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This week marks the final episode of JOY IS NOW.  I discuss my decision to end such an incredibly fun and joyful project and why ending now is a completely new experience for me. Thank you so much for listening. It has been an honor to have you here. While Joy is coming to a close, I’m not done with podcasting. Moving forward, all Joy episodes will be available for my newsletter subscribers - you can sign up at the link below. And I’ll be creating a new podcast for subscribers, Alchemy -  think of it as a place where data driven science and the wildly creative make out. I’ll be talking more about Human design, business mentorship and answering all the questions you can send my way. I hope you will join me there. I promise a good time.  For now, let’s think of endings like we do Joy. Big and full of potential.  Thank you so much for being here WORLD FEEDBACK SURVEYLAS NEWSLETTERThis has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. A special thanks to my affiliate friends at OSEA - the makers of clean seaweed skincare. Save 10% on your OSEA purchase with  code JOYISNOW10.  A BIG high five to Graham, from the bookkeeping team at Bench. Graham keeps this business in tip top shape with his mathematical superpowers. Let Graham be your books avenger at Bench.JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Support the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.This week I am excited to host for an EMOTION segment discussion, Psychic Medium, Multidimensional Channeler, Visual Artist and Mother, MARY GRISEY. We discuss COMPASSION and how to practice it on ourselves and within the greater collective.  This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. A special thanks to my affiliate friends at OSEA - the makers of clean seaweed skincare. Save 10% on your OSEA purchase with this special link and code JOYISNOW10.  JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAMEPISODE LINKS:MARY GRISEYFINE ARTSupport the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.Today I am excited to host for a These Three Things segment discussion, San Francisco artist, art book editor and author of seven books, including The Secret Art of Being A Grown-Up and How Art Can Make You Happy and How Time is On Your Side, and Season 2 JOY Guest, BRIDGET WATSON PAYNE.  Bridget shares three life lessons that continue to inspire and drive her creativity.  Listen in, it's a good one! This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAM EPISODE LINKS:BRIDGET WATSON PAYNEINSTAGRAMKIWA HURSUTASupport the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.Today I am excited to host for a THESE THREE THINGS segment discussion, Oakland based clinical scientist, creative entrepreneur and complex problem solver working on co-designing innovative solutions to equity challenges within our communities, and founding member and project lead at The UXR Lab, Dr. MARJA GERMANS GARD.  Marja discusses three thoughts on self-reflection and the importance it plays in fostering systemic change. And as always, our conversation gets super scientifically juicy. Dive in with us! This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAMEPISODE LINKS:MARJA GERMANS GARD, PHD.UXR LAB Timothy D. Wilson, Strangers to Ourselves Positionality Tool and Designer’s Critical Alphabet from Leslie Ann Noel, Ph.D.  Rachael Dietkus, LCSW and Social Workers Who Design Mike Monteiro: A Designer’s Code of Ethics Tad Hirsch: Practicing Without A License: Design Research as Psychotherapy Self as instrument in Organization Design and DevelopmentSupport the show

This week, I dig into some emerging thoughts growing out of my research on feedback. I discuss why skateboarding communities and art schools are feedback unicorns and how the success of these feedback systems can be applied to other systems…it's a work in progress.  Listen in, it's a good one! WORLD FEEDBACK SURVEYLAS NEWSLETTERThis has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. A special thanks to my affiliate friends at OSEA - the makers of clean seaweed skincare. Save 10% on your OSEA purchase with  code JOYISNOW10.  A BIG high five to Graham, from the bookkeeping team at Bench. Graham keeps this business in tip top shape with his mathematical superpowers. Let Graham be your books avenger at Bench.JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Support the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.Today I am excited to host for a THESE THREE THINGS segment discussion, Michigan based licensed clinical psychologist to Gen Zers, and founder of the app-based psychoeducational service Therapy Bootcamp, Dr. Melanie McNally. Melanie shares three important life lessons she has learned as a Gen Z psychologist. Listen in, it's a good one!This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAMEPISODE LINKS:DR. MELANIE MCNALLYFACEBOOKINSTAGRAMPINTERESTSupport the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.I am excited to host for an EMOTION discussion, San Francisco based jewelry designer and consultant wielding her torch like a real badass for good, SHARON ZIMMERMAN.  We talk RESILIENCE, how we don't think it is as important as it seems and how it is often used as a way to bypass being appropriately affected by stress and trauma. In short, we kind of flip the bird on the research and have a great time doing it. Join the conversation, it's a good one. This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. A special thanks to my affiliate friends at OSEA - the makers of clean seaweed skincare. Save 10% on your OSEA purchase with this special link and code JOYISNOW10.  A BIG high five to Graham, from the bookkeeping team at Bench. Graham keeps this business in tip top shape with his mathematical superpowers. Let Graham be your books avenger at Bench.JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAMEPISODE LINKS:SHARON ZIMMERMANCLASSESYOUTUBETWEET WE REFER TOSupport the show

In this newest THEORY segment I  share  more thoughts on the the art of process, how it needs to be less precious, and how I've embraced the wilderness of my experience bridging the data of science and the wilds of creativity.  Listen in, it's a good one! WORLD FEEDBACK SURVEYLAS NEWSLETTERThis has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. A special thanks to my affiliate friends at OSEA - the makers of clean seaweed skincare. Save 10% on your OSEA purchase with  code JOYISNOW10.  A BIG high five to Graham, from the bookkeeping team at Bench. Graham keeps this business in tip top shape with his mathematical superpowers. Let Graham be your books avenger at Bench.JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Support the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.I am excited to host for an EMOTION segment discussion, renowned Bay Area artist, fine arts professor, author of A Field Guide to Color and the newly released Color Meditation Deck, LISA SOLOMON.  LISA very generously offered JOY listeners a promo code to save on her newest release, THE COLOR MEDITATION DECK. Use code JOYISNOW30 good through 8/12/22 at Shambhala Publications.We talk FEEDBACK and how our shared lessons learned from art school critiques continue to inform us in work and life. Lisa shares feedback tips and experiences from her own classroom and we talk about how public instructor ratings put teachers in the position of sacrificing preparing students for the work place over job security.This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. A special thanks to my affiliate friends at OSEA - the makers of clean seaweed skincare. Save 10% on your OSEA purchase with this special link and code JOYISNOW10.  JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAMEPISODE LINKS:LISA SOLOMONA FIELD GUIDE TO COLORCOLOR  MEDITATION DECKSupport the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.Today I am excited to host for a THESE THREE THINGS segment discussion, emeritus professor at University of Minnesota, world-renowned developer of the theory of ambiguous loss, pioneer in the interdisciplinary study of family stress management, and author of 8 books including the brilliant and incredibly relevant new release,  The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change, DR. PAULINE BOSS.   We discuss her newest book, The Myth of Closure, and Dr. Boss shares her three most valuable life lessons. There is so much goodness in this episode. Get comfortable, sit back and enjoy getting to know one of the great scientific minds of our time, Dr. Pauline Boss.  Listen in, it's a good one!This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAMEPISODE LINKS:DR. PAULINE BOSSBOOKSupport the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.Today I am excited to host for a THESE THREE THINGS SEGMENT discussion, teacher, writer, and researcher ABBE GREENBERG along with social worker and special education advocate MAGGIE SARACHEK otherwise known as the ANXIETY SISTERS and co-authors of the book The Anxiety Sisters Survival Guide How you can become more hopeful, connected and happy! ABBE and MAGGIE share their most valuable life lessons about living with anxiety including prepping for panic, not going it alone, and sweet surrender.  This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. A special thanks to my affiliate friends at OSEA - the makers of clean seaweed skincare. Save 10% on your OSEA purchase with this special link and code JOYISNOW10.  JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAMEPISODE LINKS:THE ANXIETY SISTERSFACEBOOKINSTAGRAMTWITTERBOOK Support the show

In this newest THEORY segment I  share my thoughts on the ups and downs of process, along with how to be stuck with patience and grace. Just kidding. More like how to not have an epic tantrum while being stuck in the process. Or how to have an epic tantrum and still be in the process.Listen in, it's a good one! WORLD FEEDBACK SURVEYLAS NEWSLETTERThis has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. A special thanks to my affiliate friends at OSEA - the makers of clean seaweed skincare. Save 10% on your OSEA purchase with  code JOYISNOW10.  A BIG high five to Graham, from the bookkeeping team at Bench. Graham keeps this business in tip top shape with his mathematical superpowers. Let Graham be your books avenger at Bench.JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Support the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.Today I am excited to host for a THESE THREE THINGS segment discussion, musician, punk enthusiast, dad, and Chief Operating Officer at P.F Candle Co, THOMAS NEUBERGER. THOMAS shares his most memorable life lessons on failure, letting go and uncertainty. Listen in, it's a good one!This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAMEPISODE LINKS:THOMAS NEUBERGERINSTAGRAMPF CANDLE CO INSTAGRAMBOOKSAY YES TO NOSupport the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.Today I am excited to host for an EMOTION segment discussion, musician, punk enthusiast, dad, and Chief Operating Officer at P.F Candle Co, THOMAS NEUBERGER. We talk ANGER in punk rock, injustice, and even in meditation. Listen in, it's a good one!This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAMEPISODE LINKS:THOMAS NEUBERGERINSTAGRAMPF CANDLE CO INSTAGRAMBOOKSupport the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.I am excited to host for an EMOTION segment discussion, decision coach, positive developmental psychology scholar, owner of Yes&, and author of Ready Enough: Your 7-Step Guide for Life's Hardest Decisions, MARIN LAUKKA. We talk GUILT and how to manage hard feelings when making big life decisions. This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAMEPISODE LINKS:MARIN LAUKKAINSTAGRAMFACEBOOKYOUTUBELINKEDINBOOKSupport the show

In this newest THEORY segment I  share my thoughts on the significance feedback plays in systems health and introduce you to my latest research study!Listen in, it's a good one! WORLD FEEDBACK SURVEYLAS NEWSLETTERThis has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. A special thanks to my affiliate friends at OSEA - the makers of clean seaweed skincare. Save 10% on your OSEA purchase with  code JOYISNOW10.  A BIG high five to Graham, from the bookkeeping team at Bench. Graham keeps this business in tip top shape with his mathematical superpowers. Let Graham be your books avenger at Bench.JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Support the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.This week I am excited to host for a THESE THREE THINGS segment discussion, Co-Founder and Head of School at Millennium School in San Francisco, founder of Argonaut an online program to bring social-emotional learning to students virtually, recipient of the Ashoka Fellowship as a leading change maker in education, and author of  Finding the Magic in Middle School, soon to be published in August 2022, CHRIS BALME.  Chris shares his most valuable life lessons about surprise, the importance of groups, and kindness.  Listen in, it's a good one! This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. A special thanks to my affiliate friends at OSEA - the makers of clean seaweed skincare. Save 10% on your OSEA purchase with this special link and code JOYISNOW10.  JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAMEPISODE LINKS:CHRIS BALMEINSTAGRAMFACEBOOKTWITTERSupport the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.I am excited to host for a THESE THREE THINGS segment discussion, Bay Area co-founder and COO of Be Courageous, founder of Chaos to Calm and mom and ambassador of sanity, wellbeing and calm JENNA HERMANS.Jenna shares her most valuable life lessons as a step-mom including building your own path, the importance of how you show up, and learning to listen. This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM an join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. A special thanks to my affiliate friends at OSEA - the makers of clean seaweed skincare. Save 10% on your OSEA purchase with this special link and code JOYISNOW10.  JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAMEPISODE LINKS:JENNA HERMANSINSTAGRAMFACEBOOKBYRON KATIESELMA FRAIBERGSupport the show

In this newest THEORY segment I  share the only life hack you'll ever need.  Have a guess? Listen in, it's a good one! This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. A special thanks to my affiliate friends at OSEA - the makers of clean seaweed skincare. Save 10% on your OSEA purchase with  code JOYISNOW10.  A BIG high five to Graham, from the bookkeeping team at Bench. Graham keeps this business in tip top shape with his mathematical superpowers. Let Graham be your books avenger at Bench.JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Support the show

Hi Friends and welcome to JOY IS NOW! The podcast where we take a psychologically minded look at life. I’m your host Lisa Anderson Shaffer, coach, consultant, and resident psych enthusiast.I am excited to host for an EMOTION segment discussion, Bay Area co-founder and COO of Be Courageous, founder of Chaos to Calm and mom and ambassador of sanity, wellbeing and calm JENNA HERMANS.We talk CALM. And how moments of CALM foster productivity, facilitate creativity and just generally help us be our best selves. This has been JOY IS NOW with me, Lisa Anderson Shaffer, LMFT. You can find me for hire at LISAANDERSONSHAFFER.COM and join the patronage support for this podcast and my daily practice journal, THESE THREE THINGS at patreon.com/lisaandersonshaffer. You can also follow along with my musings at @lisaandersonshaffer on Instagram. A special thanks to my affiliate friends at OSEA - the makers of clean seaweed skincare. Save 10% on your OSEA purchase with this special link and code JOYISNOW10.  JOY IS NOW is listener supported. When you buy through shared links, we may earn an affiliate commission. LISA ANDERSON SHAFFER, LMFTNEWSLETTERBOOKPATRONAGEINSTAGRAMEPISODE LINKS:JENNA HERMANSINSTAGRAMFACEBOOKCALM EXERCISES Support the show