How an audiobook gets made
Behind the scenes with the narrator of The Cherry Pie Paradox audiobook - the pleasures and pitfalls.
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joyoverstreet
- Aug 5
Fun with Mindful Eating
Mindful eating is as close as your next meal, but a lot takes place in your head--your mental yama-yama. Have a listen.
joyoverstreet
- Jun 22
When More is just too much!
When in Paris you're supposed to go shopping. But the myriad choices paralyzed me.
joyoverstreet
- May 23
The best testimonial ever!
Geneen Roth recommends The Cherry Pie Paradox, because Thin Within changed her life (and the book is about the Thin Within process).
joyoverstreet
- Apr 28
Bittersweet
April = Showers + Flowers. The sweet is all the sweeter because we've known the bitter.
joyoverstreet
- Mar 8
If the inner critic would just shut up
99% of us have a continuous stream of commentary going on in our heads. (I'd say 100%, but I once heard an interview with a woman who...
joyoverstreet
- Feb 12
When is enough enough?
There's a limit to how much more humans can do (daring maneuvers, speed, stuff, food, time, etc). Let's focus on better instead of more.
joyoverstreet
- Jan 31
Calibrate your Internal Fuel Gauge
Connect to your body's hunger & fullness signals by locating and calibrating your internal fuel gauge.
joyoverstreet
- Nov 11, 2021
"What's a 'Grabby' Feeling?"
People experience "hunger" in many different ways, not just signals from the stomach. It can be a tension in your arms & hands...
joyoverstreet
- Nov 4, 2021
Does Thinking Make it So?
When you think of yourself as "someone with a weight problem," you behave that way, and the problem persists. Time to flip that self-image.
joyoverstreet
- Nov 2, 2021
Reflections on widowed parenting
Lessons on parenting after the death of a young husband. I'm interviewed on the Widowed Parent Podcast.
joyoverstreet
- Sep 29, 2021
#AmWriting podcast guest!
Joy Overstreet interview on #AmWriting Podcast with KJ Dell'Antonia about The Cherry Pie Paradox
joyoverstreet
- Sep 15, 2021
Book Release Sept. 24!
The Cherry Pie Paradox is coming out! I'm thrilled and freaked out. I only procrastinated on writing it for 40 years, then took 3 years...
joyoverstreet
- Aug 27, 2021
Cherry Pie Paradox is REAL!
After 40 years procrastinating and 3+ years writing, I hold the physical book in my hands. It's not just a reality, it's a thing of...
joyoverstreet
- Aug 12, 2021
Could you have "orthorexia?"
Orthorexia (from Latin: orth=correct, orexia=appetite) an obsession with proper or ‘healthful’ eating. Full description here:...
joyoverstreet
- Aug 12, 2021
Joy's first YouTube Interview!
The Cherry Pie Paradox comes out in just a few weeks, and it's up to me to let folks know how fabulous it is, and that they should buy a...
joyoverstreet
- Jun 11, 2021
Procrastination disguised as de-cluttering.
Who am I kidding? Procrastination lessons from a master! I’ve spent the past several days sorting, tossing, reorganizing (stuff, not...
joyoverstreet
- Apr 29, 2021
A case of mistaken (or under-fed) identity
Perhaps you know the parable of the Cherokee chief who was teaching his grandson about life: “A fight is going on inside me,” he told the...
joyoverstreet
- Apr 25, 2021
Attention! Are you present?
Science tells us that most of have our heads elsewhere about half the time. Here are some exercises to test yourself.
joyoverstreet
- Apr 18, 2021
Joy and Julia: A Love Story
Julia Child taught me how to cut up a chicken. Thus began a love affair with cooking. Then food writing, then eating too much food...
