The Peaceful Woman Program: Recent Episodes
Carolyn Jenkins
The Peaceful Woman Program podcast discusses strategies and attitudes that bring calm to chaos and peace and purpose to the human soul. We discuss topics that matter — and topics that are just fun. Here we talk about life — its struggles and its joys, its disappointments and its delights, its realities and its dreams. And to this jumble we bring peace.
This podcast relates the story of how I became a dog person and subsequently became parent to two amazing, loving, joyful cockapoos. I also talk about what my furry friends mean to me and to all of us. They have much to teach and much to give and much love to share.
Patty Collinsworth joins me to talk about the Akashic Records. What are they? How — and why — would we want to interact with the Records? What's there for us? We also talk about forgiveness and acceptance, about meditation and the Akasha, and about life in general. Patty also gives an introduction to Linda Howe (LindaHowe.com) — her teacher and mine.
Ho'oponopono is an ancient Hawaiian practice that focuses on healing relationships and hearts through forgiveness. Here we discuss forgiveness as a letting go, why it's healthy to forgive, and how to establish a forgiveness practice.
Here we talk about philanthropy — what it is, why we engage in it, how to get involved. We also talk about the energetic aspect of philanthropy. When we give we are expressing an abundance mindset; that abundance returns to us in a positive flow of energy and resources.
Lyn-Dee Eldridge joins the podcast to talk about living life on purpose. Lyn-Dee talks about challenges and crises she’s faced and how she’s found the purpose in them and learned that things don’t happen TO us, they happen FOR us. In this wide-ranging discussion, we talk also about happiness, joy, and peace — and how to have more of these positive emotions in our life.
We humans feel guilt. We feel guilt over things we've done or said. We feel guilt over things we've left undone or unsaid. We feel guilt over our failures — and we feel guilt over our successes. Guilt itself is not a bad thing. Indeed, it spurs us on to do better. The key is to accept that we have these feelings, apologize to anyone we've harmed or to ourselves for failing to meet our own standards, and make those changes within ourselves that are necessary to avoid uncharitable actions and words in the future.
Sharon Salzberg, in her online class Heart of Intention, presents seven aspects or elements of intention: aspiration, motivation, skillfulness, resilience, generosity, morality, and outcome. In this podcast, I explore these aspects. The Further Thoughts are my own, but I am indebted to Sharon for sparking my internal discussion and inspiring me to ponder on the nature of intention.
This episode presents the events leading up to my recent TV appearance. Light-hearted and fun, this show gives a background view of the process of doing a live show via Skype with the interviewer in Florida, the interviewee in Massachusetts, and the crew in New Hampshire.
Being intentional is a powerful practice. But how to formulate a powerful intention? We discuss eight elements that make up an intention that has strength and vitality. We then discuss the importance of the subconscious in realizing our intentions and how to visualize our intentions to engage the subconscious.
Setting an intention for the day — and for each separate task within the day — is a powerful practice. Intentions are more visions than goals. They establish the priority for the day. We need to know how to set powerful — and empowering — intentions. We need to intend the what, and allow the how.
Traditionally, we make resolutions on January 1, which marks the new calendar year. But for many of us, September begins our new year. This podcast is all about assessing where we are physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually and on making one change in each of these areas. For September IS the new January.
Our assumptions, those things we accept as true without proof, need to be examined and, if necessary, rethought. We all make — indeed, must make — assumptions in our daily life, but we need to make sure our assumptions are empowering, accepting, compassionate. Here I discuss some positive assumptions we can choose to live by.
This podcast discusses both the variety of WAYS of being generous and the HOW of being generous. Generosity isn't just about money. It's about giving of self — time, energy, skills, thoughtfulness. Further, one can be generous simply or actually be generous as a spiritual practice. In the latter case, being present and intentional are key factors.
Generosity, or liberalness in giving, has a number of unexpected benefits. Researchers have conducted scientific studies to uncover the main benefits — physical, emotional, spiritual — of being generous. In some cases, the giver actually gains more than the receiver!
This podcast explores inner peace in a chaotic world. We talk about the reasons for wanting to cultivate inner peace from reducing stress to improving personal relations. Importantly, we go over different strategies for fostering inner peace. And we suggest that the best way to cultivate inner peace is to learn to love ourselves exactly as we are.
We hear a lot about world peace and inner peace, but what about peace in the neighborhood, so to speak? This podcast discusses peace in relationship to those around us and talks of ways to maintain that “outer” peace.
Explore the what and the how of hypnosis and hypnotherapy in this informative podcast. Hypnosis involves the subconscious mind, which is imaginative, creative, in some ways child-like. Learn more about what makes it tick and how it can be communicated with directly when in the hypnotic state.
This podcast explores some facts and fantasies about hypnosis. Many of us know hypnosis only through Hollywood portrayals and stage shows. Our impressions of this ancient therapeutic modality are thereby skewed. Learn what hypnosis really is all about.
We all breathe — some 25,000 times per day. But are we doing it efficiently and effectively? Most 21st-century Western adults are not! Learn how to breathe healthfully, nice deep, relaxing breaths, and why it's important to do so.
Lisa Dooley of Your Organized Life talks about decluttering and organizing. Our discussion focuses on the Why — the feeling you want to have in your space — but also addresses the How. Clutter holds us back and slows us down. Lisa proposes that we organize to provide an environment where we can thrive and live our best life.
Limiting beliefs infringe on our ability to achieve our highest potential and best life. In previous episodes, we've defined and discovered our negative, limiting beliefs. In this episode, we focus of clearing these beliefs so we can replace them with life-affirming beliefs that empower us.
Limiting beliefs are any beliefs that constrain us, that hold us back from achieving our full potential and from living in our power. These limiting beliefs operate at the level of the subconscious and rob us of our life options.
Limiting beliefs are held by the subconscious mind. We need to discover them before we can deal with them. In this episode, we talk about recurring themes surrounding limiting beliefs and about how to tease out your own limiting beliefs.
The Peaceful Woman Program podcast revolves around life — its struggles and its delights, its chaos and its calm, its reality and its dreams.