I'm the founder of Joy-Based Living, LLC. I help people who are reaching for increasing joy. Our community members value personal growth and expansion. We practice self-care, creativity and supporting each other. I help leaders and parents bring out the best in the people they lead. I show people who’ve been traumatized how to feel whole and to value joy and grow joy in their lives. I also write fairy tales. Sometimes I wear a gown and crown 👑 and read them aloud to children. CHECK OUT MY STARTER KIT AT LINKTREE! https://linktr.ee/debbiehappycohen
7 Steps to Joy
1. Decide you are worthy of HONOR. Decide to grow your field of HONOR. Everything else you do in your life is built on this foundation.
2. Establish a loving WITNESS in yourself. If you turn toward yourself with judgment, impatience or shame, you will create resistance which blocks the flow of joy in you. When you turn toward yourself with compassionate curiosity and kindness, you create a sense of safety that allows you to grow. When your authenticity is allowed to emerge, your joy will get to flourish.
3. Practice the magical skill of ACCEPTING all of your feelings. As feelings flow through you, learn to identify yourself as the wide open space that gently notices them. When your acceptance is greater than your resistance... ooooooooh, baby! Your energy will start to quicken. You will experience more vitality. Your intuition will surge. Your immune system will get a boost because you're not using your energy to stuff your feelings. With the freedom that acceptance brings, you will have the power to choose what you want to feel.
4. APPRECIATE your moment-to-moment experience. Like, right now. The inhale. The exhale. WOW! Breathing is magical. Practicing steps 1, 2, and 3 will awaken elevated states of being in you. Such as flow, connection, reverence, awe, trust and joy. These feelings are expressions of spirituality, but if you don't like that word then just ignore it. Honor what is right for you. Appreciate this very moment.
5. Choose a FUTURE that makes you feel beautiful, amazing and magical. Write down your wishes, dreams and goals. Aim for greatness and empowerment. Remember your future and make it BIGGER than your past.
You could stop here... but with all those good feelings flowing... you probably won't want to!
6. Be a believer. BELIEVE in yourself. Believe in others. And let others believe in you! When joy is activated, the heart grows big. When the heart grows big, we looooove to BELIEVE! Let yourself offer and receive... support, mirroring, encouragement, love and celebration! Reach out and encourage someone and get some encouragement in return! Receiving support doesn't make you weak, it makes you beautiful. When someone receives an achievement award for doing something great, they always thank someone for believing in them. BELIEVE!
7. Repeat Repeat Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.
ENJOY the ride!
It's your LIFE!
I BELIEVE in you!
Debbie Happy Cohen
Founder of Joy-Based Living​
Bonus self-reflection questions:
- Which of the 7 steps are easiest for you?
- Which are most challenging?
- What will you do with that information?
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Hi! My name is Debbie Happy Cohen
I'm the founder of Joy-Based Living, LLC. I help people who are reaching for increasing joy. Our community members value personal growth and expansion. We practice self-care, creativity and supporting each other. I help leaders and parents bring out the best in the people they lead. I show people who’ve been traumatized how to feel whole and to value joy and grow joy in their lives. I also write fairy tales. Sometimes I wear a gown and crown 👑 and read them aloud to children. CHECK OUT MY STARTER KIT AT LINKTREE! https://linktr.ee/debbiehappycohen
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