Awakening Joy

How long will you wait to let yourself experience joy?

Most of us quietly believe joy is something we’re allowed to feel after we’ve healed enough, fixed enough, or solved enough of the world’s problems. Meanwhile, life keeps moving, and joy stays on layaway.

This retreat explores joy as a state that is available now—not in spite of life’s pain and complexity, but right alongside it. We’ll look at how to hold suffering and joy together: letting pain deepen our compassion and commitment to change, without postponing our right to feel fully alive.

What you’ll explore:

✅ The stories and beliefs that block you from allowing joy

✅ How to experience joy without denying or bypassing suffering

✅ The neuroscience of joy and how to make your brain an ally instead of an enemy

✅ Mindsets and practices that nurture and sustain genuine joy

✅ Reflections and techniques to activate joy amid heaviness or depression

✅ Meditation practices to plant and water “seeds of joy” in daily life

✅ How joy can become part of your healing process—not a reward at the end

Bonus resources ($500+ value):

✅ 20-Minute “Deep Rest” Meditation

✅ 30-Minute Video Teaching on the 3 Stages of Relaxation

✅ 10 Guided Mindfulness Meditations

✅ 5 Sleep Meditations

✅ 10-Day Deep Sleep Course

✅ 7-Day Anti-Anxiety Coaching Series

✅ 8-Page Mindfulness Starter Pack

✅ 30-Minute Partner Meditation Practice

If your commitment is to experience life fully, that includes joy. In a world that often insists happiness requires a certain set of external conditions, learning to experience joy now may be one of the most powerful acts of rebellion (and love) you can do.