The Joy Diet Podcast

We all connect with many things throughout our lives, but nothing seems to be as primal as connecting with other people. As in many areas of life, it is not the quantity, but the quality that counts.

So, I did as promised and went out to purchase a tally counter for the laughs. I decided against this purchase ($10 for something to count for me? ridiculous!) So I decided to just count out loud as I saw laughter. Discover the results of my experiment by listening to the podcast. (Just hit the play button above.)

OK, I am re-writing this and a bit annoyed and not laughing! I had written some cool stuff and it got lost in the cutting room floor of the blogosphere! Anyways, so I am going to go out and buy a laugh-o-meter! I have decided that I am going to take this morning on my way to the airport (and AT the airport) to count not only my OWN laughs but the people around me! I will post it later.. (This post was recorded earlier...) Have FUN this weekend everyone!

Each week as I record each podcast, I often find that there are things I want to add for the previous week. This week covers both treats and play, this week's topic. I found, as I read the other posts from the participants of this online book club, that I really missed the boat by not including a list of my own treats so I added it here! For the chapter on play, it is starting to get clear to me that I need more play in my life so I am at least looking at it!

You would think that doing a chapter on treats would be exciting and fun! Well, I guess that depends on the conversation that you have about it inside your head! In this chapter, Martha Beck asks us to create three treats a day to reward ourselves. In my busy life, this is very challenging! Listen to my podcast to see what else comes up about treats!

Hmm...I apparently missed the boat last week when I did my previous podcast! lol... So, in this episode, I do a big PS for last week and covered the new chapter on Risk for The Joy Diet book club. This podcast is part of a larger project called The Next Chapter where readers gather online to discuss this book. Join the others at tnc-thejoydiet.blogspot.com.

This week, I got stuck! But it was perfectly all part of the divine plan!

We all want things. Big things. They hide in the little dusty corners of our mind, often forgotten. It is time to drag them out, take a deep breath and blow that dust off them! Take some time this week to take a deeper look at what you want in life. Then, if you had that... what then? This podcast is just a small part of a very big and cool project put out by Jamie Ridler called The Next Chapter. (This picture is taken by JoiseyShowAA on Flickr.)

This week, the discussion is about TRUTH. In this podcast, host Amy Jewell talks about the concept of truth and different ways that we can address this concept in our everyday lives. She also reviews several amazing individuals who have done some great work in uncovering truth in their lives and can be models for us in looking at our own truths.

Each week, we will discuss a chapter of The Joy Diet. We are still on chapter one this week and the chapter is about Nothing. I am not very good at doing Nothing. Are you?

This is the first week of Jamie Ridler's The Next Chapter: The Joy Diet. Each week, I will be posting a podcast of the theme for each week. For more visuals, please visit my blog site at www.cirkla.com/blog.