Chasing Joy
Claim This Podcastby Bryan Flores, Spencer Fischer, Wayne Randolph
Podcast Overview
<p><strong>Chasing Joy</strong> is a podcast about the pursuit of joy in the midst of real life — with all its unfolding, obstacles, and unexpected turns. Hosted by Spencer, Bryan, and Wayne, each episode blends honest conversation, personal stories, and thoughtful reflections on how we show up to ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us.</p><br><p>Along the way, they’re joined by guests who bring their own inspiring — and sometimes heartbreaking — stories of resilience, loss, hope, and transformation. Their experiences open space for all of us to learn, reflect, and discover new ways of living with authenticity, purpose, and joy.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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8/22/2025
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Recent Episodes
August 5, 2026
Befriending Anxiety: Mindfulness, New Rhythms, and a Summer of Change
After a summer away, we're back with a conversation about anxiety, mindfulness, and what it takes to stop outrunning your own feelings. Spencer arrives on opening day of Santa Barbara's Fiesta, and the three of us trade what the break held. For Bruyan, that was launching the alpha of JoyFindr, the app this show has been shaping through years of conversations... and handing it to my mom, who is navigating Alzheimer's. Three weeks in, she told me it gave her permission to paint. Wayne is building a new rhythm inside a new job, using the Buddhist five remembrances to stay with the feelings he has spent a lifetime escaping. And Spencer said yes to everything... a David Arquette movie, three weeks without cell reception, and the grief that was waiting for him when the momentum slowed. An episode about rhythm, limits, and the difference between chasing joy and chasing escape. Welcome back to Chasing Joy.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 3, 2026
Finding Presence in Work You Didn't Choose
<p>It's 12:01 in the morning, and Wayne is back at the mic. The new job, the most structured of his life, doesn't leave much room for anything else, so this is the window we get.</p><br><p>Two years and real money went into becoming a certified spiritual director. Then the economy had other plans... clients fell away, a financial hole opened, and the path he trained for led somewhere he never pictured. Tactile, repetitive work on a base, a long way from the monk's robe and the well of spirit. So the conversation turns to the question sitting underneath all of it. How do you stay present, mindful, and yourself inside work you didn't choose?</p><br><p>Wayne talks flow state found in the mundane, breath matched to the turn of a screw, the teaching that there's no lotus without the mud, and what it takes to keep anxiety from running the board. Bryan and Spencer push on the rest... presence, purpose, and the thin line between mindfulness and avoidance.</p><br><p>A conversation about surviving a hard season without losing the thread of who you are.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 27, 2026
You Are Not Your Thoughts: Expression, AI, and the Lost Art of Perception
<p>Everyone's expressing. Everyone's broadcasting. Everyone's a creator now, and AI has made it easier than ever to put content into the world without ever pausing to ask whether it's worth saying.</p><br><p>Bryan and Spencer set out to talk about both sides of the equation in this one... expression and perception, the two-way street of how we show up on social media and in real life. But Spencer's instinct as a broadcaster kept pulling the conversation back toward expression, which turned out to be the whole point. We default to the side we know.</p><br><p>The harder practice, the one this episode lands on, is perception... noticing what's actually happening before we react, considering the validity of someone else's ground before we flame them, and recognizing that the thoughts running through our heads are not us.</p><br><p>A conversation about the AI content explosion, the attention economy, mindfulness as a daily practice, and the two-word instruction Bryan has been giving his kids for years: be thoughtful and considerate.</p><br><p>#ChasingJoy</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is Chasing Joy?
<p><strong>Chasing Joy</strong> is a podcast about the pursuit of joy in the midst of real life — with all its unfolding, obstacles, and unexpected turns. Hosted by Spencer, Bryan, and Wayne, each episode blends honest conversation, personal stories, and thoughtful reflections on how we show up to ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us.</p><br><p>Along the way, they’re joined by guests who bring their own inspiring — and sometimes heartbreaking — stories of resilience, loss, hope, and transformation. Their experiences open space for all of us to learn, reflect, and discover new ways of living with authenticity, purpose, and joy.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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