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What Do You Say Before & After 'I Love You'? A Wisdom Teaching & Meditation on Self-Love, Self-Worth and the Heart's Authority   The WISDOM Podcast with Dorothy Zennuriye Juno     What do you say before and after “I love you”? How do you cherish those you love? And how do you continue to cherish yourself? Perhaps some of the most meaningful expressions of love are found in the moments surrounding these three words. In the way we listen. The kindness we offer. The respect we hold for another's individuality. And the everyday choices through which love becomes something we consciously live. In this heartfelt episode of The WISDOM Podcast, Dorothy Zennuriye Juno explores the relationship between self-love, self-worth and loving relationships ~ and how the love we extend toward others can exist beautifully alongside the love and respect we hold for ourselves. What does it mean to honour another person while remaining true to yourself? How do self-respect, personal boundaries, honesty and inner knowing become expressions of love? Together, we explore how the words “I love you” can become a living expression of kindness, dignity, authenticity and conscious choice. The episode also includes a guided reflection and meditation ~ The Heart's Authority ~ inviting you to turn the tenderness you offer others toward yourself, honour your inherent worthiness and reconnect with the wisdom of your own heart. Because love is expressed in the words we speak. And in the beautiful ways we choose to live them.   ✨ In This Episode We explore: * What it truly means to say “I love you” ~ and to live these words through our actions * How kindness, honesty, listening and appreciation nurture loving relationships * The connection between self-love, self-worth and self-respect * How to cherish another while honouring your own individuality, needs and personal boundaries * Why self-autonomy and inner knowing are important expressions of self-love * How the relationship you have with yourself influences the love you offer others * A guided reflection and meditation for honouring your heart, your dignity and the sacred wonder of who you are   🌿 A Little WISDOM to Take With You The words “I love you” are both an expression of what we feel and an invitation to how we choose to live. We can cherish another. And cherish ourselves. Love generously. And live with the conscious authority of our own heart.   💗 A Question to Carry What do I say to myself before and after “I love you”? And perhaps, even more importantly... What is one way I can live these words today ~ toward someone I cherish, and toward myself? Perhaps love becomes even more meaningful when we recognize it in the kindness we practise, the dignity we uphold and the choices we make each day.   💜 Stay Connected Continue your journey of self-awareness, emotional wellbeing and spiritual growth with Dorothy Zennuriye Juno. Explore guided meditations, Wisdom Teachings and meaningful practices for self-love, relationships and conscious living inside JUNO. Explore JUNO Discover more of The WISDOM Podcast And if you found this episode meaningful, please share it with someone who might appreciate this gentle reminder to cherish themselves and those they love. 💜   With love, Dorothy Zennuriye Juno   Sharing the wisdom and beauty of divine love with you... Namaste 🌿   🌿 Begin 'Into Calm'

Thankful A Guided Gratitude Meditation for Joy, Appreciation & Cherishing Life The WISDOM Podcast with Dorothy Zennuriye Juno   There is so much within a life to cherish. The people we love. The memories we carry. The ordinary comforts that bring us joy. The meaningful experiences that have made our lives our own. In today's episode of The WISDOM Podcast, I invite you into Thankful ~ a heartfelt guided gratitude meditation to reconnect with the beauty of your life, appreciate the present moment, and remember the people and experiences that have touched your heart. This is more than a meditation about naming what you're grateful for. It's an invitation to experience gratitude ~ to remember what you have loved, receive the beauty of what you have known, and recognize the quiet privilege of being alive. Because gratitude doesn't require a perfect life. We can cherish what has passed, appreciate what is here, and look forward to the beautiful possibilities still waiting to unfold. ✨ In This Episode Through this gentle gratitude meditation, you are invited to: Reconnect with cherished memories and meaningful life experiences. Experience gratitude as a feeling, rather than simply a list of things to appreciate. Recognize the comfort, beauty and joy within ordinary moments. Honour the people and experiences that have shaped your life. Cultivate mindful appreciation for the present moment. Welcome the possibilities of what is still to come. Whether you're beginning your day, reflecting on a meaningful chapter of your life, or simply wishing to feel more connected to what matters, this meditation offers a gentle opportunity to pause, remember and cherish. 🌿 A Question to Carry What do I cherish about the life I am living? And perhaps, even more tenderly... What am I thankful to have experienced? You may find that gratitude becomes something deeper when you allow yourself not only to remember the goodness of your life, but to experience it. 💗 A Quiet Truth Gratitude is more than recognizing what is good. It is allowing ourselves to experience the goodness we recognize. What a privilege it is to have a life that I can cherish. 💜 Stay Connected Continue your journey of self-awareness, emotional well-being and spiritual growth with Dorothy Zennuriye Juno. Explore guided meditations, wisdom teachings and mindful living experiences in JUNO: Discover more of The WISDOM Podcast   And if you found this episode meaningful, please share it with someone who might need to hear it. 💜   With love, Dorothy Zennuriye Juno Sharing the wisdom and beauty of divine love with you... Namaste 🌿   🌿 Begin 'Into Calm'

'ask dorothy' We Were Always Equal Gender Equality, Feminism & Challenging Social Hierarchies The WISDOM Podcast with Dorothy Zennuriye Juno   What if equality was never something we needed to become worthy of ~ but something that was always true? Women did not need a movement to make them equal. The women's movement was necessary because laws, institutions and cultural expectations failed to honour the equality that already existed. In this thought-provoking episode of ask dorothy, Dorothy Zennuriye Juno explores feminism, gender equality, patriarchy and the human-made hierarchies that have shaped our understanding of power, privilege and human worth. From women's rights and the freedom to question authority to the ways we internalize social expectations, this conversation invites us to examine a profound distinction: systems of inequality can create real consequences without making inequality in human worth true. We explore how to recognize invented hierarchies, challenge discrimination and reclaim the freedom to define ourselves beyond limiting cultural beliefs ~ while honouring the generations who fought to make equality more fully reflected in everyday life. Because knowing our own worth is only part of the journey. Living equality also asks us to recognize the same inherent dignity in every other human being.   ✨ In This Episode Why the women's movement challenged inequality rather than created women's equality How patriarchy, sexism, racism and class hierarchies shape social expectations The difference between inherent human worth and unequal access to rights, power and opportunity Why authority, tradition and cultural acceptance do not always reflect truth or justice How to recognize and question limiting beliefs about gender, identity and self-worth Why equality does not mean sameness ~ and how to honour differences without creating superiority How to live equality through conscious choices, relationships and everyday actions   🌿 A Little WISDOM to Take With You No one is inherently above you. And no one is inherently beneath you. Recognize the hierarchy. Challenge its consequences. Refuse its premise. Live your equality.   💗 A Question to Carry What invented hierarchy have I been giving authority to in the way I see myself or another person? And if I truly knew that no one was inherently above me ~ and no one inherently beneath me ~ how would I choose to show up in my life?   💜 Stay Connected If this conversation has stirred something in you, I invite you to continue exploring what it means to live with greater awareness, freedom, compassion and love. Explore JUNO ~ guided meditations, spiritual teachings and meaningful practices for conscious living. If you know someone who would appreciate this conversation, please share the episode with them. Your sharing helps these conversations reach others. Find more from The WISDOM Podcast And if you found this episode meaningful, please share it with someone who might need to hear it. 💜   With love, Dorothy Zennuriye Juno Sharing the wisdom and beauty of divine love with you... Namaste 🌿   🌿 Begin 'Into Calm'

  'ask dorothy' Speak Your Truth How Honest Conversation Can Deepen Intimacy In Your Relationship The WISDOM Podcast with Dorothy Zennuriye Juno   How well can someone truly know us if we aren't allowing ourselves to be fully known? Two people can love one another, build a life together and share decades of experiences — and still hold back parts of themselves. Not necessarily secrets. Sometimes it's a preference. A disappointment. Something you need. Something you want but haven't asked for. Something you've changed your mind about. Something your partner does that bothers you. Something you think or feel but decide is easier not to say. In this episode of The WISDOM Podcast, we explore what it means to speak your truth in an intimate relationship — and why honest conversation can become an invitation into deeper intimacy. Speaking your truth isn't about saying everything that enters your mind or using honesty as permission to be insensitive or cruel. Relational honesty asks for something more: ownership, care and a willingness to let another person know what is true for you. We explore why some of us learn to accommodate rather than speak, how seemingly small moments of withholding can accumulate over time, and why there is an important difference between peace and simply avoiding the truths that might disturb one another. You'll also learn a simple practice for beginning these conversations: giving your truth a preface — helping your partner understand that you're not trying to attack or necessarily asking them to fix something; you're practising allowing yourself to be known. And because intimacy requires both speaking and listening, we turn the question around: Am I someone my partner can be honest with? Can I become curious before I become defensive? Can I hear my partner's preference without interpreting it as rejection? Can I make room for their experience even when it differs from mine? Because the goal isn't always agreement. Perhaps it is something more intimate: Two people willing to know — and to be known.   ✨ In This Episode We explore: What it really means to speak your truth in a relationship Why truth without ownership and care can become hurtful rather than intimate How to use a preface when honest communication is new for you or your relationship Why years of accommodation can quietly hide parts of who we are The difference between relational honesty and indiscriminate honesty What it means to have the courage to become knowable How small truths can become seeds for deeper conversation Why receiving your partner's truth is as important as speaking your own How curiosity can help us listen without immediately becoming defensive Why intimacy doesn't require agreement How two people can continue discovering one another even after decades together   🌿 A Question to Carry Perhaps there are two questions to sit with: What haven't I been allowing my partner to know about me? It might be a preference. A feeling. A longing. Something you need. Something you've changed your mind about. Something you'd like more of — or less of. And then: How safe do I make it for my partner to tell me their truth? Perhaps intimacy isn't created by knowing everything about one another. Perhaps it grows through a continuing willingness to say: I want you to know me. And I still want to know you. Because loving someone doesn't mean we've finished discovering them.   💜 Stay Connected There is so much more waiting for you inside JUNO — meditations, wisdom, contemplative teachings and practices for living consciously, compassionately and wholeheartedly. Explore more of my work in psychotherapy, relationships, self-awareness, meditation and intentional living through JUNO and The WISDOM Podcast.   And if you found this episode meaningful, please share it with someone who might need to hear it. 💜   With love, Dorothy Zennuriye Juno Sharing the wisdom and beauty of divine love with you... Namaste. 🌿   🌿 Begin 'Into Calm'

Begin Again A Gentle Invitation to Live ANEW The WISDOM Podcast with Dorothy Zennuriye Juno   scroll to bottom to listen What if beginning again didn't mean starting over? What if it meant pausing long enough to notice where you are now — what matters, what has changed, what you are ready to choose, and what may quietly be asking to begin within you? In this episode of The WISDOM Podcast, Dorothy invites you into the heart of ANEW — a 30-day journey of gentle new beginnings that begins September 1st inside JUNO. ANEW isn't a challenge. And you don't need to meditate every day, have a journaling practice, or consider yourself particularly self-aware to begin. You simply begin where you are. Throughout September, ANEW offers a gentle daily rhythm for becoming more present to your life: a morning reflection and invitation, space to journal if you choose, an Evening Return, occasional guided audio practices, and weekly live ANEW Gatherings. But beneath all of this is a much simpler invitation: What wants to begin within you now? Perhaps there is something you want to return to. Something you are ready to make room for. A way you want to feel. A choice you have been postponing. Something you've outgrown. Something that matters more than you've been allowing yourself to acknowledge. Or perhaps you don't know yet. ANEW gives you somewhere to begin discovering. ✨ In This Episode Dorothy explores what it really means to begin again — not by discarding the life you've already lived, but by listening more closely to the person you are now. You'll hear about: why September can offer a natural threshold for reflection and renewal the difference between starting over and beginning again how small moments of awareness can begin to change the way you participate in your life why you don't need an established meditation or journaling practice to experience ANEW the gentle daily rhythm of the 30-day journey the journal, Evening Returns, guided audio practices and weekly live Gatherings that accompany you how ANEW can help you notice what you want to carry forward — and what you may be ready to choose differently why this journey is designed to be returned to each year, meeting you differently as your life changes ANEW is ultimately an invitation to spend a month in conscious relationship with your own life. Not fixing yourself. Not becoming someone else. Not getting thirty days “right.” But noticing. Listening. Choosing. And allowing what matters to become a little more visible. 🌿 A Question to Carry What wants to begin within me now? You don't need to have the answer. Perhaps September can simply become the place where you begin to listen. 💜 Begin ANEW ANEW begins September 1st inside JUNO. Your journey includes the complete 30-day experience, your ANEW journal, weekly live ANEW Gatherings, guided audio practices and a private space to move through the month together. You can enter exactly as you are. ANEW is not about starting over. It is about beginning from where love has already brought you. Come home. Let's begin again — gently. 💗   💜 Stay Connected There is so much more waiting for you inside JUNO — meditations, wisdom, contemplative teachings and practices for living consciously, compassionately and wholeheartedly. ✨ Explore JUNO and discover what speaks to you. 🎧 If this episode resonated, share it with someone who may be ready for a gentle new beginning of their own.   💗 And follow The WISDOM Podcast with Dorothy Zennuriye Juno wherever you listen, for more conversations, teachings and practices for your inner life.   With love, Dorothy Zennuriye Juno Sharing the wisdom and beauty of divine love with you... Namaste. 🌿 🌿 Begin 'Into Calm'  

'ask dorothy' Wanting to Want It Understanding Desire ~ and Creating More Room for Pleasure The WISDOM Podcast with Dorothy Zennuriye Juno   scroll to bottom to listen   What happens when you love your partner... but don't particularly feel like having sex? Or when you miss wanting sex — perhaps even more than you miss sex itself? In this episode of The WISDOM podcast, we explore one of the most tender and often misunderstood experiences within long-term relationships: the changing nature of sexual desire. Desire doesn't always arrive spontaneously. Sometimes it emerges through closeness, touch, pleasure, emotional safety and the experience of beginning. And when two people experience desire differently, an unexpected relational conundrum can appear: one person may seek sexual intimacy as a way of feeling emotionally connected, while the other may need emotional connection before sexual desire has room to emerge. Neither experience is inherently wrong. But without understanding the difference, couples can begin interpreting each other's behaviour as rejection, pressure, indifference or lack of love. Together, we'll explore spontaneous and responsive desire, desire discrepancy, the relationship between emotional and sexual connection, and why pleasure itself can become an important pathway back to wanting. Most importantly, this conversation invites us away from the question: “What's wrong with my desire?” and toward something far more compassionate and useful: “What are the conditions in which my desire comes alive?” Because sometimes wanting doesn't begin with desire. Sometimes it begins with closeness. With feeling understood. With affection. With touch. With pleasure. With allowing the body enough time to discover what it wants. A conversation about sex, yes. But perhaps even more... a conversation about how we find our way toward one another. 💗 ✨ In This Episode We explore: why sexual desire may change over the course of a relationship spontaneous and responsive desire — and why understanding the difference matters what happens when partners experience different levels or pathways of desire the relationship between emotional closeness and sexual connection how pressure, expectation and feeling obligated can interfere with wanting why pleasure can matter independently of spontaneous desire creating conditions in which desire has an opportunity to emerge communicating about sex without turning desire into a measure of love finding a more compassionate way back to intimacy 🌿 A Question to Carry Rather than asking yourself: Why don't I want sex more often? Try asking: What helps me feel open to desire? What helps you feel connected? Safe? Playful? Present in your body? Free from pressure? Able to receive pleasure? Curious about your partner? There may be important information in your answers. 💜 Stay Connected If this conversation has stirred something in you, there's more waiting inside JUNO — meditations, wisdom, practices and tools for living more consciously, compassionately and wholeheartedly. Explore JUNO And if you found this episode meaningful, please share it with someone who might need to hear it. 💜 Find more from The WISDOM podcast With love, Dorothy Zennuriye Juno Sharing the wisdom and beauty of divine love with you... Namaste. 🌿   🌿 Begin 'Into Calm'

scroll to bottom to listen Grateful Glow ~ A Meditation for Receiving the Good That is Already Here The WISDOM Podcast with Dorothy Zennuriye Juno   'What would it look like to let this gratitude change the way I meet my life?'   What changes when gratitude becomes something we experience rather than something we try to feel? Grateful Glow is a gentle anchoring meditation for noticing and receiving what is already meaningful in your life — without denying what is difficult or asking yourself to manufacture positivity. Through breath, awareness and quiet reflection, you'll be invited to notice something you appreciate, recognize something within yourself that deserves acknowledgement, and experience the subtle shift that can happen when your attention rests for a moment on what is good, meaningful and sustaining. This isn't gratitude as an obligation. It's gratitude as another way of seeing — a way of allowing the goodness that is already present to register more fully within you. You'll be invited to: arrive gently in the present moment notice something in your life that you genuinely appreciate allow gratitude to be felt rather than performed acknowledge something within yourself with appreciation experience gratitude without dismissing difficulty notice the warmth, softening or quiet recognition that appreciation may bring identify something meaningful you want to carry with you return to your day with greater awareness of the good that is already here 🌸 A little WISDOM to take with you Gratitude doesn't require a perfect life. It doesn't ask you to overlook what hurts or convince yourself that everything is good. Sometimes gratitude is much quieter than that. It is the moment you notice: This matters to me. I'm grateful this is part of my life. There is goodness here that I want to receive. And perhaps that is the glow. Not something we manufacture. Not something we have to hold onto. But the quiet light that appears when we allow ourselves to recognize what is meaningful. You don't have to search for something extraordinary to feel grateful. You can notice what is already meaningful. You can receive the good that is here. And you can let it illuminate the way you live. Pause. Notice. Receive. Glow. ✨   💜 Stay connected If this practice has stirred something in you, there’s more waiting inside JUNO — meditations, wisdom, practices and tools for living more consciously, compassionately and wholeheartedly.   Explore JUNO And if you found this episode meaningful, please share it with someone who might need to hear it. 💜   Find more from The WISDOM podcast With love, Dorothy Zennuriye Juno Sharing the wisdom and beauty of divine love with you... Namaste. 🌿   🌿 Begin 'Into Calm'   A generous 'thank you' to Audio Engineer, P. Kirpikau  radioplato Podcast Theme Music: 'Aura' from the Album, Illuvia by Eternell  www.eternell.net/album/illuvia  

scroll to bottom to listen Micropractice: Finding Harmony | A Mindfulness Practice for Slow Living The WISDOM Podcast with Dorothy Zennuriye Juno   The practice itself is only a few minutes — but the invitation is something you can carry with you throughout the day. In this episode of The WISDOM podcast, Dorothy invites you into a gentle micropractice of mindfulness, nature, balance and slow living. The central practice takes just 2–5 minutes, offering you a moment to pause, notice your surroundings, reconnect with your own rhythm and ask: Where is there harmony here? The episode also includes a gentle invitation into Into Calm, continuing the exploration of what happens when we slow down enough to become present to ourselves and the world around us.   💜 Stay connected If this micropractice gave you a moment to pause, notice and reconnect, there’s more waiting inside JUNO — meditations, Wisdom Teachings, practices and tools for living more consciously, compassionately and wholeheartedly. Explore JUNO And if this episode brought you something meaningful, please share it with someone who might need a moment of harmony today. 💜   Find more from The WISDOM podcast With love, Dorothy Zennuriye Juno Sharing the wisdom and beauty of divine love with you... Namaste. 🌿   🌿 Begin 'Into Calm'    

watch the Video Episode here: 'ask dorothy' Before You Swipe: Online Dating Red Flags, Discernment & Self-Awareness The WISDOM Podcast with Dorothy Zennuriye Juno   Online dating has made it easier than ever to find people—but has it made it easier to truly know them? In this episode of The WISDOM Podcast, Dorothy explores what it means to date with greater discernment, honesty and self-awareness in a world of dating profiles, swiping and seemingly endless choice. Through a real-life client story, we explore the difference between screening for preferences and recognizing character, and why consistency, honesty, emotional maturity and shared values may tell us far more about a potential partner than a photograph or profile ever can. You'll discover how to: recognize important online dating red flags look beyond attraction and explore compatibility notice dishonesty, manipulation and boundary violations understand behaviours such as breadcrumbing, ghosting and love bombing pay attention to consistency between someone's words and actions create an "ideal mate checklist" based on values, behaviours and qualities, rather than perfection become more aware of what you are bringing into the dating relationship approach dating from authenticity rather than trying to become the person you think someone else wants remember that you don't have to be completely healed or perfect to be worthy of love. A little WISDOM to take with you Before you swipe, pause. Know yourself. Know what matters to you. Know the difference between attraction and compatibility. Ask better questions. Listen carefully. Pay attention to consistency. And remember: You don't have to become the person someone else is looking for. The goal is to have the courage to be fully yourself—and allow the right person to recognize you.   💜 Stay connected If this conversation has stirred something in you, there’s more waiting inside JUNO — meditations, wisdom, practices and tools for living more consciously, compassionately and wholeheartedly.   Explore JUNO And if you found this episode meaningful, please share it with someone who might need to hear it. 💜   Find more from The WISDOM podcast With love, Dorothy Zennuriye Juno Sharing the wisdom and beauty of divine love with you... Namaste. 🌿   🌿 Begin 'Into Calm'   A generous 'thank you' to Audio Engineer, P. Kirpikau  radioplato Podcast Theme Music: 'Aura' from the Album, Illuvia by Eternell  www.eternell.net/album/illuvia      

~ scroll to bottom to play Radiating Love WISDOM ~ Season 5  Episode 170 ~ The heart does not ask us to become more loving. ----more---- Love is not something we wait to receive. It is a quiet presence that already lives within us, waiting to be remembered, nurtured, and shared. This gentle meditation invites you to reconnect with your heart, allowing love to arise naturally from within and extend effortlessly into the world around you.   Perhaps love is not waiting somewhere outside of you. Perhaps it has been quietly resting within you all along.   Discover all of what is waiting for you inside Juno. ~ 🌿 Begin 'Into Calm' Namaste 💗   + Join us inside JUNO for:  🌞Our Soulful Summer Series A 12-week journey of bite-sized weekly themes filled with meditations, art, wisdom, reflection, playful sparks and soul nourishing practices designed to help you feel more present, joyful, and connected this season.   Each week we are exploring a fresh theme ~ + Every day brings a new gentle rhythm   Look forward to: ☀️ A beautiful weekly 'anchor' meditation ☀️ Inspiration through art + wisdom ☀️ Reflective prompts + micro-practices ☀️ Playfulness, creativity & presence ☀️ + Saturday Live moments together   Think of it as a soft summer companion ~ one that meets you where you are and helps you continue blooming at your own pace.   ~ Watch the Video here ~   Subscribe to My weekly WISDOM Notes here📝 ~    Download  Juno here:   ~ Book a Discovery Session Let's work together! Book a First Coaching/Therapy session here...     Work with Me + Transformational Coaching      JUNO 💜 Love-Heal-Transform Meditation ~ Mental Health ~ Spirituality ~ Self-Love *As a special 'podcast listener' use this link for $5 off your first month of JUNO Premium!    Promo Code:  WISDOMPODCAST   Each month inside The JUNO app we post curated inspirational messages, wisdom and love. It's a way for you to experience another aspect of what we offer in Juno - A sacred community and a positive way to connect with other like-minded individuals ~ to celebrate life and its sacred teachings.     ~ Journey with me!  Subscribe to the podcast and enjoy each episode as they are released twice weekly + write a review and share the love (share this episode with someone you love! 💟👌) ~ Namaste 💗   Become a Patron of The WISDOM podcast here I would love if you did! ~ Namaste 💜     Live Session Info: I host free weekly 'live sessions.'  Please check them out and join me! Aura Mindfulness app Insight Timer Meditation app JUNO app     Visit my Website and The Wisdom Archives ~ meditations, sacred teachings, guidance and wisdom for your life ~   Podcast Audio Engineer: Pavel Kirpikau Music: Eternell