Episode 101 Happiness

As Jill wraps up the Power Yourself series, she brings Karl Wiebe, original co-host and longtime friend, back to help celebrate the final episode. In this last segment, Jill and Karl read each other their favourite all-time quotes and discuss what meaning and inspiration they have for them.   Thanks for tuning in over the last 7 years and here's wishing you much success in your journeys ahead and remember...it's up to you to make the choice to Power Yourself!

Jill's sister, Melissa Power, joins the podcast to discuss the topic of transformation and what it's like to adjust and take advantages of opportunities to transform yourself into a more authentic version of who you see yourself to be.  Whether those opportunities present themselves in relationships, work, big life changes or just through the desire to change, Jill and Melissa talk about how we all have the power and strength within us to make it happen.  

As Jill winds down the series with the last 3 episodes and revisits the topic of happiness.  She explores how happiness doesn't just come to you, instead, you have to be a willing participant and creator in your own journey.  

In celebration of the 100th episode we flip the script and pass the mic over to friend and colleague Sandra Melnychuk to conduct an interview with Jill.  The episode unfolds to be a beautiful conversation about self love, what it means, and Jill’s journey to achieving it.

Join Jill as she discusses the concepts of impermanence and interbeing and how we can interpret these terms in different ways to help us experience a little more solace on our journey.

This episode Jill talks about how to improve our resiliency by breaking down internal and external techniques .

This episode, Jill talks about the fight, flight, and freeze responses that we all have and how we can begin to recognize when we are experiencing them.  Once we can start to realize when we are going through these responses, we can begin to manage them. 

In this episode Jill discusses Steven Covey's Circle of Control and how we can use this idea to direct or focus our energy towards things we can control, which puts more conscious energy towards the things we want to create in life.

What is a purpose statement? Today Jill talks about why we should take the time to create purpose statements for ourselves and how they can help guide our actions towards what is fundamentally important to us and how they can assist us in achieving our goals.

Jill welcomes Alexandra Paproski, MA, Registered Clinical Counsellor, back to the show to talk about connections. Connections are important and it's essential to understand that there will always be give and take, and that they require effort to create and maintain. Jill and Allie look at how we can connect with people/groups in a meaningful way, and how we can hold space for reflection on our own relationships.