Luke is a passionate believer in the power of stories to transform lives—especially stories that help us understand that we all fail and flounder sometimes.

Luke has been a public-school English teacher at both the secondary and middle school levels, and he currently is an assistant professor of Education at Endicott College. He completed his PhD at Boston College and focuses on teaching, writing, and reading as three crucial paths towards compassion, kindness, and connection.

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In this episode, you’ll enjoy:

• Luke tells us about his book, Even More Fantastic Failures, and how he decided to write about how failure can define our later successes.
• We discuss how failure can be an important part of learning who we are and what we want in our lives.
• Learn techniques to learn from past failures in order to get on a path to success while tidying.
• Hear Karin’s favorite story in the book about President Obama.
• How to use failure and setbacks to get back on track.
• Learn about the universal experiences of failure that Luke found in common with many of the people he writes about.

Luke’s favorite organization tip:
Luke recalled the story of Alan Naiman. Alan Naiman was a very modest and humble person, but saved all his life to leave a legacy of millions of dollars to his favorite causes.

“Focusing on small moments and simple acts of love and connection can make a big difference in the world and create a profound legacy.”

What's sparking the most joy for Luke:
“Luke is grateful for his very organized wife! He says he can always tell when she’s been in a room, because it always feels better for her being there. (Wow, what a compliment!)

Learn more about Luke and his latest book release, Even More Fantastic Failures, at LukeReynolds.com

And, exclusively for Spark Joy podcast listeners, Luke is giving away a copy of the hardback edition of his book! To win, be the first to email contact@sparkjoypodcast.com with “Even More Fantastic Failures” in the subject line.

Gems:
“I know there’s a lot of failure that happens that redirects someone to getting where they want to be.”
“Even when people achieved some great thing, it didn’t mean that the struggle is all over.”
“All of that path, all of that letting go, prepared us for what was really for us.”
“Nothing is wasted, it all matters.”

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Win one of three bundles consisting of Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up, signed by Marie Kondo, a fifty dollar gift certificate to the KonMari Shop to select your own Joy Sparking gift, and a two-hour Virtual Tidying Session from For the Love of Tidy!

Three lucky winners will receive a bundle of all these prizes!

• To be eligible for all of the prizes above, all you need to do is head over to: www.sparkjoypodcast.com/itunes for detailed instructions on how to leave a review via iTunes. Once there, follow the Apple Podcast instructions to leave us a rating and review in iTunes to help us reach more ears, minds, and hearts.

• Most important step: Send an email to: contact@sparkjoypodcast.com letting us know you left us a review and what screen name you left it under. This will act as your official entry. Don’t forget this step! It is the only way we can officially log you as entered into the contest.

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**Contest runs from September 1 to November 24, 2020.* Winners will be announced during our Best of 2020 show on December 1, 2020***

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Special Guest: Luke Reynolds.

Our guest, Caitlin V. Neal, is a sex and relationship coach who helps men and women have the best sex of their lives. She’s based in Chicago, and works with clients all over the world on experiencing greater pleasure, knowing exactly what they want, and feeling confident in their relationships. She helps us understand how we can leverage our intuition when visualizing our tidying event and making decisions about what sparks joy.

We want to hear from you! Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Find us at www.sparkjoypodcast.com and click “Ask Spark Joy” to leave a question or comment for a chance to be featured on next week’s show.

While you’re there, sign-up to join our Spark Joy podcast community and get notified when each episode airs. You can also join the Spark Joy podcast community on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter at the handle @sparkjoypodcast.

In this episode, you’ll enjoy:

• Caitlin's journey from a Masters in Public Health to sex and relationship coaching

• How to practice using our intuition to speak to us on various levels while we're making decisions

• Caitlin's KonMari journey - ways we can use the KonMari Method to unmute our connection with our intuition

• Why it's so important to not lose track of the joy

• How to distinguish intuition from stubborn determination

• How deeply intuition is connected to your overall wellness

Guided Visualization - starts at the [26:33 min.] mark

Caitlin's favorite tidying tip: Tidy in cycles or seasons

What Sparks Joy for Caitlin: Working with a personal trainer

To connect with Caitlin, check out her podcast The Oral Report with new episodes each and every Friday and her YouTube channel viewed by millions youtube.com/caitlinv.

Just for Spark Joy listeners Caitlin is offering a free 30 minute consultation call. You can sign up by heading to bettersexcoach.com and click on “contact” to set up your call.

Gems:
"Where have you been ignoring your intuition?"

"Intuition is sort of like a friend that you haven't called in a long time...it may be a little hesitant to jump in and start speaking loudly."

"These things that I've accumulated are not the key to my survival. In fact, I am the key to my survival."

"Intuition can speak more loudly in stillness and in quiet."

"Fear is going to exist. Trust is the opposite of fear."

"We are the sum total of the stories we tell about ourselves."

You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home
You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy

Special Guest: Caitlin V. Neal.