This Body Scan Meditation is part of the meditation series on The Courage Checklist to help support you in your courageous action. Start the year with this Body Scan Meditation and Box Breath exercise. I like this as a calming practice to use whenever I need to feel grounded. Try a meditation practice like this one a couple of times a week, to start, and see if it helps you be less stressed. This is also a good exercise when you need calm or face a decision. Share your experiences and questions in a voicemail, and you might find yourself featured on an upcoming episode. (This podcast is not meant as medical advice and is not presented as such. Please consult a doctor with any medical questions regrding meditation or breathing exercises.) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecouragechecklist/message

In an effort to share what I do when I'm not writing or podcasting, I want to share a seres of medatations to support you. I'm starting with "Holiday Help: a Meditation for Letting Go." I've had a lot of very fine teachers in my life. This year, I became cerified to teach Meditation and Breathwork through the Yoga Alliance. It's a tool I love to share in person, but I want to give the auditory gift of a few minute's peace to you each week. Starting today and going through winter, I'll share these meditations. Let me know if they are helpful or if there are any subjects you'd like meditations about. Auhors Mentioned: Alice Hoffman --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecouragechecklist/message

We're talking "Work-Life Balance: Balancing Courage and Career" today. Work-life balance is so important in maintaining overall health and well-being, but it's one of the hardest things to achieve. We discuss the courage to prioritize self care, strategies for effective time management, and nurturing your courage in career choices. Resources mentioned in this episode include: Jen Liss' Class (Made for More) and Podcast, "Untethered" Cathy Heller's Podcast Gary Vaynerchuk (Gary Vee) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecouragechecklist/message

For Weird Wednesday, today's episode of our Wednesday series Mayhemporium has five of the most unusual, strange cases of crime from the Pacific Northwest. Without giving too much away, these cases are definitely ones that will stick out as some of the weirdest I've read, without being overly violent. Today's assortment includes: The Barefoot Bandit,The Portland Pooper, The Canine Con Man, The Seattle Streaker, & The Snohomish Treehouse Burglar. Share your favorite strange crime story in the voicemail for the show. Remember, the best way to support the show is to rate, review and share with your friends. Thanks so much for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecouragechecklist/message

The Enchanted Forest amusement is a true labour of love for the Tofte Family and a real hidden gem of Oregon. Located in Turner, Oregon, just south of Salem, it is easily accesible on I-5. I will get my name engraved on the plaque at The Challenge of Mondor some day. Or maybe buy a brick to support them- go to their website to check that out. The Lodge at Hot Lake Springs was built at the site of a hot spring called "Ea -Kesh-Pa", originally used by the Nez Perce who lived there. It first became a lodge in 1906. It became a sanitorium, where visitors came for its healing mineral waters, and was a tourist destination for famous and regular folks alike, even visitors like Wild Bill Hickock. After it partially burned, it was only abe to use about a third of the rooms, and so gradually fell into disuse. After short stints as nusing training facilities and a nursing home, it was bought for use as a restauraunt/night club and a bath house, and then was closed due to vandalism and abandonment. It was redone in the 2000's by the Manuel family, and was reopened as a bed and breakfast, with a bronze foundry, musum and spa. It was bought by the Grande Hot Springs RV resort next, and is open now for day use and to stay. You'll have to stay there to find out the haunted part for yourself! Photos of these two will be on @j_b_chambers on Instagram. As always , the best way to help the show is to rate and review where you are listening. Thanks for tuning in, and stay curious! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecouragechecklist/message

William Sullivan is the author of 23 books in historical fiction, fiction, plays, & even children's genres, but he is most well-known for his Oregon Hiking Guides. He’s been featured in many features & columns in papers like Oregon newspapers like the Eugene Weekly, The Register-Guard, and the Salem Statesman-Journal. I first met Bill as a shaky, nervous first-time author in Bill's capacity as the organizer of author tables at state & local fairs. Warm, kind, and encouraging, he let me have a seat at what felt like the "big kid's tables" with my first book, and I'm pleased to say he's been inviting me back ever since. Bill speaks a dizzying number of languages (listen to find out how many), travels and hikes all over the world, and he and his wife built their own log cabin in the woods... with hand tools! He wrote a great book about that, too, on a typewriter at the cabin. We chat about his writing career, travel, and his incredible support system in his wife Janell Sorenson. Find Bill at his website, https://www.oregonhiking.com, and contact him by email there as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecouragechecklist/message

Gilly is not just a wizard, but a sunflowery force. I was lucky enough to sit down with their Wizardness over a couple of hours and had a magical conversation about faeries, activism, and doing what feels right for your shiny soul by spreading love wherever you can. I’m honored to have Gilly as my featured guest. This week we chat more about having the courage to be yourself on the internet, his wizard alter ego, and his book… and I get a Wizard ceremony of my own! You'll have to listen to see my new wizard name. Here's a hint (It's the name of a summertime fruit). Find Gilly on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, & Patreon, where you’ll see him under @gilly_shine. You can also support him with Cameo, or by his links on his Linktree, https://linktr.ee/gilly_shine. "I do things that make me happy, and I don't do things that don't make me happy." -- Gilly the Legendary Sunshine Wizard --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecouragechecklist/message

Gilly is not just a wizard, but a sunflowery force. I was lucky enough to sit down with their Wizardness over a couple of hours and had a magical conversation about faeries, activism, and doing what feels right for your shiny soul by spreading love wherever you can. We hung out so long that I’m pleased to say this is a three-part episode with two of those coming next week. I’m honored to have Gilly as my featured guest. Tune in for next week, where we chat more about having the courage to be yourself on the internet… and I get a Wizard ceremony of my own! You'll have to listen to see my new wizard name. Find Gilly on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, & Patreon, where you’ll see him under @gilly_shine. You can also support him with Cameo, or by his links on his Linktree, https://linktr.ee/gilly_shine. "I do things that make me happy, and I don't do things that don't make me happy." -- Gilly the Legendary Sunshine Wizard --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecouragechecklist/message

This week we're replaying a show from a couple of years ago. Despite my lack of editing expertise at the time (forgive me), the interview is wonderful, and I'm excited to re-introduce listeners to Wendy Harrop, proprietor of The Phineas Wright House and host of the Say Yes To Yourself Podcast. This was one of our most listened-to shows! To find out more about the Say Yes To Yourself podcast, go to: Say Yes To Yourself To find out more about Wendy, her trips, or her business, go to: The Phineas Wright House The books mentioned in the Books of the Week segment are Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) when Life is not Okay, by Cyndie Spiegel, and Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most, by Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, & Ryan McAnally-Linz. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecouragechecklist/message

Do you want to finally get that book written? I hear time and time again that people have "writing a book" on their Courage Checklists. I get it! It's scary. It's terrifying actually. I wrote a new book that I hope will help. It's what has worked for me in writing many nonfiction books. I call it Nonfic: 30, because the idea is that you do small things every day to write a draft of a manuscript in 30 days. I'm introducing it today so that you can be ready to start on June 1st if you want to go on the journey with me as I give short instructions every day on Instagram in June, for FREE. That way if you want to, you can do it 100% free by following along. If you're the type who wants something written to go along with it, that option will be available for you to order a workbook as well in mid-month of June. No matter how you do it, your story is powerful! Be brave, and just start. Join each morning in June on Instagram: @thecouragechecklist @jennifer_byers_chambers I'll be your biggest cheerleader all month long! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecouragechecklist/message