New Year Changes, Stress Management and Stories
01/09/24 • 19 min
In this episode of Jacqui Just Chatters, host Jacqui Lents discusses new alterations for 2024, explores stress management techniques, and shares uplifting stories. Addressing the unrealistic portrayals in Hallmark Christmas movies, she shares her own holiday struggles with cookies and a difficult cookie press, underlining how real life is not as perfect as depicted on-screen. Additionally, Jacqui provides an update on her manuscript and encourages listeners to take a day off for themselves. The episode ends with a collection of positive news stories, and Jacqui encourages her listeners to maintain a balance of acknowledging the good and bad in life.
Do you have a story idea or thoughts about the episode? Connect with Jacqui at the following.
FB: Facebook
IG: @JacquiLents
YouTube: @JacquiLents
Story Share Details
Non-fiction / Think memoir style
Must be about the theme: Books that Impact
Due Date: Feb 11th 2024
Length - 3-10 minutes when read out loud (140-150 words per minute)/ 1-3 pages (Flash Fiction vibes)
One of the hosts will read it out loud / or you can record an mp3 of yourself and e-mail it to be played on air.
Reach out about your interest in sharing a story using the contact link at www.jacquilents.com. You can also listen to previous Story Share episodes on Jacqui Just Chatters at the website. Good ones to check out are the 9/7/23 Moving episode and the 6/1/23 White Wedding episode. They will give you an idea of what to expect.
Links
Latest ‘Walk with the Mayors’ features special guest (newsbreak.com)
Local firefighters and dispatchers receive lifesaving award (newsbreak.com)
Plainville teen donates money from pet sitting to USD 270 spec. ed dept. (hayspost.com)
Music used for this episode includes –
Ratatouille's Kitchen - Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound
Always - Nesrality
Indie Folk – Alexi Action
Beach Walk – Unicorn Heads
Special thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo.
In this episode of Jacqui Just Chatters, host Jacqui Lents discusses new alterations for 2024, explores stress management techniques, and shares uplifting stories. Addressing the unrealistic portrayals in Hallmark Christmas movies, she shares her own holiday struggles with cookies and a difficult cookie press, underlining how real life is not as perfect as depicted on-screen. Additionally, Jacqui provides an update on her manuscript and encourages listeners to take a day off for themselves. The episode ends with a collection of positive news stories, and Jacqui encourages her listeners to maintain a balance of acknowledging the good and bad in life.
Do you have a story idea or thoughts about the episode? Connect with Jacqui at the following.
FB: Facebook
IG: @JacquiLents
YouTube: @JacquiLents
Story Share Details
Non-fiction / Think memoir style
Must be about the theme: Books that Impact
Due Date: Feb 11th 2024
Length - 3-10 minutes when read out loud (140-150 words per minute)/ 1-3 pages (Flash Fiction vibes)
One of the hosts will read it out loud / or you can record an mp3 of yourself and e-mail it to be played on air.
Reach out about your interest in sharing a story using the contact link at www.jacquilents.com. You can also listen to previous Story Share episodes on Jacqui Just Chatters at the website. Good ones to check out are the 9/7/23 Moving episode and the 6/1/23 White Wedding episode. They will give you an idea of what to expect.
Links
Latest ‘Walk with the Mayors’ features special guest (newsbreak.com)
Local firefighters and dispatchers receive lifesaving award (newsbreak.com)
Plainville teen donates money from pet sitting to USD 270 spec. ed dept. (hayspost.com)
Music used for this episode includes –
Ratatouille's Kitchen - Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound
Always - Nesrality
Indie Folk – Alexi Action
Beach Walk – Unicorn Heads
Special thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo.
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Do you have a story idea or thoughts about the episode? Connect with Jacqui at the following.
FB: Jacqui Lents Author (link)
IG: @JacquiLents
YouTube: @JacquiLents
Music used for this episode includes –
Ratatouille's Kitchen - Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound
Always – Nesrality
Sentimental romantic piano- Paul Yudin
Romantic classical- Paul Yudin
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Jacqui Just Chatters - New Year Changes, Stress Management and Stories
Transcript
Starting 2024 Final Cut
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Jacqui: [00:00:00] Hello my friends. I hope you had a happy holiday and new year. Today I'll be addressing some changes for 2024, stress management, some uplifting stories, and why I think Hallmark has a lot to answer for.
Welcome to Jacqui Just Chatters. Thank you for joining me. I'm your hostess, Jacqui Lents, and I'm trying to make the world a little better. One story at a time. Whose story? Anyone's. We've all got a story to tell. If you've got one, rea
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