After a two-and-a-half-year hiatus, Kim Strobel returns to the She Finds Joy podcast with renewed energy, ready to share personal insights and practical advice for embracing your authentic self. In this shorter, heart-to-heart episode, Kim opens up about her own struggles with criticism, judgment, and the societal pressure—especially on women—to “dim their light.” She tackles the common experience of being labeled as “too much” and shares raw stories from her teaching career, highlighting how sh...
Jul 15, 2025•18 min•Ep. 87
I have decided to take a break from podcasting. After much reflection, I can see that my mind is exhausted from all of the content creation I do on a weekly basis. I write to emails/blogs. I create video clips for courses. I create slide decks for presentations. I create contact for my Facebook Group and try to engage with them. And I create this podcast, which includes recording an episode, getting it transcribed, writing shownotes, video-editing, social media creations, etc. And I’ve decided i...
Oct 07, 2022•14 min•Season 9Ep. 86
Vaughn Rush is a liberated, black, gay man who served as a behavioral specialist in the Army serving in Iraq. He’s also an entertainer and go-go dancer who travels the world performing. I met Vaughn in Stowe, Vermont, while he was vacationing, and I was on a sabbatical writing my book. We instantly connected over having real conversations and sharing our most authentic truths. In this episode, Vaughn opens up about his bipolar disorder and what it means to navigate life by loving all parts of hi...
Oct 05, 2022•40 min•Season 9Ep. 85
In our everyday lives, we spend a great deal of time telling ourselves that we aren't good enough, smart enough, talented enough, or thin enough. Our minds tell us we don't deserve the things we want. Our desires will never come true; even if they do, they will disappoint us. It’s called the inner critic―that part of us that judges us, shames us, and makes us feel inadequate And it affects us in very powerful ways. In this episode, Kim explains we get messages from our primary caregivers, societ...
Sep 21, 2022•29 min•Season 9Ep. 84
We all struggle with the fear of not being enough. We are good at faking it. We go through the world smiling, acting as if we are okay when in reality, we might be inwardly struggling. Perfectionism is striving for flawlessness by setting unrealistically high standards for ourselves. We use perfectionism as a shield to avoid rejection, shame, criticism, and failure. We try to be the perfect worker, spouse, parent, follow the rules, and so on, yet it leaves us feeling exhausted. In today’s episod...
Sep 07, 2022•28 min•Season 9Ep. 83
Shame is a powerful emotion and happens to all of us. It involves looking inwardly in a harsh way with a critical eye while we beat ourselves up even for the smallest mistakes. We are so overly critical of ourselves, and then we hide or bury our feelings of shame when we need to learn to release them with people who have earned the right to hear our stories. Through sharing our stories, we free ourselves from some of the pain we are carrying and holding inside of ourselves. What’s in the episode...
Aug 24, 2022•31 min•Season 9Ep. 82
Are you afraid of making decisions? Asking your boss for a raise? Launching your own business? Asking for what you want in your relationship? What prevents us from taking the actions we need in our lives to get to the next level? FEAR! Fear is one of the greatest obstacles to our success because with fear comes uncomfortableness and many people wait for uncomfortableness to leave before they act. In this episode, I’m going to teach you why you must learn to feel uncomfortable, to feel the fear, ...
Aug 10, 2022•29 min•Season 9Ep. 81
Ep 80| How Gratitude Increases Happiness Dr. Masuro Emoto discovered that molecules in water are affected by our thoughts, words, and feelings. Humans are made up of 70% of water, which means the words we expose ourselves and others to have an impact on them. He discovered that crystals formed in frozen water with positive words written on them formed brilliant, clear, snowflake patterns while negative words directed toward water formed fragmented, dark crystals. This research proves that when w...
Jul 27, 2022•28 min•Season 8Ep. 80
Is it possible to create more happiness in our life? Should we be interested in happiness, or is that silly? I feel like we all want to be happier, but we are a bit afraid to admit it because it makes us feel like something is wrong in our lives. But creating intentional happiness habits in our lives improves every area of our lives. But are we focusing on the wrong things? Yes, we are much of the time, but I’m about to give you an education on the Science of Happiness. What’s in the episode: Th...
Jul 13, 2022•28 min•Season 8Ep. 79
Ep 78| How to get through hard things. Don’t take anything personally. That’s the second agreement of Don Miguel Ruiz’s classic, “ The Four Agreements .” He states, “Whatever happens around you, don’t take it personally. Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves.” I’ve been criticized many times in my life. Many times it absolutely consumed me. But in this episode, I hope to share some insight I’ve learned over the years and hopefully give you a path through your pai...
Jun 29, 2022•32 min•Ep. 78
Burnout is a kind of exhaustion that seeps into every aspect of your life. Even though I travel around the country teaching teachers, business people, and more about how to overcome burnout, I can tell you that I, too, have been experiencing it lately. For me, burnout looks like: The inability to shut work off, even when I should be enjoying time off An incessant need to keep checking my emails The feeling of obsessively thinking about "everything that needs to get done" Tiredness, irritability,...
Jun 15, 2022•23 min•Season 8Ep. 77
As a coach, I’ve seen that women don’t invest in themselves enough. Whether it’s time, money, a new pair of workout shoes, or a household nick-nack, women always have a reason why they are not allowed to invest in themselves. As women, we are trained and shown by the other women in our life that we are to take care of everyone else BEFORE we are allowed to honor our own needs. We spend a LOT of time investing in other people – our children, our families, our communities, our schools… but when it...
Jun 01, 2022•22 min•Season 8Ep. 76
Sandy Forster is the money mindset mentor for women worldwide who are ready to experience more abundance and freedom in their life. Sandy went from welfare to millionaire, been featured in Oprah’s Aussie Secret, and loves inspiring and empowering women to break through their blocks, manifest more money, and create a life they’re truly passionate about. Sandy went from having over $100,000 in debt to creating an income of $150,000 the next year. And now she is a multi-millionaire and she didn’t g...
May 18, 2022•45 min•Season 8Ep. 75
Wow! My interview with my 1992 high school classmate, Angie Carlson, was heartwarming, inspiring, and thought-provoking. Shortly after giving birth to her son, Angie was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) 30 years ago. This disease has left her using a walker, sometimes a wheelchair, and the smallest of tasks takes a monumental effort. It’s easy to look at Angie’s everyday life and the obstacles she deals with, but she chooses to see her life differently. While she doesn’t deny the extreme f...
May 04, 2022•40 min•Season 8Ep. 74
In this interview, I talk with Dr. Melissa Hankins, a 17-year Harvard-trained psychiatrist and certified executive coach. We had a very open conversation about what trauma is, how it affects our lives, and what we can do to heal ourselves. We have all experienced some form of trauma, and many times that trauma plays out in our adult lives. It might affect how we react to our spouse, how we parent our children, and how we navigate our work lives. As Dr. Hankins explained, trauma can affect us in ...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 8Ep. 73
When we are uncomfortable setting boundaries, it's easy to fall into patterns like people-pleasing to make sure everyone else is happy. However, this becomes the breeding ground for resentment and anger in our lives. Many of us suffer from our people-pleasing ways. We do it for several reasons: To be accepted and belong, to receive love, and to find validations. We worry that people may not like us, creating a life of self-abandon and resentment. In this episode, Kim speaks to Krista Resnick abo...
Apr 06, 2022•38 min•Season 8Ep. 72
Gay Hendricks wrote this amazing book called “The Big Leap”. In it, he explains that as humans we all have what he calls an “Upper Limit Problem.” Basically, we have an internal thermostat in our body that says, “I have limited tolerance, for feeling good in my life, I have limited tolerance for how much happiness, I am willing to let myself feel how much love, I'm willing to let myself feel how much success, I'm willing to let myself feel.” Because of our Upper Limit Problem, when things are go...
Mar 23, 2022•24 min•Season 6Ep. 71
Kim reflects on a lesson she took to heart this past year, and she reflected on year 48 of her life and what is taught her, how she grew, and the work she’s done on herself. She worked on Radical Acceptance, which means that she is working on releasing bitterness and resentment over things she couldn’t and can’t control. It wasn’t easy work, but once she quit resisting the way certain things or people were in her life, she experienced a whole new level of peace and freedom. And because she did t...
Mar 09, 2022•20 min•Season 7Ep. 70
A mindset is simply a set of thoughts and beliefs that shape how you make sense of the world and yourself. It influences how you think, feel, and behave. Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck says, “Your beliefs play a pivotal role in what you want and whether you can achieve it. It has a significant role in determining your achievement and success. In this episode, Kim dives into why change is hard and goals keep getting left in the dust. Most of us approach change and goals backwards. We use our l...
Feb 23, 2022•31 min•Season 7Ep. 69
From an early age, we are taught to color inside the lines, and any color that strays outside the lines is considered a mistake to be avoided. We are supposed to do everything right, which carries over into adulthood. Perfectionism is a naturally limiting mindset. Imperfection, however, frees us to live outside the lines, where possibilities are infinite, mistakes are allowed, and self-judgment is minimal. It’s not easy to let go of our need for perfection or the old tapes that play in our head ...
Feb 09, 2022•16 min•Season 7Ep. 68
Rosanna Berardi is the Managing Partner of Berardi Immigration Law and the CEO of High WireWoman, where she helps working women create a blueprint to living their lives in a simpler way and take back their most precious commodity: their time. After saying goodbye to a lucrative corporate gig—and a promising career as an immigration lawyer for the U.S. government—she built a successful, multi-million dollar corporate immigration law firm on her own terms while helping transform people’s lives as ...
Jan 26, 2022•31 min•Season 7Ep. 67
Have you ever wondered why some marriages seem to flourish while others seem to continually flounder? Do you have a desire to make your marriage stronger and more connected? Research tells us that strong marriages have high levels of friendship and emotional connection at their foundation. But how do we do this when we are trying to raise our kids, work full-time jobs, and manage all of our other responsibilities? In this episode, I interview the dynamo couple, Tarsha and Stan Davis. They are fo...
Jan 12, 2022•41 min•Season 7Ep. 66
Cassie Parks is the fairy godmother for people who want to be better with money. She has helped thousands across the globe change their money stories so that they can welcome more money into their lives. Often, we feel like there's never enough money because we’ve become accustomed to that stress of money. In this episode, Cassie and I discuss the money stories we all tell ourselves and how these stories are the very thing that keeps us from attracting money with ease and flow or actually repell...
Dec 29, 2021•42 min•Season 7Ep. 65
In this episode, thought leader and manifestor guru, Suzanne Adams, shares her knowledge on the Law of Attraction and how we can use it to manifest our biggest desires. I loved Suzanne’s vulnerability in sharing her breakthrough moment while being in the throes of her own ‘dark night of the soul,’ which led her to understand energy and create a life full of her biggest desires. Suzanne discussed how our bodies, minds, and souls are made of energy, and we can use that energy to reach our wildest ...
Dec 15, 2021•43 min•Season 7Ep. 64
In this episode, you meet Tracy Nolin Beerman, a Vision-Driven Mom who has over 30 years of yoga practice on the mat. The problem was that she wasn’t taking that high-vibe energy from her yoga mat into the other areas of her life. Tracy knows all too well the challenges of raising kids and being true to herself at the same time. Her three-year-old son painfully showed her that her life wasn’t working and how her own self-loathing and negativity was affecting her son, who then mirrored her behavi...
Dec 01, 2021•47 min•Season 7Ep. 63
What would you change about your life at this very moment? What are your biggest dreams? Do you want a different job, a romantic relationship, to lose 15 pounds? We all do it. We all think about the various things we are missing in our lives. The things we don’t have and wish would happen for us. When hoping, wishing, and praying, and dreaming aren’t enough any more- the universe comes to our rescue. Here’s the trick: If you want to change your current circumstance, you must disregard your curre...
Nov 17, 2021•21 min•Season 7Ep. 62
Hopefully, you listened to episode 60 already because this episode is a follow-up to learning about the Law of Attraction (LOA) and why it works. The energy you put out into the world comes back to you in what you attract. At this moment, your life is determined and influenced by universal forces and the most powerful law called LOA. Every thought and feeling you are having is creating your future right now. In this episode, Kim explains how you have the power to manifest your wildest dreams. Wh...
Nov 03, 2021•20 min•Season 7Ep. 61
Our thoughts have more power than we ever realized. We are like magnets. We attract the circumstances of our lives, both positive and negative. Through our thoughts, actions, and perspectives, we have the infinite power to dramatically change our lives and circumstances. This is the Law of Attraction. Practiced by some of the most successful celebrities and entrepreneurs, The Law of Attraction shows us how our own vibrational frequency is important to make the impossible possible. In this episod...
Oct 20, 2021•23 min•Season 6Ep. 60
Jill Krzyzanowicz is an author, accomplished educator, and personal empowerment mentor who is currently enrolled in my 90 Day Coaching program. Through our conversations, we’ve discussed how Jill embodies the idea of “stepping into the Arena of Bigness.” From growing up in a chaotic house filled with violence, battling cancer, multiple weight-loss surgeries, and a newly sober lifestyle, Jill explains how within every adversity lies a silver living. She shares her personal story of being raised b...
Oct 06, 2021•42 min•Season 6Ep. 59
Ep 58 | How to Make Some Noise: Speak Your Mind & Own Your Strength Andrea Owen has a new book: Make Some Noise: Speak Your Mind and Own Your Strength. In this week's interview with Kim, Andrea walks us through the anger she has felt by “being raised in a culture that told me to quiet down—that my voice, my spirit, my ambition, my most everything was too much.” In the interview, Andrea discusses why we hold back in our lives and how to use the fire in our bellies to burn the whole damn “quie...
Sep 22, 2021•56 min•Season 6Ep. 58
