Joy Found Here
by stephanie martinez rivera
Say It Out Loud: Jennifer White’s Clarity Coaching Secrets for…
About this podcast
Welcome to the Joy Found Here podcast, hosted by Stephanie Martinez Rivera. Join us each week while we have real talk with inspiring women about life,balance, grace and permission to step off the ride. Listen in as we hear their stories, victories and fails and how to recognize and embrace the simple joy that life does offer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 285 episodes
- Say It Out Loud: Jennifer White’s Clarity Coaching Secrets for Getting Unstuck in Midlife · 1 h 0 min · Episode 285What happens when you spend 23 years quieting your own voice, and one loss finally makes you listen? In episode 285 of Joy Found Here, Clarity and Consistency Coach Jennifer…
- Bring the Receipts: Lisa Virginia Anderson Puts a Price on the Work Nobody Thanks You For · 58 min · Episode 284What happens when a cat-pee rug becomes the last straw, and one exhausted woman decides to invoice the world for everything nobody notices? In episode 284 of Joy Found Here, Lisa…
- Lift Something Every Day: Jeanne Phares on Strength Training for Women Over 50 After Leukemia · 1 h 2 min · Episode 283What if a hospital bed showed you what your strength was worth? In episode 283 of Joy Found Here, Jeanne Phares shares how leukemia at 55 turned a CPA and lifelong lifter into a…
- Peace Before Posting: Elizabeth Honeycutt on Inner Calm, Honest Visibility, and Sharing Your Story · 51 min · Episode 282What if showing up online with integrity starts with the peace you carry inside? In episode 282 of Joy Found Here, visibility strategist Elizabeth Honeycutt shares how a…
- Manifest With Your Body: Ani Anderson on the Somatic Secret Behind Getting What You Want · 50 min · Episode 281What if your body has been blocking what you keep asking the universe for? In episode 281 of Joy Found Here, somatic coach and author Ani Anderson shares how a longing for deeper…
- Quit at 47 With No Plan B: Erin Dougherty on Midlife Burnout, Perimenopause and Reinvention · 1 h 0 min · Episode 280What do you do when the career that defined you leaves you running on empty and your body says enough? In episode 280 of Joy Found Here, coach Erin Dougherty shares how burnout…
- Self-Care Is Survival: Cass Uk's Nursing Roots and the Rise of Tolicious · 49 min · Episode 279What happens when a near-death childbirth experience becomes the wake-up call that launches a six-figure wellness empire? In episode 279 of Joy Found Here, Cassandra Sonma…
- Fifty-Five Letters, One Lifetime: Kim Cook on Healing a Broken Bond · 52 min · Episode 278What happens when trauma gets distilled into fifty-five letters to a mother who couldn't hear them? In episode 278, Kim Cook shares how a shelf collapse and old records cracked…
- Just Ask: How Michelle Glogovac Built a Podcast Empire One Pitch at a Time · 55 min · Episode 277What if the only difference between a listener and a published author is hitting record? In episode 277, Michelle Glogovac, THE Podcast Matchmaker®, shares how a 2018 layoff…
- Whispers Within Us: Kathleen Huebner on Signs, Synchronicities & Slowing Down · 54 min · Episode 276What if the loudest truths in your life have been arriving as whispers all along? In episode 276 of Joy Found Here, transformational mindset coach Kathleen Huebner shares how a…
- All Roads Lead Back to You: Tori DaCosta on Ownership, Clarity & Letting Go · 54 min · Episode 275What if the biggest obstacle to becoming who you're meant to be isn't outside circumstances, but the boxes you've been checking your whole life? In episode 275, executive coach…
- Machan Taylor: Singing Through Trauma to Heal an Original Wound · 48 min · Episode 274What happens when a search for identity across continents ends in healing an old childhood wound? In episode 274, singer-songwriter and educator Machan Taylor shares how a…
- Rock Bottom to Body Freedom: Amber Romaniuk Decodes Emotional Eating & Hormones · 1 h 2 min · Episode 273What happens when your body starts speaking in symptoms—and it takes rock bottom to finally listen? In episode 273, Amber Romaniuk, Emotional Eating, Digestive and Hormone…
- You're Not the Problem: Lori Montry on Healing the Nervous System, Not Fixing Yourself · 53 min · Episode 272What if what you call self-sabotage is really your nervous system doing what it learned to keep you safe? In episode 272 of Joy Found Here, somatic healing practitioner Lori…
- Whole, Not Perfect: Laura G. Patac's Blueprint for Owning Your Story · 60 min · Episode 271What happens when a storyteller who's lived on five continents realizes reinvention is a skill, not something that happens to you? In episode 271, Laura G. Patac joins Stephanie…
- Two Ducks, One Agency: Deanna & Ashley on Business, Motherhood & Reinvention · 50 min · Episode 270What happens when a Gen X president and a millennial account director decide to run a marketing agency—and start a podcast—together? In episode 270 of Joy Found Here, Deanna…
- 60% and Go: Dr. Jen Fry on Boundaries, Bold Moves, and Building a Wild Career · 43 min · Episode 269What if the secret to getting everything you want is simply having the nerve to ask for it? In episode 269 of Joy Found Here, Dr. Jen Fry shares how a career built on bold…
- Painting Through Grief: Ksenia Merck on Love, Loss, and Ghost Flower · 36 min · Episode 268What happens when an architect's structured world collides with the freedom of art—and grief becomes the bridge between them? In episode 268, Ksenia Merck shares how illustrating…
- The Coach of His Own Cure: Tim McDonald's Stage IV Comeback Story · 48 min · Episode 267What happens when a cancer diagnosis turns out to be the beginning of a mission, not the end of a story? In episode 267 of Joy Found Here, Tim McDonald shares how a stage IV…
- The Feeling You Couldn't Name: Kristine Jensen on Shame, Survival and Self-Compassion · 50 min · Episode 266What if the quiet feeling that you're not enough isn't a character flaw — but something your nervous system learned long ago just to keep you safe? In episode 266 of Joy Found…
- Empty Cup, Full Life: How Florence Acosta Rebuilt Herself After a Stroke at 50 · 38 min · Episode 265What happens when a woman who spent decades holding everyone else together finally has no choice but to let go? In episode 265 of Joy Found Here, Florence Acosta — former…
- Burned Out Again? Dr. Rebecca Hubbard on Why Identity Is the Real Fix · 47 min · Episode 264What if burnout isn't a sign you're doing too much — but a sign you've forgotten who you are? In episode 264 of Joy Found Here, Dr. Rebecca Hubbard, licensed clinical…
- Stop the Monday Reset Cycle: Your Brain's Real Problem With Diets with Lizzie Merritt · 55 min · Episode 263What if the reason you can't stick to diets has nothing to do with willpower and everything to do with how your brain is wired? In episode 263 of Joy Found Here, Lizzie Merritt…
- Lower Expectations, Higher Standards: Katie DeBonville's Memoir at 53 · 48 min · Episode 262What if the life you were always meant to live was hiding inside the one you were already living? In episode 262 of Joy Found Here, Katie DeBonville — writer, musician, and…
- The Psychologist Who Healed Herself: Dr. Celeste Birkhofer on Mental Health That Lasts · 55 min · Episode 261What if the psychologist sitting across from you has faced the very same darkness she's spent 40 years helping others through? In episode 261 of Joy Found Here, Dr. Celeste…
- Your Heart Knows More Than Your Brain: Puran & Susanna Bair on Living From the Heart · 57 min · Episode 260What if the most powerful tool for healing and transformation has been beating inside your chest your whole life? In episode 260 of Joy Found Here, Puran and Susanna Bair…
- Mind Over Mayhem: Life Coach Rebecca Olson on Why Working Moms Have It Backwards · 50 min · Episode 259What if work-life balance feels impossible not because of your schedule, but because of what's happening inside your head? In episode 259 of Joy Found Here, international life…
- What Your Mother Always Said Was Right: Amy Goober on Living Boldly at Any Age · 51 min · Episode 258What if the most powerful life lessons you carry were handed down by the woman who raised you — and it took 40 years to realize it? In episode 258 of Joy Found Here, serial…
- The Nonprofit Executive Holding the Line on Mental Health — One Client at a Time · 49 min · Episode 257What happens when the mental health system is quietly crumbling — and the woman holding it together has been doing so for 25 years? In episode 257 of Joy Found Here, Janelle…
- The Permission Slip You Needed: Hypnotherapy, Intuition & Breaking Free With Lynnsey Robinson · 57 min · Episode 256What if the key to unlocking your biggest goals isn't willpower or grinding harder — but learning to speak the language of your own subconscious? In episode 256 of Joy Found…
- Trusting the Call: How a Military Officer Became a Psychic Guide in Paradise · 43 min · Episode 255What does it take to trade a military uniform for a spiritual calling — and finally trust the gift you've carried your whole life? In episode 255 of Joy Found Here, psychic guide…
- Rising From the Ashes: Melanie Rhora on Burnout, Boundaries, and The Phoenix Path · 49 min · Episode 254What happens when everything burns down — literally — and the woman left standing in the ashes decides she's done rebuilding the same life twice? In episode 254 of Joy Found…
- The Regenerative Medicine Doctor Who Reversed a 93-Year-Old's Aging — Starting With Your Gut · 49 min · Episode 253What if the stranger staring back at you in the mirror isn't a sign of decline — but an invitation to take back control? In episode 253 of Joy Found Here, Dr. Prudence Hall…
- Unbecoming Everything You Were Told to Be — with Hema Crockett · 43 min · Episode 252What happens when a high-achieving woman checks every box society handed her — only to realize none of it was truly hers? In episode 252 of Joy Found Here, Recalibrate Coaching…
- The Toxic Boss Playbook: Kate Lowry on How to Read, Predict & Outlast Them · 49 min · Episode 251What if the most powerful weapon against a toxic boss isn't quitting — it's understanding exactly how they think? In episode 251 of Joy Found Here, CEO coach and venture…
- Pay Attention to Your Attention: Emily Florence's Roadmap to a Happier Life · 48 min · Episode 250What if the secret to a happier life wasn't about doing more — but paying closer attention to what's already pulling you forward? In episode 250 of Joy Found Here, author and…
- "Too Old for Desire?" How Lexy Shaw Delorme Built a 9-Book Empire Out of Rejection · 58 min · Episode 249What happens when a former lawyer and pop musician gets told she's "too old" to write about desire—and builds a literary empire instead? In episode 249 of Joy Found Here, author…
- The Personal Trainer Who Couldn't Walk for 10 Years—And Discovered Channeling, Somatic Healing & the Harmonic Egg · 54 min · Episode 248What happens when a personal trainer loses the ability to walk and discovers a power she never knew existed? In episode 248 of Joy Found Here, Isabelle Daikeler shares how…
- The Chirping Bird Wins: Author Celeste Fenton on Writing a Mystery Series at 60 After a Loss · 57 min · Episode 247What happens when grief becomes the catalyst for finally answering a lifelong creative calling? In episode 247 of Joy Found Here, Celeste Fenton shares how losing her husband in…
- 60 Is a Good Start: How Allison McCune Davis Redefines Aging, Purpose, and Daily Vitality · 50 min · Episode 246What happens when a milestone birthday sparks restlessness instead of celebration—and becomes a turning point for deeper purpose? In episode 246 of Joy Found Here, Allison McCune…
- Menopause Is Not the End: A Triple Board-Certified OB-GYN on Hormones, Sex, and a Midlife Reset · 56 min · Episode 245What if the changes you’ve been dreading—fatigue, mood swings, weight gain, shifting desire—aren’t signs that your body is failing, but signals that it’s asking for a new kind of…
- The Midlife Wake-Up Call: An Integrative Health Practitioner on Hormones, Gut Health & Power · 49 min · Episode 244What happens when your body starts changing in ways no one prepared you for—and pushing through stops working? In episode 244 of Joy Found Here, integrative health practitioner…
- Redesigning Success: A Trailblazing Engineer on Women in STEM, Leadership, and Life Architecture · 55 min · Episode 243What happens when an engineer questions not just how systems work—but who they work for? In episode 243 of Joy Found Here, Josée Tremblay joins Stephanie for a thoughtful…
- Rewrite Your Life: How Two Women Transformed Debt, Career, and Joy from the Inside Out · 26 min · Episode 242What happens when two women from different worlds discover the same truth—that joy begins when you take back what matters? In episode 242 of Joy Found Here, Stephanie shares a…
- The Truth About Marriage & Sensitivity: Breakthrough Lessons from Two Transformational Guests · 26 min · Episode 241What do marriage, empathy, and the courage to face hard truths have in common? In this Best Of episode of Joy Found Here, Stephanie revisits two standout conversations that…
- How Rhea Lana Riner Turned a $0 Idea Into a Multi-Million-Dollar Franchise Empowering Moms · 56 min · Episode 240What happens when a stay-at-home mom with three kids and no business background turns a simple idea into a national movement? In episode 240 of Joy Found Here, Rhea Lana Riner…
- Why Joy, Not Youth, Is the Secret to Staying Alive—with Miss Connecticut Senior Robin Kencel · 52 min · Episode 239What if aging wasn’t about years but about staying curious and alive? In episode 239 of Joy Found Here, Robin Kencel proves reinvention has no age limit. At 67, she’s a top real…
- From Marshmallow to Muscle: Terry Tateossian on Redefining Strength, Health, and Midlife Power · 55 min · Episode 238What happens when midlife burnout becomes a full-body and mindset revolution? In episode 238 of Joy Found Here, certified coach Terry Tateossian shares how she went from 80…
- Give With Joy, Receive With Grace: A Thanksgiving Reflection · 23 min · Episode 237What happens when you pause long enough to see how much your life has changed? In Episode 237 of the Joy Found Here podcast, I’m reflecting on a year that transformed me in ways…
- Money Without Shame: How Lacy Garcia Is Empowering Women to Build Wealth With Confidence · 44 min · Episode 236What happens when your finances fall apart—and instead of breaking down, you rebuild the system that failed you? In episode 236 of Joy Found Here, Lacy Garcia, founder and CEO of…







