What if It’s Wonderful? {Episode 157 with Nicole Zasowski}
Ep. 157: What if it’s Wonderful? With Nicole Zasowski
The art and discipline of celebration in everyday life.
Are you quick to celebrate the big and small things in life? Or do you hesitate – feeling like celebration must be earned, or like the minute you celebrate, things might take a turn for the worst? Nicole Zasowski, marriage and family therapist, and author of newly released book, What if it’s Wonderful, joins us to talk about the importance of celebration. Sharing from a research perspective, as well as personal experience, Nicole’s voice is honest, relatable, and endearing.
After walking through seasons of disappointment, Nicole shares how she learned to shift her perspective from that of being suspicious of joy, to choosing to pursue a life intentionally anticipating joy! I LOVE this topic so much, and I learned a ton from Nicole in this interview.
(You can also share in our fun moments of discovering a bunch of things the two of us have in common!)
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Nicole Zasowski is a licensed marriage and family therapist and author of What If It’s Wonderful? and From Lost to Found. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and three young children. Nicole would love to connect with you on her website: www.nicolezasowski.com where you can download a free guide to help you navigate your own “What if…?” questions.
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I loved this episode about celebration. A few years ago I made a ceramic ‘celebration’ dinner plate for our family. I’m not very artistic so it isn’t much to look at but it comes out for big Celebrations and small. Birthdays, good news-got a job, a good mark on an exam, scored a goal, got baptized, etc, etc. anyone that visits can be blessed with it at a meal too. (Grandparents, boyfriends, etc)
And if it’s on the table, someone walks in and asks with excitement what we are celebrating. It’s a small thing but a fun way to celebrate all the things. 😊
I love that, Gina! Thank you for sharing. Come to think of it, I made a plate like that years ago and never pull it out. 🙂 Glad for the reminder!!
Hello Monica,
My name is Alondra, I just want you to know that I love to listen this podcast it has been a blessing to me. The last 2 podcast you mention about miscarriage which is a new topic for me , I have one boy and 3 miscarriages, and what I have to say is not easy go through, that really hurt my heart. But listening the last episode really give me hope to keep trying and don’t give up.
Thank you so much for being a voice who brings a new perspective during my journey like a mother.
Thank you so much Alondra. I’m sorry for what you’ve gone through and so glad the podcast brought a bit of encouragement. Big hugs to you-