When Chaos Reveals Who You Really Are: Alexis Jones

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We’re kicking off a new series called For The Love of Calming the Chaos and we’re looking at all the ways chaos invades our lives, how to identify what’s causing it, and how we can forge a way to calmness (at least some of the time). It’s one thing to be busy, tackling the everyday things that need to happen, to feel like you are pulled in a million different directions. It’s another thing to be overwhelmed, where a sense of hopelessness creeps in that the storm of chaos that surrounds your days might never subside. Author and speaker Alexis Jones hit a wall in a life that looked amazing from the outside, but was teeming with chaos and fear on the inside. After several hard-hitting circumstances knocked the wind out of her, she found herself unable to take even the tiniest step forward after living a life that had been full of activity and accomplishments, checking off all the right boxes–and realized she had lost sight of who she really was. Her latest book Joy Hunter: Messy Face Plants, Radical Love, and the Journey That Changed Everything details the story of how she found her way back to herself in the midst of the chaos–and you can too. Jen and Alexis talk about: • The moment Alexis realized how the “gift of falling apart” would show her what really mattered • When a tidal wave of chaos causes us to falter, how we can take steps to do something differently • What it means to be able to find true joy after true sorrow • How you can reconnect with a version of yourself that is real and authentic * * * Thank you to our sponsors! ➤ BetterHelp | 10% off your first month. Visit: https://www.betterhelp.com/get-started/?go=true&transaction_id=10284fc748df2d6219ebe5e40dae78&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=2687&utm_medium=Desktop&utm_content=&utm_term=forthelove&not_found=1&gor=start ➤ Storyworth | Save $10 on your first purchase. Visit: https://welcome.storyworth.com/?utm_source=forthelove&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=kynship&promo=hR8XucBp ➤ Make Me Care About | Jen is hosting a special podcast series produced by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Check out "Make Me Care About..." wherever you get your podcasts. #ForTheLove #ForTheLovePodcast #JenHatmaker _________ CHECK OUT Resources Mentioned in This Episode: ➤ https://www.amazon.com/Am-That-Girl-Discover-bethatgirl/dp/0989322289 ➤ https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Hunter-Faceplants-Radical-Everything/dp/0593578066/ref=asc_df_0593578066/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=652542016202&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11108343920589077841&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1015214&hvtargid=pla-2006716384786&psc=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxYOiBhC9ARIsANiEIfYcMYuqVgV06bEzOm7J4uVeKP0To9QX2WV5PNHUl541e8RJ_Rp7YB0aAlwoEALw_wcB CONNECT with Our Guest! ➤ Website: https://www.alexisjones.com/about ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeThatGirl/ ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexisjones/ ➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/missalexisjones?lang=en ___ ➤ JEN HATMAKER BOOK CLUB - Join the sisterhood! https://jenhatmakerbookclub.com ___ WATCH more videos from Jen: ➤ For the Love of Small Wins series: https://bit.ly/FTLsmallwins ➤ For the Love of The Enneagram series: https://bit.ly/FTLenneagram ➤ Happy Hour: http://bit.ly/JensHappyHour ➤ Monday Mornings with Jen: http://bit.ly/MondayMorningsJen ___ CONNECT with Jen! ➤ FOLLOW Jen on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jenhatmaker ➤ FOLLOW Jen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenHatmaker/ ➤ LIKE Jen on Facebook: https://facebook.com/jenhatmaker ➤ SUBSCRIBE NOW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/JenHatmaker?sub_confirmation=1 ➤ VISIT: http://jenhatmaker.com/ ___ For more “For the Love” . . . ➤ SUBSCRIBE on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/FTLPodcastApple ➤ LISTEN on Spotify: http://bit.ly/FTLPodcastSpotify ➤ HEAR IT on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/FTLPodcastStitcher ➤ LISTEN on iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/FTLPodcastiHeart