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Oxygen for Women: Your weekly breath of renewal, where psychology meets spirituality and healing meets real life.
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Real conversations, practical wisdom, and encouragement for women embracing change at every stage.
Oxygen for Women is your weekly dose of inspiration and actionable strategies designed for the modern woman. Host Perry Janssen explores the terrain of feminine experience with expert guests and candid conversations, covering topics like self-care, stress management, emotional and physical well-being, creativity, and authentic living. Each episode is a breath of fresh air for women seeking joy and meaningful change.
MEET YOUR HOST
Perry Janssen is a passionate advocate/activist for women's health an personal expression. She is also a licensed Psychotherapist with 32 years of experience, skillfully integrates traditional, progressive, & alternative psychological approaches into her practice. Drawing from neuroscience, somatic therapy, expressive arts, and Eastern and Western psychologies, she offers holistic support in teaching and coaching groups.
She is a multifaceted writer, having served as a columnist, international bestselling author, and even as a radio host.
Perry has traveled, studied, and taught personal growth around the world, from stay-at-home moms to entrepreneurs, at universities and top corporations, and is a passionate advocate/activist for women’s health and personal expression.
With a love for her family, chocolate, dogs, and artistic expression, Perry infuses life with her signature blend of humor, passion, with a splash of irrereverence.
Just like you, she’s traveled the journey of womanhood (just like you!) in the roles of wife and mom, navigating the wild waters of shoulds, perfectionism, and everyone’s favorite – “crazy busy with hair on fire!” And through it all she’s remained passionately focused on empowering women to embrace who they truly and fully are.
Full Episode List
EPISODE 1
You Are Not Alone: Welcome Back to Oxygen for Women
This pilot episode explores the hidden epidemic of loneliness, the healing power of community, and why connection is literally medicine for our bodies and souls.
Episode Length: 12 mins. 15 secs.
EPISODE 2
Thursday Q&A: How Do I Ask for What I Need Without Triggering Defensiveness?
This episode explores the nervous system dynamics behind communication breakdown, offers practical body-based tools for regulation, and provides a clear framework for expressing needs in ways that invite connection instead of conflict.
Episode Length: 10 mins. 10 secs.
EPISODE 3
Too Sensitive or Deeply Human? Reclaiming Your Sensitivity as Sacred Power
This episode is for every woman who has heard those words from a partner, parent, boss, colleague, or from that critical voice inside her own head.
Episode Length: 10 mins. 39 secs.
EPISODE 4
Thursday Q&A: I Love My Partner, So Why Do I Feel Invisible in My Own Life?
This episode tackles a question many women carry quietly and privately, often with shame: "I love my partner and my family, but I feel invisible. I'm on autopilot in my own life. I'm forgetting myself. Why do I feel resentful and empty when I have so much to be grateful for?"
Episode Length: 12 mins. 6 secs.
EPISODE 5
Your Body Is Listening: The Science of How You Speak to Yourself
This episode explores something incredibly important and profoundly disruptive to how most of us were taught to relate to ourselves: the way you speak to your body. This isn't woo-woo—it's based on decades of research from neuroscience, neuroimmunology, and behavioral medicine.
Episode Length: 11 mins. 58 secs.
EPISODE 6
Healing Begins With Safety, Not Shame
If you've ever felt ashamed of your coping mechanisms, confused by your reactions, or frustrated that you're still stuck in patterns you thought should be past, this episode is for you. Perry explores why survival patterns aren't character flaws, why compassion isn't optional, and how to finally step out of self-attack and into healing.
Episode Length: 13 mins. 41 secs.
EPISODE 7
The Beauty and Intelligence of Anger
Anger has been treated as something dangerous—something to avoid, fix, or suppress, especially for women. In this episode, Perry explores why women were taught not to feel anger, what happens when it goes underground, and how listening to anger can become one of the most powerful acts of self-care and self-respect.
Episode Length: 13 mins. 37 secs.
EPISODE 8
What 30 Years of Women's Pain Has Taught Me
This episode distills the lessons learned from three decades of listening to women's pain. Perry shares that women's pain is not personal failure or weakness; it's often a response to living in a world that's asked women to bend, shrink, endure, and disappear to belong.
Episode Length: 15 mins. 27 secs.
EPISODE 9
The Roller Coaster of Grief
In this deeply personal episode, Perry shares her family's recent loss and decades of experience working with grief. She explores what grief actually feels like, why it doesn't move in straight lines, and how we learn to live with it without rushing ourselves out of it. If you've ever felt confused by your grief or wondered why it doesn't follow a predictable path, this conversation is for you.
Episode Length: 15 mins. 59 secs.
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