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Welcome to the Joy Found Here podcast, hosted by Stephanie Martinez Rivera. Join us each week while we have real talk with inspiring women about life,balance, grace and permission to step off the ride.

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Sep 22, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 22, 2026

    Self-Care Is Survival: Cass Uk's Nursing Roots and the Rise of Tolicious (opens the original)

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    What happens when a near-death childbirth experience becomes the wake-up call that launches a six-figure wellness empire? In episode 279 of Joy Found Here, Cassandra Sonma Ukaobi, known as Cass UK, shares how an emergency C-section and postpartum depression pushed her to leave a stable NHS career and go all-in on Tolicious, her wellness brand. For Cass, the journey wasn't about waiting until things felt safe. It was about trusting that self-care isn't selfish, it's survival. In This Episode, You

  2. Episode · Sep 15, 2026

    Fifty-Five Letters, One Lifetime: Kim Cook on Healing a Broken Bond (opens the original)

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    What happens when trauma gets distilled into fifty-five letters to a mother who couldn't hear them? In episode 278, Kim Cook shares how a shelf collapse and old records cracked open years of grief, unlocking the letters behind her memoir, What Remains Is Love. For Kim, healing meant compassion for an imperfect mother and choosing joy at every age. In This Episode, You Will Learn: (03:34) How Kim's story began in a small farming town before her mother's bold move to Berkeley (07:14) Growing up im

  3. Episode · Sep 8, 2026

    Just Ask: How Michelle Glogovac Built a Podcast Empire One Pitch at a Time (opens the original)

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    What if the only difference between a listener and a published author is hitting record? In episode 277, Michelle Glogovac, THE Podcast Matchmaker®, shares how a 2018 layoff pushed her from corporate aviation into a career built on other people's stories — one nudge, one ask at a time, into a business, a book, and a following she never saw coming. In This Episode, You Will Learn: (00:13) Introducing Michelle Glogovac, THE Podcast Matchmaker® (05:14) From Corporate Aviation to a 2018 Layoff That

  4. Episode · Sep 1, 2026

    Whispers Within Us: Kathleen Huebner on Signs, Synchronicities & Slowing Down (opens the original)

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    What if the loudest truths in your life have been arriving as whispers all along? In episode 276 of Joy Found Here, transformational mindset coach Kathleen Huebner shares how a difficult divorce and a mysterious moment on a walk in the woods led her to write her bestselling book, Whispers Within Us. For Kathleen, the real work isn't chasing constant noise or forcing outcomes—it's learning to slow down, get quiet, and trust the signs, synchronicities, and inner nudges that have been trying to rea

  5. Episode · Aug 25, 2026

    All Roads Lead Back to You: Tori DaCosta on Ownership, Clarity & Letting Go (opens the original)

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    What if the biggest obstacle to becoming who you're meant to be isn't outside circumstances, but the boxes you've been checking your whole life? In episode 275, executive coach and bestselling author Tori DaCosta shares how a pause in her corporate career led her to write No Name Bastard—and reclaim ownership over the one thing she could truly control: herself. In This Episode, You Will Learn: (05:11) From Executive MBA to a Career-Defining Pause (07:08) Life as a Primary Caregiver and the Quest

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