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
In Me The Flame Was Never More Alive I Could Begin Again
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In the last couple of months, I went through a washing machine of experiences that simply KICKED MY BUTT. After some time of grieving and feeling like "wtf just happened"... I decided to use the whole thing as an opportunity to learn and grow. A couple of weeks ago, I meditated for 3 days straight, from noon on Friday to noon on Monday. I wanted to see what was inside of me and transform what I could from the inside out. The biggest thing that blew me away was that I didn't realize how much LOVE was in my heart that had never been awakened before. I am already a loving person. I didn't know that my heart could feel so huge. I also didn't know I needed to lift some heavy weights off of my heart, feelings and beliefs I thought I had let go of a long time ago. I started "pruning" old habits and "cultivating" new habits in my brain, in my heart and in my body. In my thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Each moment presented a new opportunity for LOVE to emerge, and my intuition started to become more CLEAR. I started receiving messages about "next steps" to take.Life surprised me. Synchronicities started happening, and I love those! I took them as a clue that I was on the right track. GRATITUDE grew as lush as the trees and flowers in springtime. I remembered this piece which I wrote in 2016, 8 years ago, as a sort of heartbeat for Joy-Based Living. Talking about the light inside of each and every one of us... is really spiritual to me. Spirituality is something we don't talk about a whole lot at Joy-Based Living because I have always felt it important to allow each person their own individual path. Inclusivity is extremely important to me.But I can't NOT talk about it any more. The main reason we practice emotional literacy at Joy-Based Living is so that we can release resistances to LOVE.So that more of our LIGHT can shine through. We release and let go, release and let go... and when we do... we set ourselves free to experience more of the FREEDOM IN OUR HEARTS. More feelings like JOY and LOVE expand through us.I want to talk about that, think about that and practice FEELING that MORE! What are the feelings you associate with being FULLY ALIVE IN YOUR HEART? What do those feelings feel like in your body? Where we place our Attention, our Belief and our Conviction (A, B, C) becomes our Identity. All these years of leading people in personal development, I have been POURING my heart into everyone else. I am a NURTURER and I LOOOVE doing this. When I immersed myself in 3 days of meditation, I learned what it feels like to POUR MYSELF INTO ME. To let THE SOURCE OF INFINITE LOVE pour itself into me. I just had no idea how much love was available. My very own heart has become the heroine of my life story. Thank you for YOUR part in my life's journey, for inspiring my heart to keep growing and learning and loving mo' big! My wish is that my story inspire yours. If you have any curiosities or insights, please share. With love, Debbie Happy Cohen Founder of Joy-Based Living Link to our Patreon community to support this evolving work and / or join our conversations Woman in Dress With Star by Leslie Dell The words in her dress are by John Donne, poet, 1500's: In Me The Flame Was Nevermore Alive I Could Begin Again |
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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