Our Joy Project is a podcast, produced by Baise Communications, with the purpose of talking about and sharing joy each week. Guests are asked three simple questions about defining, experiencing, and sharing joy. At a time when things around us feel dark and there’s so much negative energy, we can still spark joy! This podcast isn’t about one person’s joy – it’s about our joy!
Latest episodes
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17 min
Despi Mayes Experiences Joy in the Act of Giving
Despi is an artist, marketing strategist, consultant, beekeeper, and amateur guitar player. For her, joy is being able to give kindness to someone else. She believes kindness is jo…
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14 min
Jenn Edds believes we need to be intentional in creating the world we want to live in
Jenn is the Head Broad in Charge at Brassy Broadcasting. She recently launched a podcast called the UkaDaily Dispatch – 365 days of affirming daily ditties and inspiration. She fin…
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18 min
Ann Wheat believes joy is an intentionally driven experience
Ann is the Executive Director of Duet AZ, an organization that provides vital services, free-of-charge, to homebound adults and family caregivers. Ann finds great joy in nature, he…
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12 min
Jenna Strait finds joy in expressing gratitude (and babies!)
Jenna is the Development Director for Indiana Milk Bank, the first and only donor human milk bank in Indiana keeping fragile infants alive and healthy. For Jenna, joy is a sense of…
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16 min
Lindsay Scott believes joy, peace, and love are real and pure
Lindsay is the President & CEO of Kids Voice, so it’s no wonder she finds the purest form of joy in watching her staff, board, and volunteers give willingly to help save childr…
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17 min
Anne Dunlavy finds joy in winning over the struggle
Anne is the Market Director of Sales & Marketing at Marriott IndyPlace, a Purdue grad (go Boilers!), married to her high school sweetheart, and mother of two adult kids. She be…
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16 min
Jenica Giffin finds joy from within (and in a donation of diapers)
Jenica is a wife, mother to 3, the senior program manager at the Indiana Diaper Bank, and works in children’s ministry. She finds joy from within and in others. She believes we can…
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12 min
Taylor Shanklin finds joy when she’s at peace and everything feels right
Taylor is the CEO at Barlele, a TEDx Speaker, podcast host (SOAR), and a hopeless optimistic. For her, joy is being in a state of mind where you don’t feel stress and everything ju…
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15 min
Kate Thoene finds joy in gratitude and being a positive force for others
Kate is the Executive Director at Waste Not – a food rescue organization in Arizona focused on collecting and distributing food (fyi: 40% of food goes into the landfills; Waste Not…
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10 min
Trena Roudebush finds joy in shared energy and achieving perceived limitations
Trena describes herself as a communicator, a connector, and an enabler. She’s a lifelong Indy resident, a long-distance runner (50 miles in a day) and is someone who finds joy by b…
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15 min
Jessica Gershman finds joy through wellness and by riding the waves
Jessica is a mom of 4, yogi, chef, wine lover, podcaster (Mom, Slow Down), and self-love advocate. She finds joy in combining all her passions – yoga, cooking, and wellness – to he…
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18 min
Dr. Roseann finds joy by bringing levity and caring wherever she goes
Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge is an award-winning children’s mental health expert and author of Teletherapy Toolkit and It’s Gonna Be Ok! She’s the mom of a special needs teenager who…
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18 min
Dustin Homan finds joy by asking about people’s passion and how he can help
Dustin is a husband, father, runner, Ohio sports fan, lover of history, and is “aspiring to help youth thrive so they can solve our world’s wicked problems”. Professionally, he’s t…
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8 min
Keisha Gray finds joy in making the right choices and showing up for others
Keisha is the new Executive Director of the Indianapolis City Market. She finds joy in making a conscious choice to show up and be a part of someone’s life. For Keisha, joy is bein…
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14 min
Samantha Cross finds joy in living in the moment and being more present
Samantha is the Director of Administration for IGT Indiana (on behalf of the Hoosier Lottery), a lifelong Hoosier, dedicated community volunteer, and an all-around great person. Fo…
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18 min
Tamara Winfrey-Harris finds joy in letters to black girls and uplifting others
Tamara talks about the joy of launching her latest book, “Dear Black Girl: Letters From Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power”, and the joy of giving girls their rightness right…
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15 min
Danielle Rothchild finds joy in collecting bread tags and helping people in need
Danielle attends Purdue University and runs a nonprofit that she started when she was 16. Through Danielle Cares for Chairs, she has collected and recycled 3,500,000 bread tags, an…
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12 min
Brittany Smith finds joy in pausing and putting things in perspective
Brittany is the Senior Regional Lead of Community + Marketing at Yelp. She spends her days loving on Indianapolis and Indiana, while cheering on Midwest community managers. For her…
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16 min
Carla Knapp finds and shares joy in nature and from the Indianapolis Zoo
Carla is the Public Relations Specialist at the Indianapolis Zoo, where she is a storyteller and the voice behind the animals, exhibits, and people. She finds joy in moments of hap…
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20 min
Kim Manlove finds joy in things he never thought he would
Kim, and his wife, founded The 24 Group after their son died. He’s a person in long-term recovery from the disease of addiction and enjoying life to the fullest in ways he didn’t t…