE connecting!

Enjoy the journey!

Today, in addition to sharing some summer confessions (I’ve always been more of an indoor cat who just wants to read in the shade with a cold drink), I talk about what summer looks like for me now, how I’m learning to embrace less structure, and why this slower season actually feels really good.

Thanks so much for listening! I love helping people change (and improve!) their perception of their lives -- aka find more JOY.

All of the guides, emails, and information that may help you on your joy journey, can be found on my website: melissabloom.life.

Here are links that I mention in the show!!

🌱 Free workbook Your Daily Guide to Finding More Joy

🌱 Stay Connected Newsletter

🌱 Create the Life You Love Living Retreat (for women only)

🌱Wildflower Wishes Retreat (for mothers and daughters!)

🌱 Melissa Bloom's JOY SCHOOL!

🌱 14-Day JOY Journal

If you'd like to check out my book, The Path to Joy, on Amazon, click here!

If you'd like to connect, share your thoughts on the show, suggest a topic to discuss, etc. please feel free to email me at: connect@melissabloom.life. I LOVE connecting!

Enjoy the journey!

Today's episode is about a super short social media video I made about being OK if you don't want know what you want to be when you grow up. I recorded it on a whim and so many people reached out and said the video spoke to them.

So, if nothing else, if you are someone who is still trying to figure out what you want to be when you grow up, you are in VERY good company!

Thanks so much for listening! I love helping people change (and improve!) their perception of their lives -- aka find more JOY.

All of the guides, emails, and information that may help you on your joy journey, can be found on my website: melissabloom.life.

Here are links that I mention in the show!!

🌱 Free workbook Your Daily Guide to Finding More Joy

🌱 Stay Connected Newsletter

🌱 Create the Life You Love Living Retreat (for women only)

🌱Wildflower Wishes Retreat (for mothers and daughters!)

🌱 Melissa Bloom's JOY SCHOOL!

🌱 14-Day JOY Journal

If you'd like to check out my book, The Path to Joy, on Amazon, click here!

If you'd like to connect, share your thoughts on the show, suggest a topic to discuss, etc. please feel free to email me at: connect@melissabloom.life. I LOVE connecting!

Enjoy the journey!

Perhaps the title of today's episode is a bit overly dramatic. Yes, it is the 'end of an era' with the twins moving up to high school, but there are many 'ends' like this one. I find, I'm not so great with 'ends.' So, today, let's chat about 'ends' and how to process them.

Thanks so much for listening! I love helping people change (and improve!) their perception of their lives -- aka find more JOY.

All of the guides, emails, and information that may help you on your joy journey, can be found on my website: melissabloom.life.

Here are links that I mention in the show!!

🌱 Free workbook Your Daily Guide to Finding More Joy

🌱 Stay Connected Newsletter

🌱 Create the Life You Love Living Retreat (for women only)

🌱Wildflower Wishes Retreat (for mothers and daughters!)

🌱 Melissa Bloom's JOY SCHOOL!

🌱 14-Day JOY Journal

If you'd like to check out my book, The Path to Joy, on Amazon, click here!

If you'd like to connect, share your thoughts on the show, suggest a topic to discuss, etc. please feel free to email me at: connect@melissabloom.life. I LOVE connecting!

Enjoy the journey!